About

The exhibition is dedicated for the Gulf of Finland year 2014. It wants to highlight the joint achievements, uniqueness as well as the vulnerability of our common gulf. With this exhibition we hope that the Gulf of Finland gets the attention it needs to become healthier.

Financers (1.5.2013-31.5.2015):

  • Coordination, content and Finnish sets: Finnish Ministry of Environment
  • Estonian sets and content contribution: Environmental Investment Centre
  • Russian sets and content contribution: Committee for Nature Use, Environmental Protection and Ecological Safety, City of St. Petersburg; Committee for Natural Resources of the Leningrad Region
Finnish Ministry of Environment
Environmental Investment Centre
Committee for Natural Resources of the Leningrad Region
Committee for Nature Use, Environmental Protection and Ecological Safety, City of St. Petersburg

Exhibition team

Steering group:

  • Kaisa Pajanen, Environmental Centre of the City of Helsinki
  • Fedor Stulov, Nadezhda Alekseeva, Leningrad Region Administration, Committee for Natural Resources
  • Marina Korobennikova, Environmental Committee of St. Petersburg
  • Reet Kristian, Maris Sepp, Estonian Environmental Board
  • Maris Mägi, Tartu Environmental Education Centre
  • Lennart Lennuk, Natural History Museum of Estonia
  • Stella Aaltonen, Union of the Baltic Cities, Commission on Environment Secretariat

The coordination:

  • content, design and implementation Stella Aaltonen
  • Design: Sari Sariola, Eppu Vahtola
  • Web: Kaj-Michael Lang

Art

  • Our sea voice composition: Elina Ruohonen,
  • Drainage painting: Tiina Vainio
  • Differences drawings: Alexey Uzikov, company "Group 78" 
  • What can I do drawings: Ruska Berghäll
  • Underwater world drawings and technical implementation: Pelle Nugis, company “Studio Viridis”
  • Fish game: Elo Hermann, Marge Nelk, Hannes Kivits and Kaarel Kõrv
  • Stands, what can I do round: Metamatik
  • Finetuning of what can I do rounds: Hiidentuutti
  • Print: Multiprint

Content contributors:

Finnish Environmental Institute, Helcom, Natural History Museum of Estonia, Estonian Marine Institute of Tartu University, Museum of Coastal Folk, Institute of Estonian Language, Students from grade 1 and 2, Tallinn´ Lilleküla Gymnasium, Directorate of Nature Protection Areas of St. Petersburg, Baltic Fund for Nature (SPb CPO «Biologists for Nature Conservation»), Students of Secondary School № 518, Saint-Petersburg, AgitEk Studio ltd

An a special thanks to following staff members of the Union of the Baltic Cities, Commission on Environment Secretariat Mia Hytti, Olena Zinchuk, Niina Jokela, Katri Laiho and Niko Salminen. Also we would like to thank Maivi Kärginen, Külvi Kuusk, Evelin Reimand, Katarin Oganjan, Silvie Lainela, Jüri Viikberg