Aalto avp mobile logo

Blog

Sustainability

Four reasons Africa isn’t as sustainable as its youth

We recently visited Uganda and Tanzania, where we had a chance to talk with local students and young professionals about their countries' sustainability issues. The people we spoke with highly regarded sustainability and wished their governments would do better. We found four reasons why they are not. However, it seems their countries are in good hands.

13 Apr 2023

Sit less, live more

We sit too much. It is a cliché, but that doesn’t make it less accurate — or any easier to change. Exercise is often considered something to do in our already sparse free time. AVP teachers Lidia and Anna learned about energy training at Studio Tirelli in Milan and now share some tips to incorporate more exercise in your daily life.

New Year’s resolutions

We just celebrated a transition into the new year. After a critical assessment of our lives in 2022, we — most likely — concluded that we didn’t do enough. In this post, Good Life Engine teacher Lidia shares a few tips on how to make better New Year's resolutions and break the loop of broken promises.

Watch horror movies to save the planet

There are arguably many reasons for watching horror movies, but most people wouldn’t think saving energy could be one of them. That is, however, precisely what Kim Ng and his team based their idea at Junction 2022 on when solving the challenge by Aalto University and Aalto Ventures Program. The challenge was creating solutions to help European countries become independent of Russian energy by either saving energy or producing more locally.

The wanna-be efficient brain

Throughout the years Lidia has taught Good Life Engine, the main challenge has always been the “wanna-be-efficient brain” that doesn’t leave the students at peace with how they spend their time. Many of us feel time pressure from squeezing too many things into our life. At Good Life Engine, we hope you will learn how to enjoy life rather than execute it.