<p>In the first episode of this second season of the <em>Art, Science, Ecology podcast</em>, recorded in February 2025, IHME Helsinki Advisory Board member, artist and researcher <strong>Antti Majava </strong>continues the discussion about sustainable energy and identity with <strong>Emma Hakala</strong>, Leading Researcher at the Finnish Institute of International Affairs, and <strong>Veli-Pekka Tynkkynen</strong>, Professor at the Aleksanteri Institute, University of Helsinki. They discuss the green energy transition, the importance of protecting democracy, and the role of art in energy identities. Tynkkynen specialises in the ecological energy transition in Finland and Russia, and Hakala studies environmental and climate security, Finland’s security supply during climate change, and sustainable energy.</p><p><br></p><p><a href="https://forms.gle/X21fCBpkRLGhMbwi6" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferer">Tell us, how did you like the episode: feedback</a></p><p><br></p><p><strong>Reading recommended in the podcast:</strong></p><p>Veli-Pekka Tynkkynen, <em>How Europe Got Russia Wrong: Energy, Violence, and theEnvironment</em>, 2024. <a href="https://www.elgaronline.com/monobook-oa/book/9781035319503/9781035319503.xml" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">https://www.elgaronline.com/monobook-oa/book/9781035319503/9781035319503.xml</a> </p><p>Stephen Markley, <em>The Deluge</em>, Simon &amp; Schuster 2023</p><p>Latour, Bruno (2022). <em>Le sol européen est-il en train de changer sous nos pieds?</em> (Is Europe’s soil changingbeneath our feet?). GREEN, 2, 1: 92-97.: <a href="https://eur06.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fgeopolitique.eu%2Fen%2F2022%2F07%2F04%2Fis-europes-soil-changing-beneath-our-feet%2F&data=05%7C02%7Csaara.moisio%40ihmehelsinki.fi%7C44cabe8ae4444847d20a08dd50e4f9ec%7C0ba4124790d44772b967a08d0e9a8e75%7C0%7C0%7C638755666562252060%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJFbXB0eU1hcGkiOnRydWUsIlYiOiIwLjAuMDAwMCIsIlAiOiJXaW4zMiIsIkFOIjoiTWFpbCIsIldUIjoyfQ%3D%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&sdata=kfl4j3IovWvJvUSg%2BRw5x1WPtnfaQxnYa7mtOnSsO%2B0%3D&reserved=0" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">https://geopolitique.eu/en/2022/07/04/is-europes-soil-changing-beneath-our-feet/</a> </p><p>Articles and research by Emma Hakala: <a href="https://eur06.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Ffiia.fi%2Fhenkilo%2Femma-hakala&data=05%7C02%7Csaara.moisio%40ihmehelsinki.fi%7C44cabe8ae4444847d20a08dd50e4f9ec%7C0ba4124790d44772b967a08d0e9a8e75%7C0%7C0%7C638755666562313823%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJFbXB0eU1hcGkiOnRydWUsIlYiOiIwLjAuMDAwMCIsIlAiOiJXaW4zMiIsIkFOIjoiTWFpbCIsIldUIjoyfQ%3D%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&sdata=8CLfZ7gZQ9xfWT1%2BV32mSm8btind1I096S%2FUU3L4mMo%3D&reserved=0" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">https://fiia.fi/henkilo/emma-hakala</a></p><p><strong>Credits:</strong></p><p>Producer: Paula Toppila, Saara Moisio</p><p>Host and guests: Antti Majava, Emma Hakala and Veli-Pekka Tynkkynen</p><p>Sound technician: Bailey Polkinghorne</p><p>IHME jingle: Viljami Valdén</p><p><br></p><p>The contemporary-art-commissioning agency <a href="https://ihmehelsinki.fi/en/" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">IHME Helsinki</a> is continuing its collaboration with <a href="https://www.helsinkiopenwaves.com/" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">Helsinki Open Waves</a> on new episodes of the <em>Art, Science, Ecology </em>podcast series. The members of the IHME Helsinki Advisory Board are hosting the second season of the podcast, carrying on discussions started in 2021. The new episodes update ideas about ecocide, sustainable energy, and energy identity, and about the role of the arts in all this, topics that are even more urgent today than in 2021.</p><p><a href="https://ihmehelsinki.fi/en/" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">IHME Helsinki </a>unites the worlds of art, science, and climate work. We promote the cultural change needed in theenvironmental crisis and motivate citizens to adapt to a life within planetary boundaries. Each year we produce a public artwork and a series of events with international artists and local partners to bring hope amid the environmentalcrises. Our work is made possible by support from the Saastamoinen Foundation, Kone Foundation, and Abakanowicz Arts and Culture Charitable Foundation.</p>