RUSSIAN-FINNISH REGIONAL PROJECT IN ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AND AWARENESS

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RUSSIAN-FINNISH REGIONAL PROJECT IN
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AND AWARENESS
PUTIKON HOVI
The project started in 2008 The hotel was
ecolabelled in 2010 Head of the projectSemen
Gordyshevsky, Chairman of the Ecological Union
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Putikon Hovi a Finnish manor of the XVIII-th
century
The manor is situated in one of the most
beautiful corners of Southern Savo, between
Imatra and Savonlinna. Among its attractions are
newly restored dwellings and household
outbuildings, a dumb and a mill wheel, as well as
comfortable recreation zones

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Guest rooms
The interiors of the guest rooms combine both
traditional and modern principles of ecological
design (wooden furniture, natural finishing
materials, power saving facilities, etc.). All
the hotel is a non-smoking area.
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Putikon Hovi is rightly proud of its impeccable
ecology. For maintaining highest ecological
standards the manor, first in the Northen
countries, was awarded the sign of Nordic Swan
an international certificate of ecolabelling.
Putikon Hovi the ecolabelled hotel
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Putikon Hovi eco-food and eco-lifestyle
Only high quality food products, including the
ecolabelled ones, are used for cooking in the
hotel kitchen. The manor has its own garden
yielding different kinds of apples and berries
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Putikon Hovi is an experimental ground for
elaboration and realization of regional and
international projects devoted to ecology and
protection of environment. Its conference-room
serves as a venue for numerous round tables,
seminars, and workshops. In addition, Putikon
Hovi has become a home for regular meetings of
the Ecological Partnership Association.
Ecological projects, conferences, seminars


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The Art-gallery Putikonhovi and the
Ethnographical Museum
Among the major attractions of the manor are the
art-gallery Putikonhovi and the Ethnographical
Museum with permanent and temporal exhibitions
devoted to folk art, traditional domestic
activities, and traditional methods of farming.
One of the main subjects the exhibitions and
art-projects are focused on is ecology and
protection of environment
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Putikon Hovi a place for ecological tourism
and recreation



The Putikon Hovi area is a wonderful place for
outdoor recreation. It is ideal for walking,
biking, and horse riding. In addition, the lovers
of eco-tourism may do boating or canoeing on Lake
Saima. In winter it is good to ski in the
picturesque hills surrounding the lake


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Punkaharju Savonlinna Historical, cultural and
ecological objects
Savonlinna
Retretti
Mannila
Kerimjaki
Punkaharju
Lusto
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About Ecological Union
Membership
Established in 1991, Saint-Petersburg, Russia,
as non-profit partnership of environmental
organizations

• full GEN member since 2007
• associate IFOAM member since 2008
• member of GENICES since 2011

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About Ecological Union
Standard groups within "Vitality Leaf" Program
Eco-materials for buildings and finishing
Eco-products of farms Eco-hotel
Eco-office Dishwashing detergents and cleaning
products Led lamps Since 2011 the program of
recognition of ecolables of GEN members
started The first product was certified within
this program in march 2012 (recognition of Nordic
Swan Ecolabel)
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"Vitality Leaf " Ecolabelling Program

• Certified products
• Tarkett floorings
• Five stars hotel Corinthia Saint-Petersburg
• Green offices of
• Insurance company Ingosstrakh
• Orginizing Committee of Sochi 2014
• Media Institute Strelka
• Audit Company PriceWaterhouseCoopers
• Vertical gardening modules
• Agricultural crop products
• Acoustic wall panels

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PUTIKON HOVI. RUSSIAN-FINNISH REGIONAL PROJECT
IN ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AND AWARENESS
Contacts

• Putikon Hovi
• Ylatalontie 47, 58550 Putikko, Finland
• info_at_putikonhovi.fi
• www.putikonhovi.fi

Ecological Union Fontanka, 54, Saint-Petersburg,
191002, Russia mail_at_ecounion.ru www.ecounion.ru