Resources for current and prospective Green Care businesses
This page contains links to various materials that are useful for anyone looking to start a Green Care business, expand their current business to nature based services, or consult and advise prospective entrepreneurs.
Some of the materials are multi-lingual while some are only available in one language. The flag icons next to the materials indicate whether they are available in English, Finnish or Swedish.
What is Green Care?
Green Care: Hyvinvointia luonnosta (video, 2021)
Green Care: Välbefinnande från naturen (video, 2021)
Naturens betydelse för hälsan (webinar, 2020)
The basics and criteria of Green Care (webinar, 2019)
Nature’s effect on health and wellbeing (webinar, 2020)
Naturen och skogens inverkan på människors hälsa (webinar, 2020)
Perustietoja Green Caresta ja siihen kouluttautumisesta (slideshow, 2019)
Miksi luontoperustaisia palveluita? (slideshow, 2021)
NordicNaBS -hankkeen loppuwebinaari (webinar, 2022)
Review of Nordic Nature-based Service Models (report, 2021)
SROI-arviointiselostus Soite Green Care -työtoiminta kehitysvammaisille asiakkaille (report, 2022)
Final report in Finnish and in Swedish (report, 2022)
When planning a Green Care business
Luonnosta hyvinvointia ja liiketoimintaa (webinar, 2019)
Nature based services and pricing (webinar, 2020)
Reports on the Green Care market in the European Union (report series, 2021)
Business Model Canvas ja arvon tuottaminen (webinar, 2020)
Business Model Canvas ja yrityksen kannattavuus (webinar, 2020)
Value creation in Green Care services (webinar, 2020)
Yritysrahoitus ja sen hankkiminen (webinar, 2020)
Metsänomistajien ja palveluyritysten yhteistyö (webinar, 2020)
Liiketoiminnan kehittäminen talouden ja arvonmuodostuksen näkökulmista BMC:a hyödyntäen (hyperlink collection, 2020)
Dealing with bureaucracy
Niskalenkki byrokratiasta 1: Hankinnat (webinar, 2020)
Niskalenkki byrokratiasta 2: Viranomaisohjaus (webinar, 2020)
Niskalenkki byrokratiasta 3: Sopimukset (webinar, 2020)
Examples, service models and case studies
Pilottiwebinaari osa 1: Keski-Pohjanmaan pilotti (webinar, 2022)
Pilottiwebinaari osa 2: Pohjois-Pohjanmaan pilotti (webinar, 2022)
Pilottiwebinaari osa 3: Lapin pilotti (webinar, 2022)
Maatilojen eläinavusteiset palvelut (webinar, 2020)
Kuljetukset Green Care –palveluja järjestettäessä (webinar, 2020)
Iäkkään hyvinvoinnin edistäminen luontolähtöisellä menetelmällä (webinar, 2020)
Innovation, affärsmodeller, värdeskapande (webinar, 2020)
Opportunities and challenges of nature based services Part 1: Finland (webinar, 2020)
Opportunities and challenges of nature based services Part 2: Sweden (webinar, 2020)
Care Farming part 1: Introduction and Care Farming in Finland (webinar, 2019)
Care farming part 2: Grön arena in Sweden (webinar, 2019)
Care farming part 3: Norway (webinar, 2020)
Care farming in the Netherlands (webinar, 2019)
Guided relaxation in nature environment (webinar, 2019)
Review of Nordic Nature-based Service Models (report, 2021)
Final report in Finnish and in Swedish (report, 2022)
Feeling like home in the nature of Oulu (case summary, 2020)
Mindfulness service piloting in the nature of Oulu (case summary, 2020)
Piloting of a remote animal-assisted service (case summary, 2020)
Social pedagogical equestrian activities for clients in Mother and Child Home and Shelter (case summary, 2020)
Children and adolescents at Alitalo’s Farm (case summary, 2020)
The Empowering Nature Moments pilot (case summary, 2020)
Nature Creates pilot (case summary, 2020)
Explore the nature service pilot (case summary, 2020)
Instruction cards
All instruction cards in Finnish and Swedish (PDF file, 2022)
Card 1 in Finnish and Swedish: Service production (PDF file, 2022)
Card 2 in Finnish and Swedish: Communications (PDF file, 2022)
Card 3 in Finnish and Swedish: Services and environments (PDF file, 2022)