Seven years ago, Teemu “Eino” Oinio lived in Helsinki on the side of Central Park and pushed environmental anxiety. He and his cohabitant Tintti Kolhi had had their firstborn, and the world in the hands of the child began to think about. While walking the dog, Eino drew attention to the trash in the Central Park. Eino photographed the garbage, collected them and put the pictures anonymously in Somme. "I noticed that the concrete work, even small deeds, began to mitigate my environmental anxiety." Eino wanted to encourage others to make small good deeds and choices for the environment, which made the mysterious junk photographer after two years of anonymous some to step in front of the camera. A social day was born of a junk day.
Last year's Eino toured in schools, lecturing, doing junk trips and trash art with the help of a grant he received from the Kone Foundation. Now the work has expanded to corporate recreational days and partnerships with cities, Eino has halved his bread work as a dental technician and dreams of a full-time profession of eco and environmental influencer.
The paint surfaces for a good feeling
Nature's littering seems to be a slightly dusty subject of the 1990s debate that has been left in the giant feet of the global climate crisis, species and glacial melting. The littering of the 2020s means micro-plastics, which are not only widely spread, but also so microscopically small that a single person does not seem great to them. The magnitude and abstract nature of environmental problems are distressing. However, in school queries, students often express their concern about the littering of nature.
Concrete cleaning of nature overlooks the feeling of powerlessness and gives rise to the potential for other changes. Avoiding passive apathy is important not only for the environment but also for mental health. "There is always a good feeling after a junk trip, it can't be angry or bad. But the same applies to the paint surfaces of our home. Whenever I see them, I feel really good and I am happy with the natural paint surfaces and no plastic surfaces," Eino says of his choice.
Breathable paint to the front house
Three years ago, twins were born in the family, and it was clear that a bigger home had to be sought. A year ago, they bought a front house and moved to "Lande". "I've always dreamed of a front house, liters, garage and sauna, and we got them all," Eino says with satisfaction.
The house renovation Eino and Tintti made two Pekka. Tintti is a painter by profession and introduced two renovations to Eino Uula's goals. Plastic and breathability for both exterior and interior paints are particularly important in front houses, where there is often no ventilation interval under the outdoor board. Because of the children, they also wanted the paint to contain as little chemicals as possible. Uula's dim interior paint was chosen for the wall surfaces because of its soft texture. Although keeping the dim painting surface in a pure family with children is a little harder than half -matched, it will not take long to paint the surface again when needed.
Eino and Tintti appreciate the old renovation and wanted to keep the 50s spirit in the house. Renovation produces a lot of waste, and therefore they carefully considered what had to be renewed and what could still be renovated and preserved. The plastic mats were torn off, but the board floor revealed below can be sanded and refurbished many times. The kitchen cabinets of the 90s were on the list, but in the end they only decided to paint the cabinets and replace the massive oak pulls with grace metal pulls. The end result surprised both: the kitchen became really nice looking and very cozy!
Eino's design of color shades mainly leaves the tint: "I think the choice of shades is really cool when the colors of Uula are already really nice and down to earth, but it is more difficult for the tint when he is really accurate in the shades." As a professional painter, Tintti often tints the goals himself to get exactly the color he wants. "At some point, I noticed that I was just wondering what was going to be in the tool and hobby car and wooden liters, I hadn't considered what even the living room would look like," Eino laughs.
Male eco -influencers with few
Although the prioritization of a wooden liter sounds like a very masculine choice, Eino is not a typical man in the world of some influencers. Eino would be able to list environmental accounts maintained by Finnish women about twenty hip, but there are only single men on eco -themed. "It seems that because of the kids, mothers are more concerned about the future of the earth than in men. Maybe men think that they will do this ... or maybe they are afraid to bring their own sensitivity," Eino ponders.
Eino's followers are mostly women. They are praised for Eino's content: "I get messages from people who have been on junk trips, and who praise that thanks to the junk day, we also found that this can be done, and especially when you bring children, it's like exploring, you never know what to find." At Eino's initiative, Finland's first official junk day was celebrated in September, which took Eino to MTV3's Good Morning Finland program. There are over 13,000 followers on Instagram on Instagram a documentary about .
As a result of home -based living, Eino's content is increasingly expanding to all life choices and natural activities at home and in the yard. "Many people think that if you start living an environmentally friendly life, life will become very miserable and grim. The message I have received from others and what I have noticed with my own choices that life has become much better. When you make good choices for your environment, they are always good for your own health and eventually for your wallet."
Life in one's own hands
However, Eino is also motivated by the empowering effect of doing at hand. When making yourself, you can experience the dominance of your life, which is not just a consumer. "I also want to do things with the kids and set an example of how things can be done differently." Eino is committed to reducing not only all the chemicals used in the home, but he also draws attention to what to put in his body, and has, among other things, made his own deodorant for five years.
There is a lot of new learning in the yard of a detached house, such as what wild herbs can be found in the yard or how to treat seven apple trees in the house. When I get home from work, Eino feels like coming to the cottage. "It makes sense to put on the rubber boots and go into the liters to chop the trees." The busy next summer will include painting the facade of the front house. Eino was fascinated in the summer when he saw how red -earth paint is boiled, and of course the dream is to make his own cooking paint.
Commercial cooperation
Photos: Teemu “Eino” Oinio
Follow Eino on Instagram @roskapaiva , Tiktok and YouTube. The short documentary “Trastay” can be found at www.roskapaiva.com
