German Social Fashion Contests by Armed Angels and Fairwear.de
Tuesday, January 29th, 2008 Posted in Berlin & Germany, Blog, Fashion | 3 Comments »Armed Angels are a young, trendy social fashion label from Cologne. They are conquering Germany with just a few simple shirts. Only selling over the internet, or through friends and friends of friends of friends. 3,33 Euro per piece of ...
Recycled Juice Pouch Gown: eco-fashion statement by Nature vs Future
Monday, January 28th, 2008 Posted in Blog, Fashion, Recycling | No Comments »Recycling fashion is still on it's way up. Now organic cotton is getting into the mainstream market, trend hungry eco-fashionistas need something different again. Well, this one-of-a-kind dress is quite a statement! The dress, by designer Nina Valenti of Naturevsfuture is ...
Rainforests Disappear Faster Thanks to Biofuel
Monday, January 28th, 2008 Posted in Blog, Energy & Climate, Environment, Politics | 2 Comments »In an effort to make our cars go greener, our EU governments decided to push the production of biofuel (also known as biogas or biodiesel, with an immediate result: rainforests are disappearing faster. After environmental organizations alarmed, the EU promised ...
Self Hub Berlin and the Supermarket 2.0
Saturday, January 26th, 2008 Posted in Berlin & Germany, Blog, Design, Trends & Marketing | 4 Comments »Last days I kind of literally stumbled over two interesting project spaces in my living area in Berlin Kreuzberg. The first one was a project called "supermarkt2.0". In an old supermarket space, they created a common work place for all ...
NVOHK: eco-fashion managed by the people who wear it
Wednesday, January 23rd, 2008 Posted in Blog | 1 Comment »All these new, green eco-fashion brands. They are soo cool, soo green, soo georgeous. A serious fashion event can't do without them. And there we are. Sometimes I wonder, why all activists, all creatives, all green thinkers are capitalist entrepreneurs ...
Re-Fashion: how your old Tee becomes a Slow Fashion statement
Monday, January 21st, 2008 Posted in Blog | No Comments »Do you also wonder what to do with this dear old shirt, and do not dare to throw it away because of all the memories sticking to it? Now here is your chance to actually give your old shirt a ...
Green caravan dreams, or how Berlin lost its mobile homes
Sunday, January 20th, 2008 Posted in Blog | No Comments »Berlin lost a bit of it’s rebellious soul again. Since the 1st of January, most remarkable vehicles are considered illegal because of their high emissions. Until recently, the streets of Berlin were filled with old caravans, self-made buses, hippie vans, ...
The perfect LOHAS housing: earthships
Friday, January 18th, 2008 Posted in Blog | No Comments »"Earth ship? What by mother earth is that?" Earth ships are sustainable houses made of recycled materials and with simple, low tech methods. Earth ship often have often organic shapes, integrating recycled materials such as glass bottles and car tires, ...
Think Green, Live Green Challenge
Friday, January 18th, 2008 Posted in Blog | No Comments »Bring green to your screen! JuntoVenture, a video activist collective and non-profit environmental organization, is hosting a multi-media challenge entitled “The Think Green, Live Green Challenge.”JuntoVenture created the interactive challenge to build a community of dialog about the challenges of ...
Organic Exchange opens office in Amsterdam
Tuesday, January 15th, 2008 Posted in Blog | 5 Comments »Organic Exchange is opening office in Europe! Organic Exchange is a charitable organization from the United States that aims to promote organic agriculture with a special focus on fibers such as cotton. They support brands and organizations in the ...
Act local, find local
Thursday, January 10th, 2008 Posted in Blog | No Comments »A mysterious group called I-local campaigned in The Netherlands with a radical activist approach, the slogan "act local! find local!" and statements like "globalization is over".They spread more than 10.000 of their orange balaclavas, extreme YouTube videos and all ...
Hiphonest: ethical fashion in Amsterdam
Thursday, January 10th, 2008 Posted in Blog | 3 Comments »A cross in a circle, passing by on a bag, a jacked or a pair of jeans. Ethical fashion brand Kuyichi made it quite far in The Netherlands! In Berlin we had to suffer to find more than one kind ...