Cool eco-streetart or smart soap commercials?
Monday, June 30th, 2008 Posted in Activism, Blog, Trends & Marketing | 1 Comment »What's all those 15 year old kids running around with buckets and spouses by night? It's the new graffiti hype, stupid. Having a respectful amount of creative streetwaste on my account, I've always been a bit worried about the environmental effects ...
Berlin Citizens Discover Direct Democracy
Friday, June 27th, 2008 Posted in Activism, Berlin & Germany, Blog | No Comments »Mediaspree Versenken from Pappsatt A group of activists against privatisation and gentrification gathered the highest amount of signatures so far for a public voting in Berlin for their call to have the Berlin river Spree for everyone. While the local ...
Carrotmobs: Flashmobs of Consumer Power
Thursday, June 19th, 2008 Posted in Activism, Blog, Consume | 1 Comment »Carrotmob Makes It Rain from carrotmob on Vimeo. If shops and corporations do not react fast enough on our demand for ethical products and environmental responsibility, we will organize our consumer power to demand it. Well, that's what is really happening, ...
Clothingbrand Tchibo Print their own Anticommercials
Wednesday, June 11th, 2008 Posted in Activism, Blog, Fashion | 1 Comment »"This T-shirt is sewn by a child for Tchibo" stands on the shirt. Clothing company Tchibo offers a new print-on-demand service, where you can send in your own texts to be printed. Dr. Kirstin Brodde, German textile expert and editor for ...
ÖkoRausch & Sommerkiosk: Events for Eco-Design
Monday, June 9th, 2008 Posted in Berlin & Germany, Blog, Design | No Comments »While we at Grass Routes are still clearing the details for the next Fair Fashion in Berlin, the Bureau Gruen in Cologne comes with a concurring event in September: the ÖkoRausch, a "Fair for design with consicousness". The event wants ...
Reviewing Karmakonsum Greencamp
Tuesday, June 3rd, 2008 Posted in Blog, Environment, Trends & Marketing | No Comments »This weekend I visited the Karmakonsum LOHAS Conference and Greencamp. Most of this kinds of events mix in some green washing elements within the program, and I was excited to hear rather critical or in-depth approaches on these items from ...