Green Fashion is the New Obama
Sunday, November 30th, 2008 Posted in Blog | 2 Comments »A few people from the Berlin eco fashion scene and their friends made a little "don't care about your shirt" movie, inspired on the "Don't vote" clips that circulated on Youtube last US elections. Is green fashion the new Obama? The ...
Street Art Air Monsters
Thursday, November 27th, 2008 Posted in Blog | 1 Comment »Street Art: Joshua Allen Harris' Inflatable Bag Monsters There is street art and street art. Okay, we've seen the stencils now. Enjoy!
Offline Greens the Mind
Wednesday, November 19th, 2008 Posted in Berlin & Germany | 1 Comment »Last week we had our own little Biohotel at our place and around, after a crew meeting of the LOHAS boyband featuring Noël "Karmakonsum" Klein-Reesink, Christoph "Yoga Guerilla" Harrach, Jan "Hess Natur" Miller, Sjörn "Konsumguerilla" Plitzko, and me, we had ...
Sweat & Shop in Berlin
Friday, November 14th, 2008 Posted in Blog | No Comments »Next weekend Grass Routes co-organizes a workshop on sustainable fashion in the Berlin art gallery NGBK. The workshop takes up the issue of sustainable fashion and lifestyle against the background of political engagement and consume. Looking at the participants so ...
Yes Men Spread Spoof NY Times and Proclaim End of Iraq War
Wednesday, November 12th, 2008 Posted in Activism, Blog, Politics | 1 Comment »New York Times Special Edition Video News Release - Nov. 12, 2008 from H Schweppes on Vimeo. November 12, 2008 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE SPECIAL TIMES EDITION BLANKETS U.S. CITIES, PROCLAIMS END TO WAR Early this morning, commuters nationwide were delighted to find out that while ...
Beyond Green: Dutch Sustainable Fashion Event
Monday, November 10th, 2008 Posted in Blog, Fashion, Trends & Marketing | No Comments »Event tip: this Wednesday 12 November there is an international symposium entitlied Beyond Green, A Fashion Odyssey in the World Fashion Centre in Amsterdam. The aim of the symposium is to provide information to students and teaching staff in higher education, ...
Change Has Come! Congratulations to Barack Obama and the American People
Wednesday, November 5th, 2008 Posted in Blog, Politics, Trends & Marketing | 3 Comments »We celebrate an historic moment, a moment where the promise of change is made reality with the person of Barack Obama becoming the next president of the United States. Change has come to America and the world. Obama embodies his ...
LIVE: Mohammed Yunnus on the VISION SUMMIT: Berlin is Worldcentre for Social Business
Sunday, November 2nd, 2008 Posted in Berlin & Germany, Blog, Politics | 1 Comment »Today at the Vision Summit 2008 in Berlin we celebrate some interesting developments here in Berlin, with a special guest: Mohammed Yunnus. Yunnus declares Berlin to be the world centre for Social Business. According to Yunnus, Social Businesses are founded ...
Frithjof Bergmann on the VISION SUMMIT 2008: Financial Crisis is Just a Cover Up of Rising Poverty
Saturday, November 1st, 2008 Posted in Berlin & Germany, Blog, Consume, Fair Trade, Politics | No Comments »I just jumped into a workshop at the Vision Summit with Professor Frithjof Bergmann, founder of New Work. He starts his talk with a strong statement: "the financial crisis is used to cover up what hides behind the curtains. But ...
Live from the VISION SUMMIT 2008 in Berlin
Saturday, November 1st, 2008 Posted in Berlin & Germany, Fair Trade, Politics | No Comments »Just freshly arrived with Noel from Karmakonsum at the Vision Summit conference on Social Business in Berlin. In the first speech, professor Werner, founder of the drugstore DM, makes a strong note for a basic income for everyone. This will stimulate ...