Archive for November, 2008

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 ...