Archive for March, 2009

Earth Hour: Largest Climate Action Ever

Monday, March 23rd, 2009 Posted in Activism, Blog, Energy & Climate, Environment | 18 Comments »

This Saturday the largest global climate change action ever will take place. 2,140 cities, towns and municipalities in 82 countries have already committed to VOTE EARTH for Earth Hour 2009, "as part of the worlds first global election between Earth ...

World Water Day: Is Blue The New Green?

Sunday, March 22nd, 2009 Posted in Environment | 5 Comments »

Today it's World Water Day. We all know how important water is for life. Still, the process of privatization of water resources and exploitation of precious water areas for commercial use are ongoing. Who owns and has access to water ...

Do You Design “Open” Already?

Thursday, March 19th, 2009 Posted in Berlin & Germany, Design | 3 Comments »

Over the last years, Open Source Software has developed from a playground for hackers towards something defining for the mainstream market. But as there's more areas where copyrights play an important role, there's more work to do... Nowadays music, culture, science, ...

Wertvoll: New Eco Fashion Store in Berlin

Wednesday, March 18th, 2009 Posted in Blog | 4 Comments »

Wertvoll is a new eco fashion store opening it's doors in Berlin. They advertise with "an innovative and consequent fair trade concept". The store hosts a fine selection of eco brands for women, with designer fashion and Germany made knitwear ...

The Future of Food

Tuesday, March 17th, 2009 Posted in Blog | No Comments »

Just food for thought. Watch out: might be a bit radical for your mind. The rest of the film on you tube. I am going out in the sunshine and play with my daugther... and get some earth and seeds... via Sound ...

Humana – People to Profit

Friday, March 13th, 2009 Posted in Blog, Fashion, Recycling | 7 Comments »

"People to people" is their slogan. And considering the accusation of Humana being a cult, this slogan gets a slightly different sound. While you think you post your old clothes to charity when donating them to the Humana box, you ...

Karmakonsum Goes Social Business

Thursday, March 12th, 2009 Posted in Blog | No Comments »

Where last years Karmakonsum Konferenz had a primary focus on LOHAS and marketing, this year the program has a stronger focus on social business, with speakers like Hans Reitz (Mohammed Yunus right-hand) and Peter Spiegel from the GENISIS, a Greencamp ...