German Green Hotspots for November

Expected: grass green statement by Angela Merkel

Despite financial crises, the green movement in Germany is still developing and gathering in conferences and meetings as if they have to save the planet within a month…

-> Utopia, the largest German community for strategic consume, is celebrating it’s first birthday with an invitation only Utopia conference in Berlin on 15 November with green VIPs like Michael-cradle-to-cradle-Braungart and Daryl-Kill Bill-Hannah. Well you have Utopisten and über-Utopisten, oder? Rumors say that some disappointed left out community members plan an action outside the gates of the conference and will shout: “Let me in to Utopia! Utopia is for everyone!”.

-> Utopia’s little green sister community Fairdo meanwhile invites to the monthly Socialbar with a thematic focus on activism and web2.0.

-> A social entrepreneurs must-go: this weekend the Vision Summit in Berlin with Nobel Peace Prize winner Mohammed Yunnus, and a strong bunch of CEO’s and representatives from NGO’s like Ashoka, Betterplace and the Genesis Intistute, and wanna-be-greens like Danone and Deutsche Bank.

-> The German Council for Sustainable Development organizes a Conference in Berlin on the 17th of November guess with Cancellor Angela Merkel and a stuffed programm full of professors and political representatives. Mind your green step!

-> Who is more in for a campy green meeting, I recommend the local sustainability meeting on the 13th of November 19.00 hour at the Siebdruckwerkstatt Neukölln, initiated by 3plusX, ThinkTank30 for green 30+ youngsters and Fairdo.

-> Also recommended: the Sweat & Shop workshop and performance on Green Fashion in the Berlin Gallery NGBK on 22th of November, initiated by 3plusX, Grass Routes and Jovoo. For all professional green fashionist(a)s in Germany: you are invited.

-> For those who want to stay local and cosy at home, the Austrian magazin Biorama has a new issue on Green Fashion featuring Open Source fashion label Pamoyo and many more. On the other side of the Alps, the first green lifestyle mag Si Gruen sees the light.

Enjoy!

Image: WDR