Buena Vista Socialbar
Wednesday, December 3rd, 2008 Posted in Activism, Berlin & Germany, Design, Environment, Trends & Marketing, Web | No Comments »Yesterday I visited the Socialbar in Berlin, a monthly event where NGO meets web2.0. There were presentations of Karsten Wenzlaf from Nachhall Texter, who involved in the Obama campaign and presented his experiences, Florian Noto from the anti-nuclear campaign Atomausstieg ...
Engagement2.0: Sexy Online Charity
Thursday, May 8th, 2008 Posted in Activism, Blog, Web | 1 Comment »Yesterday I was at a meeting organized by the German sustainability network 3plusX on "Engagement 2.0". Five fresh German online charity portals presented their work and vision. All of them intermediate online between concrete help projects and givers, may it ...
La Mode Ethique: Guide to Ethical Fashion
Saturday, April 19th, 2008 Posted in Blog, Fashion, Web | 2 Comments »La Mode Ethique is an international guide of ethical fashion brands and designers. The website, which is still in development, lists a good choice of labels. Of all the listings so far, this is until now the best one. A ...
Eco Cho: Websearching Against Climate Change
Friday, April 18th, 2008 Posted in Blog, Energy & Climate, Environment, Web | 2 Comments »Planting some trees to reduce your emissions is not that sufficient. A lot of CO2 reduction programs are more about cooling down your conscious than about cooling down our planet. Okay, mostly it does not hurt to plant trees, but ...
Wave of Social, Green and Political BarCamps from Berlin to Tibet
Friday, April 11th, 2008 Posted in Activism, Blog, Web | No Comments »When I first heard about BarCamps, I had a clear image of some bearded men with beers, hanging around a campfire. Very campy, but the idea of a BarCamp is hanging around for more reasons than campfire and beer. BarCamps are ...
Bransparent: New Ethical Shopping Portal Based in Berlin
Thursday, April 3rd, 2008 Posted in Berlin & Germany, Blog, Consume, Fashion, Web | No Comments »This is the kind of company I have been waiting for to start in Berlin. Partnering with some fashion profi's Bransparent is building up an information and shopping portal for consumers who want to be aware of the ...
Brand New Sustainable Style Blog: Feelgood Style
Saturday, March 29th, 2008 Posted in Blog, Fashion, Web | No Comments »The amount of blogs on sustainable lifestyle and green fashion are a good sign that the item is still gaining more popularity around the globe. The newest one is Feelgood Style. Just launched yesterday, but already proving to become an ...
Virtual activism: Plant a Tree in Facebook or Second Life
Wednesday, March 12th, 2008 Posted in Blog, Energy & Climate, Environment, Web | 1 Comment »It is a lot of tree planting actions these days, and I am wondering where all these forests are growing. Cleaning up our emissions, or just filling up the empty spaces of cut down Amazon forests? The latest sprout on the ...
Brave New Shirt: Wireless Chips in our Garments
Saturday, March 8th, 2008 Posted in Berlin & Germany, Blog, Consume, Web | 1 Comment »Thousands of garments sold at German warehouse Galeria Kaufhof are equipped with small, almost invisible wireless chips that can be identified and traced through radio frequency. The shop that sold your garment can trace the product day and night, and ...
Boom of Community Based Ethical Consumer Sites in Germany
Thursday, March 6th, 2008 Posted in Berlin & Germany, Blog, Consume, Web | No Comments »In Germany there is a boom of new, community based ethical consumer websites that are being launched. One of the most successful of these on the moment is Utopia. Another initiative with some good names behind it is New Ethics, both ...
Reports from the Biofach Organic Fair: Bloggers Regarded as Press
Monday, February 25th, 2008 Posted in Berlin & Germany, Blog, Web | 1 Comment »The Biofach is the largest business to business fair on organic products worldwide. While the leading fair is in Germany, other BioFach fairs are hold in USA, China, Japan and Brazil. The BioFach in Germany welcomes about 45.000 professionals in ...