Greenpeace Goes Grey!

Tuesday, July 8th, 2008 Posted in Blog, Energy & Climate, Environment | 1 Comment »

We all know Greenpeace from their mediagenic actions against Walehunting and other environmental crimes. Over the last couple of years, the activist multinational has gone a new way with some own business initiatives where they take responsibility for the issues ...

Carrotmobs: Flashmobs of Consumer Power

Thursday, June 19th, 2008 Posted in Activism, Blog, Consume | 1 Comment »

Carrotmob Makes It Rain from carrotmob on Vimeo. If shops and corporations do not react fast enough on our demand for ethical products and environmental responsibility, we will organize our consumer power to demand it. Well, that's what is really happening, ...

My Encounter with His Holiness the Dalai Lama at Brandenburger Tor

Monday, May 19th, 2008 Posted in Activism, Blog, Politics | 2 Comments »

Today me and my daughter Gaya went to see his Holiness the Dalai Lama at the Brandenburger Tor in Berlin. We were not the only ones, about twenty-five thousand people had the same idea, and so we stood pressed together, ...

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 ...

The Sex Appeal of Ecofabulous Lifestyle: Green Girls, Stoere Vrouwen, Ethical Girls and Veggies in Pumps

Thursday, March 6th, 2008 Posted in Blog, Fashion, Trends & Marketing | No Comments »

Hip, green lifestyle is growing more and more beyond the borders of classical, conscious consumer groups. In several countries there is a rise of groups and initiatives of mainly female consumers that want to shop ethical but sexy. More and more ...