Blogging from the BioFach organic Fair 2009
Friday, February 20th, 2009 Posted in Berlin & Germany, Blog, Consume, Environment | 2 Comments »What is it like to be on the largest organic fair in the world? Thursday at BioFach: 13.00 Thanks to Ozan from Foodorama for the hitch to the Biofach! 14.00 Bloggers get a special treatment here and are considered press. New York Times ...
Green Dining and Partying in Berlin
Tuesday, January 13th, 2009 Posted in Berlin & Germany, Consume, Travel | No Comments »It is still hard for die-hard-greenies to go out in a city and stay with your ideals. Often you just let it slip away and consume whatever comes along. Fair trade coffee with your w-lan? A cool, affordable restaurant serving ...
Sweat & Shop Revisited
Thursday, December 4th, 2008 Posted in Berlin & Germany, Blog, Design, Environment, Fashion | 1 Comment »Under the provocative name Sweat & Shop, Fashion designers, NGO representatives, experts, students, and bloggers gathered about a week ago to discuss the topic of sustainability and fashion. The workshop was organized by sustainability network 3plusX, the Grass Routes Foundation ...
LIVE: Mohammed Yunnus on the VISION SUMMIT: Berlin is Worldcentre for Social Business
Sunday, November 2nd, 2008 Posted in Berlin & Germany, Blog, Politics | 7 Comments »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 ...
German Green Hotspots for November
Tuesday, October 28th, 2008 Posted in Berlin & Germany, Blog, Environment | 1 Comment »[caption id="attachment_858" align="alignleft" width="300" caption="Expected: grass green statement by Angela Merkel"][/caption] 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 ...
Affentor: Luxury Recycling Bags from Frankfurt
Friday, October 17th, 2008 Posted in Berlin & Germany, Blog, Design, Fashion | 3 Comments »I'm having a two day hang out in Frankfurt with Karmakonsum, brainstorming and working on new projects, and taking the challenge to visit a few cool projects here in Frankfurt as well. Yesterday I paid a visit to the shop and ...
First German Transition Town Initiative in Berlin
Monday, September 22nd, 2008 Posted in Berlin & Germany, Blog, Environment | 7 Comments »Stefa and Lars from Art-Ecology-Education just tipped me about the first German Transition Town initiative, that has started in Berlin Friedrichshain-Kreuzberg. Transition Towns are a practical, bottom up answer to the question: how can our community respond to the challenges, ...