Offline Greens the Mind
Wednesday, November 19th, 2008 Posted in Berlin & Germany | No Comments »Last week we had our own little Biohotel at our place and around, after a crew meeting of the LOHAS boyband featuring Noël "Karmakonsum" Klein-Reesink, Christoph "Yoga Guerilla" Harrach, Jan "Hess Natur" Miller, Sjörn "Konsumguerilla" Plitzko, and me, we had ...
Beyond Green: Dutch Sustainable Fashion Event
Monday, November 10th, 2008 Posted in Blog, Fashion, Trends & Marketing | No Comments »Event tip: this Wednesday 12 November there is an international symposium entitlied Beyond Green, A Fashion Odyssey in the World Fashion Centre in Amsterdam. The aim of the symposium is to provide information to students and teaching staff in higher education, ...
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 ...
Sarah Palin & Plastic Trees
Wednesday, October 22nd, 2008 Posted in Environment, Trends & Marketing | No Comments »A sort of green MTV spots shouting out flashy clashy green news items into your living room? Well, it might sound crazy, but Zaproot is just that. Like it or not, this green internet news show covers environmental issues with ...
Carticipate: Hitchhiking with your iPhone
Tuesday, September 30th, 2008 Posted in Blog, Travel, Trends & Marketing | No Comments »I used to be a hitchhiker of the old, adventurous style, thumbs up, and there we go. Since some years, you can book your carsharings and hitchhikes in Germany and Europe easily online. But getting a ride just by connecting ...
Green booktip: Sustainable Fashion & Textiles
Saturday, September 20th, 2008 Posted in Blog, Books, Fashion | No Comments »How to green up your lifestyle in only 10 minutes! Green your wardrobe! Go eco-sexy! Over the last year, quite a bunch of books on sustainable fashion and eco-chic ifestyle guides saw the light. Not all of go much further then ...
Meeting the Berlin Sustainability Scene
Friday, September 19th, 2008 Posted in Berlin & Germany, Blog, Environment | 3 Comments »Yesterday evening I visited a campy meeting of the young, Berlin sustainability scene, which showed again how dynamic the new green movement is at the moment. The crowd, a mix of a young activists and green entrepreneurs, was stuffed on ...
Inconvenient Truths in The Lowlands
Tuesday, September 16th, 2008 Posted in Blog, Energy & Climate, Environment, Politics | 1 Comment »Not all that long ago Al Gore predicted that The Netherlands will partly disappear in the sea due to climate change. But when one looks at the actual developments in the lowland country, the message of climate change did not ...
Green Space Traveling?
Thursday, September 4th, 2008 Posted in Blog, Energy & Climate, Environment | No Comments »Okay, I'm starting to get a bit used to all the eco-luxury lifestyle hyping, and if you anyway can't resist big cars, why not have a "green hummer"? Or if you anyway want to waste your money on parties, fly ...
Green Graffiti made of Moss
Tuesday, September 2nd, 2008 Posted in Activism, Blog, Design, Trends & Marketing | No Comments »The artist Anna Garforth developed green graffiti made of Moss as part of her art project Mossenger. As glue she uses a mix of yogurt and sugar. "The Moss acts as a healthy alternative for spraying paints, eventually it ...
Reviewing Karmakonsum Greencamp
Tuesday, June 3rd, 2008 Posted in Blog, Environment, Trends & Marketing | No Comments »This weekend I visited the Karmakonsum LOHAS Conference and Greencamp. Most of this kinds of events mix in some green washing elements within the program, and I was excited to hear rather critical or in-depth approaches on these items from ...
Karmakonsum Conference: It is not Easy being Green
Friday, May 30th, 2008 Posted in Berlin & Germany, Blog, Trends & Marketing | No Comments »I am right now on the Karmakonsum Conference on LOHAS Marketing in Frankfurt, and in a few hours discussions hit the podium and heat up the athmosphere. An eclectic mix of people on the conference and an enlightening sunshine makes ...
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 ...
Biofach Bloggers: Interview with Grass Routes by Karmakonsum
Sunday, March 2nd, 2008 Posted in Blog, Consume, Products | No Comments »Christoph and Noel from Karmakonsum interviewed several sustainability bloggers during the bloggers meeting on the BioFach organics fair. All in German, but giving a good insiders view in the bloggers scene. Also check out the other BioFach Bloggers: Alle Infos zum Bloggertreffen Andrea ...
Reports from the BioFach: in Search for Organic Cotton
Friday, February 29th, 2008 Posted in Berlin & Germany, Blog, Fashion | 5 Comments »Everything organic on the BioFach? Maybe for food it mostly was. But visiting all the textile related stands on the BioFach, I had some remarkable encounters. At a stand where they had a good looking offer of organic cotton materials, ...
Photo Impressions from the BioFach Organics Fair
Thursday, February 28th, 2008 Posted in Blog, Consume, Trends & Marketing | 1 Comment »A lot of different visitors on the BioFach organics fair: between all the neat suits and organic products one could spot quite some styles and cultures...
Green is Sexy and Organic Underwear is Getting Hot
Wednesday, February 13th, 2008 Posted in Blog, Fashion | No Comments »Green is sexy - and new cool green fashion is combating the old eco-stereotypes succesfully. And new organic underwear lines are giving green lifestyle a fresh, kinky sex appeal. If you consider trying out some eco-clothing, underwear is not the worst to ...