Posts Tagged ‘shopping’
(English) Trendwalk: Sustainable Consumerism in Berlin
Jennifer Haack profiles some of the sustainable hotspots featured in ecoShowroom's Trendwalk tour... Berlin’s ecoShowroom is the very first concept store in Mitte to carry a strong ecological message. It's run by Nadine Valencic and Kati Drescher, who also own Berlin-based PR and marketing agency sieben&siebzig, an agency focused on ecological, fair trade and sustainable products. As well as hosting a showroom for sustainable goods (see below) and holding regular events on [...]
(English) Slow-style Xmas shopping guide 2011
Natalie Holmes rounds up a selection of Berlin shops with a local, sustainable, eco and fair trade twist... E.M. Forster once described Christmas as a time when “vulgarity reigns”. Indeed, a century later, cynics are quick to dismiss the festive season as little more than a thinly veiled ploy to ramp up consumerism to ever-giddier heights. Still, for the optimists among us, the act of giving and spirit of goodwill -- however clumsily expressed -- can still be a way to celebrate the [...]
