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Verena is a web & media designer, anthropologist & coach.
On the blog she shares some practical tips and inspirations that can make it easier to make this world a better place & to grow your business - one small change at a time.
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The Boy Who Harnessed The Wind
Film: The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind (2019)
The story of William Kamkwamba – a young schoolboy who builds a windmill to secure the survival of his family and the other villagers…
What makes a good Web Hosting Provider?
There are three main factors when it comes to deciding who's a good web hosting provider: speed, reliability and...
Merry Christmas & Happy Holidays
What a year this has been - again. On a personal level this year has allowed me for a lot of introspection, more time...
Why choose a green web host?
Estimates say that around 1-10% of all energy consumed worldwide is used to run the data centres in which our servers...
5 excellent Recycling Websites
What do Recycling Websites have to offer? While it was relatively easy to find great projects that work on reducing...
4 Remarkable E-waste Recycling Companies
Here are four examples of people and initiatives that are already contributing to creating a solution for e-Waste in their area. Find out what it is that they do.
Lola Magazine: Local Hero
Lola Magazine: Local Hero Local Hero: Verena Spilker On Elevating Opportunities for Artists in Berlin and BeyondVerena...
Interview: Siegessäule
Interview: Siegessäule Stirn bieten“Ich habe mich erniedrigt und hilflos geführt”, erzählt die Aktivistin Verena...
Interview: Gay.ch
Interview: gay.ch Verena Spilker und ihr Projekt TQU: Vor neun Jahren hat Verena ein Internet-Projekt ins Leben...
Pelican Bomb: Queer Traces
Interview: Pelican Bomb Queer Traces: Transnational Queer Underground’s #TheGalleryProjectBen Miller talks with Verena...
Sleek Magazine
Interview: SLEEK MAGAZINE The Paltform Showcasing Queer Art From All Over The World Transnational Queer Underground is...
Interview: FELGBT
Interview: FELGTB We talk with Verena, the creator of Transnational Queer Underground“#TheGalleryProject is a...
Podcast: German journalist talks about collecting Queer Art with NoStrings
Podcast: NoStrings German journalist talks about collecting Queer Art with NoStrings Verena Spilker, a German art...
lulu.fm
Podcast: lulu.fm Kunst verbindet - und das weltweit.Wir stellen euch heute NAchmittag das Projekt Transnational Queer...
Vom Mainstream zum Underground – und zurück
Podcast: CouchFM Vom Mainstream zum Underground – und zurückQueere Musik ist kein neues Phänomen. In den 70er Jahren...
Talk & Workshop: Queer Art?
EU-Russia Civil Society Forum/ Гражданский Форум ЕС-Россия:"1989-2019. Reflecting Europe. Am 5.-6.12.2019 trafen wir...
Talk at Bed Talks Berlin
BedTalks Berlin - The Free Thinking FestivalLast year I got invited to participate at BedTalks Berlin. I got teamed up...
Talk at Tallinn Feminist Forum
Tallinn Feminist Forum - Tallinna feministlik foorumThis November I’ll be travelling to Tallinn for the Tallinn...
Talk + Exhibition: Whose Museum Malmö
Talk & Workshop: Queer Art? Whose Museum Malmö, 2019I can’t quite remember how the first contact was established....
Talk: Queer Art?
Talk & Workshop: Queer Art? ArtGora Forum Riga, 2019At: ArtGora Forum Riga ◼︎ 10.-12.04.2019 In this Queer Art...

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