With more and more of our lives and businesses taking place online and requiring the use of electronic devices, there’s no end in sight to producing e-Waste. Wealthier countries unfortunately often enough just try to export the problems…
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Feminist Design, what is the difference between corporate design and corporate identity? What is important to know?
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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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Seth Godin
Seth Godin is a wonderful person to listen to and if you're interested, to hear from him more often, subscribe to his...
What is Digital Citizenship?
I’m sure you wonder: “What is digital citizenship and how can I get one?” The short answer is, if you read this you are a digital citizen. Different from…
What do you work for?
“Think of something that you can do as opposed to all the things you can't do - and do that.” - Kathleen Hanna...
Working For Yourself
Sometimes I can't even begin to explain how lucky I feel to be my own boss. Last weekend a friend, my partner, the...
Green Energy
Who provides the energy for your home? Or for your office? If you haven't switched to a company that provides energy...
On Being Podcast
If you've never heard of the On Being Podcast, now is definitely the best time to go and check it out. If you know it...
What is Branding?
“Your brand is what people say about you when you’re not in the room.” – Jeff Bezos “Your brand isn’t what you say it...
Complex Problems & Simple Solutions
“...for every complex problem ther's a simple solution, and it's wrong.” - Umberto Eco I saw this quote on one of the...
Can We Dance?
Wasn't it around this time of year one year ago that the first lockdown started? After a year of spending my days in...
Still Looking for Freedom?
Still looking for freedom? – an artistic workshop with Verena Spilker Thursday 14th of January 17.00- 18.30 CET Audre...
The Best Green Web Hosting Services 2021
Is your website already hosted by a green web host? Let's find out! If you have read my posts about web hosting, and...
What is web hosting?
While I highly recommend choosing a Green Web Hosting Provider, because they are as reliable, fast and secure as the...
What is holistic web design?
Holistic web design means to see the person, a business, an organization or event and to look at the whole system that surrounds…
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...
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...

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