Wishing you a Strawberry Christmas
LONDON - It’s time for our last batch of green Christmas gift ideas and just in time too. Happy shopping everyone and have a very happy Christmas!
46) Ceramic bees nest
Bees are disappearing. That’s a bad thing. Give them a helping hand with this ceramic house and they might even repay you in honey.
Book the Daniel Cohen photography room
AMSTERDAM - Not that long ago Daniel Cohen had a double page spread in a major Dutch newspaper, Het Parool, dedicated to his talents. Daniel had just completed his latest work entitled “We Want More”. The series focussed on well known musicians and captured the moment between the final song of their set and the encore. But aside from photographing music stars
Give someone a goat this Christmas
LONDON - There are just two shopping days left till the big day. If you haven’t bought presents by now, don’t worry, just browse through the penultimate installment in our top 50 green Christmas gift countdown. Today’s selection is for those of you in a charitable mood…
41) Goat
Buy a goat from Oxfam. Sadly, you don’t get to keep it. A goat is for life, not just for Christmas after all.
Hotel rooms and tickets for Strawberry Earth Hotel Crash!
AMSTERDAM - Tickets and room bookings for Strawberry Earth Hotel Crash! are well and truly underway. Several Hotel V rooms and themed rooms have already been booked - if you want to be part of the event don’t delay - browse the rooms here and just send us an email for booking details.
BREAKING NEWS: In addition to the awesome music line up we already had with Festa med Killar, Rednose Distrikt, Slagsmalsklubben and Lucy Love, we’ve just heard that Maskinen will also be dropping in. There are just 350 tickets for sale
Eight green children’s toys for Christmas
LONDON - We’re nearing the end of our rundown of green Christmas gifts and today’s post is all about going back to basics. Less digital and more analogue… So for all of you out there with kids or planning for kids this post is for you.
33) Mr Robot Head
Playstations? Pffft. Who needs ‘em when you’ve got handmade wooden toys and solar-powered racers. It’s a wind-up robot head – therefore it is awesome.
Maskinen performing at Strawberry Earth Hotel Crash!
AMSTERDAM - Strawberry Earth is a platform for creative people who care about the environment. But it still surprises us when big acts like Maskinen also want to get involved with our events. Maskinen is a Swedish band whose first single, “Alla som inte dansar“, was released in 2007 and quickly became a big hit single. The song also reached far beyond Sweden’s borders and has been played and praised by the world’s biggest DJs. Their subsequent singles “Segertåget” and “Pengar” and this personal favourite of ours combine hip-hop, electro and heavy incendiary beats. There’s never been a better chance to see these guys live in a venue as private as Hotel V.
Book the Gijs Kast Room
AMSTERDAM - We were lucky enough to bump into Gijs Kast at the Amsterdam Art Market earlier this year and we quickly snapped up one of his creations: Annie (now hanging in pride of place in our office). Not long afterwards Gijs won the Dutch Design Award for best illustrator in 2009 and
9 sporty green Christmas gifts
LONDON - It’s just four days to go until Santa officially hits town. That means there’s still time to brave the crowds and shop. Here’s the next installment of our Strawberry shopping tips.
24) Comet eco-skateboards
Boards that are community-designed and built using their sustainable “cradle to cradle” manufacturing technique – these guys are streets ahead (excuse the pun) when it comes to ethical skateboarding.
Profile of Sweden’s favourite DJs/party organisers: Festa med Killar
STOCKHOLM - Over the next few weeks we’ll be profiling some of the awesome artists, designers, musicians and photographers taking part in the Strawberry Earth Hotel Crash! event on 16 January 2010. First up is Swedish female DJ duo Festa med Killar! (Party with Boys!). Festa med Killar are Maja Asperö Lind and Casandra Cornelio.
It’s party time mofo’s! Another 5 green party Christmas gifts
LONDON - We’re continuing with our countdown of 50 awesome green Christmas gifts and this post is all about gifts to get parties going. Enjoy…
19) Recycled shot glasses
Rack up a line of port shots to share with granny…or save these for the real party on New Years Eve. Made from old bottles.
