We've come a long way from the "eat or be eaten" predicament that our ancestors found themselves in, which forces us to re-evaluate the role that animals play among us.
There's definitely something magical about mushrooms. Gilled, woody and leathery, they can be nourishing, medicinal, poisonous or psychoactive; hence the mastery behind their hunt and identification.
We love to find creative ways to use common items – some of our favorite upcycling ideas involve tin cans, mason jars, vintage frames and wooden fruit and wine crates.
On warm summer nights, we can all feel the atmospheric change that happens when a thunderstorm is coming. The trees shudder, the sky darkens then opens up and lets go.
It's 30 degrees in Berlin today but we've been shackled to our desks for most of it. And, although there's no beach in sight, we make due. We don't mind swapping volleyballs for ping-pong paddles and pesky seagulls for balletic swans.
Denim is undoubtedly ubiquitous. Its history is anything but brief: from the plantation and mining days where it was praised for its sturdiness to the cowboys and off-duty American soldiers where it was re-appropriated as casual wear…
Moms usually give pretty sound advice, so we usually listen to those ladies. But ours say, "If you wore it once, you can't wear it again." And as much as we agr... Read More...
If we only have the opportunity to live once, "we can never know what to want, because, living only one life, we can neither compare it with our previous lives nor perfect it in our lives to come.
BBQ season has officially hit Berlin and we can feel the future of the early spring days fading into long summer nights. The bustling atmosphere of the big city has its charms but we've been dreaming of beers and bonfires in a big backyard.
Glass is also a ubiquitous material making it upcycling friendly, if left in its original state. The ancient craft of glass-blowing is seriously detrimental to the environment, which leaves many glass-blowers in search of a more sustainable alternative.
We're welcoming the bike season with open arms, here in Berlin. As our primary mode of transportation, biking is convenient, healthy, savvy and gives us independence without guzzling anything.
Humankind has not woven the web of life. We are but one thread within it. Whatever we do to the web, we do to ourselves. All things are bound together. All things connect.
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