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The story behind the social startup EMERALD BERLIN

September 20, 2019 • ALLGEMEIN • ENTREPRENEURSHIP TAGGED WITH: BUSINESS • FEMALE BUSINESS • FEMALE ENTRPRENEUER • FEMALE FOUNDER • FOUNDER • FOUNDING • GIRLPOWER • GRÜNDEN • GRÜNDERIN • SOCIAL ENTREPRENUERSHIP • SOCIAL IMPACT • SOCIAL STARTUP

Emerald Berlin is a social startup , an initiative to motivate young minds with the thought to associate themselves to a social cause they believe in. After you’ve already read a few stories about the origins of some of the organisations we work with in our project section, I’m going to tell you a little bit more about how EMERALD BERLIN came into being and what we actually do. Write us, as always, if you have further questions, suggestions or comments. We are always very happy to hear from you. I would like to start our little story today by...

What is sustainable fashion?

Sustainable fashion - It is the entire process of fashion designed in a way to foster greater environmental sense in the process of creating, designing fashion-wear. We all hear more and more recently how important it is that we become more conscious in everyday life. And we all know that’s easier said than done. Almost all our food is packed in plastic and on the big billboards of this world models are shown to us always in the newest fashion. Often these clothes cost only a few euros. And we ask ourselves far too rarely: How can it be that...

DEVELOPMENT AID, DEVELOPMENT COOPERATION. WHAT NOW?

The term development aid comes from the early 60s. At that time it was assumed that agriculture would change everything. It was also assumed that it would be sufficient to provide for people to compensate for social imbalances. Today, many years later, we know that this was not the Holy Grail. But why not? If everyone has enough to eat, isn’t that worth a lot already? That is true. But development aid has long worked with a principle that meant one solution for everyone and often ignored regional circumstances. So let us go back to agriculture. What could be wrong...

Slavery in our shipping bag: Emerald Berlin in Panel discussion

Today’s text is about a panel discussion on the subject of slavery in the supply chain. The panel was hosted by the Münster regional group of the International Justice Mission (IJM), the world’s largest organisation fighting against slavery. Lina, one of the initiators of the evening, wrote this article for you. "Thank you, dear Lina". I point the camera at the podium, open the aperture, reduce the ISO number so that the photos are optimally exposed. The room is slowly filling up with people and the tension is rising inside me: the excitement of seeing what this evening, which we...

Everything about founding a Company : As a Woman

Founding a Company isn't easy but its an experience worth experiencing There hasn’t been a blog post here on Emerald Berlin for far too long, although we have actually planned to introduce you to a new exciting topic every week. In the last weeks a lot has happened here. Much of it you will see and experience in the next weeks and months. After almost a year, we’re still far from where we want to be, but we’re still a long way off. And we owe a great deal of that to your support. I think we have said this...

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