My dear reader This is a zine. It is a possibility to share stories learn about different cultures and reflect on your own. It is made with passion and openness for you to touch read discuss. My name is Alice I am an Italian volunteer at Nicolai. I like to ask questions, listen and learn…
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Nov
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Empty Your Wardrobe has been partnering these months with Food:RE:Formers – a community of social activists whose aim is to challenge and inform the citizens of Kolding about food waste and broaden the knowledge about green responsibility. The mission is to encourage citizens to take action against food waste and over-consumption.
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My dear reader This is a zine. It is a possibility to share stories learn about different cultures and reflect on your own. It is made with passion and openness for you to touch read discuss. My name is Alice I am an Italian volunteer at Nicolai. I like to ask questions, listen and learn…
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Oct
Oct
Empty Your Wardrobe is happy to be in collaboration with Food:RE:Formers – a new organisation led by volunteers in Kolding. The organisation aims to challenge and inform the citizens of Kolding about food waste and broaden the knowledge about green responsibility and encourage the citizens to take action against food waste and over-consumption.
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Sep
Sep
IN THIS WEEK’s ZINE Why intercultural learning matters, with Cecilia Laboeuf
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Sep
Sep
IN THIS WEEK’s ZINE This is (not) a goodbye email Tips in pills: tv shows from Italy
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Sep
Is there something you want to SAY?Do you have a STORY you want to tell?Do you want to talk about the important issues of OUR TIMES?Does something make you MAD?This is your chance.It begins here – with YOUR ideas, with YOUR stories.
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Sep
Sep
This is a zine. It is a possibility to share stories, learn about different cultures and reflect on your own. It is made with passion and openness for you to touch read discuss. My name is Alice I am Italian volunteering at Nicolai since February. I like to ask questions, listen and learn and that…
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Sep
Sep
home, loneliness, belonging “Why are you doing this project?” – a lot of people asked me. During the months I spent in Kolding, this was a recurring question, one that I was really pleased to hear because it made me reflect even more deeply on the meaning of my time at Nicolai. I spent months…
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Food:RE:Formers believes that local activation and enlightenment is the first step towards making an actual global impact and planting an optimistic approach to sustainable living.
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Jun
Jun
Food:RE:Formers is a new organisation led by volunteers in Kolding which aims to challenge and inform the citizens of Kolding about food waste and broaden the knowledge about green responsibility. Its purpose is to encourage citizens to take action against food waste and over-consumption.
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May
May
Empty Your Wardrobe joined this year greatest celebration of sustainable development: Repair & Remake Festival. The festival has a focus on repairing, upcycling as well as creating a positive atmosphere and joyful experience for families and their kids.
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May
May
Repair Cafe Kolding endorses the 17 SDGs by creating a better future. The organization would like to engage all creative minds in the city experiencing the sense of community who will become empowered to build a greener life: “We would like to increase the belief that each person is important, each step towards fighting climate…
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May
May
It was sun over the harbour, as Repair Cafe Kolding had invited friends, partners, curious and like-minded people for its 1-year birthday.
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May
May
Petya Vasileva and Martina Georgieva were the face and ambassadors of the ZOVV idea during the Ethical Fashion Show in Berlin. Our participation goal was to find out what is the process of creating products by sustainable fashion and circular economy brands.
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Apr
Apr
Last year, Svetlana Petrova, one of the founders of Empty Your Wardrobe, was nominated among the 5 candidates and got awarded with the title of the year’s Climate Hero 2018 in Kolding Municipality. All the 5 have smart ideas, they all make extraordinary efforts for the climate and the community. They are running projects that are filled with…
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Nov
Nov
We have informed you so far about our participation at Additive Days in Sofia. Thanks to the great hosts of the festival, we have managed to exhibit there our new sustainable jewellery collection under the name PAIN ENDORSEMENT. We collaborated with the designer Plamena Vladimirova who shared with us at our latest post 3D PRINTED JEWELLERY! IS THIS…
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Oct
Oct
Additive Days in Sofia As we have already informed you, our team, in collaboration with Blackout Label, will be part of Additive Days in Sofia. Additive Days aims to create a propitious occasion for a meeting between manufacturers, distributors, consumers, designers and technology fans from Southeastern Europe. The conference and complementing workshops are a great place…
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Sep
Sep
What is Design Zoo? Design Zoo was curated by Studieby Kolding and Kolding Kommune, hosted in the lovely garden at the Mit bibliotek i Kolding ( the main library in the city). Armed with some budget and a lot of imagination four teams were competing to make the best design. The team that receives the most…
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Aug
Aug
How can we begin eco-friendly by following the principles of the circular economy? Let’s start with what is “Circular Economic”? Let us start with the fact that this is not just a modern trend, momentum or a phenomenon – it’s a business, it’s an economy. That is it, there are also some rules – we…
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Aug
Aug
Would you introduce yourself? My name is Stela Hristova, and my friends call me Sachi. I am an Indian culture teacher. You create…henna paintings. This is one of my bizarre interests. Tell us how your days pass. Every day is quite different from the other. I am never bored. I paint with henna or manage…
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Aug
Aug
Have you ever tried to do any of your daily routines blushing one of your senses? What it would be like to cook without feeling the smell – we will most likely want to make the food more beautiful. What would it be to clean without seeing – we will probably see the effects of…
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Aug
Aug
Empty Your Wardrobe went abroad and was hosted in a windy Denmark! On March 17th, a Clothing Swap Party was held, this time led by an international team. The mix consisted of a Bulgarian, two Italians, three Germans, one of whom was Danish speaking (it was very important to get to know with the locals),…
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Aug
Aug
We met Mie when we launched our first swapping event abroad – in Kolding, Denmark. She visited our Clothing Swap Party and we become very impressed with what she shared with us. We started our connection with Mie on a social media channel where she wrote us that she saw the event on Facebook a…
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Aug
Aug
Introduce yourselves? Аtelier Trion / Tanya Mihaylova and Iliyana Stoilova.. You are creating… Cool things for fresh, positive people, festivals, events and social projects, from functional objects to thematic installations. What they all have in common – there is always the thought about nature and the problems that we want to emphasize on through our…
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Aug
Aug
We all have the morning rituals that help us wake up and get ready for the new day. According to some researches, the right morning routine can increase our productivity because your will is stronger in the morning. A strong start gives us the best lead. Mornings are the most important time of the day,…
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Aug
Aug
How it all started… On a great summer walk in the park with Deni and her little princess. There, guided by what surrounds and happens to us, the idea to organize events under the name Empty Your Wardrobe was born. We believe people need such initiatives – a place where new acquaintances can be made, where clothes can…
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Aug
Aug
Let’s be realistic: When talking about being friends with nature, we all know we have our little sins. Do you leave the tap running while you’re brushing your teeth? Are you addicted to buying fast fashion and things you actually don’t need? Whatever the “sin”, we are all sinful. The good news is that even…
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Aug
Aug
We are three contemporary women with an affinity for fashion and love for nature. That is why we created the initiative „Empty Your Wardrobe“. It’s important how we treat ourselves, as well as how we care about our inner peace and outer beauty. The same perseverance and attention should be given to the environment and the…
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Aug
Aug
Itchy sweater, stains on the new shoes, broken zippers – you’ll no longer encounter any of these annoying problems. Because there are enough simple and easy tricks on how to avoid them. And we are about to share them with you!