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Mother's Day - the best for everyone

May 8, 2025

"Because you're the best, today there's the best for everyone: Fairtrade for you, fairness for the world!" In the run-up to Mother's Day 2025, the German Retail Association (HDE) is expecting occasion-related sales of just over 1 billion euros. According to a recent survey, consumers most frequently reach for flowers. What if we all gave this day not just to our mothers, but to all the mothers around the world who help to make it possible for us to buy these products, whether in the flower fields or in factories, and thus made it a day of international solidarity for mothers worldwide? Unimaginable? the range of fair products on offer is more diverse than you might think. After all, German consumers are increasingly turning to fair trade products: In 2024, they spent around 35 euros per capita and year on goods with the Fairtrade seal. Admittedly, this is still a negligible proportion of the total volume, but a small step

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WIRtschafts-Impulse

May 15, 2023

We offer an innovative series of seminars entitled "WIRtschafts-Impulse". Would you also like to shed light on exciting topics, tools and systemic approaches that promote the WE in business? The WIRtschafts-Impulse seminars are aimed at anyone who wants to help shape change in the world of work. Individual impulses on a specific topic or a complete package, online or together in person - anything is possible. Just get in touch with us. THE TOPICS *** MAKING DECISIONS - VALUABLE & EFFECTIVE ***90 min. via Zoom or in personMaking decisions in teams/groups is often perceived as tedious. How do we decide as a group? Are there "losers" and "winners" or "token decisions"? We have had very good experience with a method from the field of sociocracy and would like to share it with you. *** VALUABLE FEEDBACK ***90 min. via Zoom or in presenceA healthy feedback culture is the key to a learning organization that can

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Balance menu - the menu to the WIRtschafts-Impuls #1

March 20, 2023

Our WIRtschafts-Impuls series started with the topic "Balance between structure and chaos". For this, we have created a BALANCE MENU. Take a look and enjoy it! We look forward to the next impulses with you! Would you like to contribute to a fairer ECONOMY? Then you are exactly right with this "menu"! Simply print out and choose the right recipe, or give it away! Please feel free to report on your experiences, or your recipe idea.Have fun cooking and giving it away!

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"There are no signposts at life's crossroads".

27 July 2022

We are worried about our future, according to the new consumer climate index published by the Nuremberg-based research company GfK. No wonder. We are slipping from one crisis to the next. First the corona virus pushed the climate crisis out of the headlines, and now the war in Ukraine has pushed corona into the background. We are at a crossroads and wish for a signpost, but as Charly Chaplin once aptly put it, there are no road signs on the way to the unknown. But one thing seems clear: If we take our future seriously, we need to change the direction of our economic system. But for this to happen, I am convinced, we must let go of our fear that the necessary changes will make us losers in this system. Only then can we positively connect with this possible new economy and be a part of it.

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Wandel-Menü - the WIRtschaft as a guest of sneep e.V.

27 July 2022

In June we were part of the conference of the student network sneep e.V. - student network for ethics in economics and practice. For this we created a CHANGE MENU!!! Take a look and enjoy it! Also, some great new recipes were created at this meeting. You can find them in our recipe collection. Do you feel like contributing to a more just WEconomy? Then you are exactly right with this "menu"!Just print out and choose the right recipe, oooooooor GIVE AWAY!Feel free to report about your experiences, or your recipe idea!Have fun cooking and giving away!

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Press release: February 20 is World Social Justice Day and the birthday of ECONOMY

February 20, 2022

February 20 is the United Nations International Social Justice Day. Putting this day in the spotlight is more necessary than ever: the wealth of the 10 richest people in the world has doubled since the beginning of the pandemic. Along the way, economic inequality reduced the income of 99 % of the world's population over the same period, and more than 160 million people have been pushed into poverty. This is according to Oxfam International's recently released "Inequality kills" report. Inequality kills because inequality contributes to the death of at least one person every four seconds. ...

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Birthday menu - WIRtschaft celebrates its first anniversary

16 February 2022

One year ago we went online with our website and we stay with it. New and familiar recipes are available in the following BIRTHDAY MENU!!! Do you want to contribute to a fairer economy? Then you are exactly right with this "menu"!Just print out and choose the right recipe, oooooooor GIVE AWAY!Feel free to report on your experiences, or your recipe idea!Happy holidays and have fun cooking and giving away!

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Christmas menu - also to give away

13 December 2021

Silent night, holy night - and just night?Do you feel like contributing to a more just WEconomy? Then you are exactly right with this "menu"!Just print out and choose the right recipe, oooooooor GIVE AWAY!Feel free to report on your experiences, or your recipe idea!Happy holidays and have fun cooking and giving away!

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The Fair Mouse - an example of why transparency in global supply chains is urgently needed

13 December 2021

The prices we pay at the supermarkets and online stores for products lie. The ecological and social costs of overexploitation of people and nature, as it still takes place in the mines, factories and fields of Peru, are outsourced and are not reflected in the prices of the products. The supply chain law recently passed in Germany is intended to remedy this situation. But what are the consequences of the law for people and nature, and why is it so difficult to implement? Using the example of a simple computer mouse, I would like to explain the complexity of the issue to you. Actually, it is absurd that in the 21st century it is still necessary to pass a law to protect people against exploitation in the workplace. But it reflects the sad reality that in many countries, respect for human rights is far from self-evident.

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Social Permaculture - so that ecology and justice bear fruit

13 December 2021

As nature lovers, you probably know the term permaculture from the garden. There, it is certainly self-evident for you that diversity is an important building block for a thriving garden. But permaculture is an approach that can be applied to all areas of life. It takes into account the following ethical principles: Care for the earth, care for people, and care for the future â this third ethic is often referred to as âfair shareâ: Sharing surpluses and reducing consumption. Permaculture takes nature as its model. Patrick Whitefield, author of The Earthcare Manual, called permaculture âthe art of creating beneficial relationshipsâ. Here, plants in the garden are not considered in isolation, but in terms of how they influence each other, how they interact, how we can get a diverse yield from each element. From this much can be learned

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Regulars table #2

September 14, 2021

The second WIRtschafts-Stammtisch will take place on Tuesday, September 28 from 18:30 to 20:00. For this a cordial invitation! We look forward to seeing and hearing from many of you. We meet online here via fairmeeting. This is what happens at the WIRtschafts-Stammtisch: We want to talk about WIRtschafts topics again and make plans together. Save the date - we will inform you about the exact program shortly before. Please have a drink and a snack ready 🙂 We would be pleased to hear from you who will be attending. Spontaneous guests are also welcome. WE ARE LOOKING FORWARD TO YOU!!!

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Regulars table #2

Of course, a real WIRtschaft also includes a regulars' table.
The second WIRtschafts-Stammtisch takes place on Tuesday 28 September from 18:30 to 20:00. A warm invitation to this! We look forward to seeing and hearing from many of you. We meet online here via fairmeeting.

What happens at the WIRtschafts-Stammtisch:
Once again, we want to exchange views on ECONOMIC topics and make plans together. Save the date - we will inform you about the exact program shortly before.

Happy to have a regular drink and vesper on hand 🙂
We would be pleased to receive feedback on who will be attending. Spontaneous regulars are also welcome. WE LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING YOU!!!

We are in the newspaper

The CURT-MAGAZIN has written about us!

Easter menu

Fancy a WIR-tschafts menu?
For Easter we serve:

Supply Chain Act - on the current status

"Will companies across Europe soon have to ensure that human rights violations and environmental destruction do not occur in their supply chains?" asks the Supply Chain Act initiative on the occasion of the vote in the European Parliament on this issue. The European initiative makes it clear: The draft law for a German supply chain law is insufficient!

With 504 votes in favor from 695 parliamentarians, the European Parliament gave a clear signal on March 11 in favor of the so-called "Legislative Report on Human Rights and Environmental Due Diligence of Businesses". This recommendation of the European Parliament is addressed to the EU Commission. Now EU-wide supply chain legislation is to be introduced. In terms of content, the European Parliament goes far beyond the watered-down German bill agreed by the German government last week.

Postcards

There are WIRtschafts postcards in five variants:
Our beautiful logo with the round table, an invitation to the three-course meal, and three other beautiful cards to give away and stick on the fridge...

16 recipes

We have collected a whopping 16 recipes for you to start with. And there will be many more! For absolute beginners and advanced, as well as for every time budget, there is something. Enjoy browsing, trying out and commenting.

3 course menu

Fancy a WIR-tschafts menu?
We serve you today:

A warm welcome!

Today, 20.02. - on the World Day of Social Justice - we welcome you to WIRtschaft! Our project website with recipe book is live. Please enter and have a look around.