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  • Here is the latest film on my animation channel. I am quite fond of this one, the old man took a while to draw, and animating those hands wasn’t easy either. I am quite pleased with the final result though.

  • For episode three of our podcast ‘Express Change’, we spoke with Mapumba Cilombo, a musician originally from Kolwezi in the Democratic Republic of Congo, who lives and works in South Africa. The conversation was very warm and uplifting, Mapumba came across as someone I’d like to have as a friend: a shiny, open, kind person […]

  • Visual creativity matters a great deal to me. It always has. I love the drawing style of Hergé. I was also very influenced by the early cover designs of the German youth book series “Die drei ???” by Aiga Rasch. I’ve been drawing all my life, on and off, starting when I was two years […]

  • In 2017, Tim Jackson was the starting point. With him, I began my ‘rethinking journey’ on everything I thought I knew about economic growth. Let’s not forget: For 17 years, between 1999 and 2016, I was an advertising man, an ambassador of economic growth. When we developed the first version of our show ‘vollehalle‘ in […]

  • Today, we are launching our first full-length ‘Express Change’-podcast episode — a conversation with Shirley Rodriguez, a New-York-based photographer and filmmaker. There is one idea that Shirley speaks about which reverberates through our entire podcast series: What is the approach to the subject matter? Is it collaborative and open, or is it top-down and closed? […]

  • Our new podcast “Express Change” (it’s my first!) is going live today, with a short 6-minute teaser episode. You can play it right here: On this page, you’ll find links to all the platforms where the podcast is available — including Spotify, Apple Podcasts and Amazon Music. Marina Gattàs at the Wellbeing Economy Alliance (WEAll) […]

  • I know this is most likely a minority opinion. And some will consider what I’m saying ridiculous. But here it goes: I did not like “Dune 2”. I thought “Causeway” was much better. Bear with me. Last weekend, I watched Causeway — a 2022 drama starring Jennifer Lawrence and Brian Tyree Henry — on Apple […]

  • Some time last year, I decided to turn my back on streaming services — Netflix and Disney+ in my case. There were two main reasons. Reason one: The quality of the offering was no longer the same. What had drawn me to Netflix back in 2012 (!) was that they allowed me to watch good […]

  • This is a teaser. I’m working on something new. And it’s really fun. More to come … watch this space. Update April 11th 2024: Here are the details.

  • We are currently looking for a new person to strengthen the full-time team’s management in German Zero’s Berlin headquarter office. We want to build a larger team to run operations overall. A particular focus is on developing the organisation’s fundraising, policy development and communications activities. There’s a job offer on SmartRecruiters.com which you can find […]