Everybody who attends TEDxAmsterdam receives a special giftbag. Herewith the contents of this year’s bag:
TEDxAmsterdam: The give-away Giftbag
This year’s giftbag is all about gifts worth spreading. Guests of TEDxAmsterdam are urged to share their presents – with friends, family, colleagues, anyone they see fit!
That’s why all the gifts have little poems attached, printed by the wonderful people of idrukker.nl on Forest Stewardship Council certified paper, www.idrukker.nl
The giftbag itself is made by Studio JUX. This label makes fair-trade clothing from recycled materials and is based in Amsterdam and Nepal. www.studiojux.com
As for the content… Books, nights out, sustainable inventions, art, photography, postcards, multiple delights for your taste buds, great documentaries on DVD, gift vouchers, bathroom treats and much, much more. Check out who were the contributors of these fantastic gifts below.
The custom-made TEDx-chocolate letter, from 100% fair trade Tony’s Chocolonely’s chocolate and wrapped in compostable materials. www.tonychocolonely.nl, www.weareperspective.com, www.pezy.nl, www.promoac.nl, www.allesoverpatisserie.nl, www.moonennatural.nl
Foam provided TEDxAmsterdam guests with a Foam International Photography Magazine and a free ticket to Foam Museum www.foam.nl, www.foammagazine.nl
Book ‘Huh!?’ by Berthold Gunster about the change from a ‘yes, but’ to as ‘yes and’ way of thinking. Sponsored by AW Bruna, who also publishes our official TEDxAmsterdam Book (coming very soon!) www.awbruna.nl
Burney Cards are beautiful CD-postcards made by designers – and yours to personalize by adding your own photo’s, music or video’s. There’s one for every occassion! Take a look at www.burneycards.com
A 2 for 1 ticket to a great night out at comedy institution Boom Chicago at Leidsesquare Amsterdam. www.boomchicago.nl
An all natural snack, made of 95% vegetables by Yuno, donated by our fantastic sustainable food sponsor F&ND. www.foodnutritiondelta.nl
Two inspirational books from the American Book Center and Penguin: Seth Godin’s ‘The Purple Cow’ and Malcolm Gladwell’s ‘What the Dog Saw’ – www.penguin.com www.abc.nl
A 2 for 1 ticket to EYE, Film Institute Netherlands. For now, still to be found in Vondelpark, but soon moving towards ‘t Ij. www.eyefilm.nl
Two bicycle lights that you saw in the official TEDxAmsterdam trailer, donated by the city of Amsterdam. www.iamsterdam.com
‘Gift in a bottle’ – bottle made of recycled plastic by ‘We Beat the Mountain’ with a giftvoucher on the inside, sponsored by Kirkman Company. www.webeatthemountain.com, www.kirkmancompany.com
DVD of documentary ‘The Yes Men fix The World’, sponsored by Lucas Bols and A-Film. www.theyesmen.org, www.lucasbols.nl
Hamam Hot Scrub by Rituals.
Why do we love this product?
Because Rituals uses natural ingredients only
and their products are not tested on animals.
www.rituals.nl
DVD of documentary ‘Meeting Steven Spielberg’ about three filmacademy students from Belgium who follow their dream and go to LA to meet Steven Spielberg. Sponsored by 3’s a crowd and course-centre CREA, where you can follow your own documentary filmmaking course (or one the many other courses available). www.threesacrowd.be www.crea.uva.nl
Speaker Peter Westerveld made a beautiful piece of art; A reproduction of his ‘Footprints’ was specially made for guests of TEDxAmsterdam. Sponsored by Naga Foundation, Buhrman Ubbens and High Gloss. www.nagafoundation.org,www.buhrmannubbens.com and www.highgloss.nl
Hot pack that will keep you warm during the winter. Click it and it’ll heat up itself within seconds! Donated by our sponsor Energize www.energize.nl
This gift is a true sustainable invention; The environment is spared with the ECO Wasbal which uses 80% less detergent. It costs 25 Euro and lasts over a 1000 times (the equivalent of 4 years of washing). www.ecowasbal.com
Chocolate & Conservation. Original Beans chocolate bars help conserve the environment because for every bar you buy, local community farmers plant a tree that will support the forest. Sponsored by New Motion. www.newmotion.nl
And last but not least: Syntens provided guests with their workbook ‘Doing Business with Social Networks’. www.syntens.nl
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