Almost a month since our journey to New York has passed, and it’s time to catch up! As a short recap for all: we attended the lovely Street Fair and The House of Finland exhibition with 13 Finnish brands. The exhibition was organised by The Finnish American Chamber of Commerce and Finnish Tech, Design and Art (FTDA), […]
Up-cycling. Recycling. Down-cycling. A lot of new terms have popped up lately, and they are often new, confused together or misused. As Weecos also has a quite wide range of products using these methods in their production a simple vocabulary of these essential words is needed. *** CIRCULAR ECONOMY The big, trendy term – […]
It is time for celebrations! Weecos Ltd was established on the 28th of June in 2012, so the company is now 5 years old! Weecos – Sustainable Marketplace service was launched in Midsummer 2013 and it is now 4 years old. Last year has been truly the best one so far. We have grown in many […]
At the moment the clothing industry is based on fast and cheap production, and quantity runs over quality. This is completely unsustainable and the reason why Reet Aus, an Estonian fashion designer and PhD, wants to change the mass production system from inside out. In addition to upcycling and certifications, Reet sees taxes and conscious […]
After spending the last summer in Europe, our family headed towards Asia, Australia and New Zealand, and what a great adventure it was! For almost five months we travelled through these places: Shanghai – Bali – Darwin – Brisbane – Sydney – Auckland – Hong Kong – the Philippines (Palawan) – Hong Kong – Tokyo So […]
Greetings from Tokyo! Our family has travelled around the world for half a year now, and I think it would be a good time to sum up a few thoughts about being a digital nomad! Maybe some of you wonder what “a digital nomad” means so let’s have a short definition first. Webworktravel.com -blog defines it […]
We drive a curly serpentine road from Sarajevo up to the mountains. The road is narrow and rough. I enjoy the exhilarating views but Jussi must concentrate on keeping our car on the road. In some of the many crossroads we think we are lost but then we see a guiding sign ”VK” and […]
We started our big journey around the world one month ago. Now we have travelled over 5000 kilometers and it have been quite an adventure already! We have seen nine different countries and met lot of lovely people. Of course, everything have not been only sunshine but nevertheless everything have gone well so far. ”Mum, look […]
The final countdown has started and our whole family is full of excitement! After today there is only three days left before we will press the pedal and start our big journey around the world. You can read my first blog post about our plans considering the journey from here. The kids are now really dedicated to […]
New layoyt, new blog, new shops, co-operations with inspirational people, first marketing video, FIN POP-UP in Sokos, plenty of new customers and motivated team! This sums up the amazing spring we have had and gives us strength to continue the development of the Weecos towards sustainable lifestyle ecosystem. Since the beginning of the year have had […]
Hi, nice to see You here! This writing is my first one in our renewed blog and it starts a series of posts about something exciting considering my family – well, I will tell you soon… I am sure this year is going to be unforgettable for my family in many ways. Not least because of our […]
We often run into situations where we’re asked what does sustainable business and being ecological mean to us. Good questions! And something we try to figure out every day. When Weecos was just an idea in our heads, a few years ago, we spent hours trying to define what do we mean by sustainable lifestyle! We discussed and […]