Why you should use open source tools for video conferencing
Video conferences have become an integral part of our everyday lives - at least since the Corona pandemic. The initial difficulties were quickly overcome and the advantages of video conferences are now undisputed. People in different locations can work and exchange ideas with each other easily and with high quality - and they should do so!...
Partner blog post: How can mobile communications be more sustainable?
We exchanged a blog post with WEtell because we think our communities should learn about each other. So we asked WEtell to write about themselves. Mobile communications have a fairness and sustainability problem Awareness of sustainability in the digital world is comparable to a climate-neutral car. We urgently need it,...
We need you: our platform does not support itself
We want to remain independent What do Wikipedia, Mozilla and WECHANGE have in common? We provide online services to everyone without any compensation. No advertising, no data sales, no subscriptions. Why do we do this? Because we want to give everyone free access to resources. Why do we still ask for a usage fee? Because...
CHANGE HURTS: About crises and challenges of a young cooperative
Anyone who follows WECHANGE closely will have noticed: Lots of job advertisements, lots of requests to pay a voluntary contribution for using wechange.de, a postponed redesign release - what's going on at WECHANGE? We would like to give you a brief overview of our last year. A TEAM LIKE A...
Development of a decentralized and self-managed energy supply with renewable energies in Ukraine
Citizen Energy for resilient Ukraine We- the wechange eG – We want to actively promote social change towards a more social, sustainable and ecological world. That's why we not only provide the digital infrastructure for organizing civic groups, but also share our knowledge regarding organization, team building and technical...
PAYL – a solidarity financial model
PAY AS YOU LIKE! Our platform for change www.wechange.de can be used in full for a voluntary contribution. Everyone gives what they can afford and people who can give more help finance others. This way we can ensure that we provide a platform for everyone who is at the same time without...
What does wechange.de achieve? We measure our impact
We wanted to know: what do we achieve? wechange eG, the cooperative behind the WECHANGE platform, is a social enterprise. The focus on the common good is laid down in our statutes and we are involved in networks such as SEND eV (Social Entrepreneurship Network Germany). But what makes us a social enterprise? Do we achieve...
The Internet must become more sustainable
Making a difference with clean websites - a guest article from °Cleaner Web The Internet has a sustainability problem The Internet is also a cause of climate change, but this is not yet firmly anchored in the general consciousness. However, this does not change the fact that the web is responsible for 2 to...
Statement on the current situation in the Islamic Republic of Iran
We the team of WECHANGE, are expressing our regrets and concerns about the current situation in the Islamic Republic of Iran. As you are reading this statement, Iranian people – residents of Tehran, Isfahan, Shiraz, Tebriz, and many other cities of the Republic – are endangered and threatened by...
Redesign October 2022: We are paving the way to accessibility!
We have decided to improve the design of our portals. Not just so that they look better, but above all to enable better usability, as well as more accessibility and sustainability. That's why we have started to develop a new design concept for our platform wechange.de. You will see the first results...
The Society for Media Education and Communication Culture eV uses wechange to network
Hello, we are: Society for Media Education and Communication Culture eV The Society for Media Education and Communication Culture eV (GMK) was founded in 1984 as a nationwide association of experts from the fields of education, culture and media. As a non-profit association and the largest media education umbrella and professional association for institutions and individuals in the German-speaking region,...
The House of Sustainability Ulm creates a meeting place with the help of wechange!
We are committed to a climate-neutral Osnabrück by 2030. We use grassroots democratic means (e.g. residents' petitions) and networking with Osnabrück initiatives and organizations to advance our goal.
OS climate neutral is committed to climate neutrality by 2030 with the help of wechange.de
We are committed to a climate-neutral Osnabrück by 2030. We use grassroots democratic means (e.g. residents' petitions) and networking with Osnabrück initiatives and organizations to advance our goal.
DINA.International does international youth work with the help of wechange
Hello, we are: DINA.international DINA.International is the portal of the specialist and funding bodies for international youth exchange. The various portal partners promote international youth exchange and work on its further development. WHAT WAS YOUR LAST SUCCESS? Youth exchanges often require support in overcoming language barriers. The implementation of an interpreting booth in the digital conference center was...
The fzs coordinates a strong student body with WECHANGE
Hello, we are: fzs The free association of student bodies (fzs) eV is the non-partisan umbrella organization of student representatives in Germany. With around 90 members, the fzs represents around one million students in Germany. WHAT DO WE DO? The fzs represents the social, cultural, political and economic interests of students nationwide...
We want to become Berlin's social enterprise 2022
WE ARE THE CHANGE UPDATE: We have been nominated! Thanks to all supporters. We will keep you updated! wechange eG would like to nominate itself for the election of Berlin's Social Enterprises 2022 in the Transformation category. You can help! It's about companies that are oriented towards the common good and...
Statement on Putin's war of aggression
English + Ukrainian + Russian version below The news of the war in Ukraine reached us this morning and we are saddened and appalled by the first large-scale war of aggression in Europe since the Second World War. The incomprehensible suffering that the Ukrainians are going through at this time touches us. We...
Neuer Norden eV organizes itself as a cooperative for communal living on wechange.de
Hello, we are:Neuer Norden eV We are a diverse mix of people who, as families, couples, singles or in shared flats, want to create different forms of community and neighbourhood in a housing project. We want to counteract the isolation in society, support each other and work together as a group in...
#guteTools for 2022
New Year's resolutions tools for 2021! With the first lockdowns, digitization accelerated significantly. Many people resorted to the first popular tools they could find to organize their work online. "Skype" became "Zoom" and only after some time did the question of data protection or user-friendliness arise. After numerous lockdowns...
Build Share Repair Erfurt runs a self-help workshop with the help of wechange.de!
Hello, we are: Build Share Repair Erfurt We are an Erfurt initiative that runs an open self-help workshop together and offers regular opening hours. We have a bicycle workshop with metal and electrical workstations and a wood workshop. On the one hand, we are concerned with repairs, reusing used items and designing new ones, but also with...