ecos Communications
Current projects
| Project examples | Year | Client | Languages |
|---|---|---|---|
„Better City, Better Life“ is the motto of the World Expo Shanghai 2010, which expects more than 70 Million visitors. ecos has elaborated the concept for the content of the joint pavilion of Basel, Geneva and Zürich. The three Swiss cities showcase, how they have brought their water to a very high quality level and what they undertake to keep their rivers, lakes and drinking water clean and attractive. The pavilion provides know-how and emotions in any dimension of experience. |
2007 - 2010 | Association Shanghai World Expo 2010 - Basel Geneva Zürich |
d/e/f |
Global Energy Basel (GEB) is the first global platform to promote and build partnerships for integrated energy solutions. Global Energy Basel provides a platform for all relevant players in the global energy market to present and exchange best practices and solutions. The yearly congress and exhibition facilitates innovative partnerships to develop integrated and sustainable energy pathways. ecos is in charge of the conference content (plenary speakers and workshops). |
since 2007 | Swiss Exhibition Basel (Messe Schweiz, abbrev. MCH) in collaboration with ecos |
d/e |
In collaboration with the Federal Office for the Environment (FOEN) and other partners, the NATURE office is realizing a special exhibition dealing with the topic of material flows on the occasion of NATURE 4/09. At this exhibition, life cycles and environmental influences of daily products are shown. |
since 2008 | d | |
Green Fashion Switzerland is a Swiss fashion platform under the umbrella of the NATURE exhibition which presents ethically and sustainably high-quality fashion. Lifestyle meets sustainability. Green Fashion Switzerland shows the public in a variety of ways that an aesthetic lifestyle based on ethical and meaningful principles is compatible with current urban fashion as well. |
since 2008 | ecos |
d |
Biodiversity products are consumer goods and services which give biodiversity economic value by making this resource commercially useful. In order to promote the commercialization of biodiversity products in Switzerland, ecos is conducting an enquiry, a workshop and an exhibition on the occasion of NATURE 3/08 in collaboration with various partners. |
since 2007 | United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD), www.biotrade.org, State Secretariat for Economic Affairs SECO |
d |
The inaugural World Clean Energy Awards were presented at the 2007 Faktor 4-Festival in Basel. The awards recognised the achievements of the best projects worldwide in the implementation of renewable energies. A renowned jury presented the awards to the new recipients of the first “Energy Oscar” from a field of 70 nominated candidates. ecos designed and carried out the World Clean Energy Awards and is responsible for organising sponsors and communication. |
2007 - 2008 | e | |
Performing project management and communication for the Forum for Allergy Prevention - FORALLVENT. There is a gap between the pure science research conducted in the field of allergic diseases and the practical application of that research. The results of the pure science research are often not considered in the day-to-day prevention and treatment of allergies. The FORALLVENT project serves to overcome this gap. |
2006-2008 | d/e | |
NATUR – exhibition, congress and festival: conception, planning and realisation of the NATUR platform with three parallel annual events from 2006 onwards. Management of the office of the association NATUR advisory board. |
since 2004 | Association NATUR Beirat, Swiss Exhibition | |
Performing the project management, communication and media work for the annual Faktor 4-Festival, which is the opening event for the “sun21” energy forum. The festival is the platform for the largest meeting of the regional energy scene. In 2007 the first World Clean Energy Awards were presented during the Faktor 4-Festival. |
since 2005 | d | |
Conception, further development, financing and realisation of the rallye21, which does not concern speed but energy efficient driving and sensitization for a more environmentally-conscious (car) mobility. |
2003 - 2006 | d | |
Agenda-pooling: development of an online tool for the registration of meetings and supervision of diverse online calendar of events concerning environment and sustainability. |
since 2003 | d |
Completed projects
| Project examples | Year | Client | Languages |
|---|---|---|---|
ecos has responsibility for the operational leadership, planing and implementation of the third Science et Cité Festival, called «BaseCamp09». The topic will be «Experience environmental change». BaseCamp09 is a nomadic festival, which will take place in all language regions in Switzerland. Its goal is to improve the communication between science and society. |
2007/08 | d/f | |
The brochures contain examples of the wide-spread use of clean energy in Switzerland. ecos published the brochures. |
2007 | d/e | |
ecos conducted the communication for Pro Helvetia for its program “echoes - folk culture for tomorrow”. This included the conception, implementation and editing of the blog (Blog-volkskultur.ch), which is the independent forum for discussing the Swiss folk culture of the 21st century. |
2006-2008 | d/f/i | |
Environment report of the Federation 2007: journalistic editing and editorial work in collaboration with subject matter experts. |
2005-2007 | Swiss Federal Statistical Office SFSO and Federal Office for the Environment FOEN (SAEFL till the end of 2005) |
d |
Internet platform «Aktionsplan Umwelt & Gesundheit (APUG)». Setting up, hosting and content management. |
2001-2007 | d/f | |
Oberrhein Futour: Project to establish transfrontier sustainable tourism in the Upper Rhine Region. |
2001-2006 | d/f/e | |
International Chernobyl Website to provide information for (global) decision makers and the (regional) population about the continuing effects of the nuclear disaster, and about existing and potential aid projects. |
2000-2006 | d/e/russ | |
Measuring booth of the Basel University for NATUR 1/06: On 30 square metres, the Basel University imparted its activity in the domain of life sciences. ecos developed and realised this performance in cooperation with the client. |
2006 | d | |
«Welches Heimtier passt zu mir?» (Which pet suits me?) – project management of a display organised by the animal protection foundation «Vier Pfoten» (Four Paws); management in cooperation with the «Schweizer Tierschutz» (Swiss Animal Protection) in the context of the NATUR exhibition 1/06 and subsequent exhibitions. |
2006 | d | |
Avenue campaign FLS: organisation of the press conference for the avenue campaign in the context of NATUR 1/06. |
2005-2006 | d | |
«Chernobyl Vademecum»: an A5-sized brochure consisting of 75 pages and containing 55 questions and answers about the Chernobyl catastrophe (based on the webseite www.chernobyl.info). |
2002-2003 | d/e/ru | |
Images for integration: production and distribution of feature films and documentaries which reflect the topics of migration and integration, the target audience being the mainstream cinema audience (conception and realisation). |
2005 | d | |
«Partizipation bewegt» (participation moves): book contribution to the workbook «Bewegungsfreundliche Städte und Gemeinden» (Mobility Friendly Cities and Communities), published by the BASPO. |
2005 | d | |
Zero Emission: visitors of the Gurten Festival in Berne are able to determine the ecological effect of their visit to the festival online and learn about measures for the neutralisation of these emissions. ecos developed an online-tool for this purpose. |
2004 | d | |
Planning of a new strategy for the communication platform sun21. |
2004 | Gewerbeverband Basel-Stadt (Basel-Stadt Small Business Association) and sun21, Basel |
d |
SAEFL communication strategy fine particulate matter: development of a communication strategy for the topic of fine particulate matter. |
2004 | d | |
Brochure «Globalisierung and Nachhaltige Development» (Globalisation and Sustainable Development): Editorial work and composition. |
2003 | d | |
Environment columns for the SAEFL: compiling of news for the SAEFL magazine. |
2002-2003 | d | |
Advice and support of novatlantis in their communications on the 2000 Watt Society. |
2002-2003 | d | |
Development of strategic principles for Thun’s urban marketing. |
2002-2003 | d | |
Communications plan for MONET (Sustainable development monitoring). |
2002-2003 | d/f | |
Development and communication of the «Soziallabel Schweiz» (Swiss social label). |
2002-2003 | d/f | |
Drawing up the communal marketing and communications plan for Riehen. |
2002-2003 | d | |
Strategic marketing concept of the Swiss National Library (Daniel Wiener together with Marie-Christine Doffey and Urs Schnell). |
2002 | d | |
Public Private Partnership to plan and carry out an international high level conference on water: Sustainable Water Management – Priorities for policy frameworks and best practices, in SwissRe’s Centre for Global Dialogue in Rüschlikon. |
2001-2002 | e | |
Concept and realisation of communications measures for the World Summit in Johannesburg (Johannesburg 2002). |
2001-2002 | d/f/e/i | |
Website «johannesburg2002.ch – sustainable development in Switzerland». Setting up, hosting and content management, and Web publishing of three brochures. |
2001-2002 | d/f/e | |
Editing and production of the brochure «Measuring sustainable development. Insights into MONET – the Swiss monitoring system». |
2001 | d/f | |
Concept and realisation of communications for the governmental project «Palais de l'Équilibre» on sustainable development at the expo.02. |
2001 | d/f/i/rät | |
Swiss Federal Council: «From Rio to responsibility – Switzerland’s progress towards a policy of sustainable development». Report for the Secretariat of the Commission on Sustainable Development (brochure, production). |
2001 | d/e/f | |
Interdepartmental Committee IDC Rio: «A future for Switzerland. Sustainable development as an opportunity for the economy, environment and society» (brochure/popular version of the experts’ report; concept, text and production). |
2001 | d/e/f/i | |
Development of a concept for an online investment forum. |
2001 | d | |
National Research Programme NRP 41: Sustainable mobility. Impulses from NRP 41 «Transport and Environment» (brochure; overall management, editorial cooperation, production and Web version). |
2001 | d/e/f/i | |
Communal marketing plan for Riehen. Drawing up the plan, Interviews and Hearing. |
2000-2002 | d | |
«Environment – Switzerland 2002. Statistics & Analysis» Link collection for the 2002 Environmental Report. |
2000-2001 | d/f | |
«Swiss agriculture on its way to sustainability» (brochure; editing and production). |
2000 | Swiss Agency for the Environment, Forests and Landscape SAEFL and Swiss Federal Office of Agriculture SFOA |
d/f/e/i |
Editing and online publication of the www.oekomedia.org database, with about 70,000 abstracts of newspaper and magazine articles on ecology and sustainability. |
1999-2005 | for the Oekomedia Foundation (until spring 2000 Stiftung OekoDok) |
d/f/e |
Publication of the monthly information service punkt.um and the Website punkt-um.net. |
1999 – 2002 | together with Ökom-Verlag Munich |
d/f/e |
Work on the magazine «Umwelt». |
1999-2002 | d/f/e/i | |
«Umweltinformationen gezielt suchen mit dem Internet» (Finding environmental information on the Internet) – One-day introductory course. |
1999 - 2002 | together with the Swiss Foundation for the practice of environmental protection PUSCH |
d |
«Here and now: Sustainable production in Switzerland» (brochure; editing and production). |
1999 | d/f/e/i | |
SLF Bulletin. |
1999 | d/f/e/i | |
Planning and organisation of the Energy 2000 Day for Sun 21 1999. |
1999 | d/f | |
Destination marketing for Basel: Concept. |
1999 | d | |
Urban marketing for Basel: Concept. |
1999 | d | |
SDC press service. |
1998-2004, 4 x annually | d/f/i | |
SDC Agenda. |
1998-2003, monthly | d/f/i | |
New development of Toni yoghurt: Workshop and planning studies. |
1998 | Toni-Molkerei, Zürich |
d |
SAEFL Website: concept. |
1998 | d/f/i/e | |
«Bewusst wie»: popular and practice-oriented guidelines on sustainability, with 1000 tips and wide-ranging address section. |
1997 | Cities of Basel, Zurich, Communes of Allschwil, Muttenz, Riehen, Münchenstein |
d |
Environmental report: «The environment in Switzerland». |
1997 | d/f/i/e | |
Anna Sax, Peter Haber, Daniel Wiener: «Das Existenzmaximum, Grundlagen für eine zukunftsfähige Schweiz», Werd-Verlag, Zurich. |
1997 | Published by: Berne Declaration and Oekomedia |
d |
SAEFL Environmental series booklet on preventing industrial accidents. |
1996 | d/f | |
Environment for Europe – Switzerland’s contribution (brochure; editing and production). |
1995 and 1998 | d/f/e/russ | |
Environmental Statistics series on topics such as «noise», «gene technology», «climate» etc. (brochures; editing and production). |
1994-2000, 11 volumes | d/f | |
«Quellen umweltrelevanter Daten des Bundes» (Sources of federal environmental data; brochure). Recording, organising and editing the data sources |
1993 | d/f | |
Government waste management campaign: Production of a regular media service and of its training documentation. |
1992 – 1995 | d/f/i | |
Monthly publishing of the Medienspiegel Umwelt (media review; later integrated into punkt.um). |
1991 – 1999 | d/f/e | |
Media service Um-Welt Schweiz: Data and facts on global sustainable development. |
1991 – 1996 | d/f/i |