ecos Communications

Writing and producing specialist publications on sustainable development and environmental issues are among the core areas of ecos Communications services.

Examples:

• Clean Energy for all - the Swiss way, ecos, 2007
• Environmental report 2008, 2007 and 1997: the environment in Switzerland, FOEN, SFSO, 1997
• From A for "an everyday experience of culture" to W for "whether investment in culture pays off? " Glossary of Swiss Cultural Policies, Pro Helvetia, 2005
• Measuring sustainable development. Insights into MONET - the Swiss monitoring system, SFSO, SAEFL, ARE (eds), 2002
• Various brochures on sustainable development

ecos supports scientific institutions in transmitting research findings to their target audience in an easily comprehensible way.

Example:

• Conception, planning and realisation of the NATUR congress.
• Elaboration of the concept for the content of the joint pavilion of Basel, Geneva and Zürich for the World Expo Shanghai 2010 with the motto "Better City, Better Life".
• Designing and implementing the communications strategy for the Forum for Allergy Prevention, FORALLVENT. This project was part of the sixth Framework Program of the EU.

ecos supports cities and local communities in their efforts to develop sustainably. The aim is to generate competitive advantages that are durable and long-term rather than purely event-based. ecos Communication works closely together with ecos Processes in order to achieve solid, process-driven planning and implementation.

For more on the potential of sustainable city and community marketing: overview of city and community marketing (pdf, 22K)

ecos Communication supports and advises on sustainable development aspects of product design, communications and sponsorship. It takes an interdisciplinary approach, working hand in hand with other ecos teams.

Example:

• Stoff-Flüsse: Realisation of an exhibition in collaboration with Federal Office for the Environment FOEN to show life cycles and environmental products of daily products.
• Realisation of Green Fashion Switzerland on the occasion of NATURE. The Swiss platform presents ethical and trendy fashion: Sustainabilty meets lifestyle.
• positive to nature: Conduction of an enquiry, a workshop and an exhibition on the occasion of NATURE 3/08 in collaboration with various partners in order to promote the commercialization of biodiversity products.
• Communication for the pilot project «Gesund bewegt» («Movement instead of Traffic»), a health-promotion project of the Ärztinnen und Ärzte für Umweltschutz (Physicians for Environmental Protection) which received the 1st Mobility Prize of the Federal Office for Energy.
• MANNA - Management of the creative process involved in developing the concept for the expo.02 project of Coop Schweiz on «Ernährung zwischen Bio und Design».
• Contract from Pro Helvetia to support the communication of its program "echoes - folk culture for tomorrow"

The use of new information technologies for sustainable development has been a priority of ecos`s activity since 1995.

ecos designs, realizes and manages websites on sustainable development. Our close cooperation with the Oekomedia archive provides up-to-date content for attractive website design: events calendar, links, media review.

Examples:

• Website of the project «transatlantic21»: www.transatlantic21.org
• Internet platform «World Clean Energy Awards - Mainstreaming Conservation & Renewables»: www.cleanenergyawards.com
• Internet platform «Aktionsplan Umwelt & Gesundheit (APUG)»: www.apug.ch
• Website «johannesburg2002.ch - Sustainable development in Switzerland»:
• International Chernobyl website providing information to (global) decision makers and the (regional) population about the continuing consequences of the nuclear disaster, and about existing and potential aid projects.