The World of WALA.

12/23

Nature

Winter in the WALA medicinal plant garden – snow, frost and cold freeze the soil. Many plants go dormant during this time. Sage, however, defies the cold and confronts it with all its strength. It also helps us humans through the cold winter months.

01/24

Culture

Ideas sometimes take time to reach a certain maturity. Much like the seeds that we plant in the soil to grow, it takes time and patience to develop – and the same goes for growing a strong team. We take a look at the four people who made WALA grow.

01/24

Beauty

When it comes to innovation, a gnarled old olive tree isn’t the first thing that springs to mind. Yet that’s exactly what WALA has used to develop a brand-new cosmetic ingredient. Here’s how this innovation came about – and everything it can do.

02/24

Culture

Ever since its inception, WALA has felt a close connection to art and culture and regularly exhibits works by local artists. The current exhibition consists of works by the Stuttgart artist Wolfgang Tiedemann. What follows is a conversation about his journey as an artist and the value of ‘encounters’.

04/24

Health

The health of humans, animals and nature is closely linked – one cannot exist without the others. ‘One Health’ is a holistic approach that aims to understand the interactions between areas of life and to protect and improve the health of everyone on the planet.

05/24

Partnership

naturamus, a raw materials supplier and independent subsidiary of WALA, is celebrating its 10th anniversary this year. Time to look back – and forward, too.

05/24

Independence

WEtell is revolutionising the art of mobile communication. The company promotes sustainable communication at all levels. Like WALA, WEtell is a member of the Stiftung Verantwortungseigentum [Steward-Ownership Foundation]. A conversation about shared values and big goals.
 

07/24

Nature

VAUDE is celebrating its 50th birthday in 2024. The shift towards a sustainable way of doing business is a crucial chapter in the company’s story – and its path towards the future. Legal frameworks can accelerate this vital change.

08/24

Health

A GP surgery that not only provides healthcare but is also a place to connect with other people? It might sound too good to be true, but this isn’t the case for the patients of the surgery in Hermaringen that calls itself ‘Grüne Aue’, which means ‘Green Meadow’. There, an innovative participation model has been created that opens up new ways of providing comprehensive healthcare.

09/24

Beauty

Pure, natural skin care and holistic treatments – this is what Dr. Hauschka has stood for since 1967. Claudia Bezold-Ferrari and Barbara Becheru talk about how unique formulations and rhythmic movements help stressed people to ground themselves – and to achieve something all too rare in challenging times: being at one with themselves.

12/23

Partnership

We source raw materials from all over the world. One of these treasures is castor oil from India. Together with WALA and the castor oil manufacturer Castor Products Company (CPC), the local NGO Satvik initiated the first certified organic cultivation of this valuable commodity. Satvik is also involved in local social projects.

10/23

Nature

Working in harmony with nature connects us to its healing and caring powers and teaches us to treat it with respect and appreciation. That is why we treat our environment responsibly out of conviction. And voluntarily take stock every year.

11/23

Health

In our day-to-day lives, how can we become attentive to the need to look after ourselves and therefore others as well? Gerda Zölle draws from her rich stores of experience in providing care and attention through the art of ‘external applications’. A touching personal experiment.

10/23

Culture

Pollen, beeswax and plenty of time: created in dialogue with nature and in harmony with the seasons, Wolfgang Laib’s meditative artworks pose supremely timely questions on our humanity in fragile environments.

11/23

Independence

How can both tangible and intangible heritage be tied to a company over the long-term so that more than just a few individuals benefit? The Steward Ownership Foundation has found answers to this. A new legal reform is expected to come soon. As WALA archivist Florian Öxler knows, this form of ownership has been embraced at WALA since 1986.

09/23

Health

The human time organism plays an important role in health and well-being, says physiologist and chronobiologist Professor Maximilian Moser. We talked to him about the connection between life processes and rhythm. And how rhythmically shaped daily life can make you healthy.

09/23

Partnership

The north of Pakistan is characterised by the highest mountains in the world and decades’ worth of territorial disputes. Here, in what is probably one of the most remote regions in the world, agriculture has long been ecologically and socially sustainable. Since 2004, the Mountain Fruit Company (MFC) has been offering training in organic farming, promoting fair commerce and strengthening the role of women. 

08/23

Independence

Few others have influenced anthroposophic medicine, pharmacy and curative education the way Ita Wegman has. A doctor dedicated to social causes, her many-sided life was shaped by fate time and again: in this article, we follow in her footsteps for a portion of it.

08/23

Culture

Money is useful. We should reclaim our power of interpretation and unleash its potential to shape our world, says GLS Bank CEO Aysel Osmanoglu.

07/23

Partnership

Mineral extraction is dangerous and represents a considerable challenge for WALA’s subsidiary naturamus: how can amethyst, the raw material that is used to manufacture WALA medicines, be sourced fairly? A procurement puzzle. 

07/23

Independence

Wars in neighbouring countries and the devastating impact of the earthquake have made things worse in Turkey, especially for the most vulnerable. Waves of refugees bring seasonal workers who often work in substandard conditions. This is where the non-governmental-organisation Minerva comes in, which was founded by two strong women, Dr. Cigdem Cimrin and Dr. Pinar Kara.

06/23

Science

The Paris Agreement states that the global temperature increase should be limited to 1.5 degrees by 2100. Hannah Helmke helps companies meet this target by calculating a simple number of degrees Celsius. 

06/23

Culture

Our gardeners nurture, cherish and care for around 150 medicinal plants in our medicinal herb garden. And a cabinet in our summer house conserves and protects the secret stars behind this incredible bounty: the seeds. We think it’s time that these wonders of nature got a bit more love and attention.

06/23

Health

Having fallen very ill multiple times, Dutch doctor Dr Machteld Huber recognised that, first and foremost, health starts with us. Together with the Health Council of the Netherlands, she established and developed a dynamic concept of health known as ‘Positive Health’.

05/23

Nature

Soil is much more than just the ground on which we stand, move and build. It is the foundation of all life. And that is why it is important that we take care of its health, humus expert Gerald Dunst explains. We take a closer look at what is happening beneath our feet.

05/23

Culture

Cellist and climate activist Tanja Tetzlaff is taking the initiative using boundary-breaking concert formats and interdisciplinary dialogue. She is daring to forge links to contemporary events with other art forms – ones that awaken, move and encourage people.

03/23

Beauty

‘There are two kinds of beauty: inner and outer’ – is Dr. Hauschka co-founder Elisabeth Sigmund’s motto, penned in 1967, still relevant today? And does inner beauty even exist? A philosophical discussion at Salon Luitpold, courtesy of WALA.