Blog by VIKA

There is hardly any other animal that is so legendary as the snake. In the history of its importance, it has undergone several cultural transformations. Be it in ancient Greece, Rome or Persia - everywhere it was regarded as a special creature that was associated with different deities and character traits. In the Christian countries the snake has a bad...

Henkel has been drawing attention to its sustainability campaign for some time now. For some time now, the manufacturer has been promising to come up with a sustainable corporate policy, climate-friendly alternatives and resource-conserving manufacturing processes, thus taking a major step toward ethical and moral business practices. At first glance, the key facts of the well-known manufacturer of heavy-duty detergents...

Micro plastics is the big topic of the moment. No matter where, you just can't get past it. Micro plastics in cosmetics, micro plastics in cheaply produced mass-produced goods, micro plastics in food and actually almost all elements that surround us every day. Bad enough, because micro plastic is everything - but not healthy.In the end everything is plastic. But...

Vika is one of those strong women who dared to make her vision come true. I had the luck to meet this special woman in Cologne and to learn more about her and VIKA Jewels. Founder and CEO Viktoria talks about her business idea, her personal conviction and what is especially important to her in her work. "On the one...

In addition to Slow Food there is of course also Slow Fashion - the alternative to Fast Fashion. Both are part of the so-called "Slow Movement" and therefore support the same principles: good quality, clean environment and fairness for consumers and producers. Sustainability is a particularly important topic in today's world and is particularly relevant in the jewelry industry, because...

Not just a popular # on Instagram. There's a lot more to it than that: a whole movement. More and more women are in the focus of attention and stand up for long-suffering grievances in society and their trivialisation. Patriarchy is to blame for this. In addition to patronising abortion laws or wage inequality, too many white conservative cis men...