First Carrotmob a modest success!
First and for all : Thanks a million for everybody that was participating in this Carrotmob: organizers, consumers, shop owner, sponsors, … !!
It was one of the coldest days of the year. When we started to put up our tent in the morning we registered a temperature of -10°C! Despite the cold, risking a few toes, we were there!! Congratulations!
We must be honest, we didn’t welcome as much shoppers as we had hoped. That’s maybe also because I was hoping to get completely squeezed by a crowd of mobbers (in order to prepare for the Christmas parties). Carrotmob caused an extra profit of about 650 EUR that will be invested in energy efficiency. Not too bad for a small shop.
Nevertheless we can consider the first Carrotmob in Brussels a success! The atmosphere was fantastic, the soup delicious, the concerts great, we looked better in our Carrot suit than Penelope Cruz and Brad Pitt together … ! The kind shop owner took care of extra organic products, the organization went smooth, contacts with occasional passenger were good, the afterparty rocked … .
We had a good media coverage: FM Brussel, Viva Cité, De Standaard, Brussel Deze Week, Indymedia, Het nieuwblad, Radio 2, Campus Magazine, Knack, … . And that is also very important. The idea of Carrotmob is spreading like the Mexican Flu. Through Carrotmob we show people that POSITIVE ACTION is possible. And that is of huge importance!
We will now sit together with the shop owner, try to collect all the media material (pictures soon coming on the blog) and brainstorm about the future. I think there are still a lot of fantastic idea and opportunities to grasp with this group of fantastic people!
We all brought a brilliant movement of positive action to Brussels!
Keep an eye on this blog if you want to be part of it next time.
From today on, a big Carrot will be placed on some typical places of Brussels. Every day the Carrot will move toward another place … On thursday evening there will be something special happening @ the place were the Carrot will be. Keep an eye on this blog … !
