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Sally Ho is Green Queen's former resident writer and lead reporter. Passionate about the environment, social issues and health, she is always looking into the latest climate stories in Hong Kong and beyond. A long-time vegan, she also hopes to promote healthy and plant-based lifestyle choices in Asia. Sally has a background in Politics and International Relations from her studies at the London School of Economics and Political Science.

Interviews

INTERVIEW: SpiceBox Organics Founder Punam Chopra “Eating Healthy Can Solve So Many Problems In Life”

Sally Ho May 6, 2020 0

SpiceBox Organics is a boutique USDA-certified organic store and café in Hong Kong that specialises in high-quality ingredients, snacks and freshly prepared grab-and-go meals that are healthy and earth-friendly. Since its inception in…
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Alt Protein

5 Signs Plant-Based Food Tech Investment Is Heating Up Amid Covid-19 Supply Shock

Sally Ho May 6, 2020 0

Startups working on plant-based substitutes for animal products are now raking in capital as investor sentiment for the conventional meat industry goes awry. The coronavirus pandemic has exposed the vulnerability of industrial meat, from…
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Climate Change

Global Opinion Sees Climate Crisis As Serious As Covid-19, New Survey Finds

Sally Ho May 6, 2020 0

New polling conducted by global market research and public opinion firm Ipsos finds that the general public believe that in the long-term, climate change is as serious a crisis as the current coronavirus pandemic. The survey was conducted…
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Fashion

Patagonia: No More Branded Fleece Vests For Non-Mission Aligned Wall Street & Silicon Valley

Sally Ho May 5, 2020 0

In early April, famed outdoor apparel brand Patagonia announced that it will no longer make new partnerships with financial companies and other non-planet-forward businesses to produce branded fleece vests and other clothing. Instead,…
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Vegan Dining

Where To Eat (Plants) This May: New Vegan Restaurant Openings, Menus & Food News

Sally Ho May 5, 2020 0

No doubt the F&B industry has been hard hit due to the ongoing coronavirus pandemic, but the plant-based food scene in Hong Kong hasn’t come to a standstill. There are still new plant-based bites to try out across the city, and to help…
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Fashion

Allbirds Launches Carbon Footprint Count For Every Sneaker In Its Collection

Sally Ho May 5, 2020 0

New Zealand-American sustainable shoe brand Allbirds has begun offering a carbon footprint count for every shoe in its collection. It partnered with Los Angeles-based environmental consultancy firm Clean Agency to calculate the impact of…
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Hong Kong

Hong Kong Charity Opens 1ofaKIND Secondhand Shop To Help The Homeless

Sally Ho May 5, 2020 0

Local charity ImpactHK has recently opened a second hand clothing store called 1ofaKIND. Located in Yau Ma Tei, the shop offers employment to homeless people while encouraging a circular economy for fashion, and also doubles as a community…
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Climate Change

Global Watchdog IEA: Clean Energy The Only Source Resilient To Covid-19 Energy Shock

Sally Ho May 5, 2020 0

The International Energy Agency (IEA), the global energy watchdog, said that the coronavirus pandemic has triggered the biggest energy crisis in 70 years and that renewable electricity will emerge as the only resilient source. In the…
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Interviews

INTERVIEW: Welltodo Founder Lauren Armes “Wellness Is Non-Negotiable”

Sally Ho May 4, 2020 0

Welltodo founder Lauren Armes, the doyenne of wellness media, has watched a niche trend grow into one of the most watched industries on the planet and her b2b wellness platform has been at the very centre of the sector's skyrocketing…
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Women & Gender Rights

“Rise For All” Women Leaders Call For Global Action To Address Human Crisis Of Pandemic

Sally Ho May 4, 2020 0

Women leaders around the world have joined hands in solidarity to call for a mass global effort to address the human crisis of the pandemic. Called the “Rise for All” campaign, the initiative calls on leaders in all countries and sectors…
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Alt Protein

One Year On, How Beyond Meat’s IPO Changed Plant-Based Meat Forever

Sally Ho May 2, 2020 0

On May 2, 2019, Beyond Meat, the California-based plant-based food tech company famous for their meat-free burgers and sausages, went public. The company became the world’s first vegan meat alternative to list on the US stock market. A lot…
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Travel

Hong Kong Eco Scuba Startup ZuBlu Secures US$1 Million Seed Funding

Sally Ho Apr 30, 2020 0

ZuBlu, a Hong Kong-based sustainable scuba diving tourism startup, has just announced that it has attracted US$1 million in a seed funding round, with investors optimistic that there will be a surge in green tourism and conservation once…
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Consumer Trends & Insights

Coronavirus Vocabulary: 8 Slang Words You Need To Know During The Pandemic

Sally Ho Apr 30, 2020 0

The coronavirus pandemic has led to the emergence of a number of new words. You might have already heard a few of the new words popping up in conversation lately with the more scientific terms like social distancing and flattening the…
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Health

US Meat Supply Chain Breaks Down, Reveals Danger Of Livestock Industry

Sally Ho Apr 29, 2020 0

The coronavirus pandemic is pushing the food supply chain all over the world to its limits, but the latest news emerging from the United States has spotlighted global attention on the danger, cruelty and unsustainable nature of the…
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Climate Change

World’s Top Scientists Say Worse Pandemics To Come If We Keep Destroying Nature

Sally Ho Apr 29, 2020 0

There will be even deadlier diseases in the future unless we halt the rampant destruction of nature, which is the root cause of pandemics, warn the world’s leading wildlife and biodiversity scientists. According to the group of experts,…
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Alt Protein

Singapore’s Plant-Based Maker Growthwell Secures US$8 Million To Bring Chickpea Protein To Asia

Sally Ho Apr 29, 2020 0

The Growthwell Group, a Singaporean plant-based protein company, has just announced that it has raised US$8 million. The latest funding round was led by Singapore government-backed fund Temasek, alongside other investors including DSG…
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Climate Change

2020 On Track To Be The Hottest Year Since Records Began, With Temps In Asia 3 Degrees Higher Than Normal

Sally Ho Apr 29, 2020 0

Despite global lockdowns that have lowered carbon emissions, this year is on course to become the hottest year since records began. Meteorologists estimate that there is as high as a 75% chance that 2020 will shatter the records for high…
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Vegan

Spanish Plant-Based Chicken Startup Heura Sees 450% Growth In Past Year & Announces New Investment

Sally Ho Apr 28, 2020 0

Barcelona-based vegan startup Heura has become the fastest growing European company in the plant-based industry with a staggering 450% growth in the past year. Within just 3 years, the company’s presence has expanded from its native Spain…
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Recycling

Did The Romans Invent Recycling? New Pompeii Ruins Research Unearthed

Sally Ho Apr 28, 2020 0

Turns out, the Romans were not only the engineers behind aqueducts and underground heating. Excavations at Pompeii by classical academic Allison Emmerson and a team of researchers and archeologists has revealed that rubbish left outside…
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Alt Protein

Beyond Meat Enters US$150 Million Credit Facility To Fund Global Growth

Sally Ho Apr 28, 2020 0

Beyond Meat, one of the most popular plant-based meat makers in the world, has announced that it has obtained a US$150 million five-year secured revolving credit facility to finance its global expansion. The announcement followed breaking…
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Interviews

INTERVIEW: Nature & Forest Therapy Guide Jasmine Nunns “Build A Relationship With Green Spaces”

Sally Ho Apr 27, 2020 0

Jasmine Nunns founded Kembali to re-wild city-dwellers and connect them back to nature. As Hong Kong’s first certified Nature & Forestry Therapy Guide, she knows a thing or two about why our connection to earth, animals and community…
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