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AsiaGlobal Fellow 2025, 2021 Women of Power, 2019 GEN T Honouree, V Label Global Hero, and two-time TEDx Speaker: serial social entrepreneur and trends forecaster Sonalie Figueiras is a sustainability expert, food futurist, and eco-powerhouse who has been inspiring international audiences for over a decade with practical steps to combat climate change. Known globally as the Green Queen, she is the founder and Editor-in-Chief of the award-winning Green Queen, the original impact media platform that educates millions about the link between food technology and climate change. She is also the co-founder and CEO of organic sourcing platform Ekowarehouse and climate tech SaaS Source Green. Additionally, Sonalie is a global keynote speaker, an advisor to multiple mission-driven startups and NGOs, and a venture partner and advisor to several venture capital funds.

Breakfast

My Little Hong Kong Kitchen’s Veggie & Gluten-Free Oat Pancakes

Sonalie Figueiras Apr 7, 2017 0
No one wants to bother with complicated on a lazy Sunday morning. But nothing says Sunday like a breakfast of pancakes. Pancakes tend to be seen as decadent but they can be a nutritional powerhouse. This recipe is super easy (we're talking…
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Eating Out

Life Without Meat Diary – Week 2: My Fridge Has Never Been So Full Of Vegetables

Sonalie Figueiras Mar 30, 2017 0
Online butcher Emma Pike gave up meat and dairy cold turkey (!) after a friend challenged her. Below is the second installment in her hilarious, honest and heart-warming diary (read Part 1 here).  Day 8: Coke Zero Is But A Dream It's…
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Eating Out

Life Without Meat Diary – Week 1: The Reluctant Vegan

Sonalie Figueiras Mar 23, 2017 0
Online butcher Emma Pike gave up meat and dairy cold turkey (!) after a friend challenged her. Below is her hilarious, honest and heart-warming diary.  Ever thought about how vegetarians and vegans live without meat? I hadn't really…
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HK Yoga Teachers

HK Yoga Teacher Series: Kelsea Bangora

Sonalie Figueiras Mar 10, 2017 0
How did yoga enter your life? I started teaching yoga as a Bikram teacher in NYC in 2010. Before this, I had been practicing yoga for more than a decade in New York and was invited to attend an advanced yoga class for teachers. In this…
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Beauty

The Entertainer x Green Queen Wellness Week 241: Save $$ AND Reset With Your Bestie

Sonalie Figueiras Mar 5, 2017 0
Hong Kong's wellness scene is definitely exploding, no doubt about that! But gyms and yoga sessions and eco hair highlights and athleisure shopping and visits to your favorite vegan place during lunch hour sure add up by the end of the…
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HK Yoga Teachers

HK Yoga Teacher Series: Karen Holt

Sonalie Figueiras Feb 23, 2017 0
How did yoga enter your life? I was suffering from injuries that I had sustained from years of dancing and yoga gave me relief from chronic pain as well as a stiffening body. After years exploring my own personal practice I realized I…
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Beauty

Green Queen Gives Jean Louis David’s Organic 23 Hair Color A Go & Loves It

Sonalie Figueiras Feb 16, 2017 0
Jean Louis David, a legendary name in the hair world since 1961 has one of its 1,200 salons right here in Hong Kong, in the heart of Central on Queen's Road Central. The salon prides itself on being current when it comes to fashion and hair…
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HK Dining Guides: Eating Healthy In The 852

Meet Chef Nate Green Of Rhoda: A Sustainable Sourcing Story

Sonalie Figueiras Feb 15, 2017 0
It's a bustling Wednesday night at Rhoda, Yenn Wong's Sai Ying Pun jewel helmed by Chef-Patron Nate Green, formerly of 22 Ships fame. The place is packed with people enjoying themselves, gorging themselves on Green's fabulous food…
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Interviews

HK Yoga Teacher Series: Dee Cheung

Sonalie Figueiras Feb 15, 2017 0
How did yoga enter your life? I completed my first yoga teacher training in 2011 in Hong Kong with Patrick Creelman and have since gone on to study baby yoga with Sally Lomas from Birthlight Baby Yoga, Children's yoga with Jenny Smith…
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HK Yoga Teachers

HK Yoga Teacher Series: Nadine Bubner

Sonalie Figueiras Feb 10, 2017 0
How did yoga enter your life? I started my teacher training's at Yoga Limbs in 2009 (Ed. Note: the school has now closed) and finished their excellent program in 2010 and have been teaching ever since. Where and what type of yoga do…
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Recipes

My Little Hong Kong Kitchen’s Roasted Carrots With Herbed Farro & Beet Salad

Sonalie Figueiras Feb 3, 2017 0
I think I've found my new favorite veggie meal- simple, colorful and delicious. I had an abundance of orange and purple carrots so it seemed a shame not to make the most of them. I roasted them with just a drizzle of olive oil and plenty of…
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HK Yoga Teachers

HK Yoga Teacher Series: Win-Sie Tow

Sonalie Figueiras Feb 3, 2017 0
How did yoga enter your life? While producing documentaries and working for independent film festivals, yoga became my soundtrack to calm a scattered mind and treat back pain. In 2012, I completed the YogaWorks 200-hour training in NYC…
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Consumer Trends & Insights

Morning Raves & Sober Partying: Daybreaker Officially Launches In Hong Kong

Sonalie Figueiras Feb 2, 2017 0
It's a sunny Sunday morning in October and I am walking up the stairs to PMQ's Cube venue in my athleisure best (read the only clean leggings I could find and my old scuffed up trainers) to attend the (invite-only) launch of Daybreaker Hong…
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HK Yoga Teachers

HK Yoga Teacher Series: Meet Jessica Simkin Williams

Sonalie Figueiras Jan 24, 2017 0
How did yoga enter your life? I became a certified yoga teacher in 2001. I started doing yoga with my mother a few years earlier and I found a teacher that I absolutely loved so whenever I was home from university I was attending her…
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Fitness & Working Out

F45 Is The All-In-One Workout You Have Been Waiting For

Sonalie Figueiras Jan 24, 2017 0
F45, short for Functional 45, is a workout concept that originated Down Under and is taking the world by storm. Launched in 2014 in Sydney by trainer to the stars Luke Istomin (he is responsible for Hugh Jackman's Wolverine figure),…
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HK Yoga Teachers

HK Yoga Teacher Series: Meet Charlotte Douglas

Sonalie Figueiras Jan 17, 2017 0
How did yoga enter your life? I took my 250-hour teacher training at Yoga Limbs in Hong Kong in 2011. Sadly the school is no longer around but back then it was a fabulous place to study and practice yoga. Where and what type of yoga do…
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Beauty

Green Queen Predicts: 2017 Health & Wellness Trends

Sonalie Figueiras Jan 13, 2017 0
It's that time of the year again, when experts all over share their predictions for the biggest trends in every industry. Green Queen spends a fair share of her time staying up to date on everything health & wellness, reading just about…
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Gluten-Free

5 Healthy Cookbooks You NEED In Your Life

Sonalie Figueiras Jan 11, 2017 0
Food52 A New Way to Dinner: A Playbook of Recipes and Strategies for the Week Ahead Anyone who has ever done a recipe web search has run into Food 52, the online mecca for all things good food. Founders Amanda Hesser and Merrill Stubbs…
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HK Yoga Teachers

HK Yoga Teacher Series: Meet Hersha Harilela Chellaram

Sonalie Figueiras Jan 11, 2017 0
How did yoga enter your life? In 2002, Swami Satchidananda (my Guru since childhood), suggested I spend a few weeks at his ashram to take a break from my stressed and confused life to sort my mind out. I took a yoga teacher training…
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Hong Kong

The Ultimate Day Trip: Hong Kong Wetland Park

Sonalie Figueiras Jan 11, 2017 0
Hong Kong Wetland Park is a gorgeous 60-hectare nature reserve located in Tin Shui Wai on the eastern shore of Shenzhen Bay. The picturesque park covers naturally-occurring wetlands as well as traditional rice paddies and fish farms, all…
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Beauty

Meet Iella Peter, Beauty App BloomMe’s Talented Founder

Sonalie Figueiras Jan 6, 2017 0
Editor's Note: BloomMe is no longer operations as of April 2020. How did you end up Hong Kong? I’m originally from Germany and I moved to Hong Kong around three years ago. From the first time I visited Hong Kong 11 years ago, I felt a…
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