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Behind Green Warriors Asia: ‘We Want To Show That Sustainability is Sexy!’
The Green Warrior 2018 series, shot by French creative duo & fashion photographers Flavien Prioreau and Zoe Kovacs, aims to raise awareness about waste and its perception in our society. We need to curb and rethink our…
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Eco Friendly Christmas Guide: Cards, Wrapping, Ornaments, Decorations & Advent Calendars
It's the most wonderful time of the year! The lead up to Christmas! We're total suckers for Santa season, there's no hiding it. The food, the merriment, the parties, the pajamas...Unfortunately, in our capitalist times, Christmas is also a…
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How To Be A Zero Waste Traveler: Our Eco Experts Share Their Top Tips
Travel is a pursuit that involves a great deal of waste. From plastic hotel toiletries to the airline's single serve complimentary beverage service, it can be easy to create a ton of trash before even arriving at your destination. But it…
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V Cycle Wants Your Trash: Social Enterprise Looks To Collect 10 Tonnes of Plastic Bottles by 2019
While the plastic pollution pandemic is truly a global issue, let's take it one step back and focus this matter on our home turf. In such a vibrant, densely populated urban center like ours, the need for the 5 R's (refuse, reduce,…
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Conscious Candle Guide: Where To Find Hong Kong’s Safest Burn
The Hong Kong chill is descending upon us, which means sweater weather and finding the perfect seasonal candle to cozy up at home! While the soft, warm glow of a candle can set the tone for a romantic evening or add a relaxing element after…
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Zero Waste Beauty: Hong Kong Mom Launches Eko Savon Soap & Shampoo Bar Brand
Mark our words - the humble bar soap is making a comeback. Over the past couple of decades, bar soaps were abandoned in favour of bottled shampoos, face washes and shower gels, with beauty brands proffering thousands of other packaged…
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Five Hong Kong Recycling Myths That Will Shock You
Hong Kong's recycling infrastructure is woefully lacking: most citizens are not educated about how best to recycle; there is no mandatory residential recycling scheme; there are no incentives for businesses to recycle; the government…
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Green Platters Grazing Tables: Hong Kong’s Newest Low Waste Catering Trend
Social media has given rise to a new catering trend that's a heck of a lot more stylish than traditional finger foods: behold, the grazing table. Gone are the days of boring cheese cubes, stale chips and cheap dips from social…
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Eco, Organic & Plastic-Free Baby Guide – The Ultimate Green Queen New Mom Guide
One of the biggest eco awakening moments in a person's life is when they are about to become a parent. Suddenly, what fabrics you wear and what products you use and what foods you eat matter so much more. Suddenly, your baby's health and…
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How To Be An Eco Warrior: Green Queen’s Top Tips For A More Conscious Life
Living consciously for me is about making choices that do the least harm to those around me and to the natural environment. Avoiding plastics, consuming less, ignoring fast fashion, participating in the circular economy, voting with my…
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Asia CSR Women Heroes: Ellie Tang of New World & K11 Concepts “I Feel Accomplished When I Convert Naysayers”
In this new series, we celebrate the women who bring corporates to task from the inside, pushing for greater environmental and social forward policies.
What is your full title and where do you work?
I am Head of Sustainability at New…
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Hong Kong’s Best Zero Waste Natural Deodorants
There is nothing sexy about smelly armpits. We know. Living in a hot and sticky climate like ours, we know how important deodorant is to our daily hygiene routine. But not all deodorants or antiperspirants are made equal. Most of the store…
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Pure Group’s nood food Launches Plant-Based Impossible Burger Menu
Impossible Foods has partnered with Asia's leading lifestyle brand, The Pure Group, as the latest company to launch the famed vegan patty to their in-house cafe, nood food. Introducing four new Impossible dishes at Pure Fitness'…
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Plastic-Free Party: A Guide to Zero Waste Event Planning in Hong Kong
Hong Kong has a packed event calendar all year round. We have markets and festivals and community gatherings and fairs. For those of us that lucky enough to live here, it makes weekends super fun. There's only one problem: events cause so…
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IRIS Your Escape 2018 Health & Wellness Festival Returns For 7th Edition Sep 22-23 at Central Harbourfront
Break away from the hustle and grind of Hong Kong to find your inner zen at the largest health and wellness festival this weekend, September 22 - 23 2018. Back again for its seventh release, IRIS: Your Escape is taking over Central…
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Food’s Future Summit 2018 by Foodie Returns w/ JUST EGG CEO Josh Tetrick Keynote
In 2050, the world population will be nine billion people. But according to the numbers, there won't be enough to feed half that population at our current food production rates. So what are we to do? On September 21 - 22, the Food's Future…
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Shi Fu Miz 2018: Hong Kong’s First Zero Waste Plastic-Free Music & Arts Festival
Mark your calendars, y'all! Hong Kong's Shi Fu Miz Festival is coming back more conscious and livelier than ever this October 27th & 28th. Backed by a growing number of adventure seekers with an affinity for mixing art, music,…
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10 Reasons You Need To Eat Less Meat: All The Facts
Not sure why everyone you know is suddenly going meatless? Unless you live in a cave, you will have noticed that there are more and more headlines about people going vegan and about the negative environmental and health consequences of…
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The Complete Plastics Guide: From #1 to #7, What’s Reusable, What’s Recyclable & What To Avoid At All Costs
Hong Kong has one of the worst rates of recycling in general and plastic in particular in the world and believe it or not, recycling rates are actually decreasing every year! Our city landfills are reaching breaking point and yet the…
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Could You Stop Washing Your Hair? Why Women All Over Are Going For The No-Poo Method
As far as hair care goes, there are countless options to choose from. Grocery store aisles and beauty shops are chock full of products that promise to gloss, lengthen, volumize, thicken, or keep the color your tresses are rocking. But…
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Asia CSR Women Heroes: Rebecca Donnellan Got 11,000 People to Go Green Monday
In this new series, we celebrate the women who bring corporates to task from the inside, pushing for greater environmental and social forward policies.
What is your full title and where do you work?
I’m Director of Sustainability at MGM…
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