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Make This Year’s Christmas Your Greenest One Yet
Who doesn't love Christmas? 'Tis the season to give, receive, eat and be merry and we're already wearing bursting with yuletide cheer! The tree is trimmed, presents are popping up under it in the middle of the night (Is that you, Santa?)…
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9 Ways To Greenify Children Parties During The Holiday Season
Nothing makes the little ones happier than a good old-fashioned celebration! The kiddies love the action, the special foods, the costumes, the decorations and the buildup of excitement that precedes festivities.
Trouble is, the way we…
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Gifts With A Heart: Our Top Picks From PhatRice For Everyone On Your List
With the holidays right around the corner, the yearly nightmare before Christmas of what to get everyone on our list has begun. However, this year PhatRice has you sorted. The sustainable e-commerce platform features fair trade,…
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Green Queen Living: DIY The 411 on Mosquito Repellents and How To Make Your Own
The sun is shining, the sky is blue, there is a breeze- ideal conditions for a wonderful day of outdoor activities. There you are, minding your own business and trying to enjoy your picnic afternoon. Except for the one thorn in your…
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Make A Date With Nature At HK Perma Club
Humans have been working for thousands of years to enhance our natural surroundings and engineer the world around us, especially when it comes to agriculture and food production. In more recent years, a few wise folks have realized that…
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#UmbrellaRevolution: The Greenest Protests In The World
Hong Kong does not top greenest city lists very often. But during the past few days, the ever-practical and respectfully ecological mindset of Hong Kong people has become inspiringly apparent. The people of Asia's world city have captured…
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Stop Food Waste At Home Guide: How To Save Your Herbs, Fruit, Greens & Leaves
Food waste is a huge problem globally-over 30% of all food produced is wasted across the planet. Be part of the solution with our our useful ideas for how to make use of everything in your fridge and how to avoid food waste, especially…
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DIY Eco Air Fresheners Ideas For Everyone
Air fresheners have become a household staple over the past few years with over 75% of homes using some form of them. We have become unusually obsessed with the way things smell, and the air freshener industry has greatly profited!
Air…
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Hong Kong Green Home’s Claire Sancelot Shares Her Eco-Friendly Bathroom Diaries
Claire Sancelot is not your average mom and she is far from your average expat. In a bid to change her life from one of consumption to one governed by the principles of ecology, she, her husband, their three daughters, their helper…
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Green Queen Recommends: HK’s Most Eco-Friendly Toy Shops & Brands
Kids need safe toys, that are made to inspire and educate them physically and mentally. In Hong Kong, where cheap plastic toys are sold on every corner, it can be hard to find sustainably-made, non-toxic eco toys that are designed with…
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5 Easy Steps to a Greener Office
Want to play your part for the environment but don’t know how? Don’t have time to focus too much on making your working environment more eco-friendly? Check out these 5 tips below for easy suggestions to green your workplace. No hefty…
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Eco Insights: Alternative Energy Series Part 4 – Nuclear Energy
Of all the alternative energy controversies, nothing gets people so riled up as nuclear energy. Those who believe in it are staunch defenders and those against consider it totally unfathomable. We take on everyone's points below.
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Eco Insights: Alternative Energy Series Part 3 – Ethanol as a Biofuel
We have looked into solar power and wind power in our previous posts in this Eco Insights series, and this week we tackle the subject of ethanol and its use as a biofuel.
What is Ethanol?
There is no doubt that we need more…
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Green Queen Recommends: Eco Shopping – The Best New Green Concept Boutiques
What a great time to live in Hong Kong! All of a sudden, awesome green living concept stores and products are sprouting up in every corner. It's becoming hard to keep track of them all. Always looking to lend a helpful green hand, Green…
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Eco Insights: Alternative Energy Series Part 2 – Wind Power
This week, we tackle the basics of wind power and what you need to know about this growing industry. As with solar power, there is a lot to consider.
Wind Power 101
Wind power is the process of harnessing the energy generated by…
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Eco Insights: Alternative Energy Series Part 1- Solar Power
In our latest Eco Insights series, we cover the main types of alternative energy. We start with the most ubiquitous: solar power.
Solar Energy 101
Solar power (also known as solar energy, the two terms are equivalent) is defined as…
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Eco Insights: What is Fracking and Why is Everyone So Angry About It?
Lately it seems like news headlines are dominated by fracking this and fracking that. Just what exactly is this fracking business the media is constantly referring to? Don’t worry, you don’t need a Geology degree to understand what people…
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Green Queen Living: Must Have Phone Apps for a Greener Life
Want to live a greener life? These free apps all make it easier to make greener, healthier choices every day. Visit the app store now and turn your phone into an eco-machine!
Buy The Most Eco-Friendly Home, Baby & Beauty Products -!-->!-->…
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Eco Insights: What is Greenwashing?
An important term for any concerned eco citizen, greenwashing was coined in 1986 by Jay Westervelt, an environmentalist from New York who wrote an essay about the hotel industry’s misleading practice of leaving cards in guest bathrooms…
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Eco Insights: A Handy Guide Of The Most Eco-Friendly Home Building Materials Part 2
In last week’s post, we gave you some useful information about three important eco friendly home building materials: bamboo, abaca and rattan. Today we continue our foray into the natural furnishings world with three more all-stars:…
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Eco Insights: A Handy Guide Of The Most Eco-Friendly Home Building Materials Part 1
There is really no excuse not to source eco friendly materials when it comes to furniture and other home furnishings. There are so many sustainable options to choose from. Below we give you the 411 on three plants to consider when updating…
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