Locusts & Covid-19: Africa Braces For A Double Blow
By: Robert Kibet
With imposed flight restrictions across borders to help contain the spread of the Covid-19 pandemic, countries in the East and Horn of Africa are finding it hard to respond to a double shock as a second wave of!-->!-->!-->…
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Particle Accelerator Can Make Stronger Cherry Blossoms To Weather Global Heating
By: Roku Goda
Cherry blossoms have long been loved by Japanese and celebrated in poetry as harbingers of spring. In the early Heian Period (794-1185), Ariwara no Narihira penned a piece about how people became very excited every spring!-->!-->!-->…
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Patagonia: No More Branded Fleece Vests For Non-Mission Aligned Wall Street & Silicon Valley
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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Where To Eat (Plants) This May: New Vegan Restaurant Openings, Menus & Food News
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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Allbirds Launches Carbon Footprint Count For Every Sneaker In Its Collection
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 Charity Opens 1ofaKIND Secondhand Shop To Help The Homeless
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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Global Watchdog IEA: Clean Energy The Only Source Resilient To Covid-19 Energy Shock
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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INTERVIEW: Welltodo Founder Lauren Armes “Wellness Is Non-Negotiable”
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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“Rise For All” Women Leaders Call For Global Action To Address Human Crisis Of Pandemic
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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One Year On, How Beyond Meat’s IPO Changed Plant-Based Meat Forever
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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VIDEO Q&A: David Yeung On Bringing Beyond Meat To Asia & The IPO That Changed The World
Has it really been one year since the Beyond Meat IPO that rocked the world, breaking records as the year's second most successful listing and the most successful vegan one of all time? In many ways, it feels like only yesterday. In!-->…
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North Pole May Be Clear Water By Mid-Century
By: Tim Radford
Within 30 years, there could be clear blue water over the North Pole – not good news for most of the planet.
Within three decades, the North Pole could be free of sea ice in the late summer. The latest and most!-->!-->!-->!-->!-->…
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A New Vision For Farming: Chickens, Sheep, And … Solar Panels
By: Lynn Freehill-Maye
When Jackie Augustine opens a chicken coop door one brisk spring morning in upstate New York, the hens bolt out like windup toys. Still, as their faint barnyard scent testifies, they aren’t battery-powered!-->!-->!-->…
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Want To Slow The Climate Crisis? Don’t Use Single-Use Plastics.
By: Annie Leonard
The fossil fuel industry is dependent on our plastic dependency. We can starve it.
The fossil fuel industry is in trouble and has a sneaky idea for saving itself: It wants to produce lots more plastic. Many!-->!-->!-->!-->!-->…
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The Silver Lining Of COVID-19? Recycling & Sustainability Are At An All-Time High
By: George Valiotis
Now, more than ever, leaders need to take concrete actions to build a more sustainable world.
There are two sides to any story, even during pandemics. While social distancing and the!-->!-->!-->!-->!-->…
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The 10 Best Books On Climate Change, According To Climate Activists
By: Julia Fine
A record number of Americans are concerned about climate change, a recent study by the Yale Program on Climate Change Communication and George Mason University’s Center for Climate Change Communication found. If!-->!-->!-->…
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Don’t Bail Out Oil & Gas — Use The Money For Environmental Cleanup Instead
By: Sharon Zhang
Despite the evidence that the fossil fuel industry in the U.S. is not profitable and basically a giant money pit, President Trump tweeted last Tuesday that he has directed his cabinet to come up with a!-->!-->!-->…
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Hong Kong Eco Scuba Startup ZuBlu Secures US$1 Million Seed Funding
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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Coronavirus Vocabulary: 8 Slang Words You Need To Know During The Pandemic
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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US Meat Supply Chain Breaks Down, Reveals Danger Of Livestock Industry
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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Why Can’t The Media Visualise Climate Solutions?
The hunger for images that show new and existing solutions to the climate crisis continues to grow exponentially as our collective awareness deepens. But relevant and engaging imagery is hard, or even impossible, to source.
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