Ocean Waste Whale Sculpture “Skyscraper” Begins Asian Tour To Raise Awareness About Plastic Crisis
A sculpture made from recovered ocean plastic waste and steel support, “Skyscraper” (The Bruges Whale) has begun its Asian Migration Tour in collaboration with Ocean Recovery Alliance, starting in Singapore at the ArtScience Museum of!-->…
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Singapore Startup NamZ Disrupts Instant Noodle Market Using Climate Resistant Sustainable Crops
Singapore food tech startup NamZ is recreating a sustainable and healthy version of instant noodles, a popular Asian comfort food, by using regionally grown and climate resistant “future fit crops”. In addition to their instant noodles,!-->…
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Indonesia To Lose All Its Glaciers By 2030 Due To Global Warming
According to a new study published in the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS), Indonesia’s glaciers, which are known to few people, are melting so quickly that they will disappear within a decade. The study is!-->…
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Zero Waste & Plant-Based: An Eco Activist Mom’s Guide To Disneyland Hong Kong
Planning on going to Hong Kong Disneyland for some Christmas Mickey Magic but already feeling eco-anxious about the single use plastic MADNESS you imagine witnessing in the amusement park?
So was I! But it IS possible. So here!-->!-->!-->…
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INTERVIEW: GFI’s Bruce Friedrich On Working To End Industrial Animal Agriculture “Let’s Give Consumers What They Want”
Bruce Friedrich, the executive director and co-founder of the Good Food Institute (GFI) is responsible for some of the most iconic plant-based startups that have disrupted the global understanding and perception of vegan meat. A former!-->…
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Taco Bell China Launches Limited Edition Vegan Omnipork Tacos
Taco Bell has just launched a limited edition vegan Omnipork Crunchy Taco across all its Shanghai locations. The plant-based taco will be made with the vegan ground pork alternative Omnipork developed by Hong Kong-based Green Monday’s!-->…
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Indonesian Fires & The Climate Crisis: Can We Realistically Boycott Palm Oil?
Palm oil is the world’s most versatile vegetable oil. It is present in virtually every consumer product category, from beauty and cosmetics to food and the very material used to construct home furniture. However, global demand for the palm!-->…
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Vegan Store: Japan’s First Plant-Based Convenience Store Opens In Tokyo’s Asakusa ‘Hood
A brand new Japanese convenience store, Vegan Store, has just opened in Tokyo’s Asakusa neighbourhood. The store will offer everything Japanese convenience stores typically offer, from a huge variety of quick bites to bento boxes and!-->…
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INTERVIEW: Reemi Co-Founder Emily Au-Young On Fighting Period Poverty “If We Care About People, We Have To Care About The Planet”
We recently sat down with Emily Au-Young, co-founder of menstrual care charity Reemi. Based in New Zealand, the organisation has developed the world's first self-disinfecting period reusable underwear product, which will see 100% of the!-->…
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Reebok Makes First Sustainable Plant-Based Performance Running Shoe
Reebok, the global sports footwear and apparel brand, has just announced their brand new sustainable plant-based performance running shoe. Named the Forever Floatride GROW, the running shoe made with castor beans, algae foam, natural!-->…
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Singapore App Capture Helps You Track Your Carbon Footprint & Offset It
Singapore-based startup Capture has just created an app for individual users to track their carbon footprint from their everyday transport choices and auto-offset them on a monthly basis through certified tree planting projects. The app is!-->…
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100 Waste Barriers To Be Installed In Bali Rivers To Fight Plastic Pollution
The Indonesian island of Bali has been battling a plastic waste crisis for years, with the government declaring a “trash emergency” in 2017. Now, a new project called Sungai Watch hopes to fight plastic waste, which has decimated not only!-->…
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Air New Zealand Trials Edible Cups As Search For Footprint-Free Coffee Cups Heats Up
Air New Zealand is now trialling an edible biscotti coffee cup made by family-run startup Twiice on select flights and lounges in a bid to make their operations more eco-friendly. The “zero-waste” move comes at a time when consumers are!-->…
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Future Of Fashion: COS Trials Subscription Rental Service With China’s Rent The Runway
H&M Group, the second largest fashion group in the world, has just announced that its high-end brand COS has partnered up with Chinese rental subscription company YCloset to launch a trial rental program in China. The announcement!-->…
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Where To Eat (Plants) This December: New Vegan Restaurant Openings, Menus & Food News
It is getting hard to keep up with Hong Kong’s vegan scene with so much going on. It’s never been easier to live that plant-based life. To help you out, we have highlighted the best in new menus, openings and more food news in our column.!-->…
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#GretaTheGreat: Teenage Climate Activist Named Time Magazine Person Of The Year 2019
Greta Thunberg, the Swedish teenager who inspired a global movement of student strikes to fight the climate crisis, has just been named Time magazine’s Person of the Year. This makes the 16-year old is the youngest person to ever be chosen!-->…
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First French Cultivated Food Startup GOURMEY Makes Lab Grown Foie Gras From Duck Egg Cells
Founded just this year in Paris and currently participating in Singapore-based foodtech accelerator Big Idea Ventures, GOURMEY is the first French cultivated meat startup and the latest to break the food tech industry space with their!-->…
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#MadeInHong Kong: 9 Cruelty-Free Local Food & Drink Holiday Gifts
Christmas gift ideas that are eco-friendly and cruelty-free don’t come easy. Frankly, no one actually needs more things! Food & drink however, is always welcome and a great way to treat your loved ones with something everyone can enjoy!-->…
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Greta Thunberg Named PETA’s Youth Role Model Of 2019
Greta Thunberg, the famous teenage climate activist and inspiration for the global #FridaysForFuture strikes, has just been named the Youth Role Model of the Year by PETA. As the face of the global climate movement, Greta Thunberg has!-->…
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PM Scott Morrison Cancels Emission Reduction As Australia Fires Burn
In the midst of record-breaking bushfires in Australia, which has raged through the country since September, the Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison has announced a major shakeup of public services, including the removal of emissions!-->…
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Green Lungs Of Singapore To Be Undercut By New Rail Line & Damage Conservation Efforts
The Singapore government has announced that a future rail line will cut beneath the city-state’s largest nature reserve, which contains primary forests and freshwater streams inhabited by endangered animals. The move stands in stark!-->…
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