How to Get Your Family To Eat Healthier Foods
As a mother of two, one of my biggest pleasures in life is feeding my kids nutritious meals. Unfortunately, it’s not always easy! Kids have minds of their own and are not always interested in steamed vegetables and quinoa. However,…
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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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Staying Healthy While You Travel – Our Top Tips
In the second installment of her Green Queen series, Karin Reiter of Nuritious n Delicious shares her travel tips with us. A frequent flyer and yet, she manages to stay healthy by adhering to good habits, which she outlines for us here.…
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Green Queen Heroes: Claire Sancelot of Zero Waste Hong Kong
Claire Sancelot is a one-woman green revolution. Her incredibly inspiring blog Zero Waste Hong Kong and Facebook page detail her fastidious commitment to living an expat life in Hong Kong while producing almost no waste at all. Her entire…
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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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Clean Eating: Stocking a Healthy Fridge & Pantry
Karin Reiter, nutritionist extraordinaire and founder of Nutritious n Delicious, has so many fans that her Hong Kong classes about nutrition and healthy eating are always sold out! We love her style and how easy she makes it for moms on…
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Top 10 Reasons LUSH Fresh Handmade Cosmetics is a Great Green Brand
There are so many cosmetic brands in the market but most of them are far from green. LUSH, with its focus on fresh products made with totally natural ingredients, took the beauty world by storm when they launched in 1995. Today LUSH has…
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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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Top 9 Tips for Eating Clean on a Budget
It can be a challenge to make healthy, clean eating choices in Hong Kong. It's always been hard to buy clean food and choose responsibly sourced items from a restaurant menu, though there is some real progress on these fronts. We now have…
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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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Green Queen Recommends: Hong Kong’s Best Green Wine
Who doesn't love a full glass of (green) wine after a long day at the office? Now that you know everything there is to know about organic, biodynamic and vegan wines (for a refresher, try here and here), the next step is where to buy…
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Green Queen Foodie: Have a Lunes Verde at Brickhouse
Well-known and much loved as a destination for those seeking a late night taco fix, Brickhouse, brought to you by uber trendy restauranteur group Maximal Concepts, has officially hopped on the green bandwagon with the release of their…
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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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Green Queen Giving: Ark Eden
How was Ark Eden started?
I had fought on the front-line for many causes, for many years. The crunch came in 2005 with the Lantau Concept (read Concrete) Plan. A group of us decided it was time to concentrate on creating vision for…
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The EWG’s 2014 Clean Fifteen & Dirty Dozen Roundup
We all want to eat more organic fruits and vegetables. Unfortunately, shopping in the organic aisle is difficult and costly. How can we make smarter choices about what we eat? The Environmental Working Group (EWG) is here to help. The…
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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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Green Queen Heroes: David Yeung, Founder of Green Monday
David Yeung is the charismatic founder of Green Monday, a Hong Kong social enterprise that has taken the city by storm. They work tirelessly to promote the concept of eating vegetarian at least one day a week. They currently partner with…
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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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Green Queen Recommends: Top Healthy Meal Delivery- Organic, Vegan, Gluten-Free & Responsibly Sourced
Editor's Update Feb 2016: We have a newer and more updated roundup of the best healthy meal delivery options in Hong Kong. Find it here.
Cooking at home can be rewarding and delicious- though when life gets really busy, it's great to…
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