The Conscious Scoop: A Petition to Amazon to Reinvent Consumption & P&G to End Animal Testing by 2023

P&G joins the fight to end animal testing, and badgers, stoats, and otters come back from the brink of extinction? Check out the most incredible sustainability news of the week. 1. No More Plastic is petitioning for Amazon to invent the future of consumption. No More Plastic Foundation is a non-profit Foundation with a mission to…

ByTammy Gan28/02/20193 minRead time

CONSCIOUS SCOOP EAT

Drink Wise, Drink Tap – Conscious is Simple

With safe drinking water being accessible by all through any tap in Singapore, buying bottled water is an unnecessary extravagance that contributes to needless plastic waste. The Drink Wise, Drink Tap campaign by Drink Tap SG targets plastic waste by showing Singaporeans that the ordinary can, too, be made extraordinary. In the year of Zero Waste for…

ByElaine Wong27/02/20198 minRead time

CONSCIOUS SCOOP WELLBEING

When Love is Not Enough: 5 Tips to Creating Conscious Connections

Love is the keystone to every relationship but there are several more pieces to the puzzle that will help ensure your relationship is one that lasts. ‘Love is the irresistible desire to be irresistibly desired’ - Robert Frost The question I get asked most often when I tell people I am a relationship coach is…

ByValentina Tudose26/02/20198 minRead time

BANGKOK CONSCIOUS SCOOP TRAVEL

A Conscious Travel Guide to Bangkok | Because There is More to Thailand Than Pad Thai

A bustling green scene is bringing a new kind of sexy to Bangkok and helping the city shed its stereotypically seedy image. Welcome to Thailand's, very green, future. Gone are the wild weekends where being a tourist in Thailand landed you at a ping pong show on Khao San Road. Sustainability is seeing a new…

ByOlivia Wycech21/02/201915 minRead time

BUSINESS CONSCIOUS SCOOP

The Conscious Scoop: Victoria Beckham Bans Exotic Skins & Virtual Clothes Revolutionising Fashion?

Victoria Beckham takes a stand against animal cruelty, and clothes can now be digitally "fitted"? Check out the coolest sustainability news of the week. 1. Victoria Beckham bans exotic skins! Fashion icon Victoria Beckham and her brand have been saying no to fur for a while now, but just extended this ban to exotic skins. The…

ByTammy Gan21/02/20193 minRead time

CONSCIOUS SCOOP LITTLE GREEN STEPS PLANET

Garden Beats is Turning up the Dial on Sustainability by #MakingGreenMoves

Singapore's beloved Garden Beats music and picnic festival is #MakingGreenMoves in a big, big way this year with a series of sustainable steps for both the festival and you. Everyone loves a music festival. What we don’t love are the cringe-worthy piles of rubbish left behind, the copious amounts of energy that the bedazzled stages take…

ByOlivia Wycech20/02/20196 minRead time

CONSCIOUS SCOOP EAT

Pizza Express Brings Vegan Pizzas to Singapore as part of a Sustainable Menu

Dreaming of plant-based pizza and pasta? C heat day has never been so conscious. Good ol' Pizza Express has only gone and launched a sustainable menu championing plant-based options. And it's so good even your meat-eating pals will love it. Vegans and vegetarians who have been hankering for nothing more than an indulgent slice…

ByOlivia Wycech19/02/20195 minRead time

CONSCIOUS SCOOP IMPACT LITTLE GREEN STEPS PLANET

An Unconventional Climate Change Handbook – What we learned at the Talks at EarthFest 2019

By now we all know climate change is real. But what can we do about it? Here's a climate change guide and handbook we've prepared just for you, with tips that you just might not have heard before that picked up at the Talks by Green Is The New Black at EarthFest 2019. Step 1: Know…

ByTammy Gan18/02/201910 minRead time

CONSCIOUS SCOOP EAT HOME

Understanding packaging with Vegware – what’s recyclable, biodegradable, compostable?

Recyclable, biodegradable, compostable - what is the difference and how does it work? We chatted with Vegware Hong Kong to understand more. Late for work, home delivery or forgot your reusables? Most of us are guilty of convenience over sustainability. With landfills filling up around the world with the increasing amount of waste produced, we…

ByTammy Gan15/02/201910 minRead time

BUSINESS CONSCIOUS SCOOP

The Conscious Scoop: Consumerism hits a crisis, Barbie & Nat Geo’s epic cross-over!

Wildlife Conservationist Barbie is in, and it turns out, plastic waste can actually be turned into fuel? Check out the hottest sustainability news of the past week. 1. Barbie's got a few new careers including Wildlife Conservationist & Photojournalist, and Polar Marine Biologist Barbie dolls have become more inclusive over the years. We just caught wind of…

ByTammy Gan14/02/20194 minRead time