More Than Turning Off The Lights: 10 Things You Didn’t Know About Earth Hour in Singapore

Perhaps one of the easiest #LittleGreenSteps is turning off your lights and to inspire the importance of this, a grassroots movement was born in 2007 which encourages people all over the world to switch off for one hour. This year Earth Hour happens on Saturday, March 30th 2019 from 8:30 pm – 9:30 pm and…

ByOlivia Wycech18/03/20198 minRead time

Conscious Festival CONSCIOUS SCOOP HONG KONG PLANET

Shifting Your Perspective: Why Speakers Are The Real Headliners of The Conscious Festival Hong Kong

Perspective shifting conversations are essentially the headlining performances at The Conscious Festival. Just swap out the lyrics for dialogue and leave a little bit more enlightened and little less hungover. All across the board, festivals of all kinds are embracing talks. Why? Let us tell you. It happened fast, almost overnight the media landscape shifted from…

ByOlivia Wycech15/03/20199 minRead time

BUSINESS CONSCIOUS SCOOP

The Conscious Scoop: Global School Climate Strikes and Norway’s Insanely Efficient Recyling Scheme

Greta Thunberg, the schoolgirl climate change warrior is asking students all over the world to walk out of lessons on 15 March. Norway recycles 97% of all plastic bottles they use. And Trader Joe’s is cutting 1m pounds of single-use plastic? This week’s sustainability news comin’ in hot. 1. Global school climate strikes on…

ByTammy Gan14/03/20194 minRead time

CONSCIOUS SCOOP PLANET

#PLASTIKOPHOBIA: How Two Artists Turned 18,000 Plastic Cups Into Art

PLASTIKOPHOBIA (noun) / pronounced pla:ˈstɪkəʊˈfəʊbɪə: an extreme fear of or aversion to the use of plastic Last week, art activist and viral sensation Benjamin Von Wong, together with the High Commission of Canada, local impact strategist Laura Francois and fabricator Joshua Goh, debuted an art installation inspired by the growing levels of plastic pollution taking over our oceans.…

ByOlivia Wycech12/03/201912 minRead time

CONSCIOUS SCOOP WELLBEING

Supplements, Biocompatibility vs Bioavailability & Holistic Health with Valerie Marin

Supplements, are they a fact or a fad? Does natural mean better or safer? Why isn't my body absorbing ingredients? It feels like every week there is talk of a new active ingredient that’s going to change our lives. From fad diets to miracle products, it’s hard to decipher what we should be putting in or…

ByHannah Nicholl11/03/20198 minRead time

BUSINESS CONSCIOUS SCOOP

The Conscious Scoop: Etsy Offsets Shipping Emissions & Glastonbury Festival Bans Plastic Bottles

Etsy just became the first global e-commerce company to offset its shipping emissions. Glastonbury says no to single-use plastic bottles. And vegan ground beef is real? Here's this week's sustainability news comin' in hot. 1. Etsy is the first global e-commerce company to completely offset their shipping emissions. Even with solar panels, migrating their data storage…

ByTammy Gan07/03/20195 minRead time

CONSCIOUS SCOOP EAT

Impossible Foods Brings the Impossible (a “Bleeding” Veggie Burger) to Singapore – Finally

Impossible Foods are on a mission to replace meat all around the world by 2035. Today, that journey begins in Singapore. "Why Singapore? No single city is as diverse and innovative in their culinary scene," - Pat Brown, CEO, and Founder of Impossible Foods Gone are days of flavorless and dry veggie burgers. Gone are…

ByOlivia Wycech06/03/20199 minRead time

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The Conscious Festival Hong Kong is Back with a Bigger, Badder & Totally Vegan Event

We’re back and this time we’re 100% vegan and zero-waste. Check out what’s new this year… After a super successful first iteration in 2018, we are thrilled to announce that The Conscious Festival by Green Is the New Black (GITNB) is heading back to Hong Kong and this time with some serious upgrades. The sophomore…

ByOlivia Wycech05/03/20199 minRead time

CONSCIOUS SCOOP WELLBEING

From Egg to Menopause: Self-Love, Fertility & Other Takeaways

Last Wednesday, two circles of women got together at the same time in two different cities and discussed issues that covered topics like fertility, menstrual pain, womb yoga, eco-feminism, menopause and connecting deeper within yourself while balancing life with society’s growing expectations of women. The vibe was empowering, the atmosphere powerful and the takeaways from…

ByTammy Gan04/03/20196 minRead time

BUSINESS IMPACT PLANET

An Open Letter to Amazon’s CEO by No More Plastic

No More Plastic taking matters into their own hands by challenging Jeff Bezoz, CEO of Amazon. “Ocean is in danger. We are in danger. And we must act now, with your help, to serve the greater good of humanity and the world." Full disclosure, I’m a self-proclaimed Amazon addict with an Amazon Prime account despite…

ByOlivia Wycech01/03/20193 minRead time