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Conscious Scoop: Slavery In Fishing, Success For The Ocean Clean Up & COP25 Ends In Disappointment

This week: COP25 came to a disappointing conclusion. Greenpeace releases a report showing the fishing industry is rife with modern-day slavery. The Ocean Clean Up project returns its first haul of plastic from the Great Pacific Garbage Patch to shore. Standard Chartered takes action. And a NASA study shows the Greenland ice sheet is rapidly…

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Mantra is the Eco-Company Transforming Bali’s Luxury Tourism Industry Into A More Sustainable One

Today, there are over 100,000 hotel rooms in Bali. In 2011, that number was closer to 25,000. There are also thousands of restaurants, beach clubs, homestays, amusement parks, and 730 Balinese villages — and all of them are competing for the same resources. Those resources have also reached their tipping point. Enter Mantra; a company that…

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The Conscious Scoop: Hottest Decade Ever, EU Declares Climate Emergency, and UK Businesses Leading the Way

This week, we find out that we're living in the hottest decade ever. The EU becomes the first continent to declare a climate emergency. And UK businesses are leading the way in sustainability...   1. Carbon emissions from fossil fuels hit a record high in 2019. According to the Global Carbon Project, emissions from fossil fuels…

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In Review: Our Super Transparent Sustainability Report From The Conscious Festival in Singapore 2019

The Conscious Festival has been around since 2015 when we debuted the event in Singapore. Since then we’re grown and evolved in so many ways, especially in our journey to become as sustainable as we possibly can. With each incarnation of the Conscious Festival, at the top of our long list of initiatives is focusing…

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