What’s The Deal With Palo Santo?

If you’ve ever attended a yoga class, a meditation group, or a holistic therapy session, there’s a high chance that you’ve encountered palo santo. The scent is unmistakable – woody, warm – but the facts surrounding this South American incense stick have been hazy ever since it hit the wellness mainstream. Here, we break down…

BySarah Kwong30/09/20206 minRead time

CONSCIOUS SCOOP SINGAPORE

OPINION: It’s Been A Year Since Singapore’s First-Ever Climate Rally. Has The Government Delivered On Climate Action?

“What do we want?” “Climate justice!” “When do we want it?” “Now!” It was electrifying, being able to chant the response along with (almost) 2,000 other people at Hong Lim Park, this time last year. This was Singapore’s first-ever climate rally. People all around me were raising signs, while shouting in…

ByTammy Gan29/09/202010 minRead time

CONSCIOUS SCOOP HONG KONG PLANET

5 Climate Solutions From TEDx Sustainability Speakers

In advance of the TEDxTinHau Countdown event in Hong Kong on 17 October, we chatted with the line-up of inspirational speakers to identify the climate solutions they believe will help shape the future of our planet. When it comes to the climate crisis, identifying solutions is not a problem. Across the globe, there are a…

BySally Shoult28/09/20208 minRead time

CONSCIOUS SCOOP PLANET

Disappearing Countries and Unliveable Hot Zones: What Climate Migration Means For The World

The Ecological Threat Register for 2020 just dropped. And one of its key takeaways is that by 2050 1.2 billion people could become climate migrants. Many of these people will be from countries in the Global South that are already experiencing political and ecological turmoil. So what does this mean for the rest of the…

ByTheressa Malone25/09/20209 minRead time

CONSCIOUS SCOOP

Biodiversity Loss Is Happening At An Unprecedented Scale. What Now?

Two new reports and a documentary sound the alarm on biodiversity loss this week. But are you paying attention? Do you know why it matters? And what the hell can we do now? Is there even hope? UN: the world is failing on its biodiversity targets A decade lost It's October 2010, in Japan. Environment…

ByTammy Gan24/09/202014 minRead time

CONSCIOUS SCOOP PLANET SINGAPORE

10 Minutes With…susGain: The App Making Sustainable Habits Easy

There's a new app in town and it's incentivising people in Singapore to adopt more sustainable habits. If you've got the best of intentions but are struggling to take the first steps towards creating a more sustainable lifestyle, download susGain and let it guide you through your journey. Living in line with the planet’s needs…

BySarah Kwong23/09/20207 minRead time

CHRISTMAS CONSCIOUS SCOOP FASHION

12 Conscious And Ethical Jewellery Brands We Rate

We're always on the hunt for ethical jewellery brands that champion conscious production and thoughtful design. Here're our favourite brands creating sustainable sparkly things. Jewellery can be a dirty business; a single gold wedding band produces up to 20 tonnes of waste . Yikes. But it doesn't have to be this way. Whether…

ByGITNB22/09/20209 minRead time

CONSCIOUS SCOOP PLANET TRAVEL

“Nothing Else Matters”: Award-Winning Filmmaker Dereck Joubert On Conservation And Climate Change

Say hello to award-winning wildlife filmmaker and National Geographic Explorer-in-Residence, Dereck Joubert. Alongside his wife, Beverly, he’s been researching and exploring Africa for over 30 years. We caught up with him to chat conservation and the future of travel. Not only is conservationist Dereck Joubert an award-winning wildlife filmmaker, he and wife Beverly are…

BySally Shoult21/09/20206 minRead time

CONSCIOUS SCOOP TRAVEL

Eco Architect Bill Bensley On Regenerative Travel And The Future Of Tourism

We caught up with the brilliant Bill Bensley, eco-architect and luxury hotel designer, to chat environmentally-friendly design and regenerative travel. If you’ve stayed at an eco-luxe hotel recently, chances are it was designed by renowned architect Bill Bensley. The California-born, Bangkok-based designer is the creative brains behind over 200 hotels in 30+ countries. And when…

BySally Shoult18/09/20209 minRead time

CONSCIOUS SCOOP

Mulan, Uyghurs And The (Un)Ethics Of Fashion

What does Disney's—already problematic—live-action remake of "Mulan" have to do with an ongoing genocide, forced labour camps and unethical fashion? The link is a Turkic-Muslim ethnic minority in Chinese-occupied East Turkistan, renamed Xinjiang, whose name you might have heard before: the Uyghurs (also known as Uighurs). WHO ARE THE UYGHURS? It's unlikely that you've never…

ByTammy Gan17/09/202010 minRead time