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#SecondhandSeptember isn’t enough: the truth about fashion’s waste crisis

As we approach the end of #SecondhandSeptember and celebrate a month of raising awareness of the importance of reducing firsthand consumption, perhaps it’s time to ask questions about how the movement and hashtag can go further. Amidst calls to decolonise fashion and ask more questions about how we can adopt a more actively anti-capitalist, anti-imperialist…

ByTammy Gan29/09/202125 minRead time

CONSCIOUS SCOOP

Indigenous Resistance is an integral part of the climate movement. Here’s why.

Just weeks after the latest IPCC news, The Indigenous Environmental Network and Oil Change International released a new climate report. Its findings demonstrate that Indigenous resistance has stopped or delayed greenhouse gas pollution equivalent to at least one-quarter of annual U.S. and Canadian emissions. This is huge news. So, why is no one talking about…

ByLeanne McNulty23/09/202113 minRead time

Conscious Festival

What Not To Miss At The Conscious Festival 2021!

The Conscious Festival is finally here. This weekend, Green Is The New Black will be taking over the one and only sustainable fashion hub LA CASERNE. Have you gotten tickets yet? Read on to find out all the highlights and five things you absolutely shouldn’t miss, if you’re joining us in the city of love……

ByGITNB21/09/20219 minRead time

CONSCIOUS SCOOP

1.5°C is a matter of life and death: climate action must happen now.

The UN tells us that we're locked into rising carbon emissions. Not a single G20 country is in line with the Paris agreement on climate. But there is no time to give in to despair. Because even though 1.5°C is a matter of climate policy for the Global North, governments, and even the UN? For…

ByTammy Gan21/09/202110 minRead time

Conscious Festival

An Immersive Experience Like No Other: Art & Music Highlights at The Conscious Festival

After almost two years of concerts from home, exploring art installations online, and wishing we could party all night long? Here we are. The Conscious Festival in Paris! Featuring an immersive experience like no other. Art, music, and performances to savour all day and into the night. At the one and only, LA CASERNE. Here's…

ByGITNB17/09/20218 minRead time

CONSCIOUS SCOOP IMPACT

OPINION: How do we move past finger pointing and purity politics hindering social and environmental movements?

"You can't call yourself an environmentalist if you eat meat." Sound familiar? Virtually every social media post about climate change will have countless calls to "just go vegan!" in the comment section. This is a manifestation of a number of phenomena affecting social justice and climate activism spaces in 2021 - black and white thinking…

ByLeanne McNulty17/09/202125 minRead time

CONSCIOUS SCOOP

CBS is airing a show called “The Activist”. Real activists aren’t having it.

EDITOR'S NOTE: As of 16th September, Global Citizen has issued a statement that they are changing the show's format. However, many of the critiques still apply. This is one of those, “tell me we’re in late-stage capitalism, without telling me we’re in late-stage capitalism” moments. CBS’ new show, “The Activist”, is a Hunger Games-esque competition…

ByTammy Gan16/09/202122 minRead time

CONSCIOUS SCOOP

The Good Goods: your go-to sustainable fashion guide in France and beyond!

Are you new to the sustainable fashion world, and in need of some advice on where to begin? Or maybe you're a seasoned thrift shopper, looking to keep up with the latest research? Wherever you are on your journey, you'll find something from The Good Goods: the leading media platform for responsible fashion. Sustainable fashion…

ByGITNB13/09/202112 minRead time

CONSCIOUS SCOOP PLANET

A leaked version of an upcoming IPCC report says that capitalism as we know it is unsustainable. Now what?

Fearing whitewashing by governments, a group of scientists leaked a version of an upcoming IPCC report. The leaked version tells us that capitalism, as we know it, is unsustainable. But what does capitalism have to do with the climate crisis? And if it has to go, what should take its place? How do we "dismantle"…

ByTammy Gan09/09/202121 minRead time

CONSCIOUS SCOOP WELLBEING

11 Genuinely Useful Wellness Apps That We’ve Tried

Boost your health by downloading these 11 wellness apps that will genuinely enhance your wellbeing; from self-hypnosis, meditation guides, and sleep aids to sexual wellness, hydration reminders, and making better plant-based food choices. It's time to get savvy with your smartphone. Wasting endless hours scrolling social media is a habit that's easy to spiral into,…

BySally Shoult08/09/202110 minRead time