Big Tech could be a site for resistance, if we let it

Social media censorship is being met with fiercer protests and demands. Elon Musk took over Twitter in the name of "democracy and free speech." More and more platform workers are unionising internationally against poor working conditions and for improved wages and agency. Simultaneously, users are turning against digital capitalist companies like Google, Amazon, and Facebook. Yes,…

ByKanksha Chawla30/06/202216 minRead time

Happy Maori New year! Celebrating New Zealand’s First Indigenous Holiday

This year (24th June 2022) marks the first time the Matariki celebration is being formally and legally recognised, making it the country’s first Indigenous public holiday. From sound baths to Matariki feasts with friends and family, here's everything you need to know to better celebrate and appreciate the day. On Matariki Day last Friday, Green…

ByKanksha Chawla29/06/20227 minRead time

CONSCIOUS SCOOP PLANET WELLBEING

Behind the climate and ecological crises, lies a crisis of connection

Along with the climate crisis, we are also seeing a mental health crisis, a loneliness epidemic and widespread burnout. This is not a coincidence. Our connection to the earth was reciprocal and balanced for thousands of years. Now, our disconnection has led to us exploiting and exhausting it. And our disconnection from one another and…

ByLeanne McNulty28/06/202218 minRead time

CONSCIOUS SCOOP IMPACT

Pride Month: On The Stonewall Riots, Ecology, And Intersectionality

Happy Pride, comrades! It's June again—this month we celebrate collective liberation, radical joy, desires, and unashamed love. Through this piece, we honour our fearless queer ancestors' fights for reclamation and keep them alive in our words and movement. How it started Pride Month goes back to the Stonewall Riots. The 1960s and preceding decades were…

ByGITNB21/06/20229 minRead time

BUSINESS CONSCIOUS SCOOP

OPINION: F1 sustainability & anti-racism – the good, the bad & the ugly

It's no secret that the world of Formula 1 (F1) is synonymous with glitz and glamour, and with its revitalised success owing to Netflix and Liberty Media's rebranding and marketing—it's no surprise that everyone's been talking about it. However, there's much uproar regarding its growing popularity concerning its environmental and social impacts, particularly among its ardent…

ByLyana Miranda16/06/202212 minRead time

CONSCIOUS SCOOP FASHION

Singapore’s Fashion Talkshow: Inside Our Wardrobe

Hosted by the Singapore Sustainability Academy, Sustainable Fashion 2.0: The Great Reveal featured a thrilling and enlightening discussion, led by the much-awaited unveiling of Fashion Pulpit's Inside Our Wardrobe survey. Green Is The New Black covered the talkshow to learn more... The fashion industry accounts for up to 10% of global carbon dioxide output -…

ByKanksha Chawla15/06/202211 minRead time

BEAUTY CONSCIOUS SCOOP

Avoiding beauty greenwashing in your self-care products: tips & tricks

"All-natural, clean beauty, earth-friendly..." there are lots of terms that are used to sell "sustainable beauty products" but how do we make sure that we avoid beauty greenwashing? And can cut through the marketing jargon to find the truly sustainable and safe self-care products? Let's explore. Self-care has become more popular than ever in recent…

ByFrankie Wallace14/06/202212 minRead time

BUSINESS CONSCIOUS SCOOP IMPACT

We have the solutions. Now, we just need to mobilise climate finance.

Frontline communities around the world are paying the ultimate price of a climate crisis. A crisis that they did not create. Leaders of small island nations, facing perilous sea-level rise, have been calling on wealthy nations to pay their fair share of climate finance for decades. When will we finally see reparations for loss and…

ByLeanne McNulty13/06/202214 minRead time

CONSCIOUS SCOOP LITTLE GREEN STEPS PLANET

Want to Help Defend Atlanta’s Forests & Communities? Read on.

Two years after the #DefundThePolice uprisings, Atlanta's forests are under threat. 400 acres (that's equivalent to 400 football fields) of the city's forest is being cleared to build a massive police training center. Here's how you can help the communities defend the forests and themselves. Stop Cop City! At the virtual Atlanta City Council meeting…

ByKanksha Chawla10/06/20227 minRead time

CONSCIOUS SCOOP IMPACT PLANET

This Is How Finland Is Leading The Way With Its Carbon Negative Goals

In 2019, Finland's then left-leaning government pledged to make the country carbon neutral by 2035. And in a historic vote last week, the country's parliament voted to commit to carbon negativity by 2040. Let's dive into the world's most ambitious and legally binding climate target... What's carbon negativity? Before we jump into Finland, confused by…

ByKanksha Chawla09/06/20227 minRead time