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The Conscious Scoop: India's Single-Use Plastic Ban, The world's last male white Rhino & Ikea's mushroom packaging.

Here are 10 things you need to know, that's happening in sustainability around the world this week.  Lots about plastic and animals this week. From banning single-use plastics in India to plastics contaminating our water to how we can reduce our plastic bag usage in Singapore because for some reason, we still won't ban them even…

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The Conscious Scoop: Lush's Palm Oil Free Campaign, Asian Banks Claim Green & Emma Watson's Vogue Australia cover

Here are 10 things you need to know, that’s happening in sustainability around the world this week.  Another week, Another awesome campaign to make sustainability sexy and this time, it’s by Lush. We also have the beautiful Emma Watson on the cover of Vogue Australia talking about ethical fashion and what not. And of course,…

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The Conscious Scoop: Plant-Based LEGO Blocks, the plastic bag sitch in Singapore and Sustainable sex

Here are 10 things you need to know, that's happening in sustainability around the world this week.  So what's the latest this week? Well, Singapore still doesn't want to put a levy on plastic bags (what's new), LEGO is trying to be more sustainable, Greenpeace is using 6-year-olds to market their environmental agenda and Trump, as…

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Dharavi Slum India

Dharavi: Asia’s Largest Slum Or A Recycling And Circular Economy Goldmine?

In early 2018 we toured one of India's biggest slums, Dharavi, to explore its evolution into a $1billion circular economy that prioritises things like education. Dharavi is known as India’s largest slum and the second biggest slum in Asia. Situated in the heart of Mumbai, between 750,000 to a million people (although the actual number…

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The Conscious Scoop: The return of glass milk bottles to the UK, Plastic Balloons & Lacoste’s Endangered Species logo campaign

Here are 10 things you need to know, that's happening in sustainability around the world this week.    From plastic straws, to latex balloons to a dress that measure air pollution, there's always something happening in sustainability each week.  Here's this weeks conscious scoop: 1. Mother Nature Says Stop Releasing Balloons You know the colourful helium balloons we all…

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