Do international conferences actually achieve anything? Understanding Stockholm+50

“It’s time for urgent action,” the Stockholm+50 website reads. Convened by the United Nations General Assembly, which is the UN's main policy-making organ, this meeting will see heads of states, diplomats, businesses and civil society leaders from all across the globe gather in Stockholm, Sweden from 2-3 June 2022. But just how effective…

ByKate Yeo01/06/20227 minRead time

Beyond Animal Leather: Kering’s Investment In Vitrolabs & An Overview of Sustainable Leather

Last week, we found out that Gucci-parent luxury giant Kering is investing in VitroLabs, a biotech startup creating low-impact lab-grown leather alternatives. What does this mean for the future of sustainable leather? So VitroLabs recently raised $46 million to build and scale the world's first pilot production of cell-cultivated leather. And the most beloved brands…

ByKanksha Chawla30/05/202214 minRead time

CONSCIOUS SCOOP WELLBEING

We lost the joy. How activists are bringing it back in the fight for the planet.

What does joy mean to you? How are you cultivating joy in your life? What are “joy thieves” and how are they stealing from us? What is “manufactured joy” and how is it different to authentic joy? How do we create joy in the pursuit of social and environmental justice? We’re reflecting on how to…

ByLeanne McNulty25/05/202217 minRead time

CONSCIOUS SCOOP EAT

Alternative Protein Talk: Behind World’s First GOOD Meat Cultivated Chicken Satay, Common Myths & More

"For the longest time, people thought about cultured meat as science fiction, as something that might only materialise in 50 years. But the fact is, you can go eat it right now." - Josh Tetrick, CEO of Eat Just and Good Meat. In December 2020, Singapore became the first government in the world to…

ByKanksha Chawla24/05/202211 minRead time

CONSCIOUS SCOOP FASHION WELLBEING

How To Have A Green Pregnancy: My Story & Brands I Love

I found out I was pregnant three weeks before our 2021 Conscious Festival, and this was not planned at all! Here is a little journey about how I made the scariest and most exciting decisions of my life and how I am trying to go green with my green pregnancy and maternity. After three cancellations…

ByPaula Miquelis20/05/202215 minRead time

CONSCIOUS SCOOP FASHION LITTLE GREEN STEPS

Introducing The First-Ever Federal Fashion Bill, The Fabric Act

Seven months following California's SBC2 Garment Worker Protection Bill win and four months after New York's Fashion Act was presented, the FABRIC Act shines through—labour justice in the fashion industry is gaining momentum, one policy change at a time. Last week, New York Senator Kirsten Gillibrand announced a new piece of legislation that would address…

ByKanksha Chawla19/05/202210 minRead time

CONSCIOUS SCOOP IMPACT PLANET

India’s Heatwave: We Need to Pay Attention, It’s Already Too Late

The past few weeks' mainstream headlines have been wildly underreporting news about the heatwave hitting India and Pakistan. Temperature records have been set. But not even otherworldly temperatures and burnt bodies can get people to finally pay attention. A brutal, record-intensity heatwave has engulfed much of India and Pakistan since March. We're…

ByKanksha Chawla12/05/20229 minRead time

CONSCIOUS SCOOP IMPACT PLANET

Greenwashing Alert: Firms Like BlackRock Are Not Our Allies

Major corporations like BlackRock want us to think they care about the environment and are leading divestment efforts and sustainability practices. Spoiler alert: they don't and they aren't. A litany of broken climate promises 58%. That's how many executives across the world admitted (in this recent survey) that they…

ByKanksha Chawla11/05/202211 minRead time

CONSCIOUS SCOOP IMPACT

How is queerness represented in the environmental movement?

Mainstream environmentalism still heavily features the same tired stereotypes. The wealthy white conservationist. The tech-loving sustainability professional. Or the hemp-wearing, vegan treehugger we are all familiar with. Rarely do we see environmentalism from a queer perspective. However, nature and queerness are intrinsically linked and embracing queerness will only serve to strengthen the environmental movement. When…

ByLeanne McNulty09/05/202214 minRead time

CONSCIOUS SCOOP

Labour Day: What Is Love? What is Unwaged Work? And what has it got to do with abortions?

This week has seen several moments: Labour Day, International Press Day, and the leak of a document threatening to criminalise abortion in the US. Of course, they share the same face: resistance against forces that are policing bodies and workers. If we don't resist this now, it will only get worse as the climate crisis…

ByKanksha Chawla05/05/202211 minRead time