Over the weekend, we found out that executives from big corporations including Apple, Disney, Amazon, and Microsoft have their hands in dirty business. They’ve been backing a fight against a major US climate bill, which contains measures to fight climate change. This matters because they're doing this in a time when such measures are the…
This article was co-written by Chloe Prasetya, Lavanya Prakash, Melanie Ang, Nicole Wong and Sammie Ng from Speak for Climate. This is also part of a wider collaborative effort between Speak for Climate and Singapore Climate Rally to explore local and regional food systems through the lens of labour, justice and ecology.
Recently in Singapore,…
And just like that, the most anticipated event of the year has wrapped! From Paris to London to Singapore, The Conscious Festival brought together open hearts and minds to spend the weekend together sharing perspectives on conscious living, unlearning and relearning.
Singapore kicked things off on Friday in City Developments Limited (CDL) with London…
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…
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…
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……
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…
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…
"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…
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…