Biodiversity Loss Is Happening At An Unprecedented Scale. What Now?

Two new reports and a documentary sound the alarm on biodiversity loss this week. But are you paying attention? Do you know why it matters? And what the hell can we do now? Is there even hope? UN: the world is failing on its biodiversity targets A decade lost It's October 2010, in Japan. Environment…

ByTammy Gan24/09/202014 minRead time

10 Minutes With…susGain: The App Making Sustainable Habits Easy

There's a new app in town and it's incentivising people in Singapore to adopt more sustainable habits. If you've got the best of intentions but are struggling to take the first steps towards creating a more sustainable lifestyle, download susGain and let it guide you through your journey. Living in line with the planet’s needs…

BySarah Kwong23/09/20207 minRead time

CHRISTMAS CONSCIOUS SCOOP FASHION

12 Conscious And Ethical Jewellery Brands We Rate

We're always on the hunt for ethical jewellery brands that champion conscious production and thoughtful design. Here're our favourite brands creating sustainable sparkly things. Jewellery can be a dirty business; a single gold wedding band produces up to 20 tonnes of waste . Yikes. But it doesn't have to be this way. Whether…

ByGITNB22/09/20209 minRead time

CONSCIOUS SCOOP PLANET TRAVEL

“Nothing Else Matters”: Award-Winning Filmmaker Dereck Joubert On Conservation And Climate Change

Say hello to award-winning wildlife filmmaker and National Geographic Explorer-in-Residence, Dereck Joubert. Alongside his wife, Beverly, he’s been researching and exploring Africa for over 30 years. We caught up with him to chat conservation and the future of travel. Not only is conservationist Dereck Joubert an award-winning wildlife filmmaker, he and wife Beverly are…

BySally Shoult21/09/20206 minRead time

CONSCIOUS SCOOP TRAVEL

Eco Architect Bill Bensley On Regenerative Travel And The Future Of Tourism

We caught up with the brilliant Bill Bensley, eco-architect and luxury hotel designer, to chat environmentally-friendly design and regenerative travel. If you’ve stayed at an eco-luxe hotel recently, chances are it was designed by renowned architect Bill Bensley. The California-born, Bangkok-based designer is the creative brains behind over 200 hotels in 30+ countries. And when…

BySally Shoult18/09/20209 minRead time

CONSCIOUS SCOOP

Mulan, Uyghurs And The (Un)Ethics Of Fashion

What does Disney's—already problematic—live-action remake of "Mulan" have to do with an ongoing genocide, forced labour camps and unethical fashion? The link is a Turkic-Muslim ethnic minority in Chinese-occupied East Turkistan, renamed Xinjiang, whose name you might have heard before: the Uyghurs (also known as Uighurs). WHO ARE THE UYGHURS? It's unlikely that you've never…

ByTammy Gan17/09/202010 minRead time

CONSCIOUS SCOOP PLANET

Wildfires And Weather Extremes: It’s Not Coincidence, It’s Climate Change

Right on the heels of arguably the West Coast's most intense heat wave in modern history comes the most ferocious flare-up of catastrophic wildfires in recent memory. Meanwhile, just a few hundred miles east, a 60-degree temperature drop over just 18 hours in Wyoming and Colorado was accompanied by an extremely rare late-summer dumping of up to…

ByGITNB16/09/202014 minRead time

CONSCIOUS SCOOP PLANET SINGAPORE

National Geographic Exhibition ‘Planet or Plastic?’ Launches At Singapore’s ArtScience Museum

Got plans this weekend? Catch the latest exhibition from National Geographic at the ArtScience Museum from now until 28 March 2021. Planet or Plastic? tells the story of plastic’s evolution and features over 70 profound images. In Singapore, 700 million kgs of plastic are discarded every year. By 2050, predictions suggest that plastic in…

BySally Shoult15/09/20204 minRead time

CONSCIOUS SCOOP FASHION PARIS

10 Minutes With Crazy Horse Cabaret Dancer Fleur Copin

We caught up with Fleur Copin, dancer extraordinaire at the renowned Crazy Horse Cabaret in Paris to talk about her sustainability journey, how artists play a role in raising awareness about climate and social issues and to learn more about her favourite conscious brands. But first up, here’s the beautiful Fleur Copin starting her…

ByGITNB14/09/20206 minRead time

CONSCIOUS SCOOP FASHION

11 Conscious Brands Making Sustainable Face Masks

Cover your face sustainably with these environmentally-friendly (not to mention snazzy) reusable face masks from conscious brands we rate. A new report by Systemiq and the PEW Charitable Trusts shows plastic flows into the ocean are expected to triple by 2040. And s ince the outbreak of COVID-19 and mandatory face masks, the…

BySally Shoult11/09/20208 minRead time