This week: COP25 came to a disappointing conclusion. Greenpeace releases a report showing the fishing industry is rife with modern-day slavery. The Ocean Clean Up project returns its first haul of plastic from the Great Pacific Garbage Patch to shore. Standard Chartered takes action. And a NASA study shows the Greenland ice sheet is rapidly…
We caught up with Glenn Maguire, Principal Asia-Pacific Economist at Visa, to chat travel, overtourism, slowing down, and why we should all be mindful when planning a vacation.
Here are some staggering stats for you: in 2018, the tourism industry generated $1.8 trillion and saw 1.4 billion international arrivals (an increase of 6.5% from…
Today, there are over 100,000 hotel rooms in Bali. In 2011, that number was closer to 25,000. There are also thousands of restaurants, beach clubs, homestays, amusement parks, and 730 Balinese villages — and all of them are competing for the same resources. Those resources have also reached their tipping point. Enter Mantra; a company that…
This week: We catch you up on the COP25 climate summit (if you haven't been following). We find out what Generation Z's biggest fear is, and also about the accuracy of climate simulations. There's a new star-studded coalition calling for World War Zero. And there's the small matter of Greta Thunberg being crowned TIME magazine's…
High season in Asia means low temperatures, lots of sun and an abundance of festivals every other weekend. But shopping for festival wear can often see people turning to fast fashion because who wants to spend a lot of money on something you only wear once a year. It doesn’t have to be this way……
This week, we find out that we're living in the hottest decade ever. The EU becomes the first continent to declare a climate emergency. And UK businesses are leading the way in sustainability...
1. Carbon emissions from fossil fuels hit a record high in 2019.
According to the Global Carbon Project, emissions from fossil fuels…
In Review: Our Super Transparent Sustainability Report From The Conscious Festival in Singapore 2019
The Conscious Festival has been around since 2015 when we debuted the event in Singapore. Since then we’re grown and evolved in so many ways, especially in our journey to become as sustainable as we possibly can. With each incarnation of the Conscious Festival, at the top of our long list of initiatives is focusing…
Meditation is a different experience for everyone. The Golden Space in Singapore is a space for people to destress and relax through non-religious meditation and breathing with the help of some crystals and chakra work along the way. To learn more about the practice, and learn how it could become personalised for ourselves, we made…
Whether you're in need of some animal-friendly gifting inspiration, want to reduce your impact this holiday season, or need to find a restaurant for festive feasting, here is your guide to having a vegan Christmas.
The holidays are a time when meat consumption spikes, hundreds of kilometres of wrapping paper and packaging are…
It's almost Christmas, and with that comes a surge of indulgence, consumerism and lots and lots of waste and packaging. But it doesn't need to be that way if you approach gift-giving and the Christmas routine with a little mindfulness and creativity.
Every Christmas there are a couple of go-to's that inevitably end up in…