Yeah, we get it – it’s hard to look chic when you’ve got 87 tote bags with all the zero-waste accessories you need to make it through an entire eco-friendly day. You need to think about water bottles, coffee tumblers, lunch boxes, snack bags, and perhaps even a bag for gym clothes (and yet another …
The Conscious Festival Hong Kong wouldn't be possible without our superstar partners, namely WeWork who have really stood out amongst the lot for their recent large-scale sustainability efforts, which we love them for. WeWork’s core business is a global network of shared workspaces that transforms buildings into collaborative spaces. Our team has been known to …
When Singapore's go-to Mexican joint announced that they wanted to embrace more sustainable business practices, we knew we'd found our match made in heaven — there is nothing sexier than sustainability served alongside a kickin' margarita. Fast forward a few months and today, the marriage has yielded some serious results... Here at Green Is The New Black, …
Perhaps one of the easiest #LittleGreenSteps is turning off your lights and to inspire the importance of this, a grassroots movement was born in 2007 which encourages people all over the world to switch off for one hour. This year Earth Hour happens on Saturday, March 30th 2019 from 8:30 pm – 9:30 pm and …
Singapore's beloved Garden Beats music and picnic festival is #MakingGreenMoves in a big, big way this year with a series of sustainable steps for both the festival and you. Everyone loves a music festival. What we don’t love are the cringe-worthy piles of rubbish left behind, the copious amounts of energy that the bedazzled stages take …
By now we all know climate change is real. But what can we do about it? Here's a climate change guide and handbook we've prepared just for you, with tips that you just might not have heard before that picked up at the Talks by Green Is The New Black at EarthFest 2019. Step …
We at Green is the New Black believe in empowering people to create the change they want to see in the world, one #LittleGreenStep at a time. And we do that by sharing what we’ve learnt with you. We get that not everybody could make it down to sunny SG for our incredible TALKS powered …
Singapore throws an estimated 2.2 million straws away every single day. That's more than enough plastic to circle our entire island...twice. And if that's not enough to shock you, here's another fact: Singaporean supermarkets alone give out 2 million plastic bags per day. That's over 820 million plastic bags from grocery stores, daily. We're …
The average person spends over 90,000 hours of their lives at work. So instead of focusing all of our sustainability efforts on just being greener at home, why don't we go green in the office, too? It's really not that hard, and you probably already do some of these things- but what other #littlegreensteps can …
Couldn't attend our film screening and panel discussion on living a zero waste life? Fret not! Here's what you missed. Straits Clan was abuzz with fiery ideas and the burning passion of our four panelists last Wednesday night, when Florence Tay (of Unpackt), Michael Broadhead (of EarthLife & EarthFest), Robin Rheume (of Journey to Zero Waste …
