Announcing: The Virtual Conscious Festival!
PSA alert: we’re launching our first-ever Virtual Conscious Festival on the 12, 13, and 14 June 2020! Expect live stream inspiring talks, energising workshops, and a conscious shopping experience from the comfort of your own home. Who’s in? For the very
OPINION: Is Environmental Destruction Responsible For Pandemics?
During our first Create Real Change (from home!) Facebook Live event, we were joined by Pierre Gilbert, a journalist at Le Vent Se Lève. We went on a deep-dive into how environmental destruction increases the risk of a pandemic. The
Has Google Stopped Funding Climate Change Deniers? If Only…
Google has been supporting organisations that not only deny climate change but also thwart environmental protection policy. However, in light of the recent pandemic, it's about to halt this support for good. Or is it? Unfortunately, it turned out to be
The Issue With Tissue: The Forests Being Destroyed, One Flush At A Time
The average human goes through around 100 toilet rolls per year. No surprises then, that this everyday household item is responsible for the destruction of large swathes of forest across the globe. Here we explore the issue with tissue, the
2020: Fires, floods, pandemics, and now… locust plagues. WTF?!
While everyone is talking about COVID-19 (understandably so), Africa is facing a locust plague that puts some 30 million people at risk of starvation. These unimaginable swarms are spreading across East Africa spelling disaster for local people and economies. In early
OPINION: Penguins, Poo And Politics In Antarctica
Having spent the last few months travelling the globe to regions feeling the impact of the climate crisis (read her updates from the Great Barrier Reef and New Zealand's glaciers), our globetrotting contributor Hannah Nicholl reports from Antarctica. Here's the
Hello CEO: The Entrepreneur (And App) On A Mission to Reduce CO2 Emissions
Heard about the new app touted as the “Fitbit for your carbon footprint”? Say hello to Capture; a consumer app that enables users to track, reduce, and remove CO2 emissions from everyday life. We chat to Josie Stoker, Capture's inspirational
Australia Day Bushfire Fundraiser: Join Us For Dinner, Drinks & Fun. Who’s In?
Australia is burning. And the fires are leaving a path of destruction and devastation in their wake. With an estimated one billion animals lost, thousands of homes destroyed, people displaced, fires the size of Manhattan, and at least 28 people losing
GITNB’s Most Read Stories Of 2019
Here's the eclectic mix of what you read the most in 2019: from sustainable gifts and crazy eco-inventions to the circular economy of Asia's largest slum and Singapore's sustainable hotels. A lot has happened this year: Greta Thunberg exploded on to