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12/07/21
energy saving tips
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8-week Challenge: 8 Energy Saving Tips

12/07/21

8 Weeks  8 Challenges  8 Giveaways  Click here to enter Week 5 and find out more now! This week we’ve got something a bit different for our giveaway – a Nanoleaf LED light bulb that is going to help you save money, energy and basically the planet. Here’s Week 5’s challenge: Start saving electricity at home […]

Sustainability

Lululemon Announces Mushroom-based Accessories

10/07/21

Cult yoga gear brand lululemon is planning to launch a line of yoga accessories made using Mylo, a vegan leather made entirely from mushrooms. The collection will feature a yoga mat, a yoga bag and a duffle bag.  Mylo is incredibly easy and eco-friendly to produce, taking just days to produce. According to developers Bolt […]

09/07/21
sustainable boat trip
Living

How to… have a sustainable boat trip

09/07/21

Undoubtedly one of the best parts of summer in Hong Kong are boat parties; swimming and feasting on your favourite foods and drinks with friends and family is a perfect day out. However, boating isn’t exactly an eco-friendly activity. Boats interfere with animals’ mating patterns and even worse, chemicals from boats leech into the water, […]

Sustainability

How do they make bags out of recycled plastic anyway?

08/07/21

For our 4th week giveaway we are partnering with Everybody & Everyone to giveaway their pretty epic All Good Things bag. This aptly named bag is very literally made of “all good things”, E&E partner with a textile company called EcoAlf who produce the recycled fabric to make the bag from ocean recovered plastic bottles […]

07/07/21
Living

5 vegan chocolates to try on world chocolate day

07/07/21

It’s a universally-known fact that chocolate is the answer to just about everything. No matter the kind of day you’ve had, there’s little that chocolate can’t fix. However, our stomachs may disagree. Shockingly, around 70% of the world’s population is lactose intolerant; in Asia, this jumps to around 90%! Many people either brave the painful […]

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