Eco Lifestyle

Most of us want to be conscious consumers, but it’s a pretty difficult task in practice. From the thousands of products available, whether it be food or beauty and skincare, it takes time and effort to properly research and decipher those…
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TheVeganKind raised £3.5M (approx. US$4.8M) in its latest Series A funding round that will help the company further upscale its retail business as well as facilitate better plant-based shopping experiences for their consumers. Literacy…
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More than 8 in 10 people who joined the Veganuary pledge for the first month of 2021 plan on making their newfound plant-forward diets a long-term habit. The findings, revealed in the annual survey released last month, also showed…
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According to research and poll data, which highlight the unequal impact of the pandemic on the African American community, more and more black people in the United States are turning to plant-based diets to reap health benefits, and a…
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Vegan cooking show, New Day New Chef, which debuted on streaming platform Amazon Prime in the U.S. and later premiered in England, Ireland, Canada, Australia, and New Zealand, has been nominated in eight Taste Awards categories, including…
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Founded by Clarisse Merlet, France-based company FabBRICK works to upcycle textile waste into bricks that are supposedly great thermal and acoustic insulators. In France, textile waste is estimated to be around 4 million tons, however,…
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Eat the Change, a plant-based snack startup that launched its first product, a mushroom based jerky, back in December of last year, has now unveiled a new campaign that aims to bring about positive change in the environment by encouraging…
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Eben Bayer, founder and chief executive of Ecovative Design, a company that works on developing materials out of a mushroom root structure for the fashion, food, packaging and skincare industry, recently closed a US$60 million Series D…
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The Global Fashion Exchange(GFX) recently joined forces with art deco boutique chain Walker Hotels in New York City for a “SwapAteria” experience that will take place at the latter's new TriBeCa location, in order to promote sustainable…
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The results of a a newly released global consumer insights survey suggests that consumers are willing to change their lifestyles with ‘one's wellbeing’ considered as the top area of interest for consumers in all markets, irrespective of…
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MyCoLearn, an online vegan course network that aims to create a community for vegan professionals, is looking to go ahead with a July 2021 beta launch with backing from U.K. bank NatWest's ‘Back her Business’ fund, which awards investment…
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Have you ever wondered how much your grocery store trips contribute to climate change? There’s an app for that now. To help measure your supermarket shopping impact – and all you have to do is to take a photo of your receipt from the store…
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Football team Real Madrid recently joined forces with plant-based meat brand, Meatless Farm, to reduce meat consumption and encourage sustainable eating habits. Spanish football club Real Madrid recently partnered with British-based…
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Fancy coffee? Fancy coffee-made sneakers? Finland-based Rens Original, founded by Vietnamese duo Jesse Tran and Son Chu, takes your leftover coffee and upcycles the discarded grounds into seriously fashionable environmentally-friendly…
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Yes, there’s an animal sanctuary introducing goats to your next video conference. But for good reason. California-based Sweet Farm is connecting you to their rescued llamas and goats at the sanctuary to spread the message about the harms…
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Online food deliveries were already popular before the pandemic, but now, they’re truly everywhere, with restrictions on restaurants dine-in services and consumers wanting to catch a break from cooking at home (and having to wash up) all…
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In collaboration with other mission-driven food advocates, food blogger Erick Castro has launched 'Plantega', a company that installs vegan fridges in Brooklyn bodegsas in order to bring plant-based options to communities where there is a…
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A new consumer research report has highlighted “brand peer pressure” and technological innovation as critical to push forward sustainable behaviour among both shoppers and businesses. The new report, conducted by a team of behavioural…
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The New York City-based cult favourite burger restaurant Shake Shack recently announced a pilot of sustainable AirCarbon cutlery and straws at six Shake Shack locations across the U.S. Joining forces with Restore Foodware, the world's…
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U.S.- based food-as-medicine nutrition platform, Project Well recently raised US$2M in a seed funding round that saw the support of food systems, healthcare and technology investors in an effort to design nutritious food plans for those…
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In an excerpt from a new book ‘BUSINESS UNUSUAL: Enterprises paving the way to Zero Waste,’ Marlet Salazar takes us through two Philippine initiatives showing that retail without plastic sachets is not only possible; they are the way. …
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