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INTERVIEW: Bare Necessities Founder Sahar Mansoor Is On a Mission To Make India Go Zero Waste
Passionate eco activist Sahar Mansoor is a zero waste pioneer in her native India. The Bengaluru-based entrepreneur frequently makes headlines everywhere from MTV to Live Mint and regularly is awarded accolades such as Google India's!-->…
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INTERVIEW: Beyond Meat VP Marketing Will Schafer About How To Start A Plant-Based Burger Revolution
The Story of The (Plant-Based) Burger That Changed The World
Green Queen Editor-in-Chief Sonalie Figueiras sat down with Will Schafer, VP of Marketing for Beyond Meat, during his recent trip to Hong Kong in May 2019 to discuss how the!-->!-->!-->…
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Asia CSR Women Heroes: Stacey Wolpert of KPMG “I Feel Most Proud When I See Attitudes Changing”
In this new series, we celebrate the women who bring corporates to task from the inside, pushing for greater environmental and social forward policies.
What is your full title and where do you work?
I am the Sustainability!-->!-->!-->!-->!-->…
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INTERVIEW: Can Hong Kongers Say NO To Single-Use Plastics For 1 Day? EcoDriver Sherry Fung-Wong Says YES!
Tell us more about No Single Use Plastic Awareness Day campaign.
No Single Use Plastic Awareness Day will take place for the first time in Hong Kong on the 30th of May. This is part of our Enough Plastic campaign, which I hope you have!-->!-->!-->…
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INTERVIEW: We Talk To The Team Behind Trashion, A Student-Run Charity Fashion Show Featuring Clothes Made From Trash
Meet the inspiring team behind Trashion, Hong Kong's only student-run charity fashion show featuring clothing designed by students from waste in order to raise awareness about recycling and upcycling. We chat to them about their mission,!-->…
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Asia CSR Women Heroes: Rebecca Walker Chan “I Try To Prove That Embedding Sustainability Into Business Will Create Bottom Line Impact”
In this new series, we celebrate the women who bring corporates to task from the inside, pushing for greater environmental and social forward policies.
What is your full title and where do you work?
I am the Founding Consultant!-->!-->!-->!-->!-->…
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Asia CSR Women Heroes: Hanna Hallin of H&M “I Am Motivated by That Fire in Someone’s Eyes Who Realises They Can Be Part of The…
In this new series, we celebrate the women who bring corporates to task from the inside, pushing for greater environmental and social forward policies.
What is your full title and where do you work?
I am the Sustainability Manager across…
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INTERVIEW: Rebecca Cappelli I Started ‘Let Us Be Heroes’ to Raise Awareness & Inspire People To Step Up’
Rebecca Cappelli's new documentary Let us be Heroes, takes on the biggest issues facing the planet today: the rise of preventable diseases and the damage we are doing to our environment. Through interview with thought leaders like Green…
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Asia CSR Women Heroes: Ellie Tang of New World & K11 Concepts “I Feel Accomplished When I Convert Naysayers”
In this new series, we celebrate the women who bring corporates to task from the inside, pushing for greater environmental and social forward policies.
What is your full title and where do you work?
I am Head of Sustainability at New…
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Asia CSR Women Heroes: Pat Dwyer of The Purpose Business “You Don’t Get Unless You Ask”
In this new series, we celebrate the women who bring corporates to task from the inside, pushing for greater environmental and social forward policies.
What is your full title and where do you work?
I am the Founder & Director…
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INTERVIEW: Chief Strategy Officer Tobias Nordstrom “Our Food System Is Broken & Oatly Was Founded To Solve For That”
In honour of the brand's Asian expansion, we talk to Oatly Chief Strategy Officer Tobias Nordstrom about how the company started, why oats and why Hong Kong.
Oatly was founded in the 1990s. Did the founding team foresee the rise of…
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Asia CSR Women Heroes: Rebecca Donnellan Got 11,000 People to Go Green Monday
In this new series, we celebrate the women who bring corporates to task from the inside, pushing for greater environmental and social forward policies.
What is your full title and where do you work?
I’m Director of Sustainability at MGM…
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The Lantau Island Paddle Project: 2 Teachers, The Open Sea And A Whole Lot of Plastic Trash
Wading through grimy, oily beach water filled with trash, debris and several dead sea life over the north beach of Discovery Bay's presumed picturesque resort development, Jonny Haines was completely devastated while paddle boarding around…
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Label Chic: Hong Kong’s First Luxe Pre-loved Boutique Opens On Gough Street
April 10 2019 Update: Label Chic has closed down operations.
In an airy, sun-drenched showroom overlooking a hub of popular cafes and stylish shops over trendy Gough Street, Héloïse Mendes looks effortlessly chic in an ivory silk Iro …
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INTERVIEW: 5 Minutes With Bea Johnson Zero Waste Queen & Pioneer Of The Global Low Waste Movement
We had the honor of meeting a true Green Queen Hero a few days ago, Bea Johnson- the New York Times called her the "High Priestess of Waste-Free Living." She is the living embodiment of what it means to live a life of purpose and to be kind…
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INTERVIEW: Rude Health Founder Nick Barnard Says “People Are Yearning For Better Food”
How did Rude Health begin?
Rude Health began about 13 years ago in our kitchen in Southwest London and it was really not an original idea because so many founders who have been challenged and inspired to make better choices and to change…
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INTERVIEW: #ZeroWaste Hong Konger Tanja Wessels “I Stopped Buying Clothes For A Year”
Why did you decide to stop buying clothes for a year?
It started in Hong Kong on the 10th of May this year. I’ve always been interested in environmental matters, but this year things have really ramped up. I feel like I’ve been actively…
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INTERVIEW: From Sold-Out Arenas To Tea Ceremonies, Beyonce’s Former Lead Guitarist Bibi McGill Talks All Things Wellness
Sitting on the lush, green grass underneath an enormous oak tree, the warmth and zeal emanating from Bibi McGill is inspiring and infectious. One of those multi-faceted female talents, Bibi is many things to many people. Perhaps best…
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Plant-Based Fitness: Meet Hong Kong’s Vegan Lifting Crew
Fitness and proper eating go hand-in-hand. As the adage goes: abs are made in the kitchen, and if you're going to train hard, you bet your buns there are going to be a lot of green veggies, an array of good carbs and high-quality lean meats…
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HK Yoga Teacher Series: Easyoga Ambassador Marcus Wong
How did yoga enter your life?
I started teaching community yoga about 4 years ago after a brief period of teaching private sessions. Once I started teaching group classes and felt how exhilarating the group energy could be, it was…
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Plant-Based Instagram Superstar Christine Wong Shares Her Secrets: Food Styling, Photography & Managing IG Accounts
How did your Instagram journey begin?
I started my Instagram while I was in nutrition school to record my food journey, and to inspire others to cook. I also started because my then tween daughter wanted to start an account too.
What was…
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