Eating a whole foods, plant-based diet can help prevent and treat (perhaps even reverse) chronic illnesses such as heart disease, diabetes and cancer. Furthermore, a plant-based diet is widely accepted as the most sustainable and climate-friendly. If you’re undertaking Veganuary and need some additional motivation to stay on course or you’ve committed to eating more...
One way to increase environmental awareness and encourage more people to adopt a green lifestyle and to take climate action is to promote the different environmental events scheduled throughout the year. In this way, people can get organised, mark in their annual calendars and make plans to participate. Below is the list of global environmental...
There was a time when a tamaraw (also known as Mindoro dwarf buffalo) sighting was a thing of the past – no tracks at all. They were last seen in 1992 but after 27 years, during a tamaraw expedition led by Tamaraw Conservation Program (TCP) of the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) along...
Drinking tea can be a spiritual experience. In various cultures, the preparation and enjoyment of tea warrants a ceremony as crafting and drinking it requires full presence, to appreciate its aroma, its flavors and its perfection. Setting aside time for the whole ritual becomes a sensory retreat. ‘Tea ceremony is a way of worshipping the...
Miss Universe 2019 winner, Zozibini Tunzi, of South Africa spoke up for Mother Earth during the question and answer portion of the Miss Universe pageant held early this month. When host Steve Harvey asked her if the leaders today were doing enough to protect future generations from climate change, and if not, what more should...
Whoever said that shopping is therapeutic must have been a capitalist, or an advertiser, or a shopaholic, or all of the above. Shopping is hardly a soulful ride especially when, at its very worst, all it does is encourage people to worship at the altar of consumption, encourages them to compete with the Joneses and...
Ethiopia is the fastest growing economy in Africa and since 2010, reportedly one of the fastest growing economies in the world. Despite this progress, however, it’s still one of the poorest nations with a per capita income of just US$790, and its capital Addis Ababa, faces many poverty-led social problems; including human exploitation and the...
Being surrounded by trendy, shiny things can be intoxicating since it seems in our marrow to crave something new. Cool toys, those must-have shoes or interesting experiences when dangled in front of us, has our pleasure senses on high alert; a behavior we may have learnt as children as our own parents tried to motivate...
There is a growing community of plant lovers on Instagram which has seen the plant swapping movement grow. There are plant parents, plant enthusiasts and many a plant geek and hoarder sharing houseplants, cuttings, seeds and best practices. Intrigued with this concept, I attended my first plant swap last week at Warehouse Eight in Makati...
With smartphones being a multi-purpose handheld device, it is making every other gadget we used to need seem obsolete, like the alarm clock and the calculator. However no matter how practical these digital devices are, many of us still prefer to use an actual physical planner than use the digital versions to manage our deadlines,...
I grew up playing with toys where sometimes the batteries leaked or with toys that have been painted with lead. However, that didn’t keep us from playing with them. We just didn’t consider these things because what kid does? We just want to have fun and play with our toys! Now as an adult, I...
The promise of deep cleansing that gently and thoroughly removes skin impurities is what encourages us to purchase beauty products that contain microbeads. We buy into this simple exfoliating solution as it’s more affordable than spending big bucks for a skin treatment at a derm clinic or spa. All we need to do, the packaging...