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The sustainability issue
From design and fashion to food and travel, this Post Magazine series looks at sustainable practices and the benefits they bring as we tackle the crucial challenges of climate change, environmental degradation and waste management.
Updated: 14 Jan, 2022
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How Hong Kong’s big, stinking, toxic waste problem is becoming a crisis
Landfills close to full, a government dragging its feet, and the public’s indifference about recycling or sustainability leaves the city under growing pressure to implement solutions.
15 Jan, 2022
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Exclusive | Award-winning Chinese sci-fi author’s new short story on climate change
The Girl and the Sea by Chen Qiufan, translated by Shelly Bryant and exclusively in Post Magazine, tells of a mysterious girl on board a research ship embedded in Arctic sea ice.
16 Jan, 2022
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Making a splash: humpback whales return to Canada’s Salish Sea
Humpback whales are making a comeback to the Salish Sea off Vancouver in western Canada, helping the region’s wider natural and cultural revitalisation.
16 Jan, 2022
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One woman’s life-changing decision to stop buying new clothes
Environmental activist Tanja Wessels has only bought second-hand clothes for four years. It’s an experiment that has opened her eyes to how we can all consume fashion more sustainably.
14 Jan, 2022
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The award-winning Hong Kong recycling centre that looks like a hotel
The designers of the new recycling centre in Hong Kong’s Wan Chai district explain the innovations and inspiration of their architectural studio’s project.
13 Jan, 2022
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Why we need to rediscover a sense of wonder at nature before all is lost
You can’t put a price on the awe that natures evokes, and it is that which is our most valuable asset in the battle to rescue the planet’s biodiversity.
15 Jan, 2022
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Then & Now | How Hong Kong kept cool before air conditioning – by copying India
Lying on almost the same latitude, Calcutta was the inspiration for many building design features in Hong Kong, including deep verandas, high ceilings, chick blinds and shutters.
16 Jan, 2022
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Language Matters | From change to crisis, how the language about climate evolved
In 1854 a US magazine coined the term ‘climate change’; the ‘greenhouse effect’ was first described in 1827. Only in recent years have we started talking about a climate crisis and global heating.
14 Jan, 2022
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A teen calls on companies to help protect the environment
A Hong Kong student has called on companies to protect the environment. Tree planter EcoMatcher is doing just that, and has named her an honorary youth ambassador.
15 Jan, 2022
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Reflections | China was ahead of the game when it came to sustainability
Chinese civilisation learned the concept of ecological sustainability at an early stage, based on the idea that human exploitation of nature had to be synchronised with nature’s cycle.
13 Jan, 2022
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What a view | The best Netflix documentaries to watch on climate change
From Brave Blue World: Racing to Solve Our Water Crisis to Breaking Boundaries: The Science of Our Planet, some of the best documentaries to watch on climate change.
16 Jan, 2022
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How to make vegetarian mapo tofu: mushrooms so good you won’t miss the meat
Mapo tofu is easy to convert into a vegetarian dish and mushrooms add to its texture so much you won’t miss the meat.
14 Jan, 2022
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Destinations known | ‘Hell on earth’: Phuket Zoo finally closes, but what about the animals?
The tigers, bears and elephants of the zoo, which has long been accused of animal abuse, have all found new homes in Thailand, but the fate of the other ‘inmates’ remains unknown.
12 Jan, 2022
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What to do about masses of plastic waste from Hong Kong’s hotel quarantine?
Food containers, water bottles, shower caps, toothbrushes – hotel guests can get through heaps of plastic in 21 days. We find out if anything can be done to cut it down.
14 Jan, 2022
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Korean temple food and the Buddhist ethos at home: it starts in the kitchen
Korean monks and nuns ‘prepare food in sincere devotion and mindfulness’, and you can too with the recipes in Korean Temple Food – With Gratitude for Life and Prayers for Peace.
17 Jan, 2022
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How Naomi Klein’s This Changes Everything influenced this educator
The Canadian author’s book about climate change and capitalism had a profound impact on environmenatla educator Natalie Chung’s thinking, she tells Richard Lord.
18 Jan, 2022
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Stolen plants, litter, damage: when Hong Kong Wetland Park opened in 2006
When Hong Kong Wetland Park opened after a four-year refit and expansion, 5,500 visitors came on the first day amid reports of chaos and littering.
18 Jan, 2022
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Profile | ‘I want to make a difference’: Michelin-star chef on sustainability
Landmark Mandarin Oriental Hong Kong culinary director Richard Ekkebus tells Bernice Chan how he educates staff to reduce waste and how he made two-Michelin-star Amber’s menu 75 per cent plant-based.
18 Jan, 2022
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POST EDIT: HSBC’s biodiversity plan helps Hong Kong’s natural world
HSBC’s Lai Chi Wo project repopulates abandoned farmland to create functional biodiversity and help protect the environment.
17 Jan, 2022
