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Scientist Karla Cordero inspects experimental rice seedlings grown in Chile. A new, less water-intensive rice strain is thriving in the country’s dry climate, offering hope for sustainable agriculture at a time of increased water scarcity. Photo: AFP
Food and Drinks

Watered but not grown in water, a rice strain for a drier, hotter world

A strain of rice developed in Chile doesn’t need a flooded field to grow, just an irrigated one – a boon to farmers as water scarcity rises.

Architecture and design

Are our sustainability efforts actually worth it?

History

Then & Now | Trash talk: Hong Kong’s surprising history of recycling

Tourism

Why cruise lines face near impossible sustainability goal

Cruise companies are heeding the call to be more sustainable but critics have a point: much more needs to be done.

A medium-sized liner can emit as much pollution as 12,000 cars, according to the Marine Pollution Bulletin. Photo: Shutterstock
Food and Drinks

Let’s drink to that: the real cost of putting sustainability on the menu

What Hong Kong bars really face when it comes to going green.

Architecture and design

In Hong Kong, Editecture creates sustainable designs for brands like L’Occitane

‘Turning waste to wonder’ is the motto driving design firm Editecture’s sustainability projects – here’s how they give plastics new purpose.

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Architecture and design

I started a sustainable furniture brand in Hong Kong. Here’s what I learned

In 2014, interior architect Caroline Olah founded her furniture brand with a commitment to responsible design. She recounts what happened when she saw the wood – not just the trees.

Caroline Olah, founder of Reddie, says her company’s goal is 100 per cent waste-based products. Photo: courtesy Reddie
Hong Kong

This week in PostMag: upcycled eggshells and eco-friendly practices

The keyword sustainability is mired in contradictions, but HK designers are taking steps to be greener, even showcasing at Milan Design Week.

Environment

Your clothes are shedding bits of plastic. Here’s what to do about it

Plastic fibres are common in many kinds of clothing, but most current washing machines are ill-equipped to filter them – and it’s having a devastating effect on the environment.

Climate change

Opinion | China must resist greenwashing its dirty coal habit with green bonds

Can China credibly claim climate leadership while doubling down on its dirtiest fuel?

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Vehicles transfer coal at a port in Chongqing, southwestern China on April 20. Photo: AFP
Hong Kong environmental issues

Opinion | Where’s the ‘eco’ in South Lantau’s eco-recreation plan?

There seems to be a greater emphasis on building tourist infrastructure than on conservation, and little effort to dovetail with local communities.

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A herd of buffaloes crosses Shui Hau Wan as the tide recedes on May 29, 2024. The government plans to transform South Lantau into tourist destination. Photo: Eugene Lee
Fashion

Sustasia Fashion Prize promotes sustainability at Shanghai Fashion Week

The Sustasia Fashion Prize, which featured judges including yehyehyeh’s Shaway Yeh, starred 8 innovative Asian designers, also including Angel Chen of China, India’s Pratyush Kumar and Japan’s Tetsuya Doi.

Indonesia

Indonesian woman turns to mangroves to keep floodwaters at bay

Pasijah’s home is the only one remaining in this part of Rejosari Senik, a small village on Java’s northern coast that is now submerged in water.

Fashion

A ban on binning textiles means Sweden’s recycling centres are overflowing

Mountains of clothes piling up in Swedish recycling centres are sparking calls for fashion firms to take responsibility for textile waste.

A worker sorts clothing at Artikel2’s sorting centre in Stockholm. Mountains of clothes piling up in Swedish recycling centres has sparked calls for firms to take responsibility for textile waste. Photo: AFP
Hong Kong economy

Editorial | Sustainable approach to ecotourism in Hong Kong can be of great benefit to all

In the largest land disposal of its kind in recent years, three Hong Kong sites with tourism potential have been set aside for commercial investment.

This former quarry site on Lamma Island is set to be turned into a high-end coastal and hillside resort development. Photo: Elson Li
Environment

Opinion | Green design is a daunting challenge that’s well worth the effort

If recycling is not cheaper and faster, is it worth it? Building owners need to understand nature is valuable despite not having a price tag.

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Asia travel

In Philippines, illegal fishermen turn ecotourism operators

Siargao islanders who used to catch fish illegally and cut down mangroves now replant the trees and run ecotours to the community’s benefit.

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Architecture and design

A piece of Hong Kong in your living room

Heritage and urban living inform a collection of locally designed and crafted furniture on show in Milan, Italy, as part of Hong Kong Interior Design Week.

The Benboo lighting trio, comprising a table lamp, floor lamp and wall lamp that pay tribute to bamboo in copper, designed by Studio RYTE. Photo: Hong Kong Interior Design Week
China economy

Opinion | Despite hurdles, China’s ambition for global leadership role is clear

From the ‘two sessions’ to Boao Forum, Beijing is promoting tech independence, green innovation and support for developing nations.

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Hong Kong environmental issues

Greenpeace urges Hong Kong’s Kai Tak Sports Park to improve sustainability

Green group estimate that 860,000 disposable items, including 510,000 paper cups, were used during Hong Kong Sevens rugby tournament.

Indonesia

‘The sooner, the better’: Bali governor wants island waste-free by 2027

A sustainable waste management facility which can convert rubbish to energy is in the works for the resort island.

Workers clean up a river filled with rubbish in Denpasar, Bali, Indonesia. Photo: EPA-EFE
Vietnam

Vietnam faces mass bankruptcies of renewable energy producers

The application of a new power purchasing price by Vietnam Electricity puts 173 solar and wind projects at risk of insolvency.

Power-generating wind turbines at a wind park in Bac Lieu province, Vietnam. Photo: Reuters
Environment

Black carbon: the super pollutant melting Asia’s glaciers

While CO2 gets the spotlight, black carbon’s potent, short-lived warming effect is pushing Asia’s glaciers past the tipping point.

Climate change

Opinion | Asia can’t afford to wait for the US to wake up to its climate duty

As the US walks away again, Europe, China and others need to fill the climate reparation funding gap, not out of charity but responsibility.

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Climate change

Opinion | China has what it takes to lead the global green steel revolution

With the right incentives, adoption of electricity-based furnaces and green hydrogen can help the steel industry reduce carbon emissions.

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Workers weld steel structure products to meet demand for orders, in Yuncheng, Shanxi province, in 2023. Photo: VCG / Getty Images
China energy security

China weeds out bad behaviour in quest to harvest farmers’ untapped solar power

The country’s energy regulator called for the ‘healthy and orderly’ growth of small-scale, distributed solar power and dissuaded monopolies.

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Small-scale solar energy installations, like those on households or other buildings, often generate more power than their users need. Photo: AP
Hong Kong environmental issues

Letters | Use of plastic bags to fill holes on Hong Kong beach a travesty

Readers discuss contractors’ actions on a Lantau beach, and a reclamation project in Tseung Kwan O.

Beauty

Waterless beauty products: more sustainable and less hassle at the airport

Dip and Bite are two more brands innovating hair and oral care products that use solids, creams and powders instead of heavy, water-based liquids.

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