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We INFORM. We INSPIRE. We EMPOWER. Founded by serial entrepreneur Sonalie Figueiras in 2011, Green Queen is an award-winning sustainability & impact media platform advocating for social & environmental change in Asia. Our mission is to shift consumer behaviour through our authentic, original and ground-breaking content.

Covering Climate Now

2024 is a Climate Election Year – The Media Must Cover It That Way

Green Queen Team Feb 12, 2024

The press is covering the 2024 campaign as if climate isn’t on the ballot, but 56% of US voters are ‘concerned’ or ‘alarmed’ about the crisis. By Mark Hertsgaard and Kyle Pope Fact one: more voters face national elections in 2024…
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Alt Protein

L’Oréal Launches Animal-Free Collagen Skincare in China, As Recombinant Technology Gains Steam

Green Queen Team Feb 12, 2024

With leading beauty conglomerates announcing new beauty lines featuring recombinant collagen, the potential for China to be a leader in the synthetic biotechnology ingredient industry. In December 2023, the leading international beauty…
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Covering Climate Now

The Surprising Connection Between Eco-Anxiety and Loneliness

Green Queen Team Jan 11, 2024

Recent research shows that the unfolding crises in climate change and social isolation may actually be connected. By James Arnott and Shannon Stirone The climate crisis isn’t just altering our physical environments. It could even be…
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Covering Climate Now

Why People Still Fall for Fake News About Climate Change

Green Queen Team Jan 11, 2024

It was the hottest year in 125,000 years, yet #climatescam is taking off. By Kate Yoder In 1995, a leading group of scientists convened by the United Nations declared that they had detected a “human influence” on global…
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Covering Climate Now

In Focus: Climate Stories Set to Dominate 2024

Green Queen Team Jan 6, 2024

The world made major progress on climate change in 2023. Here’s what could come next. By Dana Nuccitelli The past year broke a plethora of climate and energy records — some bad, but some good. The year 2023 easily became the…
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Alt Protein

Addressing The Facts: UPSIDE Foods Responds To Recent Press

Green Queen Team Jan 5, 2024

Editor's Note: Given the urgency of the climate crisis, the outsized global greenhouse gas emissions footprint of animal protein production and the need to support a variety of future food solutions, including cultivated meat, we believe…
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Climate Change

‘Global Boiling’: 2023’s Term of the Year?

Green Queen Team Dec 31, 2023

Forget "rizz." These 10 words defined the hottest year ever. By Kate Yoder, Grist To say that 2023 is one for the record books is a vast understatement — the year was so out of the norm that you’re forced to go back at least 125,000…
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Climate Change

Recipe For Change: How Climate Cookbooks Can Help Transform How We Eat

Green Queen Team Nov 29, 2023

Sustainable diets have been around for decades, but an emerging cookbook genre signals a new appetite for change. By Caroline Saunders, Grist Kitchen Arts & Letters, a legendary cookbook store on Manhattan’s Upper East Side, is…
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Climate Change

Despite Public Targets, Most Countries Are Not Reducing Fossil Fuel Productions

Green Queen Team Nov 11, 2023

A new report shows that the world’s governments, despite the targets they set for themselves in the 2015 Paris Climate Agreement, are failing to sufficiently reduce fuel production and consumption. By WhoWhatWhy Staff, WhoWhatWhy …
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Climate Change

The Net-Zero Challenge: Carbon Offsets Need to Stop

Green Queen Team Nov 4, 2023

Stop pretending planting trees can justify fossil fuel emissions. By Mark Schapiro, Capital & Main Fossil fuel companies are no longer denying the realities of climate change — which many of them reported on privately…
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Climate Change

As Climate Change Poses Increasing Threats to Homes, the Insurance Bubble is Bursting With It

Green Queen Team Oct 21, 2023

Natural disasters now cost the US insurance industry $100 billion a year. What happens when no one wants to pick up the tab? By Lois Parshley, Grist “We’ve got ourselves a little monster out there,” anchorman Jim Cantore warned,…
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Climate Change

California Governor Gavin Newsom Signs Landmark Corporate Climate Disclosure Bills

Green Queen Team Oct 14, 2023

New laws passed this weekend tackle carbon offsets, corporate emissions, and clean energy. By Katie Myers, Grist On Saturday, California Governor Gavin Newsom signed a sweeping series of climate and environmental laws into effect,…
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Climate Change

Could the Next Pandemic Hit Crops Instead of People?

Green Queen Team Oct 2, 2023

Genetic uniformity is central to modern farming. It leaves us vulnerable to plant disease breakouts. By Saima Sidik, Grist This story was originally published by Grist. Sign up for Grist’s weekly newsletter here. The…
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Climate Change

12 Climate Change Books You Need To Read This Fall

Green Queen Team Oct 1, 2023

After the daunting heatwaves and storms of this summer, our cheery visions of the season seem at odds with our climate-changed reality. By Michael Svoboda, Yale Climate Connections This story was originally published by Yale…
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Climate Change

Climate Education: How We Can Instil Hope & Action, Instead of Fear & Eco Anxiety

Green Queen Team Sep 30, 2023

Reframing climate change education around a message of “hopeful alarm” will not only underscore the threats we face, it will also show students how they can act to shape the future. By Jeffrey D. Corbin, Meghan A.…
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Alt Protein

Plant-Based 2.0: Addressing the Industry’s 10 Biggest Challenges

Green Queen Team Sep 6, 2023

By Sonalie Figueiras, Editor-in-Chief, Green Queen Media and Maarten Geraets, outgoing MD Alternative Protein, Thai Union There’s no denying that times are tough for the global plant-based industry. Retail sales are down, investors have…
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Climate Change

These Four Nature-Based Solutions Can Help Solve Biodiversity & Climate

Green Queen Team Aug 29, 2023

By Pete Smith, Professor of Soils and Global Change, University of Aberdeen; Camille Parmesan, Professor of Climate Change Impacts, CNRS, University of Texas, University of Plymouth; Mark Maslin, Professor of Earth System Science, UCL A…
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Vegan

Ideological Divide Over Plant-Based Meat As Conservatives Turned Off By ‘Woke’ Brands – New Study

Green Queen Team Aug 28, 2023

Plant-based meat may be getting caught in the culture wars, and US brands that emphasize climate and environmental concerns may be putting off conservative consumers who are reluctant to try such products, according to new research. By…
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Alt Protein

Unlocking Halal Cultivated Meat’s Potential: Exploring an Untapped Opportunity

Green Queen Team Aug 21, 2023

By Prof. Cother Hajat and Dr. Sophie Attwood The global Halal food market is estimated to reach US$1.67 trillion by 2025, growing to meet the demands of a rapidly increasing Muslim population that will comprise 30% of the world’s…
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Zero Waste

Is The Zero Waste Jar Trend Over?

Green Queen Team Aug 7, 2023

By Joseph Winters, Grist This story was originally published by Grist. Sign up for Grist’s weekly newsletter here. Almost a decade ago, Kathryn Kellogg started storing all of her trash — every receipt, sticker,…
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Future Foods

Flora Ventures Emerges As Largest AgriFood VC Firm in Israel with $80M Fund

Green Queen Team Jul 31, 2023

Flora Ventures has announced the launch of its $80M fund, with its first closing securing commitments of $50M and establishing it as the largest Israeli-based AgriFood venture capital firm. The data from IVC confirms Flora Ventures is…
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