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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

How US States Can Support Climate Change Education in Schools

Green Queen Team Jun 8, 2024

Eight US lawmakers explain how states can support climate change education in their schools. By Glenn Branch So you want to help to improve climate change education. Good for you! Climate change education is…
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How Cycling Can Fix Our Health – and the Planet’s Too

Green Queen Team Jun 1, 2024

By Kévin Jean, assistant professor in epidemiology, CNAM; Aubrey de Nazella, senior lecturer at Imperial College London; Marion Leroutier, postdoctoral fellow, Institute for Fiscal Studies; Philippe Quirion, research director, CNRS; and …
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Covering Climate Now

With So Many Microplastics, Is Bottled Water Still Natural?

Green Queen Team May 25, 2024

Recent lawsuits say Arrowhead, Evian, Poland Spring, and other water bottlers are deceiving customers. By Joseph Winters Is bottled water really “natural” if it’s contaminated with microplastics? A series of lawsuits recently filed…
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Can Plant-Based Meat Escape the Culture Wars?

Green Queen Team May 18, 2024

By S Marek Muller, assistant professor of communication studies, Texas State University; and David Rooney, doctoral candidate, University of Texas at Austin Increasingly, vegans, vegetarians and others looking for meat alternatives are…
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Covering Climate Now

A Climate Vaccine: A New Way to Battle Climate Misinformation

Green Queen Team May 11, 2024

Facts aren’t enough to combat false and misleading messaging. Experts suggest an additional strategy. By Stella Levantesi “The climate crisis is a hoax,” “climate action is too costly,” “the climate has already changed in the past”:…
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The 6 Types of Plant-Based Meat Eaters, and How Restaurants Can Promote These Dishes

Green Queen Team Apr 30, 2024

By David Fechner, research fellow, social marketing, Griffith University; Bettina Grün, associate professor, Institute for Statistics and Mathematics, Vienna University of Economics and Business; Sara Dolnicar, research professor in…
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Climate Change

Climate Change is Rewiring Fish Brains and Human Brains May Be Next

Green Queen Team Apr 27, 2024

Acidifying oceans are leading to sensory loss in fish. Scientists fear people might be next. By Clayton Aldern Imagine you are a clown fish. A juvenile clown fish, specifically, in the year 2100. You live near a coral reef. You are…
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Climate Change

Earth Day: ‘Green Muscle Memory’ and Climate Education Promote Behaviour Change

Green Queen Team Apr 22, 2024

This year, organizers of Earth Day are calling for widespread climate education as a critical step in the fight against climate change. By Preety Sharma and Ayeshah Haque A new report, released in time for global…
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Climate Change

Your Bank Is Probably Fueling Meat Industry Climate Emissions

Green Queen Team Apr 20, 2024

A new report documents the banking industry’s investments in the meat and dairy industry and its climate pollution. Three of the largest banks in the United States are also some of industrial agriculture’s biggest funders, according to…
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Covering Climate Now

Florida Will Soon Remove the Mention of Climate Change From Most Laws

Green Queen Team Apr 13, 2024

The state is spending big on adapting to sea level rise, but Republicans don't want to name the cause. By Kate Yoder In Florida, the effects of climate change are hard to ignore, no matter your politics. It’s the hottest…
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Eco-Friendly Retirement: Is Your 401(k) Fuelling Climate Change?

Green Queen Team Apr 6, 2024

By one tally, 401(k)-type plans are providing $46.5 billion to Big Oil right now. By Barbara Grady People often debate the best things individuals can do to help solve the climate crisis — ditch your combustion engine car for an…
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Covering Climate Now

The Fossil Fuel Lobby’s Misinformation Campaign Against the EPA’s EV Rules Has Begun

Green Queen Team Mar 30, 2024

The American Fuel & Petrochemical Manufacturers, a major oil refining group, is once again behind a push to keep cars running on oil. By Adam M Lowenstein Fossil fuel interest groups have mobilized quickly to oppose a new rule…
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The War on Meat: Why Legislators are Trying to Ban Cultivated Meat

Green Queen Team Mar 25, 2024

Restricting the sale of protein cultured from animal cells, developed as a way to raise meat without the climate impacts of livestock, has become a trendy right-wing legislative focus in states from Arizona to Florida. By Wyatt Myskow…
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Covering Climate Now

Big Oil, Big Lawsuits: The Fossil Fuel Industry is Bracing Itself for Climate Trials

Green Queen Team Mar 23, 2024

A quarter of Americans now live in cities and states taking companies to court over lying to the public. By Kate Yoder It’s been six years since cities in California started the trend of taking Big Oil to court for deceiving the…
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Can Behavioural Science Help Us Live More Climate-Friendly Lives?

Green Queen Team Mar 16, 2024

By Chiara Longoni, associate professor, marketing and social science, Bocconi University; and Kimberly Doell, senior researcher in environmental and climate change psychology, Universität Wien Quick and easy interventions that inspire…
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Policy & Regulation

2024 Elections: Climate Change is All Over the Ballot This Year

Green Queen Team Mar 9, 2024

From Biden vs Trump to an oil well referendum in California, climate change debate is all over the ballot in federal, state and local contests. By Marcus Baram In the wake of the hottest year on record, with fossil fuel…
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Health

Analysing 700 Plant-Based Foods in Australian Supermarkets to Find Out What’s Healthy

Green Queen Team Mar 2, 2024

By Laura Marchese, PhD Student at the Institute for Physical Activity and Nutrition, Deakin University; and Katherine Livingstone, Senior Research Fellow at the Institute for Physical Activity and Nutrition, Deakin University If you’re…
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Covering Climate Now

Taylor Swift Flew 5,500 Miles to Watch Travis Kelce Win the Super Bowl – But This is the Problem with Carbon Removal

Green Queen Team Feb 24, 2024

A "quite radical" report suggests governments and communities, not the private sector, should be leading the carbon removal industry. By Tik Root To get to the Super Bowl on time, Taylor Swift took a private jet from Tokyo to Los…
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Big Ag vs Climate Change: Are Farmers Really Protesting Against the EU’s Green Reforms?

Green Queen Team Feb 17, 2024

Big agriculture and far-right parties set farmers against the environment, but producers on the ground in Brussels told a different story. By Rachel Sherrington Across France, Italy and Belgium last week thousands of farmers …
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Covering Climate Now

Generation Climate: Should Global Warming Prevent You From Having Kids?

Green Queen Team Feb 13, 2024

The authors of a new book, ‘The Conceivable Future’, discuss how people are thinking about family planning in a time of climate change. By Daisy Simmons A particular sort of demographic thing was going on for us both — you know, the…
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Food & Nutrition

How Food and the Gut Microbiome Can Stimulate Your Body’s ‘Natural Ozempic’

Green Queen Team Feb 13, 2024

By Christopher Damman, Associate Professor of Gastroenterology, School of Medicine, University of Washington Wegovy, Ozempic and Mounjaro are weight loss and diabetes drugs that have made quite a splash in health news. They target…
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