I recently had the pleasure of meeting Thao Vu, who is the designer, artist and eco-entrepreneur behind the ready-to-wear, slow fashion, couture brand Kilomet109. There are very few sustainable fashion brands in Vietnam, and I wanted to ask Thao how her label however Kilomet109, launched in 2012, has become one of the most unique. Kilomet109 […]
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Having recently rekindled my love of yoga I was super keen to sign up for another retreat, this time at the boutique homestay Topas Riverside Lodge in Sapa. Topas Riverside Lodge is the sister property to Topas Ecolodge and is situated in the wild jungles of Hoang Lien National Park, connected to Nam Cang Village
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Feature Photo by Zen Chung from Pexels Food safety became a big concern for me whilst living in Vietnam, after reading an article about the hormones and unauthorised antibiotics that are commonly given to farm animals. The dangers do not stop at the farm gate as the pumping of untreated water into meat by market
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Globally, we are producing a colossal 1.3 billion tons of waste annually that goes into landfill; this is projected to increase to 2.2 billion tons by 2025 and as a result, it poses an enormous environmental issue for the planet and impacts on human health. Many different materials that are extremely harmful to humans, animals and plant life
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Last weekend I visited Yen Bai for the first time for a three-day yoga retreat organised by Moon Yoga. We travelled by bus to Yen Bai and boated along Thac Ba Lake to get to the La Vie Vu Linh Eco Lodge Lake House, which is located in Ngoi Tu Village in Vu Linh commune.
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In order to reduce my contact with plastic, I have been researching products made locally of bamboo, as an alternative to plastic, but why bamboo? My journey towards a more sustainable lifestyle started whilst living in Hanoi, Vietnam. One of my personal aims was to avoid unnecessary contact with chemicals in my daily life by
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Vogue Italia’s Gulf of Mexico oil-spill photoshoot, featuring photographs by Steven Meisel and the more recent oil spill on July 25, 2020, caused by a Japanese cargo ship, the Wakashio, which struck a reef off the coast of Mauritius and leaked more than 1,000 metric tons of oil into the pristine waters and unique ecosystems
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WHAT IS SUSTAINABLE TRAVEL? Sustainable travel is about tourism that can be maintained long-term without harming natural and cultural environments. The sustainable travel movement is therefore about valuing the environment and looking after our natural resources, local communities, native cultures and wildlife; it should minimise the negative impacts of tourism and ideally be beneficial to
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Today, we’re more aware than ever about how important it is to look after our skin, but if you’ve ever looked closely at the labels on your cosmetics and beauty products, you may have seen they contain ingredients known as parabens, which is a collective name for a family of ingredients used in everything from
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Maison de Tet Décor is my favourite organic restaurant and one a very few that I have discovered since living in Hanoi. The restaurant offers a great selection of snacks, meals, cakes, coffee and drinks that are prepared from scratch and do not contain industrial processed foods or MSG. The menu also includes a range
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