Eco Brands,

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Mountain Teak A Green Furniture Store

Ms Chang, founder of Mountain Teak eco-friendly furniture store

Secondsguru features| This is not paid-for content. Time for candid confessions: Anuja and I are extremely fond of fine furniture and home accessories. Both of us can spend hours at our favourite stores just browsing and admiring unique one-off pieces. The good news (Hubbies, hope you are listening?!): the transition of these conversation pieces from the store to our homes happens less frequently, thanks to the Secondsguru DNA in our eco-system. Most of the time we …[Read more]

Tips and Guides,

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Moving towards Zero Waste: A possibility or an impossible dream?

Is zero waste possible to achieve in asia

  Lauren Singers and Bea Johnson. Both heroes … my heroes. Lauren is a NY-based environmentalist. She generated a 16 oz maison jar worth of waste over the period 2013- 2015. Lauren does not have a rubbish bin in her house because she does not need it! The girl makes her own toothpaste, deodorant, uses recyclable bags to purchase groceries and vegetables, composts at the neighbourhood community composting facility, uses reusable bottles to buy her beer, …[Read more]

Events, Kids, Recycle / Upcycle, Upcycle,

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The Piggy Bank ClubWhere kids recycle, save and donate

Piggy Bank club where kids learn to recycle, save and donate

  Shikha Lamba is a Hong Kong based mumpreneur who has been featured on Secondsguru as an expert at upcycling and reinventing old, often forgotten jewellery [Shikha Lamba: The jewellery transformer]. What we inadvertently missed mentioning in our cover story on Shikha is the adorable movement started by her, aptly called, “The Piggy Bank club”. So what is the Piggy Bank Club, Hong Kong? It’s a recycling activity club with a social purpose whose members meet …[Read more]

Eco Brands, People,

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“Journey East”Eco-friendly furniture from the EAST

Showcase| Journey East, a furniture store from the East

Journey East is a Singapore-based furniture retailer and home accessories store with a  soul: it specializes in recycled and reclaimed wood furniture. The store was set up in 1995 at Dempsy Hill and back then the collection comprised primarily of repurposed Dutch colonial and Javanese furniture. Over the years their repertoire has expanded to include brands and designers whose ethos resonates with that of Journey East: They are either Eco-friendly designer furniture or aesthetically designed reclaimed teak furniture and accessories. Today Journey …[Read more]