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Meet the founder of Child Welfare Scheme and hear his reasons for dedicating so much time and energy to child-friendly school projects in Nepal. We are proud of Douglas (more…)

“The suggestion that we can have everything — both encouraging ever-growing material wealth and maintaining a healthy natural environment — is, as the evidence makes clear, impossible and (more…)

Yesterday, I spoke with a friend whose family has lived in a local Hong Kong fishing village for many generations and I asked him about the beach trash problem. He agrees the problem has been around for a long time but more people are talking about it. Continue reading “Plastic thinking”

A soul sister regularly visits that Dhaka café on business trips. A young mom friend arrived at the Istanbul airport on summer holiday with her kids hours after (more…)

Few things say east-meets-west like a Hong Kong second-hand shop. Whatever we’re calling it these days — used, pre-owned, nearly-new, pre-loved  — the transient nature of our world (more…)

I am falling in love with Hong Kong all over again. While broadcasters continue to show dark, dramatic images, I have become obsessed with uncovering many human moments (more…)

“There are those who are beginning to say that the main product of our time and our biggest legacy to posterity will be huge amounts of waste – (more…)