https://www.scmp.com/rss/514965/feed en https://assets.i-scmp.com/static/img/icons/scmp-meta-1200x630.png https://www.scmp.com A few years ago, an American blogger penned an article in which she claimed to have been able to fit the waste she generated over several years into a single mason jar. The story went viral and, while it did not sit well with many people for myriad reasons, it landed poorly primarily because the author presented a skewed perspective of a so-called zero-waste lifestyle. The author, Lauren Singer, claimed that she achieved a zero-waste lifestyle through small changes, such as asking a bartender... https://www.scmp.com/lifestyle/fashion-beauty/article/3217297/plastic-free-beauty-harder-achieve-you-would-think-insiders-explain-how-they-are-disrupting-their?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/lifestyle/fashion-beauty/article/3217297/plastic-free-beauty-harder-achieve-you-would-think-insiders-explain-how-they-are-disrupting-their?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 17 Apr 2023 10:15:16 +0000 When Aaron Rodgers, a National Football League player in the United States, spoke about his experience at a “dark retreat”, the internet lit up with searches for the term. The practice is rooted in ancient Tibetan and Indian culture and its name is self-explanatory: practitioners retreat into a space completely devoid of light to reconnect with themselves. While the idea of spending a prolonged amount of time in the dark often elicits panic, stress and anxiety for people, dark retreats are... https://www.scmp.com/lifestyle/health-wellness/article/3213104/nfl-quarterback-aaron-rodgers-did-dark-retreat-whats-fans-practice-tell-us-about-its-benefits-you?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/lifestyle/health-wellness/article/3213104/nfl-quarterback-aaron-rodgers-did-dark-retreat-whats-fans-practice-tell-us-about-its-benefits-you?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 13 Mar 2023 08:15:09 +0000 For California-based engineering technician Heather Lim, the choice to select a lab-grown diamond as the centre stone for her engagement ring was an easy one. “When my then-fiancé, now-husband, asked me what I wanted in an engagement ring, I made it pretty clear that I didn’t want a natural diamond that came from a diamond mine,” Lim says. “For me, there’s too much baggage associated with a diamond that comes from a mine, and that’s all I’d be thinking about every time I looked at it on my... https://www.scmp.com/lifestyle/fashion-beauty/article/3210838/lab-grown-or-natural-diamonds-man-made-gems-are-cheaper-and-might-explain-why-more-young-people-are?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/lifestyle/fashion-beauty/article/3210838/lab-grown-or-natural-diamonds-man-made-gems-are-cheaper-and-might-explain-why-more-young-people-are?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 20 Feb 2023 10:15:43 +0000