Sonalie Figueiras: Green Queen
Species Unite
elizabeth novogratz
5.0 • 911 Ratings
🗓️ 16 December 2021
⏱️ 33 minutes
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"I think we we've prioritized certain things in education and in culture, but we're really deprioritizing curiosity. The joy of going into a research hole and just digging… I still do that every day." – Sonalie Figueiras
Sonalie Figueiras is the founder and chief of Green Queen, the award-winning media impact platform advocating for social and environmental change. Green Queen started as a blog in 2011 and now it's Asia's largest plant-based media platform.
She is also creating a marketplace to source organic and natural foods. She's the founder of Ekowarehouse, a global sourcing platform for certified organic products, with a mission to make safe, quality food accessible and affordable for the whole planet.
I've been following Sonalie and Green Queen for years, it's one of our go-to sources for information and breaking news for all things related to the future of food.
Green Queen: https://www.greenqueen.com.hk/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/GreenQueenHK
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/greenqueenhk/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/GreenQueenHK/
Eko Warehouse: https://www.ekowarehouse.com/
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| 0:00.0 | Species, Unite, Unite. I think we've prioritized certain things in education and we've prioritized certain things |
| 0:19.3 | in education and in culture but we're really deprioritizing curiosity and the joy of going into a research |
| 0:29.6 | hole and just digging. |
| 0:32.2 | And I still do that every day. I still Elizabeth Novigrats. This is Species Unite. We have a favor to ask if you like |
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| 1:10.0 | This conversation is with Sonale Fagaris. Sonale is the founder and editor-in-chief of Green Queen, the award-winning media impact platform |
| 1:16.8 | advocating for social and environmental change. Green Queen started out as a blog in 2011, |
| 1:22.4 | and now it's Asia's largest plant-based media |
| 1:25.3 | platform. Hi Sonale, I'm really excited to have you on the show. I know you started Green Queen many many years ago as a blog. But how did this |
| 1:46.8 | happen that you became like the media queen and the site to go to for all of this |
| 1:52.2 | information? Obviously it's it's an evolution. site to go to for all of this information. |
| 1:53.0 | Obviously it's an evolution, but deep down I'm less of a blogger and more of a news junkie at heart and the |
| 2:01.8 | blog was accidental. It was really about sharing solutions to how to live a life that is |
| 2:10.4 | healthier for the planet and healthier for humanity and for ourselves, |
| 2:15.9 | I basically kind of let it just organically grow first. At the same time that Green Queen was sort of slowly growing, I was also |
| 2:26.8 | launching this other business, Eco Warehouse, that is a matching platform for |
| 2:32.1 | certified organic suppliers and be to be so trade buyer. |
| 2:37.0 | Will you explain what that means? |
| 2:39.0 | I had an idea a really long time ago to start a green Starbucks. So in university I worked at |
| 2:50.2 | Starbucks for four years. I did many jobs, of course barista being one of them and gosh I learned so |
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