World Environment Day: 5 environment startups in Asia

We don’t have to sacrifice a strong economy for a healthy environment. – Dennis Weaver

Climate change is real and it’s accelerating. Five social enterprises are responding to planet earth’s SOS with revolutionary eco-friendly solutions to tackle waste and help save the earth. From homes made of mushrooms to ink made of air pollution, here are some of Asia For Good’s favourite innovations from across the region that are shaping a greener, more sustainable future for our planet.

Here are our 5 favourite quotes about the environment:

1."What we are doing to the forests of the world is but a mirror reflection of what we are doing to ourselves and one another"

– Mahatma Gandhi

2.“Our planet’s alarm is going off, and it is time to wake up and take action!”

– Leonardo DiCaprio

3. “Nothing is more beautiful than the loveliness of the woods before sunrise.”

–George Washington Carver

4.“I only feel angry when I see waste. When I see people throwing away things we could use.”

–Mother Teresa

5."Harmony with the land is like harmony with a friend; you cannot cherish his right hand and chop off his left. "

–Aldo Leopold

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