Sustainability scientist Yasmin Rasyid, who is the founder of NGO EcoKnights and sustainability director at Lendlease Malaysia, and social entrepreneur Sonalie Figueiras, founder of sustainability media platform Green Queen, discuss their journeys into the space, how different sustainability is today compared to when they entered the field, and the lifestyle changes we should all be making.
It was the early 1990s when Rasyid was first exposed to phrases such as “global warming” and “climate change”. She was studying marine biology, and the scientific
