Living Sustainably: Five Easy Tips
It’s a handful of low-effort, eco-friendly choices from Low Entropy eco-friendly volunteer writer Nour Saqqa! When you hear bloggers, global organizations, artisans, and environmental activists tossing around the phrase ‘sustainable living’ enough times, you begin to wonder what it means and why you should care about it. Sustainable living involves becoming more aware […]
Too Hot to Handle
Low Entropy Volunteer Writer Prateek Sur opens up about how climate change has affected his personal and family life, and how it pushed him to move from India to Canada. There is no denying the fact that climate change is real. Having grown up in India and having stayed in a few different cities […]
The Meaning of Community
Low Entropy Volunteer Writer Grace Cheng tells us all about community – what it means and why it’s the bee’s knees. To me, a community is a group of people who have learned how to communicate openly and honestly with each other. Their relationships grow closer when they share their emotions in moments of […]
Never Give Up
In one magic moment, near some orange trees by the Caspian Sea, Simin Ghaffari – now in Low Entropy’s work experience program – discovered a source of resilience and gratitude within the horrifying violence of war. When I was 24 years old, my country, Iran, was war-torn. My father was an army officer, and […]
Sustainability, Interwoven
Low Entropy Volunteer Writer Joelle Chia didn’t just learn how to crochet – Joelle learned how to knit together a plan to tackle social, economic and environmental sustainability issues on a local level. When you hear the word “sustainability,” what first comes to mind? Sustainability is a word that has been increasingly used in […]
Outside-In
Low Entropy Volunteer Writer James Phan wonders if, by saving the planet, we aren’t also saving ourselves as well. What if environmental recovery was presented as the surface-level goal of waste reduction, with self-development as its profound depth? There are two ways to approach our manufactured waste dilemma. It seems the most popular […]
The Environmental Education Imperative
Knowledge is the backbone of environmental progress – Low Entropy Volunteer Writer Elizabeth Atkinson writes on the importance of equipping yourself with information about the environmental impacts connected to your everyday life. Environmental education is important at all ages and levels of education, as knowledge is key in making people aware of the current […]