Edited by Nora Gallagher and Lisa Myers; Introduction by Yvon ChouinardBack in 2019 I picked up this book to understand more about the mindset of environmental activists and some basic, but effective tools used to get their massage across and make a change not matter how big or small it was. This book provides helpful [...]
Category: Environment
Mangroves: An Essential Ecosystem
On my recent trip to the Philippines, my cousin brought us to a place called San Juan By the Bay in Santa Rita, Samar; a scenic spot that includes a boardwalk, a floating restaurant, a beautiful view of the San Juanico Bridge and mangrove restoration project (https://www.choosephilippines.com/specials/history-and-culture/4324/san-juanico-bridge-boardwalk). As we walked along the boardwalk towards the [...]
Sustainability – A Pretty Interesting Journey
Over the part couple of weeks I’ve become more interested in environmentalism and sustainability. You hear a lot about this topic on social media like going to a zero-waste lifestyle, minimalism, switching to a vegetarian/vegan diet etc. etc. And I’ve been seeing this a lot more recently on my social media feed. Maybe it’s because [...]
A Small Look: Invasive Species
Intro: I remember in my grade 11 biology class our teacher brought us to the little forest behind our school. She told us that we were going to carefully collect leaves from specific plants and identify them. From all the leaves we had to collect and identify, the one I remembered the most was the [...]