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A Ritual for All Five Senses

Guided by her thermal experience at Nordik Spa-Nature in Chelsea, floral artist Leah Gibson composes a spontaneous bouquet on the premises.

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How Edward Burtynsky Shows Us Who We Are

Edward Burtynsky’s award-winning, large-scale photographs illuminate the environmental cost and alarming beauty of human intervention in natural landscapes. We spoke with him about his artistic influences, human responsibility for the planet, and the great grief behind it all.

Away / Itinerary

A Gourmet Tour of Outaouais by Bike

An epicurean travelogue through Québec’s Outaouais region, replete with spontaneous encounters and all rooted in the great outdoors.

Besiders

The True Value of Ethical Fashion

Can fashion be ethical AND reasonably priced? For Mackenzie Yeates and the co-founders of KOTN, the answer is yes. Here’s how they did it.

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Imprinting Memories with Gyotaku

Alexis Aubin-Laperrière has spent the last few years dedicating himself to gyotaku, a traditional printing technique from Japan. In the artist-fisherman’s studio, fish have a second life on washi.
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Atelier

Forest Bathing for Everyone

Forest bathing isn’t hard or complicated, and the effects are profound. Here’s how to do it.
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Besiders

This Designer Is Preserving the Old Ways of Making Furniture

Over three decades of producing ethically made furniture by hand, Heidi Earnshaw has remained committed to the abiding lessons of traditional craftsmanship.
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Village

Should you feel guilty for having an air conditioner?

A/C may cool us down, but it’s also contributing to increasing outdoor temperatures and harming our connection to each other and with nature.

BESIDE Magazine

BESIDE Issue 14

Movement

May 25, 2023

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Dossiers

Eat, Love, Experiment — We pamper our pets, we want happy meat, and we…
In partnership with CCUNESCO

New Harmonies — In this four-part dossier, we have collected stories from biospheres…

Extreme Pollination — We dream of food sovereignty and access to local fruits…

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Going Sideways / Episode 02
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Opening Up Outdoors

Illustrator Florence Rivest dwells on one shore of the St. Lawrence; across the water live Uapukun Mestokosho and Shanice Mollen…

Going Sideways / Episode 05
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Regrowing Nature

Lawns no longer rule supreme for these citizens bringing back native plants. In MontrĂ©al, Emile Forest and Philippe Asselin are…

Going Sideways / Episode 06
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Tending Community

All too often, we underestimate the power of community. In MontrĂ©al, Les Filles Fattoush has created work—and a warm welcome—for…

Going Sideways / Episode 03
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Reinventing Work

Should you change your career or reinvent it? Quilt maker Marilyn B. Armand and fashion entrepreneur Inder Bedi may have…

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