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Back to nature
Ideas and tools for living better, more slowly, and more sustainably.
Brush up on these five skills to make local meals on the fly and off the books.
BESIDE co-founder Eliane Cadieux provides an introduction to a new, but ancient, seasonal tradition.
When the Heiltsuk people had the opportunity to build a wellness centre in their territory, they turned to their own people and their own culture to define what the word means for them. Launched this summer, the Kunsoot Wellness Centre offers a lesson in how to take a more rooted and honest approach to well-being.
How slow tech can help us make room for nature and creativity during lockdown.
Before we all develop premature cataracts from staring at our screens, our colleague Marie Charles has proposed a short games guide to help relieve our quarantine fatigue.
Extremely long nature videos won’t satisfy our need for the outdoors, but they just might fill the gap until your next excursion outside.
All you need to know to do your own spring tune-up.
BESIDE passes on the knowledge (and the stories) of Québécois seniors over the age of 80.
To help ease our “coronanxiety,” collaborator Catherine Lefebvre teaches the art of slow fermentation.
Ten tips to help transform your isolation into something meaningful.
Traveling in the age of carbon credits, geolocalization, and the climate crisis.
Between Australia's wildfires, the IPCC, and Greta's speeches, these past months have left us in need of a new emotional vocabulary.
The Amish don’t hate technology — they’re just very choosy. We could all stand to learn from their approach.
The eco-horror genre in cinema shows us how we really feel about nature. And it isn’t pretty.
When we think of traditions, we tend to imagine a set of customs that are transmitted generationally from the distant past into the living present, perhaps growing further removed from their original meaning with each new iteration.
Some handy advice for novice fishermen who wish to take the plunge.