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Back to nature
Ideas and tools for living better, more slowly, and more sustainably.
For years, Toronto-based photographer Lauren Kolyn has collaborated with artist Jason Logan, who creates natural inks with pigments foraged from around the city.
Journalist Guillaume Rivest explains why fried chicken is not a viable food option for wild animals.
Juliette Leblanc encourages us to open our eyes and ears to the avian world around us — and promises it will make us happier.
Home funeral advocates want to reclaim natural after-death care from the modern funeral industry, and more and more people are following their lead.
Besiders share the setbacks and successes from their pandemic-era DIY adventures.
Ariane Paré-Le Gal, owner of Gourmet Sauvage, offers a new way to fully taste Canadian territory.
Guillaume Rivest guides us outside our comfort zones with an introduction to winter camping.
Sébastien Blondeau, creator of the podcast Café Normal, shows us what’s beyond our morning cup of comfort.
Loimulohi is a rugged delicacy that’s perfect for an evening of outdoor winter cookery.
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.
Geneviève Lugaz and Christian Laforge share a company, a duplex, and the happy title of parents. Des Enfantillages is the result of their professional and personal journey: an inspiring studio with a fun and poetic approach to making toys. In collaboration with BESIDE, they’ve created “Guess Who Inspires Me?”
Jinny Lévesque, a glass artist, and Catherine Cournoyer, a textile print designer, first met in a visual arts class in college. They became fast friends and soon joined forces to design their first ethical textile products. A decade later, they’re now collaborating with BESIDE to make a unique log carrier.
To dive into the world of Énamour products is to fall in love. Designed for the whole family, Marie Custeau's soaps are 100 per cent natural and plant-based. Her next mission? Create the perfect mosquito repellent, so we can better enjoy our time in the woods.
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.