Discover our first BESIDE destination in Lanaudière
Back to nature
Conversations with nature-empowered people who think, create and live differently.
This is a story of Polarhagen, a regenerative market garden, and two first generation farmers sowing seeds in Norway’s Lofoten Islands.
A surfer, a mother and an entrepreneur, Sarah Zed lives near the waves in rural Nova Scotia, where she’s built a small community around Rose & Rooster, her bakery-café.
When he’s not in the operating room of the ER at Santa Paula Hospital, Californian Ross Monroe is converting his backyard into a community space for friends who, like him, want to live independently.
Seeking connections and feelings in isolated spaces
Vignoble Les Pervenches on winemaking in Quebec and rediscovering centre in uncertain times.
German architect Andreas Wenning makes treehouses, but these aren’t the rickety, makeshift constructions you remember from childhood. With his sleek, contemporary dwellings, Wenning has invented a whole new dream for life amongst the treetops.
The genuine beauty of the backcountry.
At Candide, Chef John Winter Russell is concocting a blueprint for a hyperlocal, hypersocial gastronomy.
After 12 years of hard work and sacrifice, Josiane Lanthier is just starting to make a living off her paintings. We offer a portrait of a sparkling artist who’s more and more at ease.
Diving Deeper, Shooting the Authentic
Weaving Greenlandic identity.
Breathtaking images inspired by nature’s great works of art.
Hidden away on an Oregon farm, Sophia Weiss is raising a herd of Tibetan yak on her own. Influenced by her Buddhist upbringing, she’s developed a special bond with her animals, who are a source of both love and sustenance.
Contrasts, Candour, and Hope
On engaging deeply and telling stories, one photo at a time.
On family, emotional landscapes, and the art of photography
On the realness and raw beauty of nature.
Most people associate salmon fishing with expensive trips to remote rivers. But in Toronto, the salmon are just a subway ride away.
On its bucolic 107-acre farm in upstate New York, Sarah Ryhanen heralds the emergence of meaningful ways of living.
Outdoor lifestyle photographer based in Ucluelet, British Columbia.
The Menaud distillery pays tribute to Charlevoix’s rich natural resources and talented artisans. Portrait of a daring company reinventing traditional vodka in Québec.
On self-sufficiency, heritage and returning to our roots.
For the Incas time had a circular structure: The past, present, and future influenced each other continuously. This idea became the foundation for Mater Iniciativa, the agricultural and culinary laboratory headed by Malena Martinez and her brother Virgilio, the internationally renowned Peruvian chef.
Jean Bédard, founder of Duvetnor, turned an age-old tradition—the harvesting of eiderdown—into the driving force behind the conservation of a natural habitat. Portrait of a man with his eyes out to sea.
Looking at the Anthropocene from above.
How a Montana rancher is giving life to a lost art.
Her photography focuses on uncovering the layers of untold stories within surf, skate, and mountain communities around the world.
Capturing the people and relationships at the heart of northern Canada.
Architect Pierre Thibault makes nature his laboratory, and beauty his philosophy.
Mustangs are deeply woven into America’s historical fabric, but the ongoing debates over public land are putting them at risk. Mustangs to the Rescue strives to elevate the public’s view of wild horses to protect the iconic breed.
The Sockeye salmon fishery in Bristol Bay, Alaska is the largest in the world. It has supported generations of fishers, like Greg Fransen and his son Cody. But a proposed mine now threatens this natural treasure.
Yvon Chouinard has been wearing the same flannel shirt for 20 years. The 81-year-old conservationist, outside-the-box thinker, athlete and craftsman is also an outspoken anti-consumerist and always pushing Patagonia, the company he founded, to find solutions to the global environmental crisis.
Getaway provides unalloyed connection with nature, our travel companions, and ourselves.
With her all-women climbing festival and community of climbers, Shelma Jun is reaching territory—on and off the rocks—that has never been reached before.
Alex Strohl is one of today’s most inspiring, talented, and authentic outdoor photographers.
Fred Campbell reels in new followers by sharing his love for fishing with Hooké.
His recordings capture powerful expressions of change and what it portends in localized wild habitats. When change happens in a landscape that resident animals have evolved to understand from an auditory perspective, they may never be able to readapt.
At his shellfish and seaweed ocean farm, and his non-profit, Greenwave, Bren Smith is creating a simple, replicable system of water-based farming that is regenerative, rehabilitates the oceans, creates jobs, and, likely, is the answer to growing food in the face of climate change.
“When I wasn’t snowboarding, I’d go back to the condo and feel confused. Being out in the mountains as often as we are, we have that connection to the environment. The way we were living wasn’t correlating with our values,” Eddy says.
The instant you step outside, the smell of conifers, prickly as their needles, sweet as their sap, is, if you pay close attention, always with you. Your first encounter with this expansive northern territory is through your nose. The Abitibi-Témiscamingue region of Québec is half the size of Alabama and twice as big as Belgium.