Who’s leading the charge when it comes to recycling? Here’s how Canadian regions stack up against one another and find out how you can make a difference.

Recycling in Canada

Environmental Concerns

Protect our planet better. Sustainability is the foundation of natural health. We teach you how to embrace a more sustainable lifestyle, one step at a time, because a healthier planet means a healthier you.

Sustainability

We’ve all heard of the term “sustainability”―but what does it really mean, and what progress are we making towards achieving it?

Climate Change

As pervasive as synthetic textiles have become, animal fibres have held their own and are now recapturing our attention with their benefits.

Discover the excellence of animal fibres

Generative AI is a tool that can help to optimize our lives. Yet, the development of AI may have some concerning implications for our planet.

Is AI Harmful for Our Plant?

Wanjiku “Wawa” Gatheru discusses how her nonprofit empowers Black girls, women, and gender&#x2d;expansive people who are often excluded from the climate movement.

Rainforest Foundation US and Save the Rainforest Bars are two organizations supporting rights&#x2d;based activism and deforestation efforts.

Rainforest Foundation and Save the Rainforest

WEDO is taking a multidisciplinary approach to advocacy that lifts up women, amplifies marginalized voices, and puts a feminist lens on climate change.

For our species, water is life. Yet we have disrespected this essential resource in endless ways. Billion Oyster Project and Sophie’s Kitchen are two organizations taking different approaches with the same goal—to restore, preserve, and protect the waters that sustain us.

From making eco&#x2d;friendly purchases to educational choices, caring for the planet tends to be part of the female domain. Learn about how and why women have led in this area and how others are joining the sustainability movement.

Life is about balance. We provide you with strategies for a lifelong commitment to strength and well-being in all areas of your life. 

Lifestyle

The impact of the environment on human health has been long known: according to the WHO, almost 1 in 4 of all deaths across the globe are linked to environmental conditions. Here we explore the concept of planetary health, where it is today, and how you can apply it to everyday life.

planetary health

Canada’s climate is warming twice as fast as the global average. Popular winter traditions are being erased for the next generation of Canadian children.

Beach, please! Our Eco issue delivers a serious dose of vitamin sea (plus some truths about the environment that we just can't ignore).

Food Waste

Natural is the way. We bring you credible approaches to preventative health, holistic treatments, and supportive supplements.

Health

“If one could make it across the Northwest [Passage] in a single season, in a rowboat, it would scream to the profound effects climate change is having on the Arctic,” writes Kevin Vallely in the opening pages of his new book.

Rowing the Northwest Passage: A Testament to Climate Change | alive

Arctic Sea Ice

The David Suzuki Foundation’s Butterflyway Project is making its mark for being an innovative, impactful, and fun way to help Canada’s butterfly population, one habitat—and one ordinary citizen—at a time. Are you next?

The Innovative Butterflyway Project Gains Momentum | alive

Butterflyway Project

Concerned about climate change? Many of us are. But if those concerns balloon to the point of overwhelm, ecophobia might be the culprit.

Ecophobia: What Is It, and Why Is It on the Rise? | alive

Angela Lindvall does a lot—modeling, mothering and advocating for the environment—while maintaining a balanced life and, most of all, a healthy perspective.

How Angela Lindvall Went From Model to Environmental Hero | alive

Fashion

Much of the world’s oceans are a mystery, but we know for sure that we need them. Find out about the threats to our oceans (and what you can do to help).

A Deep Dive Into the Biggest Threats to Our Oceans | alive

Life without water cannot be. Although Canada is home to 20 percent of the world’s water supply, protecting freshwater is still an urgent concern.

Protecting Freshwater: Why It's More Important Than Ever | alive

Water Quality

You probably don’t think about it much, but sand is a diminishing resource that forms the bedrock of our modern way of life

Could the World Really Be Running out of Sand? | alive

Environmental Issues

You’re all geared up for your summer adventure. But did you remember your sunscreen? And did you remember to check the label on that sunscreen?

Oxybenzone: Why This Common Sunscreen Ingredient Harms the Environment | alive

How does Leilani Münter manage to be both an environmental advocate and a race car driver? Her answer might surprise you.

Leilani Münter: Meet the Race Car Driver Who's Also an Eco-Activist | alive

Personal Story

Everyone feels paralyzed, unproductive or uninspired sometimes. This is a vegan designer and entrepreneur’s take on how to get things done.

Get Things Done: A Vegan Designer's Top Productivity Tips | alive

Veganism

Our water supplies are becoming tapped out. By 2030, it's predicted that water demand will exceed the sustainable supply by 40 percent. What can we do now?

Environmental Concerns

Recycling

Understanding Sustainability

A Captivating Yarn

AI’s Addiction to Energy

A Climate Revolution

Innovation for Good: Rainforest Foundation US and Save the Rainforest Bars

A Seat at the Table

Innovation For Good: Billion Oyster Project and Sophie's Kitchen

Sustainability and the Gender Divide

Planetary Health Care

Hacking Activist Burnout

Protect Canadian Winters

What’s in alive: The Eco Issue

Rowing Through Melting Sea Ice

Butterflyway Home

Ecophobia

The Multi-Hyphenate Role Model

The Blue Planet Blues

Save Our Drinking Water

Cities Made of Sand

Protect Your Skin and the Environment

Revved up With Leilani Münter

Doing It Anyway

Water Supplies from the Ground Up