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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

Hacking Activist Burnout

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.

Nature lovers working against climate change

Protect Canadian Winters

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

Get a sneak peek into our lineup of green goodness 

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

Health

What’s in alive: The Eco Issue

“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

A profound testament to climate change

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

Rowing Through Melting 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

Innovative David Suzuki Foundation project gains momentum

Butterflyway Home

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

Keeping hope afloat

Ecophobia

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

How Angela Lindvall went from model to environmental hero

The Multi-Hyphenate Role Model

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

Diving deep into our ailing oceans

The Blue Planet Blues

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

Why protecting the “blue gold” builds our future

Save Our Drinking Water

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

A ubiquitous resource threatened by massive overuse

Cities Made of Sand

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

Hint: Check your label!

Protect Your Skin and the Environment

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

Meet the vegan hippie chick with a race car

Revved up With Leilani Münter

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

An entrepreneur’s take on getting things done

Doing It Anyway

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?

Learn to respect our most important resource

Water Supplies from the Ground Up

What does the big thaw mean for us?

Permafrost: Not So Permanent

Christmas waste: during the holidays each Canadian creates 110 pounds of extra garbage. Learn how to make the season merry, bright, and green.

Celebrate while respecting the planet

Reduce Your Christmas Waste

Why protect our bogs? This unique wetland improves air quality. Home to a variety of rare plants, birds, and animals, bogs' survival is under threat.

Why it's important to save our wetlands

Help Protect Our Bogs

Microbeads are tiny pieces of plastic that are added to personal care products. We're washing them down the drain where they're entering the food chain.

Microbeads: It's Time to Ban Them

Tiny plastic beads create a very big problem

Beauty starts within. We celebrate natural, organic beauty that is better for the planet and helps you look and feel your best.  

Beauty

Microplastic Pollution

While it is difficult to estimate the full impact of Enbridge Northern Gateway Pipeline spill, a look at previous major accidents becomes relevant.

What have we got to lose?

The Enbridge Northern Gateway Pipeline

Protect the people and places you love

Join the Blue Dot Movement

Alarming declines in butterfly population

Where Have All the Monarchs Gone?

Fun ways to reduce your festive footprint

Family comes first. We equip you with the tools to create a holistically healthy family now, and for generations to come.

Environmental Concerns