Travel

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Lifestyle

Travel green in style

Amy Wood is a freelance writer and former editor at alive magazine.

Stay strong without the gym

Shari Feuz is a Vancouver-based freelance health and fitness writer and personal trainer.

Fitness

Walk the eco-walk

Harriet Cooper is a freelance health writer and regular alive contributor.

Green Living

Eco-paradise

Remy Scalza is a Vancouver-based travel writer and photographer. He appears in the Washington Post, Budget Travel, and other publications.

Avoid the pounds

Lance Matthews is an avid cycler whose biking adventures span the globe.

Natural products soothe tummies

C. Leigh Broadhurst, PhD, is a geochemist and geobotanist at the leading US government agricultural research facility and a natural health author, lecturer, and consultant.

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

Health

Effective & easy

Nicole Duelli, CCH, RSHom (NA), enjoys sharing her love for homeopathy and other natural, holistic treatments. She is a certified classical homeopath, trained in Germany as a naturopathic practitioner, who practises in Vancouver, BC.

Returning from vacation

Pamela Irving is a lifestyle journalist who writes about all things green, from spa visits to local cuisine.

Appreciate Canada's wilderness

Janine Israel is an Australian journalist who has lived and worked in Canada. She is a former assistant editor of alive magazine and is currently a subeditor at The Guardian Australia.

Christine Rowlands is a writer and editor based in New Westminster, BC.

Sherry Torkos, BSc Pharm, is a pharmacist and author of <a href="http://amzn.to/2dl4vVh">The Glycemic Index Made Simple</a> (Wiley, 2007) and <a href="http://amzn.to/2dl3zQU">The Canadian Encyclopedia to Natural Medicine</a> (Collins, 2013).

Colleen Friesen is a freelance writer and a practitioner of perpetual beginner mind. colleenfriesen.com

Kai Jansson is a freelance writer who runs rarely and swims terribly but cycles regularly.

Nina Silberstein is a writer based in Portland, Oregon who specializes in medical and health issues.

Play

Wine

Ann Harmer is a freelance writer and editor who lives in Garden Bay, BC.

Beverley Gray is an aromatherapist, herbalist and author of <a href="http://amzn.to/2mg8Nxp" target="_blank">The Boreal Herbal (Aroma Borealis Press, 2011) and <a href="http://amzn.to/2m5PhV7" target="_blank">A Field Guide to Medicinal Wild Plants of Canada</a> (Harbour Publishing, 2013).

Essential Oils

Jamie Neely, DC, is a chiropractor, professional speaker, and author who lives in London, Ontario. He helps others to live a healthy, inspired life at every age.

Michael Downey, a freelance writer living in Toronto, has a keen interest in researching and writing about health and environmental issues.

Andrew J. Black writes on health, nutrition, and aging. He lives in Toronto, Ontario.

Linda Woolven is a chartered herbalist and writer.

Siegfried Gursche (1933-2013) was the founder of alive Magazine, a master herbalist, and the author of several books including Fantastic Flax (alive Books, 1999) and Healing With Herbal Juices.

Travel

Summer Vacation Time is Here: Follow these Tips for Easier Air Travel

Choose Eco-Friendly Luggage

Travel Fitness

Good-conscience vacations

The Greening of the Yucatan

Vacation Without the Spread

Parasite Protection

Homeopathic Remedies For Travel

Eat, Drink, and Be Merry

Green Escapes

Cool Canada

Take to the Air

Escape

A Hard Road Well-Travelled

The Biology of Winning

Celebration

Have Puppy, Will Travel

Essential Oils for Travel

Create the Holiday You'd Love to Have

Virus Protection

Travelling?

Herbal First Aid Kit

Help for Travellers

Health Knowledge in the Information Age