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Laura is a past A\J managing editor. She has an MA in Communication Studies from Wilfrid Laurier University, is an organizing aficionado, lackadaisical gardener, and former musical theatre producer. @inhabitings

Author Articles

Allan Chochinov A\J AlternativesJournal.ca

Making Better Designers
Allan Chochinov is the chair and co-founder of the groundbreaking new Master of Fine Arts in Products of Design at the School of Visual Arts in New York. The two-year...
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In Defence of Science Panel
THE ALTERNATIVES TEAM travelled from Kitchener, Ontario, to Ottawa on Tuesday, September 25 to join the on-going discussion about the role of science in protecting Canada's environment – and the well-being...
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Web Extra: Stop Saskatchewan’s Nuclear Reactor
From the magazineTHE EFFORT TO HALT plans for a nuclear reactor in Saskatchewan that could help power tar sands extraction is heating up. Public opposition has kept large reactors off...

Authors Blog

Melissa Stieber of More Than Half clothing in Kitchener, Canada
Why Sustainable Clothing Costs More
A\J’s Fashion issue explores the social and ecological impacts of “fast fashion.” In “Picking Up the Threads,” Kelly Drennan of Fashion Takes Action explains how low prices and über-trendiness come...
(Photo: a rack of used clothing)
Swap Before You Shop
Much of the advice out there for reducing your fashion footprint involves buying more sustainably made (and often expensive) clothes. But there are a number of ways – many of which...
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Our Top 24 Stories from 2014
1. It's a Wrap! 1. It's a Wrap! A Non-Toxic Substitute for Plastic Wrap, That IsPhoto: AbeegoThis one really took off, because it’s simply a brilliant idea. And we love sharing brilliant...
Gift-Guide
9 Guidelines for Green Giving
Rather than a list of specific products or DIY ideas (there are enough of those already), our gift guide focuses on basic principles you can apply to avoid filling the...
Holiday Survival Guide
AJ’s Winter Holiday Survival Guide
December isn’t always an easy time of year. Winter weather is bearing down, kids are home from school on holidays, you have to talk to family members whose political views...
Joseph Boutilier on his unicycle
Unicycling for the Climate
Lots of people have cycled across Canada. Joseph Boutilier is unicycling across Canada – at least most of the way, bringing his concerns about the government’s lack of action on climate...
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Competing Interests? Environmentalism and the Live Local KW Challenge
"This is going to be easy."That was my first thought on being challenged to sign up for Live Local KW and “eat, shop and play locally” for one week (next...
Line 9 construction blockade in Innerkip, Ontario
Another Enbridge Line 9 Blockade
Another construction site along Enbridge’s Line 9 pipeline has been occupied this morning – at least the third in three weeks – and this time protestors are planning to stay....
No Line 9 protest in North Dumfries, Haudenosaunee territory
Blockade of Enbridge Work Site on Line 9 Route
Concerned individuals from Six Nations, Waterloo Region and other nearby communities have shut down an “integrity dig” on Enbridge’s Line 9 pipeline in North Dumfries, Ontario this morning. Protestors are asserting...
DIY homemade deodorants with baking soda and cornstarch
Stop Buying Deodorant
I reluctantly stopped using conventional antiperspirants and deodorants a couple of years ago because they have too many questionable ingredients for my comfort – like petroleum products, parabens and aluminum....