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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

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Science and Sensibilities
“Science insists that we can't express particulars. But we love things in particular, not in general … and when you love something in particular, you're not inclined to see that it...
North American Black Bears in captivity at Marineland, Ontario

Animal Use and Abuse in Fashion and Entertainment
A\J first featured animal rights photojournalist Jo-Anne McArthur’s work in a photo essay of pigs on their way to slaughter, in our Lifecycles issue in January 2013. A\J first featured...
A\J's guide to the sharing economy

Share Now: Your How-to Guide to Getting More and Wasting Less
Sharing is about maximizing the use of products, services and ideas in order to minimize overall consumption by a community. This principle has a surprising number of applications – people...
A scene from the Beehive Collective's Mesoamerica Resiste poster.

The Art of Organizing
In the latest issue, I profile the Beehive Design Collective, a group of volunteer activist-artists based in Maine, and their latest project, the epic three-by-six-foot double-sided poster, Mesoamérica Resiste. The poster depicts...
Beehive Design Collective - stories of bees and alternatives economies

Pollinating Resilience
Click the image to launch an interactive look at the Beehive Design Collective's Stories of Bees and Economies, part of their Mesoamérica Resiste poster.This is an excerpt; you can order the Resource...
Stephen Harper on trial, in Alternatives Journal A\J. By Ted Heeley.

Crimes Against Ecology
In 2011, the CEOs of oil companies operating in the tar sands were found guilty of ecocide in a mock trial staged by the Eradicating Ecocide Global Initiative. The trial...
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Zine Scene
What on earth is a zine? A short-form magazine in both title and format, a zine (pronounced "zeen") is a small, self-published booklet, generally distributed via mail order, online, in...
Kids using a laptop outside in a field. Alternatives Journal.

The Great Green Web
Be A Careful ConsumerThink before you buy. The Better World Shopper evaluates social justice and environmental performance and assigns a letter grade to companies that make everything from ice cream...
CR Avery in Thief Behind the Mask, filmed by Ethan Miller. Alternatives Journal.

Slammin’ Poetry
SLAM POETRY is quickly gaining ground in Canada, with poetry slams popping up in cities across the country, sending new teams to the Canadian Festival of Spoken Word each year. Janice...
Over 100 people were arrested at an anti-tar sands action in Ottawa Sept 26

Rethinking Resistance
AS THE PUSH FOR TAR SANDS PIPELINES ESCALATES and the legal channels for fighting them become exhausted, some environmentalists are reconsidering the value of civil disobedience, which Sierra Club Canada...

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Best of the Green Living Show
The whole A\J gang came out to the Green Living Show this month. The whole A\J gang came out to the Green Living Show this month. We shared a busy...
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Be an Eco-Hero this Earth Month
Things are hopping here at A\J these days, but in between preparing for the Green Living Show and putting the final touches on our Art & Media issue, we're making...
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New Poll: Opposition to Northern Gateway Pipeline Increasing
A poll released yesterday shows that British Columbians are overwhelmingly against the proposed Enbridge Northern Gateway pipeline with 60 per cent saying they are opposed to the project, an increase...
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Power Shift: A call for transformative change
Power Shift aims to build an environmental and climate justice movement that can transform our society, so that our future can be enjoyed by everyone, not only those who can...
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Power Shift: Climate justice is about more than the environment
Power Shift aims to build an environmental and climate justice movement that can transform our society, so that our future can be enjoyed by everyone, not only those who can...