Parks

Why We Walk

Feb 06 2019 | IN Water | BY Mary Anne Caibaiosai

Nga zhichige Nibi onji – We do it for the water.

MNRF water bomber on a sortie over northern Ontario. (Ryan McGilchrist) CC BY-SA

Forest fires rage southwest of Temagami

Jul 12 2018 | IN Parks | BY Andrew Reeves

Lightning strikes have caused dozens of forest fires across the province in recent weeks, tens of thousands of hectares in size.

Accidental Gravity. Bernard Quetchenbach. Oregon State University Press, 249 pp.

'Accidental Gravity: Residents, Travelers, and the Landscape of Memory'

Jul 09 2018 | IN Water | REVIEWED BY Andrew Reeves

In 'Accidental Gravity,' Montana State University english professor Bernard Quetchenbach explores nature, landscapes and a search for home without the dripping nostalgia often accompanying nature writing. Its absence is refreshing.

Glacier Skywalk. (Jack Borno/Wikimedia) CC BY-SA

It's time to press the reset button on Canada's national parks

Jun 18 2018 | IN Wildlife | BY Edward Struzik

Canadians love their national parks. But are we loving them to death?

The GO Train to Farm Country?

Dec 1969 | IN | BY Robert Paehlke

Online exclusive

These lands could also be a living lab for something else profoundly important: food security.

The Greenbelt is Growing

Dec 1969 | IN | BY Leah Gerber

We all have something to celebrate!

Our Greenbelt - Celebrating Wellington County and Waterloo Region

Dec 1969 | IN | BY David McConnachie

Online exclusive

Alternatives Journal and friends are celebrating our Greenbelt with fun-filled events in Kitchener and Guelph this month.

The Tree Whisperer

Nov 2017 | IN 43.2 Food and Resilience | BY Leah Gerber

Full article available online

A\J talks to world renowned author, medical chemist, botanist - and now filmmaker - Diana Beresford-Kroeger

A visit to the Vallee de Mai Nature Reserve

Jun 12 2017 | IN Mimi's Tropical Adventure | BY Mimi Shaftoe

All the Seychelles ancient palm varieties in one place!

The Hummingbird Winked

Sep 28 2016 | IN Wildlife | BY Sabrina M. Chiefari

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