BESIDE Magazine Issue 8 is here. In Issue 08, BESIDE highlights the communities we belong to and that make us—individually and collectively—more resilient. Communities are emerging all around us. They are the chosen families that sustain us. They are our neighbours who share their tools, our friends who share their recipes, our elders who share their knowledge and advice.
BESIDE Magazine Issue 6 is here. How can we learn today what used to be passed down to us from previous generations? How can we combine ancestral and contemporary knowledge to forge newly shared rituals? With traditions seemingly disappearing faster than ever, Issue 06 seeks to put into perspective the roles that traditional forms of knowing and doing play in contemporary life.
BESIDE Magazine Issue 5 is out now. We have a natural tendency—individually and collectively—to project ourselves forward in time. On a daily basis, we make decisions for our future selves, and live by decisions made by previous generations. In Issue 05, we explore the myriad ways in which we are already building our future with nature.
BESIDE Magazine Issue 4 is out now. In our new issue, we explore fascinating natural trajectories and life journeys. We examine the movements of great migrations; the boundaries we draw over land, air and sea; the higher purposes we reach for when we run, bike or climb; the impacts of our ever-evolving culinary tastes on our planet's biodiversity; the ways in which technologies rewire our brains; and how wilderness lies at the heart of so many of our personal trajectories.
BESIDE Magazine Issue 3 is out now. In Issue 03, we are tackling the fascinating conundrum of nature’s worth. We are quantifying the work that nature does for us. We are looking at the real value of things when we take the loss of biodiversity into account.
BESIDE Magazine Issue 2 is out now. In this new issue, we brought together stories and perspectives from creative ecologists, farmers, adventurers, and philosophers who all contribute to protecting nature on a daily basis. With their help, we broke down the concept of conservation into a range of inspiring and thought-provoking topics that all answer one fundamental question: how do we keep the outdoors wild?
BESIDE Magazine Issue 1 is out now. BESIDE is a new magazine from Canada, dedicated to the community of outdoor enthusiasts. The publication was funded on Kickstarter.com.