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Bridging the gap between humans and nature.

A fresh perspective on today's world

BESIDE is a biannual print magazine at the crossroads of nature and culture.

Through nuanced journalism and striking visuals, we explore the major questions of our time.
Each issue delves into a timeless theme through stories, profiles, and personal essays.

MAGAZINE nº17

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In this issue, we explore the art of the moment, death, nature, and relationships that wither or transform. We question these notions through stories in which the impermanence of everything around us becomes a source of reflection on how we live, create, and engage in a constantly changing world.

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Issue 16

Resilience

Making home is a creative process that requires vision and heart. In this issue, we explore the ways that home expands beyond four walls and takes root in the communities and environments of which we are a part.

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Issue 15

Relationships

What are you looking for in your relationships? Maybe something slow and enduring—safety, belonging—or perhaps something more effervescent: the joy of a spontaneous connection, the spark of inspiration. Or maybe you want the whole messy wonder of living interdependently with others and with the more-than-human world.

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Issue 14

What moves you?

In this issue of BESIDE, we explore different facets of how we move: down rivers and across borders, with our ancestors and in our communities, past prejudices and toward joy.

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Numéro 13

Qu’est-ce qu’une maison?

Dans ce numéro de BESIDE, nous explorons les façons dont la maison s'étend au-delà de ses murs et s'enracine dans les communautés et les environnements dont nous faisons partie.

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Numéro 12

Quels pouvoirs voulons-nous?

Ces pouvoirs paraissent minimes devant les forces dominantes, et pourtant, ce sont peut-être les seuls assez puissants pour résister à l’effritement de nos systèmes actuels.

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Numéro 11

Des temps nouveaux

Nous avons souvent l’impression de subir le temps, comme s’il s’agissait d’une force linéaire et implacable. Or, il existe d’autres façons de l’expérimenter — ce dont témoigne justement BESIDE dans ce numéro.

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Issue 10

Our Transformations

In this issue, BESIDE presents stories of committed individuals and caring communities whose actions are bearing fruit in transformation. Because good work and good ideas are always revolutionary.

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Issue 9

How Do We Embody Our Nordicity?

In this issue, BESIDE explores the ways we (re)define ourselves, from Montréal to Iqaluit, from Whitehorse to Stockholm, around the notion of nordicity. These stories attest to all that we still have to learn from those who live in tune with the North.

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Issue 8

What Communities Do We Belong To?

In Issue 08, BESIDE highlights the communities we belong to and that make us—individually and collectively—more resilient.

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Issue 7

What Risks Are We Willing to Bear?

What risks are we willing to bear? Issue 07 presents the ideas and intimate narratives behind the choices  we make—and those we’re longing to make—to build a different world.

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Issue 6

How Do We Preserve Our Traditions?

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.

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Issue 5

What Does Our Future with Nature Hold?

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 this issue, we explore the myriad ways in which we are already building our future with nature.

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Issue 4

What Can Nature's Trajectories Teach Us?

In this 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.

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Issue 3

What’s the Value of Nature?

In this issue, we tackle an essential question: the value of nature.We aim to calculate how much nature’s labour is worth, and the cost of not protecting it. We consider the much subtler, more personal value that manifests when we are inspired creatively, politically, even spiritually, by nature.

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Issue 2

How Do We Keep the Outdoors Wild?

In this issue, we're exploring this fascinating question: How do we keep the outdoors wild? To do so, the magazine is introducing a community of scientists, entrepreneurs, philosophers and adventurers who deal with the inherent and daily paradox of being nature’s caretakers.

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Issue 1

What Is at the Heart of Our Connection with Nature?

An issue dedicated to the values, lifestyle and vision of a thriving, environmentally conscious new North American community of outdoor enthusiasts.

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