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The compact gardener

Who remembers the fleeting enjoyment of receiving a postcard in the mail? Although I haven’t actually sent one in about a million years, I still like to bring some home for my friends from the far-away lands I travel to. A clever approach to the seemingly lost practice of sending postcards has been revived. The London-based company A Studio for Design adapted a fresh take on conventional greeting cards with Postcarden. It is the charming card-gift hybrid perfect for every occasion — if not just to celebrate the long-awaited arrival of spring. The Postcarden comes packaged in illustrated card stock, with an inner growing tray, a packet of cress seeds, and a cardboard display that opens up into a 3D scene. Each card is designed by a different... MORE

Working Out(doors)

One thing I always daydream about when I’m at my desk, toiling away at the day’s work, is the outdoors. Now I am by no means an “outdoors-y” type, but it’s always nice to get out and get some fresh air to recharge the mind.   Julio Radesca de Carvalho, a graduate of the ... MORE

iThink Green

Oh, the great — and getting increasingly warmer — outdoors. If you’re anything like me, a nice stroll at a park is not complete without your iPod, your camera, possibly your laptop, and your iPhone or ... MORE

Vegans Can Play Baseball, Too!

While we’re usually due for some sort of awful late-March snowfall, spring has done well to show its beautiful self early this year. And upon feeling the warm sun, seeing some pristine, green grass and hearing the birds chirp away, some of us are united by one universal thought: Baseball. Now, let me suggest a not-so-universal thought: Vegan baseball. The grass isn’t the only thing that should be green. For any of us trying to stick to animal-lovin’, eco-friendly principles, baseball can be a huge downer because pretty much every consumer glove has leather. Even some gloves advertised as vegan are just cheap, imported vinyl gloves made with leather laces and wool. Thankfully, we have ... MORE

PUMA’s Thinking Outside the Box

The Clever Little Bag is another eco-friendly initiative that PUMA’s implementing to change the way stores package shoes

Brighter Brights and Greener Whites

Lifestyle shares our favourite line of laundry products: Nature Clean

Classic Gifts Go Organic

Get Dad something that loves the Earth just as much as you love him

Bright Idea

Turn off the lights for climate change awareness

Living Outside the Box

The ancient (and sustainable) art of cob construction comes to North America

Escapes Everyone has a childhood memory of searching for treasure stowed away deep in the bush. Someone put it there for you to find, and your keen sense of adventure MORE
Escapes The Polar Express was a good movie, but nothing beats the real thing. For the last five years, Samson has traversed Duncan’s captivating forest MORE
Culture No toys are ever left behind at the Kamloops Woodworkers Guild Show and Sale. “It is captivating to see children work with our members on assembling MORE
Wellbeing When entering Dr. Suzanne Cziraki’s Clear Advantage Orthodontics office, located in Vancouver’s upscale Oakridge Mall, one is immediately MORE
Flavours As the weather cools and colours deepen, we stop reaching for the refreshing watermelon martinis of summer and look instead to the rich, heart-warming MORE
Spaces The picturesque North Shore Mountains and the stunning Coal Harbour waterfront are two of the many spectacular views this 7450-square-foot, veritable MORE
Culture Chris Charlebois has always stayed true to his passion for nature. This love for the environment and British Columbia landscape has been the focal point MORE
Culture In the late ‘90s Rachel Wilson charmed TV viewers as Tamara, the resident socially awkward teen on the Canadian series Breaker High. Since then, MORE
Spaces Stay at the sophisticated Executive House Hotel, and discover one of Victoria’s best-kept secrets. This boutique hotel is the icing on the “ultimate MORE
Spaces In 2005, Labatt Breweries was departing New Westminster, leaving the city feeling bittersweet about losing a piece of its history. Wesgroup Properties, MORE
Culture After working hard for the money, gals just want to have fun. Murat Olcay says they’ll find plenty of that at the annual West Coast Women’s MORE