Beating the Holiday Blues
Don't tell that turkey to stuff it! by Alicia Priest

Under or Over the Counter?
The trouble with ibuprofen. by Alicia Priest

The Cost of Compassion
How much is your pet's health worth? by Alicia Priest

The Business of Babies
Alicia Priest casts a critical eye on the trade in human ova, where women past fertility can ‘buy’ their pregnancy through in-vitro fertilization.

Ask Olga
Power Vacuums - don't get sucked in. by Olga Sheean

Whole Hog Holidays
Behind the scenes at the Oyama Sausage Company at Granville Island Public Market. by Andre LaRiviere

The Kitchen Traveller
Let the ethnic markets of Vancouver transport you. by Don Genova

A Cellar Full of Harvest
So what's so cool about canning? You might be suprised. by Andre Lariviere

The Garden is the Best Classroom
Kids' connection to the soil will sustain them in many ways for the rest of their lives. by Trish Kelly

Vancouver Cuisine?
Don Genova searches for our food identity and comes up hungry.

Bitter Chocolate
You may never look at a Mars Bar the same way again. by Hadani Ditmars

To Honour the Child
Raffi's hopeful visions for the smallest among us. by Tom Sandborn

In The Soup
Will we live in the time of the great turning or the great unravelling? David Korten’s powerful call to action. by Ron Williams

December Change Agents
Ethics In Action, An Artful Life, and the Organic Harvest Awards.

Time Poverty
It may be a lifelong process to master time. One woman's baby steps. by Larissa Buijs.

Conversations with Walsch
Best-selling author Neale Donald Walsch's trilogy hits the big screen with big themes. by Catherine Tse

Dialogue for Change
IS MEAT MURDER? Or is mindful meat eating a no brainer? Sarah Kramer and Mark Hill square off on the most contentious of topics. Tell us what you think!

She Means Business
What's next for Tzeporah Berman, one of the most formidable environmentalists in the world? Lingerie. by Cori Howard, photo: Jaime Kowal

Femme Not Fatale
Fanny Kiefer is living it to the hilt, sister. by John Pifer, photo: Jaime Kowal

Roots Gets Back To Its Roots
Lyn Frankel can't wait to help bring Roots' new eco store concept to Vancouver. She may not have to wait long. by Insiya Rasiwala, photo: Jaime Kowal

Got Giggle?
With a groundbreaking new program, The Goldie Hawn Institute brings mindfulness education to the schoolroom. by Michael Gordon

December ENVision
GIFTS, GIFTS, GIFTS: Ten Thousand Villages' Living Gift Program, LaVinge Organic Skincare, Metropolitan Hotel's Room for Charity program, social board game GiftTrap, The Art of Knitting DVD, B.C. Aboriginal Female Calendar.

November ENVision
Reggae'n Soul Survivors, The Secret, The Whole Pet Diet, Loreena McKennitt, and
Hope in the Shadows.

December Visionaries
Featured this issue: Mclvor & Company's Olivia Mclvor, Gifty Serbeh-Denn of Shea Butter Market, Brian Maclsaac and Rebecca Kneen, co-owners of Crannog Ales, and Derek Gent of VanCity.

November Visionaries
Downtown Eastside advocates Liz Evans and Mark Townsend, spiritual elder Frank Settee, Avalon Dairy's Gay Hahn, Tum Tum Tree's Stacy Wolfenden, financial advisor Stephen Whipp, Pomegranate Midwives' Lehe Elarar and Kat Montgomery.

October Visionaries
Sierra Club's Kathryn Molloy, Summerhill Winery's Stephen Cipes, Jessie Sutherland, Jason Boyce, Judith Marcuse, and Jason O'Brien .

Dialogue for Change: Backward or Forward?
In our new section, Minister of Transportation Kevin Falcon and Burnaby Mayor Derek Corrigan square off over the controversial Gateway Program.