To Screen or Not to Screen
Do mammography and PSA tests do more harm than good?
by Alicia Priest

What Should We Eat?
Sometimes, good advice may be hard to swallow. by Alicia Priest

Spring Cleaning
How to choose a detox that’s right for you. by Diane Selkirk

Act Your Age
Why are we so afraid of getting old? by Alicia Priest

Chemical Overload
When your environment is your enemy. by Alicia Priest

Say No to the HPV Vaccine
But say yes to regular Pap tests. by Alicia Priest

The Family that Eats Together
A call for the return of the Sunday dinner. by Don Genova

Fresh Greens
Featuring Hemp Bliss hempmilk, The 100-Mile Diet, and plenty of food events on Commercial Drive. by Trish Kelly

Taking it to the Street
The Fairmont feeds the homeless with style. by Spring Gillard

Food for a healthier planet
Our new column on food for a healthier planet kicks off with Sambazon’s açai sorbet, Rocky Mountain Flatbreads, and Black Gold. by Trish Kelly

A Foodie in Paradise
Italy’s food is amazing, but I miss sushi. by Don Genova

Canada: The Bully's Helpful Assistant?
Linda McQuaig’s new book scrutinizes Canada’s relationship with our closest neighbour. by Nadine Pedersen

Earth and Spirit
Author Bruce Sanguin says spirituality and ecology are interconnected. by Maureen Jack-LaCroix

The Village Bank
Muhammad Yunus’s Banker to the Poor. by Tom Sandborn

Learning to Build Greener Answers and even more questions. by Alex Wilson

Practicing Momfulness Motherhood as a daily practice. by Denise Roy

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

How to Find Happiness
A fleeting moment, or a way of seeing? by Matthieu Ricard

Epic Expo
A trade show and a baby are born

A Bold New Movement
Design diva Amrita Sondhi’s yoga line blends fashion, sustainability, and compassion. by Hadani Ditmars

Beyond The Secret Backlash
Oprah smiles on Victoria’s Michael J. Losier, author of Law of Attraction. by Kathy Sinclair

Urban Environmentalist
Severn Cullis-Suzuki on ethnoecology, charades, and the yin and yang of things. by Adrian Mack

Sustainable City
EcoDensity is about designing better neighbourhoods. by Thomas Osdoba

Cool the Planet with
Eco-Friendly Cars
Hybrids, low-emission vehicles, diesels, and more. by Zack Spencer

Growing Up Beautiful
Why the world needs less Lindsay and Britney, and more Olive and Betty. by Pamela Post photo by: Jaime Kowal

The World’s Greenest Building
And other tales from Vancouver’s sustainability front. by Sean Rossiter

May ENVision
Featuring Dominic Design, holistic facials by Ezra Tekdal, Every Day Haiku, Mother Earth Says, Phones for Food, Erin Templeton bags, the Saje Superwoman-on-the-Go Kit, and Habitat for Humanity ReStores.

April ENVision
Featuring the Philip Stein Teslar watch, Sacred Space, goji berries, Green and Black’s, Gardener’s Dream Cream, Riot fashion show, Car Heaven, and Egg Clothing.

March ENVision
Featuring Éminence Organics, Phenomenal Woman Getaway, Nao Sims’ Creative Movement, Triton Logging, Offsetters, Just Embrace Natural Now, Putumayo’s Women of the World: Acoustic, and Capers’ Healthy Aging Guide.

May Visionaries
Featured this issue: Visionary mothers, including Melanie Mark of the Urban Native Youth Association, Dalai Mama Lorinda Earl, Karen Campbell from the Pembina Institute, and Dream Child’s Nancy Bradshaw.
photo by: Jaime Kowal

April Visionaries
Featured this issue: Cheeying Ho from SmartGrowth BC, Rex Weyler, co-founder of Greenpeace International, Dr. Jerilynn Prior of the Centre for Menstrual Cycle and Ovulation Research, and James Hoggan of DeSmogBlog.
photo by: Jaime Kowal

March Visionaries
Janice Abbott of Atira, Jason Finnis of HT Naturals, Karen Wristen of SPEC, Robert Safrata of Novex Couriers / Enterra Development, and Christopher Scipio, homeopath/herbalist. photo by: Jaime Kowal