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Marcia Ruby is the publisher emerita and creative director of Alternatives Journal.

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Painted Scars
Marcia Ruby interviewed Tom Wilson in May 2019, about his art, his music and his journey to discovering his identity. Marcia Ruby interviewed Tom Wilson in May 2019, about his art, his music...
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Songs are the Oxygen
What do you use to hug people with? Arms. Cool. What do you use to hug people with? Arms. Cool. That’s track eight on the Lowest of the Low’s  newest...
Hillside 2016

HILLSIDE 2016 – Festival of Music & Community
 Every year Hillside ups the ante to make their green initiatives greener. We at A\J always want to help.  THIS Hillside, RIGHT NOW, A\J will kick back  $10 to Hillside Green Initiatives for EVERY print subscription (including...
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Editorial: How to Get Out
Thinking outside of the box is fun. It’s challenging, creative, sometimes comical and – surprisingly often – useful. It can help you understand things in unexpected ways. And out-of-the-box thinking...
Canada's map to sustainability

We Can Get There
This is the most important issue that A\J has ever published. It will land in the hands and mailboxes of more Canadians than any issue in A\J’s 44-year existence. What’s...

Eating Up
THE QUESTION made a great conversation starter on its own: Can a grand dinner party bringing together the right people spark a conversation that could change the world? Last November,...

Authors Blog

Music and Environment Collide at Harvest Picnic
Terra Lightfoot played at Hillside Music Festival and the Harvest Picnic this summer. These are two festivals that I keep my eye on because they weave environment so beautifully into...
The Constancy of Change
With the beginning of the new school year, I’m reminded that sometimes the only constant in life is change. Students enroll in programs as first years and sooner than can...
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If the Sky Could Talk
In his brief career, Phil Ochs wrote over 100 songs – many of them about civil rights and other caring social/environmental observations. “When I’m Gone” was just one of his many...
Trépanier’s original on-location painting of Mount Logan, BC
Cory Trépanier’s True Wild
Painter and filmmaker Cory Trépanier has visited and chronicled some of the most remote parts of Canada. He has three major painting projects, each with a film to record the...
AJ’s Famous Beer Brownies
This is a slightly modified version of a recipe from Deschutes Brewery in Portland. This is a slightly modified version of a recipe from Deschutes Brewery in Portland.Tweeting a photo of these delicious treats...
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Condo Corn Chowder
Inspired by Isa Chandra Moskowitz of the Post Punk Kitchen Inspired by Isa Chandra Moskowitz of the Post Punk KitchenKitchener, Ontario, has a 140-year tradition of excellence in a farmers'...