Emily Slofstra

Unlike the big-name environmental heroes of the last few decades, the people inspiring Elizabeth May and Tzeporah Berman today are largely unknown and without the backing of big NGOs.

At COP19, A\J's Andrew Wong interviewed Carlie Labaria, Phillipines; Sebastian Duyck, Switzerland; Ruth Nyambura, Kenya; Elvin Flaco, Panama; Sochea Pheap, Cambodia; and Lakpa Sherpa, Nepal.

On the heroes edition of the Alternatives Journal podcast: interviews with Dr. David Suzuki about his environmental heroes, and with Severn Cullis-Suzuki on the 20 years since Rio.

How were residents of the now sunken villages impacted by the St. Lawrence Seaway? Will people ever care as much about bats as they do about bees? This A\J podcast answers these questions and more.

Daryn Caister interviews Rob Thacker for the Night issue of Alternatives Journal. Thacker is a Canada Research Chair in Astronomy at SMU.

Rob Stewart talks to A\J about how easy it was to keep the film hopeful, what the ocean is like at night and how to reduce your carbon footprint.

For Food and Drink (39.4), Taarini Chopra explains the issues with GM alfalfa and Daryn Caister interviews Chris Wood about his book Down the Drain: How We are Failing to Protect our Water Resources.

Daryn Caister interviewed author Giles Slade and artist Franke James. Excerpts of each of their new books are featured in the May/June 2013 issue of A\J.

Interviews with Earth Day Canada president Jed Goldberg and director Kat Cizek.