About Us

Alternatives Journal, Canada’s national environmental magazine, delivers thoughtful analysis and intelligent debate on Canadian and world environmental issues, the latest news and ideas, as well as profiles of environmental leaders who are making a difference.

Never predictable, always on the edge, the publication focuses on how we can move forward. Featuring bright, lively writing by the nation’s foremost environmental thinkers and researchers, Alternatives offers a vision of a more sustainable future as well as the tools needed to take us there.

Written by some of the best and brightest environmental writers and thinkers, articles are carefully edited by an experienced editorial team. All articles are fact checked, and feature-stories are peer reviewed by experts in the field. With a surgeon’s precision, Alternatives successfully walks the line between a popular, but intelligent, consumer magazine and an academic journal.

Published since 1971, Alternatives is Canada’s oldest environmental magazine. It is also a registered charity. For the complete Alternatives story, click here.

The Alternatives Team

Employees
Alternatives has a staff of four full-time employees including our executive editor, associate editor, production coordinator, and audience development manager. We also have a part time circulation/financial manager.

Interns
At any time, Alternatives has about four interns who work on a part time basis. Some are paid, while others are volunteers.

Volunteers
We estimate that each issue of Alternatives involves the unpaid or nominally paid assistance of over 40 writers, photographers, proofreaders, peer-reviewers, graphic artists and fact checkers.

Editorial Board
Alternatives' editorial board comes together to design each issue of the magazine. Members (currently 12) go through the article ideas submitted by authors and recommend which ones should be included in the issue. They also point out topics that have been missed through the submission process and suggest who might write about this topic. More...

Board of Directors
Alternatives' board of directors consists of 3 people from diverse backgrounds. More...