Emily Slofstra

Emily is former A\J web editor and a graduate of Environmental Studies at Wilfrid Laurier University. Emily is an urban homesteader who tries to live as plastic-free, local and organic as possible, and can be intense about it. 

Author Articles

Grassy Narrows Walkers by Kenn Chaplin in A\J AlternativesJournal.ca

In Heroes, we profiled communities across Canada that were the first to make a splash by making an environmental campaign mainstream. To highlight action being taken against the tar sands, we...
Eriel Deranger is Tzeporah Berman's environmental hero.

DAVID SUZUKIMY FATHER. My earliest memory from childhood was when I was four, and he was taking me camping. It was my father’s absolute love of the outdoors. He was...
A\J's list of trailblazing communities in Canada.

Click here to launch the First Places interactive map, or read on for just the text version.1st Ecovillage ZoningIn 2006, the founders of Yarrow Ecovillage convinced the city council of...

Authors Blog

Girl in green recycle logo shirt A\J AlternativesJournal.ca
This article is part of A\J's web series Night School. In celebration of back-to-school time and our Night issue, the A\J web team brought you a series of quick lessons, posted between September...
The Guelph Street Community Garden
Last week, our How To lesson was about canning, and this week we've also posted some rad reviews of food-related books: Digging the City: An Urban Agriculture Manifesto and Food and...
Preserves A\J AlternativesJournal.ca
Most environmentalists I know dabble in some form of food preservation. From wild fermentation to dehydration to freezing, there are many ways to keep local, organic produce year-round. Rather than...
Science lessons with Alternatives Journal
This article is part of A\J's web series Night School. In celebration of back-to-school time and our Night issue, the A\J web team brought you a series of quick lessons, posted between September...
Community Access Bike Share Kitchener A\J AlternativesJournal.ca
Trudy Sohl got to try out one of Kitchener’s new community access bicycles for the women’s bike ride last week. Because she doesn’t have a bike, she was particularly enthusiastic...
better back to school A\J AlternativesJournal.ca
It’s hard to believe, but summer vacation is almost over and school will be starting soon. Okay, I may be a few weeks too early to really mean that, but...
Akron Family & Pokey Lafarge Marcia Ruby A\J AlternativesJournal.ca
A\J has been a proud sponsor of Hillside for many years, and this year we were back again to live-tweet shows, take photos and hang out in the Neighbourhood tent....
litterless lunch A\J AlternativesJournal.ca
The A\J team is taking up Earth Day Canada’s challenge to Act for the Planet by trying out new habits during Earth Month. We’ll be following (roughly) along with the...
Earth Day birthday cake. A\J Alternatives Journal.
Happy Earth Day!We celebrated Earth Day – and editorial intern Semini Pathberiya's birthday – with an earth cake at lunch today in the A\J office (and the Captain Planet theme...
natural skincare A\J Alternatives Journal DIY
The A\J team is taking up Earth Day Canada’s challenge to Act for the Planet by trying out new habits during Earth Month. We’ll be following (roughly) along with the...