alive is a Canadian natural health and wellness magazine. Published monthly, alive provides readers with information on leading healthy lifestyles, and focuses on a range of topics from natural health, organics, fitness, beauty, and nutrition, to holistic healing, emotional health and sustainability. alive is distributed in Canadian health retailers and can be purchased through personal subscriptions. Past alive articles are available online.

Notable Writers

Since its inception, many people of note have contributed to the magazine, including environmentalists, nutritionists and social activists. Among this list are:

• Udo Erasmus: Nutritionist and author of Fats That Heal Fats That Kill
• Ian Hanington: Former editor of The Georgia Straight
  The Georgia Straight
  The Georgia Straight is a free Canadian weekly news and entertainment newspaper published in Vancouver, British Columbia, by the Vancouver Free Press Publishing Corp...
  
  
• William Rees: Professor at the University of British Columbia
  University of British Columbia
  The University of British Columbia is a public research university. UBC’s two main campuses are situated in Vancouver and in Kelowna in the Okanagan Valley...
  
   and originator of the carbon footprint
  Carbon footprint
  A carbon footprint has historically been defined as "the total set of greenhouse gas emissions caused by an organization, event, product or person.". However, calculating a carbon footprint which conforms to this definition is often impracticable due to the large amount of data required, which is...
  
   concept
• David Suzuki
  David Suzuki
  David Suzuki, CC, OBC is a Canadian academic, science broadcaster and environmental activist. Suzuki earned a Ph.D in zoology from the University of Chicago in 1961, and was a professor in the genetics department of the University of British Columbia from 1963 until his retirement in 2001...
  
  : Environmental activist, host of TV's The Nature of Things
  The Nature of Things
  The Nature of Things is a Canadian television series of documentary programs. It debuted on the CBC on November 6, 1960. Many of the programs document nature and the effect that humans have on it. The program was one of the first to explore environmental issues, such as clear-cut logging...
  
  
• Barbara Yaffe: Political columnist for the Vancouver Sun