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The following Better Paper
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papers. Recycled paper use reduces greenhouse gas emissions,
preserves forests, and diverts solid waste from landfills.
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The Better Magazine List is now arranged by category, click here to view it alphabetically. For more information, contact Project Coordinator, Keaty Gross (T: 202 872 5364, E: Keaty@GreenAmericaToday.org)
Art (Music, Photography, Writing)
Movmnt
aspires to bridge the gap between pop culture and today’s real
talent, and to recognize artists over fame junkies.
Opium Magazine publishes writing and artwork, produces literary events, and promotes literature in new and innovative ways.
Orion
Magazine focuses on literature, the arts, and the quest
for a philosophy of how to live with the natural world.
Poets
& Writers Magazine publishes provocative essays and
practical guidance for pursuing a writing career.
Business & Finance
Corporate
Knights is the world’s largest circulation magazine
with an explicit focus on corporate responsibility.
Fast
Company sets the agenda by focusing on the most
creative individuals sparking change in the marketplace.
Cooking, Food & Wine
Every Day
with Rachael Ray is a magazine for smart entertaining,
delicious food, and spur of the moment travel.
The
Herb Companion focuses on the joys of using herbs in
everyday life: gardening, cooking, natural healing and body
care.
Optimum Wellness magazine celebrates not just food, but family, friends, relationship, Spirit, and connection.
Organic Shopper features the latest organic news, product reviews, articles, recipes and resources for shopping organic.
Vegetarian Times provides delicious recipes, expert wellness information and environmentally sound lifestyle solutions.
VegNews offers its readers up-to-date information on living a compassionate and healthy lifestyle.
Whole Foods Market Magazine features the latest news in health, wellness, food, environmental issues, beauty and self-care products.
Crafts, Collections & Hobbies
Arts
& Crafts Homes offers expert advice for those
building, renovating, or furnishing a home in the Arts and Crafts
spirit.
Bead Unique shows how beads can accent every aspect of our lives with beaded jewelry, altered embellishments, and home décor.
Farm
Collector covers all kinds of antique farm equipment:
from antique tractors to gas engines, windmills to hog oilers.
Gas Engine Magazine is the engine collector's number-one resource, published bimonthly since 1966.
MAKE
brings the do-it-yourself mindset to all the technology in your
life.
Motorcycle
Classics delivers articles and photographs of the most
brilliant, unusual and popular motorcycles ever made!
ReadyMade
entertains and informs through do-it-yourself projects for
fast-evolving lifestyles.
WoodenBoat
is the magazine for wooden boat owners, builders and designers.
Health, Mind & Body
Body +
Soul is the very best of new age thinking from today's
leading-edge visionaries.
The
Herb Companion focuses on the joys of using herbs in
everyday life: gardening, cooking, natural healing and body
care.
Natural Health focuses on the mind/body connection, illustrated exercise, preventative medicine and an overall healthy lifestyle.
Natural Solutions: Vibrant Health, Balanced Living focuses on health in all aspects of one’s life–food, beauty, family, home and more.
SHAPE
delivers useful techniques and an understanding of fitness to make
each issue a how-to manual for a healthful lifestyle.
Home & Garden
Arts
& Crafts Homes offers expert advice for those
building, renovating, or furnishing a home in the Arts and Crafts
spirit.
Country's Best Log Homes provides all the information needed to design, buy, build, maintain and decorate a milled log home.
Every Day
with Rachael Ray is a magazine for smart entertaining,
delicious food, and spur of the moment travel.
Natural
Home gives eco-conscious homeowners the information
they need to live in energy-efficient, healthy homes.
Smart HomeOwner magazine provides innovative solutions for creating efficient, healthy, eco-friendly homes.
The
Herb Companion focuses on the joys of using herbs in
everyday life: gardening, cooking, natural healing and body
care.
Timber Home Living is your complete guide to timeless wood homes.
Washington Gardener magazine is a gardening publication published specifically for Washington DC and its suburbs.
Lifestyle & Interests
American Cowboy serves up Western living, personalities, ranching, rodeo, travel, history, music, art, fashion and more!
Backpacker
inspires people to enjoy the outdoors by providing trusted and
engaging information about backcountry adventure.
Capper's
strives to enlighten and entertain while concentrating on
traditional American values and life's positive perspectives.
Grit
celebrates country lifestyles of all kinds, while emphasizing the
importance of community and stewardship.
Natural Life teaches readers how to create a green, healthy, frugal, self-reliant lifestyle for themselves and for their families.
Natural Solutions: Vibrant Health, Balanced Living focuses on health in all aspects of one’s life–food, beauty, family, home and more.
Organic Spa Magazine is a lifestyle magazine promoting the marriage of spa and wellness with your sustainable and organic lifestyle.
Russian Life is a 50-year-old bimonthly magazine covering Russian culture, history, business, society and travel.
SURFER
Magazine is packed with spectacular photos, provocative
interviews and journeys to the coolest undiscovered surf spots.
Vegetarian Times provides delicious recipes, expert wellness information and environmentally sound lifestyle solutions.
VegNews offers its readers up-to-date information on living a compassionate and healthy lifestyle.
Yoga
Journal reports on the expansion and revolution of the
yoga movement.
News, Politics & Activism
The American Prospect is a magazine of liberal ideas, committed to a just society, an enriched democracy, and effective politics.
E, The
Environmental Magazine is a clearinghouse of information,
news and resources for people who want to make a difference.
GOOD
is the integrated media platform for people who want to live well
and do good.
Green American is an
award-winning journal that takes an in-depth look at crucial social
and environmental issues.
Miller-McCune harnesses current academic research with real-time reporting to address pressing social concerns.
Mother
Jones is a bimonthly national nonprofit news magazine,
specializing in investigative, political and social justice
reporting.
The
Nation seeks to enlighten and empower a community of
concerned citizens and influential readers.
Ode
is a print and online publication about positive news, and the
people and ideas that are changing our world for the better.
Utne
Reader reprints the best articles from more than 1,500
alternative media sources bringing you the latest ideas and
trends.
Yes!
Magazine highlights positive stories of a
transformation toward a more just, sustainable, and compassionate
world.
Outdoors
The Ark features photography and stories on Nature Conservancy of Canada's leading-edge conservation and stewardship work.
Audubon Magazine inspires readers to conserve the natural world through explanatory journalism and vibrant photography.
Backpacker
inspires people to enjoy the outdoors by providing trusted and
engaging information about backcountry adventure.
Bay
Nature educates the people of the Bay Area about, and
celebrates the beauty of, the surrounding natural world.
Blue
Ridge Outdoors is the definitive guide to outdoor
sports, health, and adventure travel in the Southeast and
Mid-Atlantic.
SURFER
Magazine is packed with spectacular photos, provocative
interviews and journeys to the coolest undiscovered surf spots.
Parenting & Family
KIWI
is dedicated to helping parents raise their children the healthiest
way possible.
Mothering
addresses contemporary health, environmental, medical and lifestyle
issues in an upbeat and compassionate way.
Pets & Other Animals
Modern
Dog is the lifestyle magazine for modern dogs &
their companions.
Northern
Virginia Dog is the only quarterly magazine dedicated
to you, your dog and the D.C. Metro lifestyle.
Professional & Industry
Meetings & Conventions helps meeting and event planners excel at their jobs and effectively manage their careers.
Poets
& Writers Magazine publishes provocative essays and
practical guidance for pursuing a writing career.
Professional
BoatBuilder magazine is written and edited for
boatbuilders, repairers, designers, and surveyors.
TravelAge West is a bi-weekly guide for travel professionals in the Western US.
Travel
Weekly delivers all the late-breaking news, analysis
and research that travel professionals need to succeed.
Stanford Social Innovation Review provides strategies and tools for non-profits, foundations and socially responsible businesses.
Sustainable Industries provides news analysis for professionals with an interest in green building, energy efficiency and more.
Regional
5280
combines high-quality journalism and eye-catching graphic design to
capture the unique voice of the Mile-High City.
Bay
Nature educates the people of the Bay Area about, and
celebrates the beauty of, the surrounding natural world.
Greenability is a bi-monthly publication designed to help you discover green lifestyle alternatives for everyday living in Kansas City.
Grid inspires the people of Philadelphia to create a more just, livable and sustainable city.
Laurel of Asheville is a monthly publication serving as a guide to Asheville, Biltmore, and the surrounding areas.
Northern
Virginia Dog is the only quarterly magazine dedicated
to you, your dog and the D.C. Metro lifestyle.
ReDirect
Guide is dedicated to creating innovative and effective
media that encourages green living and sustainable communities.
Washington Gardener magazine is a gardening publication published specifically for Washington DC and its suburbs.
Spirituality
EnlightenNext chronicles the emergence of a new consciousness, culture, and philosophical framework for 21st century society.
Ministry
& Liturgy is an independent, thought-provoking
source of ideas and solutions for all ministers in an ever-evolving
church.
Tikkun is a bi-monthly magazine dedicated to healing and transforming the world.
Tricycle
explores Buddhist teachings and practices, establishing a dialogue
between Buddhism and the broader culture.
Women's
Boho
is a green fashion-lifestyle magazine founded on the freedom to
express your own personal style and live the life you want.
Every Day
with Rachael Ray is a magazine for smart entertaining,
delicious food, and spur of the moment travel.
SHAPE
delivers useful techniques and an understanding of fitness to make
each issue a how-to manual for a healthful lifestyle.
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