Founded in Montréal in 2016, BESIDE was born out of a desire to create a media brand with international impact at the crossroads of nature and culture. Since then, we have expanded exponentially, developing expertise in not just publishing, but also event organizing, real estate, and hospitality.

As a media outlet, we publish a biannual print magazine and ongoing digital content, as well as host events. We aim to inspire and equip people to build meaningful lives and a collective future, whether in the city or in the woods. We don’t have all the answers, but we’re living the questions.

BESIDE is more than a brand: we’re a community. We’re a diverse group — including architects, artists, journalists, biologists, and photographers — who share aspirations for a better world. We swear by the power of person-to-person conversations and the great ideas born around a campfire.

BESIDE Media and BESIDE Habitat share a mission: to foster communion with nature and build community.

Our goal is to encourage people to connect to nature through culture and knowledge transfer. We aim to provoke reflections on how we inhabit the world and put down roots in our environment.

We exist to relay stories, ideas, skills, know-how, and experiences at the crossroads of nature and culture to help everyone build more meaningful lives.

We are committed to making a real difference: to concretely protect land and help build a more sustainable future. We’re constantly thinking about how to put down our roots while preserving areas of high environmental value and biodiversity, including lakes, wetlands, and old-growth forests.

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We create immersive experiences and high-quality editorial content.