Sun Woo Baik

Assistant Web Editor

Sun Woo is a photographer and writer and settler of Korean descent based in “Vancouver," on Musqueam, Squamish, and Tsleil-Waututh lands.”

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Justice Moore, a young Gitxsan/Tsimshian man wearing a cap and hi-vis vest harvests kale at Tea Creek.

Art & Design BC

This BC Farm Grows Indigenous Food Sovereignty

The documentary Tea Creek spotlights the successes and challenges of a small farm with big ambitions.

Sun Woo Baik

May 03, 2024 - 5 min read

A colourful, messy pile of worn rubber sandals strewn across the ground.

Fashion & Beauty Plastic & Pollution

Shoes: The Pollutants Beneath Our Feet

From landfills to forest trails, footwear causes plastic pollution. Can we move from buyer beware to reduce, reuse, and repair?

Sun Woo Baik

November 20, 2023 - 8 min read

Emily Sproule puts her hand into a box of green beans in a grocery store, near boxes of rhubarb, eggplant, bananas, tomatoes.

Food Plastic & Pollution

Living the Package-Free Shopping Dream

A zero-waste pioneer shares thoughts on community-building, intentional shopping, and unsexy solutions.

Sun Woo Baik

July 31, 2023 - 5 min read

Beach covered with plastic bottles, shoes & plastic bags—blue sky and cresting turquoise ocean waves visible in background

BC Home & Garden

7 Ways to Cut Plastic at Home

Easy ways to break up with the stuff that doesn’t break down.

Sun Woo Baik

July 14, 2023 - 5 min read

Aliya Abbas sits on a stump at a park. She wears a blue hijab, a floral print shirt and jeans, and works on her laptop.

Human Rights Start Small

Influencers Use Social Media to Educate New International Students

Students use video to warn against scams, share beauty tips, and welcome those following in their footsteps.

Baisakhi Roy

December 07, 2022 - 6 min read

A person uses their phone to take a photo of airplanes sitting on tarmac through a large airport window.

Know Logo Start Small

Can We Certify Our Way to Sustainable Travel?

Know Logo helps you navigate today’s greenwashed marketplace, one logo at a time. Next up: the Global Sustainable Tourism Council.

Sun Woo Baik

October 20, 2022 - 7 min read

Art & Design Fashion & Beauty

Oona Clothing Finds Fashion in Textile Fragments

Indie designer Tina Ozols repurposes textile waste to make treasured, long-lasting fashion.

Odette Auger

October 18, 2022 - 5 min read

From R to L: Seth Klein, Christine Boyle and their son Aaron stand beside their heat pump in ther backyard, under the porch.

Climate Change Energy

Their Home Was a Gas Guzzler. Not Anymore.

How these climate activists got the gas out of their home.

Brett Tryon

June 17, 2022 - 9 min read

A group of cyclists drink coffee at a harbourfront park in Vancouver, their bikes parked against railings and trees nearby.

Cities Gender

Can Inclusive Cycling Culture Be Brewed in a Coffee Pot?

Coffee Outside gatherings and “no-drop” group rides offer alternatives to competitive cycling.

Sun Woo Baik

May 31, 2022 - 7 min read

A helmeted man rides a red motorbike through a smoky, burning patch of the Amazon Rainforest.

Art & Design Climate Change

This Amazonian People Took Up Cameras to Protect their Territory

Filmmaker Alex Pritz collaborated with the Uru-Eu-Wau-Wau to document their fight against a colonial onslaught.

Sun Woo Baik

May 03, 2022 - 6 min read

On a wooden desk, a laptop displays an e-book of Emily Brontë’s Wuthering Heights, next to a print version of the book.

Art & Design Science & Tech

The Decider: Print or E-Books

Most people have a preferred format for book reading. But is one better for the planet?

Helen A. Lee

April 27, 2022 - 7 min read

6 soybean pods hang from their leafy stems in a golden sun-lit field.

Climate Change Food

Soy’s Rise is Causing Ecological Downfall

The story of soy and its current boom has little to do with tofu — or human food at all.

Kevin Jiang

April 21, 2022 - 7 min read

A wooden shed with a corrugated metal roof. The shed's four sections hold piles of dark brown compost about 1 metre high.

Home & Garden Plants & Animals

Gorgeous Compost in 6 Weeks

This method turns paper, food scraps, and yard waste into quality compost in no time flat!

Jordan Mara

April 05, 2022 - 5 min read

Protesters wearing face masks gather in downtown Vancouver holding signs in support of the Black Lives Matter movement.

Health

Therapists owe Marginalized Clients More than Empathy

Some counsellors believe solidarity can fill important gaps when serving populations dealing with oppression.

Sun Woo Baik

March 04, 2022 - 6 min read

Alanna Mitchell on stage, right hand held out, in front of a chalkboard. She has light skin, short grey hair, and glasses.

Art & Design Climate Change

To Save the Oceans, this Journalist Took to the Stage

Alanna Mitchell’s solo show on climate change reveals the power of live theatre.

Sun Woo Baik

February 04, 2022 - 5 min read

A movie theatre with red seats, seating an almost full audience. The front row is lit softly by the blue light of the screen.

Art & Design Views from the Inside

Apocalypse Never: Climate Movies for the Here and Now

When Hollywood fast-forwards to climate devastation, it wastes an opportunity to ignite our imaginations.

Jesse Firempong

December 01, 2021 - 7 min read

Groups of 4-5 people stand outside an orange building with the letters "LMG" painted in purple above the front door.

Art & Design Cities

Vancouver’s Affordability Crisis is No Laughing Matter

It’s hard to find budget-friendly space in the city, to live or make art. For this comedy venue, it’s begun to look impossible.

Lindsay Sample

November 19, 2021 - 9 min read

Murals of giant people on 6 silos at a waterfront concrete facility. In the background are a park and apartment towers.

Climate Change Science & Tech

Can We Reduce Concrete’s Environmental Impact?

The story of concrete is complex: it’s an affordable, easy-to-use building material, but also an environmental nightmare.

Rebecca Gao

November 02, 2021 - 6 min read

6 Hangama Amiri quilts hang on a white gallery wall. They each depict different Afghan foods.

Art & Design Gender

Fiction Tells the Truth: A Q&A with Hangama Amiri

In the wake of the Taliban takeover, an Afghan-Canadian artist reflects on family, migration, and identity.

Sun Woo Baik

October 29, 2021 - 6 min read