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ENVIRONEWS AMY BRUNVAND City Creek purchase; Machines in Wilderness; Bears Ears; Wildlife overpass; Moab Master Leasing Plan; Coal ash in Price River; Navajo Nation sues; Anti-nuke lawsuit dropped; Climate denier keynote; Recycling collection EDITOR'S NOTEBOOK GRETA DEJONG SLIGHTLY OFF CENTER DENNIS HINKAMP How to be happy. WHAT IS “LOCAL”? CARMEN TAYLOR What's real—and what's localwashing. SOLAR BURN SOPHIE SILVERSTONE Burning Man’s largestever art installation is solar-powered. THE SKINNY ON FAT NICOLE DEVANEY High-quality fat is essential for optimal wellness. HOW TO FOIL A RAT EVAN TENG

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URBAN ALMANAC DIANE OLSON A monthly compendium of random wisdom for the home, garden and natural world.

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UTAH ENVIRONEWS BY AMY BRUNVAND

For the 15th consecutive month, the global land and ocean temperature departure from average was the highest since global temperature records began in 1880. This marks the longest such streak in NOAA's 137 years of record keeping. –U.S. NOAA State of the Climate Report, August 2016

City Creek purchase adds SLC open space Salt Lake City recently purchased 305 acres of open land in the foothills near City Creek to help preserve the Salt Lake City watershed and a segment of the Bonneville Shoreline Trail. The purchase used up the last remaining money from a $5.4 million Open Space Bond Fund passed by Salt Lake City voters in 2003. A press release from Salt Lake City Mayor Jackie Biskupski lists all the wonderful open spaces taxpayers got for their money, including “seven open space sites along the Jordan River Parkway (35 acres), six open space sites in the foothills and along the Bonneville Shoreline Trail (315 acres), and four open space sites along Emigration and Parleys Creeks (10 acres). Properties protected with bond funds include the scenic Bonneville Shoreline Preserve in the city’s north foothills, natural grasslands around the H-Rock on the east bench, Wasatch Hollow Preserve nestled along Emigration Creek, the Sugar House Draw connecting Sugar House Park to Hidden Hollow, and key parcels along the Jordan River corridor near North Temple that will facilitate completion of the 50-plus mile Jordan River Parkway Trail.”

Hatch, Lee want machines in Wilderness Areas Utah Senators Orrin Hatch (R) and Mike Lee (R) are trying to change the definition of wilderness by forcing land managers to allow bicycles on wilderness trails. The 1964 Wilderness Act specifically bans “mechanical transport” which includes bicycles, but the “Human-Powered Travel in Wilderness Areas Act” introduced in the U.S. Congress by Hatch and Lee would give land managers just two years to write new travel plans before any wilderness areas not specifically excluded would be opened to devices with a mechanically assisted living power source (not necessarily just bicycles). The bill is part of an ongoing attempt by Utah’s congressional delegation to eliminate wilderness protections by legislation, particularly egregious in the Public Lands Initiative (PLI) promoted by Rob Bishop (R-Ut-1) and Jason Chaffetz (R-Ut-3) as a “grand bargain for Utah’s public lands.” “The sheer number and types of special provisions in the PLI ensures the Wildernesses designed by the PLI would lack many of the protections afforded by the Wilderness Act, a Wilderness Watch analysis of the PLI observes. “They would become what have been referred to as WINOs—Wilderness in Name Only.” Wilderness Watch: WILDERNESSWATCH.ORG

Most Utahns want Bears Ears Despite loud shouting of opposition voices, a poll on behalf of the Pew Charitable Trusts found that a small majority of Utahns actually favor creating a Bears Ears National Monument in southern Utah; 53% of those polled supported the idea of a monument; 41% opposed. Interestingly, 74% agreed that the most convincing argument in favor of Bears Ears is knowing that Utah political leaders have opposed every existing national park and national monument in Utah. The current version of the Public Lands Initiative (PLI) bill would create a smaller, less conservation-oriented “Bears Ears National Conservation Area” instead of the national monument proposed by the Bears Ears Intertribal Coalition. A quote on the PLI website misleadingly implies support from the Pew Charitable Trust. However, a July 14 letter from Pew Public Lands Director Mike Matz says that if serious flaws in the PLI can’t be resolved quickly, “Pew believes

that President Obama should use his authority, granted by Congress under the Antiquities Act, to protect the Bears Ears area as a national monument.” President Barak Obama could possibly use the power of the Antiquities Act to create national monuments before he leaves office on January 20, 2017. Bears Ears Poll: PEWTRUSTS.ORG

Wildlife Overpass for I-80? Safe wildlife road crossings are essential to prevent habitat fragmentation, and a citizen group in Park City is pressuring the Utah Department of Transportation (UDOT) to help stop excessive wildlife roadkill on Interstate 80 by connecting animal migration routes. Save People, Save Wildlife says, “There is a nine-mile stretch of Interstate 80 through the Park City area that has no wildlife fencing and desperately needs wildlife bridges to maintain migration corridors across I-80. It is called the Snyderville Gap. We need UDOT to install wildlife fencing and wildlife bridges to help protect the wildlife and allow them to thrive in the Park City area and migrate through safely.” Wildlife bridges covered with soil and natural vegetation have been proven to work for a wide variety of animal species. The first wildlife overpass in the United States was built in Utah over I-15 near the town of Beaver in 1975 to facilitate mule deer migration. Save People, Save Wildlife: SAVEPEOPLESAVEWILDLIFE.ORG; Wildlife and Roads: WILDLIFEANDROADS.ORG

Moab Master Leasing Plan (a good thing) During the G.W. Bush administration, the Utah Bureau of Land Management (BLM) was told to rush through new Resource Management Plans (RMP) for public lands in order to prioritize resource extraction. The sloppily written plans were challenged in court by environmental groups, and Tim DeChristopher’s 2009 act of civil disobedience called national atten-

Functional Medicine & Integrative Nutritionist tion to the threat of oil and gas development at the edge of Utah’s national parks. A new Moab Master Leasing Plan responds to the RMP’s environmental problems. The Southern Utah Wilderness Alliance says the new plan demonstrates a responsible balance between conservation and resource extraction on public lands, providing protection for areas such as Fisher Towers, Porcupine Rim, SixShooter Peaks and Goldbar Canyon, and protecting views, dark skies and clean water in Arches and Canyonlands National Parks. Moab Master Leasing Plan: BLM.GOV/UT/ST/EN/FO/MOAB/MLP.HTML; Southern Utah Wilderness Alliance: SUWA.ORG

Coal ash spills into Price River Closing a coal-fired power plant solves air quality problems, but leaves behind other pollution problems. Last month a flash flood washed 2,700 cubic yards of coal ash from the retired Rocky Mountain Power Carbon Power Plant into the Price River. The Utah Division of Environmental Quality says the spill “wasn’t as bad as it could have been.” Rocky Mountain Power has promised to cap the enormous ash pile which is located in a narrow canyon. However, there is still a danger of future water contamination: According to HEAL Utah and the Utah Sierra Club, Rocky Mountain Power continues to mishandle coal ash at the nearby Huntington power plant which is still in operation. They have filed a lawsuit.

Navajo Nation sues over sacred river contamination The Navajo Nation has named the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and several gold mining companies in a lawsuit seeking damages for an accident that spilled three million gallons of toxic acid mine waste into the San Juan River watershed. The lawsuit states, “The River is one of four sacred rivers that are the boundaries of the Navajo universe. The four rivers are one whole, as the Earth Mother and the Navajo People are one whole in Navajo thinking. The San Juan and Colorado Rivers are the male sides, and the Rio Grande and Little Colorado are the female sides. The San Juan River is an integral part of the Navajo oral history, and was part of the Navajo ceremony when the Navajo ceremonies were learned from the holy people. Accordingly, it is a key component in all Navajo ceremonies, and is mentioned in all Navajo ceremonies.”

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Groups drop anti-nuke lawsuit HEAL Utah, Uranium Watch and Living Rivers have dropped a lawsuit to prevent Blue Castle, LLC from building a controversial nuclear power plant in Green River, Utah. It’s not that dewatering the Green River and risking nuclear meltdown has suddenly become a good idea. Rather, the lack of investors suggests that the nuclear project will fail on its own, particularly since Blue Castle will need to start paying water districts for the 53,000 acre-feet of water they are leasing. HEAL Utah: HEALUTAH.ORG

Climate denier keynote at Uintah Basin Energy Summit A featured speaker at the 2016 Unitah Basin Energy Summit was filmmaker Phelim McAleer who the San Francisco Chronicle calls “climate denial’s Michael Moore.” McAleer is the director of a pro-fracking film titled FrackNation, which has been compared to infamous propaganda campaigns launched by big tobacco companies to cover up the dangers of cigarette smoking. McAleer claims his film was supported by small grassroots donations, but actually it is what’s known as “greenwashing;” an industryfunded project with an intention to discredit Josh Fox’s influential anti-fracking films Gasland and Gasland: Part II.

Collection of hard-to-recycle materials, September 24 Wait! Don’t throw that old bike helmet in the trash. It can be recycled. The Utah Recycling Alliance is hosting a pop-up CHARM event (Collection of Hard-to-Recycle Materials) on September 24 at 352 West 900 South, Salt Lake City. The list of accepted items ranges from gently used bras to car seats to American flags. Some items like tires and mattresses require a small fee, but it’s worth it to keep things out of the landfill. Utah Recycling Alliance: UTAHRECYCLINGALLIANCE.ORG

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his month’s CATALYST feels dense and juicy to me. We’re having more fun these days; I think it shows. One caveat: The page with the Table of Contents went to press before most of the rest of the magazine; changes were made. Please forgive us for that not being a less than 100% dependable document. The “How to Foil a Rat” piece (pp. 18-19) was conceived over a series of rodent-related incidents that gave me my first unmistakable experience of PTSD. I don’t want to talk about it. But it did inspire me to adopt a fierce little dog who, considering her raccoon-treeing skills, would certainly be victorious in an encounter with a mere one-pound rodent. The interesting part of this story, though: We asked Evan Teng to write it in August of 2015. He did a good job. The most fascinating part was when he told of a trial run in the parks and alleys of New York City of a proposed new product: birth control for rats. It seemed rather pie-in-the-sky, but something every animalloving person jokingly wishes for. Yeah, sure. Birth control for both male and female rats. Through a series of events unrelated to his story, the rats piece kept getting bumped, till now. This is an unusual length of time for us to hold a story. In the course of fact-checking for updates, however, I ended up in late-night conversation a few days before our press date with Ali Aplin, vice president of business development for SenesTech, the company that conceived of and developed the birth control product. The Flagstaff, Arizona company, founded by

BY GRETA BELANGER DEJONG two women scientists and animal lovers, is a primarily women-run company (19 out of 25). One founder, an MD, had previously been involved in studying heart disease in menopausal women—an area slim on research. After test trials on the rat contraceptive were complete, the product received EPA approval way faster than the company expected: In fact, they received it just last month, just one year after applying. “But now we’re starting to seek state-bystate approval,” Ali said. I asked when Utah might be onboard. “Utah...” she was checking her records, “...was approved yesterday.” This humane, nontoxic, biodegradable product could do far more good to alleviate world hunger than GMOS have ever purported to do for, in addition to being disease vectors, rats pose one of the most serious threats to food production worldwide. And, starting this fall, Utahns can hire a pest control professional who may have a humane means of calming our city’s ever-growing rat tribe. I’ll admit I’m feeling a bit smug about my creative procrastination skills. This story, previously informative, now also conveys some seriously interesting—and possibly gamechanging—news for the future of world health. Check it out, along with all the other stories herein. Let me know what you think. ◆ Greta Belanger deJong is founder, editor and publisher of CATALYST. GRETA@CATALYSTMAGAZINE.NET

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his nation has such a lack of happiness it depresses me. What did I just say? I don’t even care if America is still great or needs to be made great again. What we really need is to be happy again. Maybe it is impossible in this political climate but we can try. I know that this column and my demeanor generally projects angst, cynicism, nihilistic thought and rancor. That is just my façade; beneath it all, I approach every day with a systematic approach to happiness. I want to achieve not only the bliss of a napping dog but also the happiness of a box full of puppies with an open jar of peanut butter.

Stuff that doesn’t work “Be happy it’s not you”: This goes back to your childhood memories of your parents saying “I’ll give you something to cry about!” Yes, on an intellectual level I know there are perhaps billions of people worse off than me. This makes me grateful and incites empathy but it does not make me happy. It can, in fact, make me feel guilty for being depressed since I have it so good. Relative happiness is an emotional corn maze from which you can never find the way out. Being happy at the failure of others: I admit I get momentary happiness at seeing the rich and famous falter. This is actually about 30% of the media we consume; pump up our idols and chronicle their failures. I also enjoy watching the Yankees and Cubs lose, but that is not a sustainable source of joy. “Be happy just to be alive”: I think dogs get this but it is mainly because they don’t know they are going to die. I am entering the age of competitive obituary reading. Hey, that guy died and he’s younger than me; one point added to score card Dennis!

BY DENNIS HINKAMP

Stuff that might work Look at the statistics: The countries scientifically measured as the happiest are Denmark, Norway, Sweden and The Netherlands. The states rated the happiest are Hawaii, Alaska, Montana and Wyoming. The happiest foods are walnuts, kale, chocolate and coffee. The happiest dog breeds are Labs, golden retrievers, Italian greyhounds and bichon frise. I’m a slave to science and statistics so plan the road trip you can afford with a lot of chocolate walnut bars, kale and a back seat full of these dogs.

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A program of short films from around the world for ages 4 and up from the 2016 New York International Children’s Film Festival. TUESDAY | SEPTEMBER 6 @ 7PM Programmer’s Choice

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FOR THE LOVE OF SPOCK In honor of the 50th anniversary of the premiere of Star Trek, this documentary illuminates the life of Leonard Nimoy, the actor behind the beloved Mr. Spock.

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DANCER

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A look into the life of Sergei Polunin, the youngest principal dancer of the Royal Ballet, who walked away at age 25 while at the peak of success. TUESDAY | SEPTEMBER 13 @ 7PM Science Movie Night

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LOVE THY NATURE *Post-film discussion.

Love Thy Nature takes viewers on a cinematic immersion through the beauty and intimacy of our relationship with the natural world and how deeply we have lost touch.

Stuff that works for me Repetition: You know how kids can watch the same movie or cartoon 143 times in a row and still be amused? Well, you have not lost that gene; you just need to cultivate it. I have several movies recorded that I can watch at least once a week for a little pick me up. Your list may vary but mine is: The Rocker, the first Pitch Perfect, O Brother, Where Art Thou and My Big Fat Greek Wedding. Mariel’s Wedding used to be on the list but after multiple views, ABBA aside, you will see how dark it really is. Happy music: My go-to happy dancing-at-my-desk looped choices are Wham! Wake Me Up Before You Go Go, Bruno Mars Uptown Funk, Katrina and the Waves Walking on Sunshine and Elton John and Kiki Dee Don’t Go Breaking My Heart. Most of these also exist as videos for your double happiness. Get a camera and walk around: There is so much to see that you don’t see unless you plan on framing it. There is beauty in every tiny and huge thing. Try it; it will get you out of your brain box. ◆

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AN ACT OF LOVE Rev. Frank Schaefer was thrust into the LGBTQ equality movement when he was put on trial in the United Methodist Church for officiating his son’s same-sex wedding. The City Library | 210 E 400 S, Salt Lake City

UNDER THE SUN A portrait of a North Korean girl as she prepares to join the Korean Children’s Union on the ‘Day Of The Shining Star’ (Kim Jong-Il’s birthday). The City Library | 210 E 400 S, Salt Lake City

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HIERMONYMUS BOSCH: TOUCHED BY THE DEVIL

This film follows a team of art historians as they travel the globe to curate an exhibit to commemorate the 500th anniversary of the death of medieval artist Hiermonymus Bosch.

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BEWARE OF “LOCAL-WASHING”

As Eat Local Week nears, we ask three Salt Lake City “local food” activists:

What’s “local”?

at Local Week’s mission is simple: challenge yourself to eat more locally for a whole week. Now in its seventh year, this annual, localized eating fest began back in 2009 when Andrea and Mike Heidinger took it upon themselves to rethink their eating habits: could they base their diets on food grown within a 250-mile radius? No coffee? No bananas? After their first attempt, they got friends to join them in the endeavor, hosting a series of potlucks and gatherings. Eventually the idea grew into a statewide week of raising awareness about the foods grown regionally in Utah. Yet, as simple as the concept of eating local sounds, its definition has no hard line and its implications within the complex food system from which we all consume are often unclear. Over the past 10 years, the local and organic

Beyond the misuse of the “local” food label, Kim Angeli, Gwen Crist and Tyler Montague are optimists.

BY CARMEN TAYLOR

food movements have gained popularity through the efforts of food thinkers like Michael Pollan, grass roots efforts such as Salt Lake’s Eat Local Week, and, of course, local producers. But is the decision to buy “local” just a feelgood consumer choice, isolated from the reality of factory farms and monocultures? Or is buying local voting with your checkbook and effecting slow but considerable change? If so, do we have to be purists to be localists? I talked with three local leaders in the SLC food scene to demystify what eating local means for them and how they see its impact within the larger landscape of the United States’ industrial food system. “Local food has different definitions. Some say it’s local within 100 miles. Others, up to, 500 miles. For me, it’s about getting to know what grows locally in your food shed—the geographic area between where food is produced and where it is consumed,” says Gwen Crist, the chair of the board of directors for Slow Food Utah. Slow Food Utah is a branch of the international organization, Slow Food, with the mission of “good, clean, fair food for everyone”.

Crist contends that the strength of the local food movement lies in its ability to create connections, to both food and people. “When you buy local food, you form relationships with the people in your community; the community that is formed and strengthened is the most important part. And maybe the most important benefit of eating locally is taste! There’s nothing like buying a fresh tomato in season, still warm from the sun, and more nutritious because it’s not being transported from thousands of miles away,” says Crist. For Crist, eating locally isn’t about being a purist, it’s more about the practice of gaining a deeper understanding of our food system and who is growing the food coming out of Utah. Yet, while “local” food serves as a rallying cry for farmers and consumers trying to make connections to what grows near them, the term has also been co-opted as a branding tactic by large chain supermarkets who often use “local” to mean “grown in the U.S.A.” “Where there is an appetite for a product, larger chains are going to want to get in on it,” says Kim Angeli, manager of the Downtown Alliance Farmer’s Market for 10 years. Crist agrees that larger companies find their own way to define what is “local.” “A lot of grocery stores want you to think they are supporting local growers, but maybe their definition of local is from a farm in California or even a smaller farm back East; because it’s small, it’s local in their minds. “The bigger stores have big corporate contracts that they want to work out. A lot of small farmers really struggle to meet their requirements, and it’s better for them to sell directly to consumers through a farmers market. Unless a local farm is a big farm, they’re probably not going to have their supplies in the big stores.” This kind of “local” promotion is one of the roadblocks for consumers to actually support the livelihoods of local farmers. “The word local creates a lot of images in our minds. When we walk into a restaurant whose promotions say “local peaches,” we can feel better about ourselves. In reality, maybe the restaurant is buying only one crop from the producer and doesn’t want anything else from that farm. This isn’t a great way to support a local farm. If they can only grow one item for you, what are they doing with the rest of their food?” asks Crist. Tyler Montague, an urban farmer with Keep It Real Vegetables runs the urban farming project with his business partner, Holiday Dalgleish. With nine gardens spread throughout the Salt Lake Valley, the land they farm is a cumulative one acre. “Since we have such a [comparatively small]

amount of produce to sell, we don’t have the problem that other farmers have trying to move their product,” says Montague. The biggest barrier to selling food that Montague and Dalhleish come up against is restaurant buyers. Montague affirmed Crist’s comments regarding restaurants wanting to buy only one crop. “Yes, it’s definitely an issue.” For Montague, who sells 50% of his produce to restaurants, it’s important to find restaurants and chefs who understand that he can’t sell his produce for the same price as industrial produce. They are going to need to pay a little bit more. It helps when chefs express interest in the farming practices, too. “Dan Barber is an influential chef in New York. He was getting the most coveted crops from his local farmer. But in order to grow these crops, the farmer needed to plant cover crops and let the land lie fallow. He was then composting the cover crops. Barber decided to find ways to integrate those auxiliary crops [into his recipes]. For chefs to support farmers, they need to go to the farmer and get an idea of the system of the farm and how it is working,” says Montague. “ L o c a l - w a s h i n g” doesn’t just happen in stores and restaurants. For Kim Angeli at the Downtown Farmers Market, a large part of her job was to ensure the integrity of produce marketed as “local.“ Even the farmers market has these issues. “If it’s cherry season in Oregon, and they haven’t come on in Utah yet, it might be tempting to some growers to pick up a few flats and sell them at their stand,” says Angeli. Beyond the misuse of the “local” food label, Angeli, Crist and Montague are optimists. “Most growers are within 30 miles of Salt Lake City,” says Angeli. “Orchard lands are further out, so fruit often comes from places like Brigham City. Vegetable producers are grow-

ing thousands of pounds of food on a few acres because they’ve perfected intensive growing practices for this climate.” Small producers like Montague are at the heart of the effort to bring eating back into our backyards. “The agriculture system is a huge monolithic thing. But the local food movement isn’t a drop in the bucket. The way that we’re growing is how people have been growing food for thousands of years. Seeing the small scale way as insignificant is shortsighted. Where industrial agriculture has abused soils and water, small-scale agriculture is going to pick up the pieces. We just need a lot more of it. Every community should have a lot of small food producers. The demand and excitement has only been increasing since I started farming eight years ago.” Montague took gardening classes in college and then slowly invested more time and money into growing food, until he wanted to make a living from it. “We’ve found a pretty good equilibrium. My business partner and I do almost everything, and we hire people to help with harvest. We are able to make a livable wage. I don’t have plans to expand much more. My goal is to make the gardens healthier and more productive, to get more out of what we have. I like being a city farmer.” Now he sees the role of small-scale urban farmer as a model for the future of food in cities. “The more time you spend in the kitchen preparing food, the more you’ll understand the benefit of local food,” says Angeli. “Also, because our harvest season is so short, it’s helpful to learn more about food preservation. Through canning and other methods, you can enjoy local food year-round.” ◆

Spend more time in your kitchen preparing food. Learn canning and other preservation methods. Enjoy local food year-round.

EAT LOCAL WEEK September 10-17 Celebrate Utah’s amazing local food culture. Learn more about where and how your food is grown! Take the Eat Local pledge: HTTP://EATLOCALWEEK.ORG/TAKE-THE-PLEDGE/TAKE-THE-PLEDGE Recipe Contest: Eat Local Week is looking for your original recipes using local food. Prizes will be awarded and the top recipes will be published in the October 2016 issue of CATALYST Magazine! HTTP://EATLOCALWEEK.ORG/ EVENTS-ACTIVITIES/ RECIPE-CONTEST Facebook: /EATLOCALWEEKUTAH) Instagram: @EATLOCALUTAH See “Food Feasts and Festivals for September,” pp. 44-45, for Eat Local Week events.

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ART & TECHNOLOGY

Fire, solar and soul There are many ways to experience the sun

BY SOPHIE SILVERSTONE

t was that time of year when almost all the cosmonauts in the entire universe were untangling LED lights and preparing their campers to enter the dusty, week-long, 80,000-attendee Burning Man festival in Black Rock City, Nevada (August 28-September 3). Also in preparation, the Jenkstar Center for Arts and Sustainable Living (CASL) alongside the Sugar House TRAX S-line was bustling with a new project. Jenkstar honcho and Park City artist Scott Whitaker (aka Scotty Soltronic) is well known on the festival circuit and beyond as the creator of the Solar Saucer art car—a solar array that doubles as a DJ booth and educational tool. Whitaker planned on skipping Burning Man this year. But his latest solar power project, created

Whitaker’s theory: “Through art, music, and technology we can change the world.”

with Birdie Hess and called Sol Sistas, will have had a very big presence at the festival: providing the solar power for the largest art piece at Burning Man 2016 which is also one of the largest burned sculptures in the history of the event: “The Catacomb of Veils.” Created by Bay area architect Dan Sullivan and his team, The Catacomb of the Veils was inspired by

Chris Lee, Birdie Hess, Brandon Wheeler and Scotty Whitaker

the landscape of the Black Rock Desert. Built of used Ikea pallets and covered in driftwood, the giant wooden mountainscape covered four football fields. Participants entered the exhibit through walkways that snaked up to the top and descended into the depths. If all goes as planned, the $90,000 Indie-go-go-funded Cat-

In accordance with the JenkStar motto, Reduce, Reuse, Restore and Rethink, all of the materials were donated and all lived previous lives. acomb will have burned the weekend of September 3, near the conclusion of the weeklong event . A conflagration such as this is a serious spiritual event for those who experience it. However, the mighty little Utah project that powered it for the week prior, Sol Sistas, lives on, and carries forth a different meaning. The Sol Sistas project, conceived in collaboration with Ryan Wartena of Growing Energy Labs and Black Rock Labs—essentially a Burning Man think tank—is, by contrast, the product of pure manifestation; no budget and no materials were provided, says Whitaker. In accordance with the JenkStar motto, Reduce, Reuse, Restore, and Rethink, all of the mate-

rials including the solar panels, the steel frame, the inverters and battery packs were donated and all lived previous lives. The planning, design and fabrication of the project took place in less than 10 days, and at press time was being installed in Black Rock City. The array is capable of generating solar power at the rate of five kilowatts per hour. The 5,000-watt solar array is enough to power a standard American house, says Whitaker. While there is a certain irony to the largest burned project in the history of Burning Man being solar powered, the visibility alone for such a high profile piece of Burning Man art is huge for solar power education and the JenkStar art collective. A firm believer in art living on after the burn, Whitaker plans to take the Sol Sistas to many future events. Whitaker’s similar project created in 2006, the Solar Saucer, has demonstrated the simplicity and potential of solar power. The solar powered art car has been by tens of thousands of people across the U.S. having attended hundreds of farmer’s markets, festivals, bar mitzvahs and elementary schools. You can see the Solar Saucer and other solar-powered projects by the JenkStars at their annual festival, Melon Nights, September 17-18 at the JenkStar Ranch in Green River.◆ Sophie Silverstone is CATALYST’s community development director, distribution manager and, for this issue, production manager in place of John deJong, who was away at Burning Man.

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HEALTHY SEXY

The skinny on fat

High-quality fat is essential for optimal wellness. BY NICOLE DEVANEY

or years, saturated fat has been made out to be the dietary villain. We’ve identified the gristle on our streak, that pat of butter and the yolk of the egg to equate the heart attack special and muffin-top builder. Thanks to a study begun in 1956 and published in 1970 by University of Minnesota researcher Dr. Ancel Benjamin Keys, our country adopted the position that saturated fat is a killer. When the population began to demand “fatfree” products, corporations had to replace the flavor with something. And sugar was that thing. But throughout the fat-phobic 1980s, incidents of obesity and heart attacks continued to rise in the U.S. The “fat-free” epidemic was like one large population clinical trial of Keys’ research. After years of running on tread mills, wearing leotards and bouncing around in group classes attempting to sweat the calories we consumed, one thing became evident: We were not winning the war on fat! This inspired many scientists to reexamine the data. What they discovered is that satu-

Healthy fats to incorporate daily into your diet *Avocado oil *Grass fed butter *Olive oil *Coconut oil *Ghee *Lard *Fish oil *Nut or seed oils Do not skimp on quality when it comes to dietary fats. You want the best organic, unrefined and extra virgin options. Refrigerate animal oils.

rated fat is not the enemy. Looking closer at Keys’ study, it was seen that he’d researched over 22 countries, not seven, as his report indicated. Taking into account the “new” information, it appeared that Keys had published data only on the countries that supported his killerfat hypothesis. Fast-forward 50 years and butter is gracing the cover of Time magazine with the confession, “We were wrong.” (Ancel Keys had been on the cover in 1961). Why did we all get so fat and sick by cutting the fat? The truth is that fat is essential! Every cell in your body has a phospholipid bilayer (aka fat barrier) that allows nutrients and water into your

cells and helps to remove toxins. Without this fatty cell layer, even exercise and staying hydrated could be working against you. A perfect balance of fats can be found in a piece of grassfed pasture-raised meat or wildcaught fish. Vegetable and hydrogenated oils found in most restaurants and processed packaged foods are the real culprit for artery-clogging heart attack issues. Your hair, skin, nails and brain need a balance of omega 3s, 6s and 9s to function optimally. The optimal ratio of 3s to 6s is 1:2 or 1:4. As a result of our government’s flawed advice, the estimated ratio of omega-3 to omega-6 fatty acids in the U.S. diet is somewhere between 1:20 and 1:60. That is why people begin to feel better when they supplement with fish oils that are high in omega 3s...everything in the body just works better!

Protein, fats, carbohydrates, liquid carbs... What fuel do you feed your metabolic fire? Imagine your body is a machine and it needs fuel to feed the fire of your metabolism, the engine. You are the hearth builder of your metabolic fire and the fuel is your food. When your fire burns bright, everything just works better. You are in a good mood, you don’t get tired or wired and your body is strong and feels superb. It is your job to make sure the fire does not go out! I am going to help you understand this fire a bit more by showing you what the three building blocks—protein, fats, carbs—do to your metabolism. Carbohydrates are any foods that do not have eyes. They work like kindling on your metabolic fire. Most people think of bread, pasta and potatoes when I say carbs; we will call those empty carbs, as they give you quick (cheap) energy without much nutrient value. But did you know that spinach, kale and even apples are carbohydrates? Yep, these are complex carbohydrates; they will start your fire and provide the nutrients and minerals your body craves! Protein and fats work like a big cedar log and shovelful of coal. They will keep your fire burning for hours. When I talk about proteins and fats I’m referring to any food that has eyes (meat) or came from something with eyes (dairy & eggs). Yes, you can get protein and fat from plant and nut sources. To do so, you will need an extensive knowledge and selective array of foods to receive the full spectrum of 26 amino acids in the right ratios that the body needs and that you get naturally from animal products. Anyone who has been a healthy vegan for years knows this and works to com-

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When you figure out the right mix of fuel for your body, you will feel full of energy that lasts for hours.

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bine foods in order not to deplete the body. For the sake of ease, we will be talking about animal proteins. What happens when you feed a fire with only kindling (carbohydrates)? What happens when you try to light a log (protein) with no kindling to get it burning? The same thing that happens to the body when you deprive it of any of the essential building blocks of protein, fat or carbohydrates in any meal. If you eat only carbs, you get a quick burst of energy that is gone within an hour or two, leaving you with the need to graze, to continually feed your metabolic fire throughout the day. If you eat a fat steak with no salad or rice, you will feel full, heavy and lethargic. When you figure out the right mix of fuel for your body, you will feel full of energy that lasts for hours. You can handle stress easily, blood pressure and cholesterol will be at healthy levels and your body will naturally look its best. This is what I do for a living...I teach people how to fuel there bodies and what it feels like when they’ve got it right. Once you know the feeling of wellness and what your personal needs are, you will never need to open another one of the 17,000 diet books on the market again, or continue to pay me to coach you! There is no one-size diet that works for everyone. If I tried to feed an Eskimo who lives on whale meat and blubber a Pygmy’s diet of roots, fruits and antelope, his metabolic fire would not be very happy. This is because the human genome only changes .1% every 10,000 years and our body’s dietary needs have changed less then 1% in the last 100,000 years. The human diet, however, has changed immensely over the last 100 years with the introduction of over 4,000 chemicals and food additives. The sooner we can get back to traditional eating, the more readily our bodies will heal. The bonus of eating clean is that as your body heals, so does the Earth. The cleaner we eat, the more our dollar goes to support Earthfriendly farming practices. Our dollar is the final deciding vote. ◆

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URBAN WILDLIFE

How to foil a rat

From traps and poison to terriers, botanicals and contraception: It’s a new world BY EVAN TENG

ats chew. “They can chew through lead, cinderblock, brick, mortar, aluminum, wood, glass, vinyl and improperly cured concrete,” according to Diana Key who, at the time of reporting, worked as an environmental health supervisor at the Salt Lake County Health Department.

Norway rats are city rats. These clever foragers can weigh over one pound. They can fit through openings as small as half an inch. Rat teeth are constantly growing and will eventually pierce the top of their mouths unless they wear them down—how’s that for built-in motivation? Rats also have a habit of digging holes, tunneling through yards and raid- ing food supplies. Rats, it seems, are everywhere these days.

On the rise “There’s been an increase in the number of rat complaints received by the [Salt Lake County Health Department],” says Key. Local pest control companies like Pest Pro are also noticing an uptick in rat-removal business in the Avenues, downtown Salt Lake City, Sugar House, between Sugar House and Murray, Federal Heights, and Millcreek. Recent warm winters are a key attribute in the growing problem. Local populations of pigeons, some mice species, Oriental cockroaches and sewer roaches also got a boost from the mild weather. The main culprit in all of this is most likely the Norway rat, Rattus norvegicus. The far cuter Neotoma ( a k a

woodrat or packrat), has also been seen in downtown neighborhoods. According to Diana Key, Norway rats are rarely found in the wild, often preferring urban environments where it’s easier to satisfy their need for a high protein diet—think discarded pizza and half eaten sandwiches. Large for rats, these rodents can weigh over one pound. They’re also fierce fighters that can put up a good challenge when cornered. Those two factors combined make cats and birds of prey think twice about catching rat for dinner and instead turn the problem of extermination over to the humans.

For real: birth control for rats Everyone knows the standard ratkilling routine: poison, sticky traps, snap

traps. There’s even catch-and-release, though Dan Frandsen, owner of Wildlife X Team, a company specializing in humane wildlife removal, admits, “I try to talk customers out of it.”

Rats have poor eyesight, but a great sense of smell. In Cambodia, they are being put to work sniffing out the TNT in landmines. Probably the most intriguing story of advancements in rat control regards a new, non-lethal liquid bait that completed test trials in New York City one year ago and received EPA approval in record time last month. Called ContraPest®, and developed by the Flagstaff, Arizona-based company SenesTech, the bait uses chemicals such as 4-vinylcyclohexene-

What does a no-kill farm animal sanctuary do? If you think you have a rodent problem living in the city, imagine what Faith Ching deals with on her Salt Lake Valley farm. Ching Farm Rescue and Sanctuary is a safe place for farm animals and livestock to live out their days and with all that straw and hay and animal feed it’s also a place that mice love to congregate. But not rats! Why? Faith says it’s be-

cause there’s no running water at Ching Farm. Rats are known to travel along water corridors and the creeks that surface here and there throughout Salt Lake are major conduits for rats. Have running water nearby? It’ll be hard to keep rat populations at bay for long. As for the mice, says Faith, there are a handful of tricks to keeping their numbers low, but good luck

making them disappear. Hanging chicken feeders help, she says, as does keeping extra feed in closed bins. At Ching Farms they don’t believe in killing animals and Faith doesn’t bother with relocating mice with Havahart traps. Instead she lets nature and the predator/prey relationship run its course. “We do have some mousers. Sometimes cats are dumped out

here and we feed and spay and neuter them and they help with the mouse problem.” And, says Faith, the chickens do their part as well. “The first time I saw a chicken catch and eat a mouse I couldn’t believe my eyes,” says Faith. “When you see the back legs and tail sticking out of their beak, and they’ll fight over a mouse, it’s so weird.” —Katherine Pioli

diepoxide to neutralize a rat’s reproductive ability. According to SenesTech, the bait can’t affect humans or ani-

Prior to the widespread use of chemical pesticides, terriers were used on most American farms. mals other than rats. Designed specifically to attack rat reproduction, the chemical also becomes inactive and “environ -mentally neutral when excreted.” Female rats enter early menopause. Male rats’ sperm counts drop. The cumulative effect lasts for around 100 days. They live out their short yearlong life cycle defending their territory until they pass away of natural causes without leaving scores of little rat babies to take their place. SenesTech is now seeking state approval on a state-bystate basis. They received their okay from Utah last month (August 2016). ContraPest is a restricted-use product and will be available to licensed pest control professionals late this autumn. At least one animal rescue service from Utah has already contacted the company for the product, according to Ali Applin, vice president of business development. ContraPest could soon put the hurt on rat populations everywhere, not just New York.

The yin and yang Humans have rats to thank for the introduction of feline companions into our lives and for the practice of trash removal from our streets. On a more proactive level, we can also thank rats for helping to clear landmines. In Cambodia, rats, who it turns out have a great sense of smell, are being put to work sniffing out the TNT in landmines. The rats can detect as little as one ounce

of TNT, and they can clear 200 square meters of land in about half an hour – the same job would take a human with a deminer device about three days. Rats can smell for drugs and even serve as rescue rats finding survivors after disasters.

Be proactive! Whether you believe that rats deserve to live or die, the best thing to do is avoid inviting them into your home in the first place. “In order to thrive,” explains Diana Key, “rats need a fresh [accessible] water source and food.” Store pet food and pantry goods in glass or metal containers and use a covered trash can. Also, says Key, limit a rat’s hiding spaces. Here are some things you can do to protect your backyard oasis: • Turn the compost pile on a regular basis (or compost food scraps in a closed bin). • Pick up fallen fruit. • If you have hens, clean their house frequently—yes, besides chicken feed, rats eat feces. • Consider a terrier breed if you are looking to adopt a dog. (See sidebar.) The second step is to block off

The creeks that surface here and there throughout Salt Lake are major conduits for rats. entry points to buildings. Even though rats can chew their way through almost anything, you don't need to leave the door open.

• Use metal screens over chimney and dryer vents. • Make sure the building's foundation and roof soffits are well maintained.

• Keep window screens in good repair and install door sweeps if there is a gap under any exterior doors.

The EPA approved a birth control product for rats last month. ContraPest will be available in Utah this fall. • Try a natural rodent repellent.

Rats have poor eyesight, but an exceptional sense of smell. Fresh Cab® botanical rodent repellent uses essential oils that smell pleasant to humans but are offensive to rodents.

• If you suspect you may have a rat problem, nip the problem in the bud, so to speak. Call a pest control company and inquire about the new rat birth control, ContraPest (SENESTECH.COM). Every little bit counts. Employ these habits and tactics, and rats will be more likely to avoid your area. At least these practices can limit the need for traps and poison if you have an infestation. Either way, fast action is the most humane action. “They will find it less attractive,” says Lora Lee Dreibelbis, environmental health supervisor for the County; and hopefully they won’t just find what they’re looking for at your neighbor’s house. After all, she warns, “Rats are a community problem.” ◆ Evan Teng is a staff writer at the Daily Utah Chronicle, the University of Utah student newspaper. While Evan does not have a fondness for rats, he loves large animals, especially horses. He has spent many hours volunteering at the South Valley Large Animal Clinic and also at Camp Kostopulos.

Terriers to the rescue!

erriers are a “feisty, energetic” breed according to the American Kennel Club (and most terrier owners). It’s a temperament that served them and their masters well for hundreds of years, though less so today as when these little dogs still practiced the job they were bred for, hunting small creatures. In England, the Hunt terrier ran with society’s elite. When social clubs went chasing red fox on horseback, the hound’s job was to track the animal while the terrier’s was to flush the fox from its den. Terriers also hunted rats and were valuable working animals around kennels and stables and on board ships. In Spain, terriers did their work in wineries and in the United States, prior to the widespread use of chemical pesticides, terriers were used on most American farms. (The Wizard of Oz’s Toto was a Cairn terrier.) Recently some terriers have stepped off their show dog pedestals and back into the working world. In New York City and New Jersey, terrier owners interested in maintaining the working skills of their dogs formed the Ryder’s Alley Trencherfed Society (RATS). They make nightly rounds with their dogs to local trash bins where they sometimes catch up to 70 rats a night. On the other side of the country, in California where certain rat poisons are now banned for use by anyone other than a licensed pest exterminator, Jordan Reed and his kennel of terriers are traveling to chicken farms, grain silos and vineyards around the state sometimes killing over 100 rats in a single day. Here in Salt Lake we don’t know anyone offering to rent out terriers for rat control, yet, but terrier owners probably have found that their own yards are pretty well taken care of, sometimes a bit too well. It’s not just rats that terriers will go after. All things small may be up for grabs including pet hamsters and gerbils, according to one tragic story from my neighborhood. Chicken harassment is also a possibility. Terriers would not have a long history as working farm dogs if they couldn’t be trained. However, until you know the dog, unleash a terrier with caution. —Katherine Pioli

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WEEDS, BUGS & BIKES

Save the tires—adopt a goathead weevil! And other ways to best the spiky seeds of the pretty little puncture vine BY PAX RASMUSSEN in the area, and it’s not great for established plants, either, so use cautiously and sparingly. Lastly—put something in place where the goat head infestation was before. Tribulus terrestris is one of those hardy plants that loves disturbed, dry soils. Once you’ve got something else thriving there, the goat heads will lose out.

Adopt a goathead weevil!

Memorize these images. If you see Tribulus terrestris at any growth stage, pull it!

utumn is arguably the best time to cycle in Utah. The oppressive heat of summer backs off, and the ozone pollution hanging heavy over the valley dissipates to a light haze—and by the end of September, even that haze evaporates, leaving behind dazzling blue skies. Unfortunately, now is also the time for the bane of cyclists everywhere: goatheads. The pernicious thorny seeds dropped by the Tribulus terrestris (also known as puncture vine, Mexican/Texas sandbur, caltrop and bullhead) have caused more people to consider ditching cycling than perhaps any other single annoyance. The little burs can litter sidewalks and the sides of roads. I’ve cruised through bad patches and looked down to see dozens of them embedded in my tires. And for people who aren’t accustomed to patching inner tubes on the side of the road, this can be a major frustration. You might be familiar with the goathead bur but have not connected it to the delicate lowgrowing plant frequently found along sidewalk edges that produces said evil seeds. Tribulus terrestris, native to the Mediterranean, is an annual forb (an herbaceous flowering plant that isn’t a grass). Its most defining feature is the way its vines radiate out from a central hub— usually most apparent when coming up through cracks in the pavement. It can be found most often along roadsides and em-

bankments, where it can completely dominate (I’ve walked through short patches—maybe five or six feet wide—and come out the other side with the soles of my shoes completely covered in goat heads). Every inch or so along the vine you’ll find a tiny, five-petaled yellow or purple flower— until autumn, that is, when those flowers turn into the nasty burs. The plant is considered invasive in the United States. In addition to being the bane of bicyclists, the vines are toxic to grazing animals.

Eradicate your goat heads Getting rid of Tribulus terrestris is no easy task. It thrives in disturbed soils and needs next to no supplemental water in the Salt Lake area. For small areas, simply pulling the plant when found is the best approach. For larger areas, especially in the fall, a propane torch weeder works well. For really big infestations, if you want to stay away from chemicals, the best approach is to cover the area in the spring with thick, clear plastic for at least 30 days. Unfortunately, this won’t do much to kill off the seed burs. If you decide that the mechanical approach is too difficult or time-consuming, use a pre-emergent herbicide with Surflan in late winter or early spring. This will kill the goat head burs—but it will also kill any other seeds

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Puncture-proof your bike! Sadly, there’s no way to completely prevent punctures, but there’s a lot you can do to dramatically cut down the frequency. Tire liners: Tire liners are probably the cheapest and easiest way to keep flats at bay. They are just strips of thick plastic (or Kevlar, if you want to spend some money) that you put between the tire and the tube. My favorite are RhinoDillos, but STOP Flats are great, too. Just make sure to pay attention to the chart on the box and get the correct length and width to fit your wheel and tire. Puncture-resistant tubes: If you want to take flat-protection to the next level, check out thorn-resistant tubes. These are simply inner

tubes made thicker. They’re more expensive, and weigh quite a bit more than regular tubes, though. I run them in both my commuter and touring bike, and they make a BIG difference. Puncture-resistant tires: Unfortunately, tire liners will only stop a percentage of the thorns that come in head-on—they do little to prevent punctures in the sidewall of the tire. The cheaper versions are just thicker tires, but if you spend a little more money you can get tires that actually have Kevlar reinforcement. I have a set of these on my touring bike, and combined with liners and thorn-resistant tubes, I almost never get flats when riding. My favorite brand is Continental. Get Slimy: Last, and very probably least, is Slime. You can put this goop in the tubes you’ve got now if the valve cores can be removed, and you can also buy pre-Slimed inner tubes. Slime is basically a mixture of glycerin, latex, clay and cellulose fiber. When a tube gets a puncture, the Slime is pushed into the hole by the pressure in the tube, where it sort of hardens and gunks up the works. It’s effective, but messy. Eventually it’ll start to harden, especially if the bike is left sitting for extended periods of time, and the tube will need to be replaced.

Be prepared Even with all these precautions, eventually you will get a flat at some point. Make sure to carry a puncture repair kit when cycling, along with either a small hand pump or a CO2 inflator. I usually also carry a spare inner tube with me, since they’re cheap and don’t weigh too much, as some flats can’t be patched. Patching an inner tube isn’t difficult, but it does take a little practice to get the tire off and back on the wheel. Most puncture repair kits come with a couple of small plastic tools that make getting the tire off a lot easier. Roadside repair classes are offered at the Salt Lake Bicycle Collective, the University of Utah and REI, and usually cover not only flat repair, but how to replace a thrown chain, how to replace a broken spoke and various adjustments and tips. And for hardcore do-ityourselfers, there’s always the internet: How to change an inner tube: TINYURL.COM/SWAPTUBE; How to patch an inner tube: TINYURL.COM/PATCHTUBE. ◆ Pax is a longtime CATALYST staffer currently living in Albuquerque. He works as evaluation faculty at Western Governors University, and teaches magazine writing online for the University of Utah’s Communication department. He and his wife Adele Flail blog at WWW. HALOPHILE.NET.

Not all bad Medicinal uses of puncture vine

With very few exceptions, nothing is all bad, all the time. This holds true for puncture vine, which has been used for centuries in traditional Chinese medicine and Indian Ayurveda to increase libido and treat erectile dysfunction. Western medical science, for the most part, has found little evidence of useful effect. That said, some clinical studies indicate that it might be useful for erectile dysfunction in infertile men, as well as for lowering blood pressure for those with hypertension. Little to no result has been seen for fertile men or those with normal blood pressure. One study found that a 3mg supplementation with whole fruits and water extract of goathead vine resulted a small decrease in total cholesterol. The most significant side effect found in clinical studies was mild upset stomach—so giving it a shot for any or all of these conditions is unlikely to cause any harm. One small note, however: Lab tests with animals have linked use of tribulus to problems in fetal development. The evidence is scant and doesn’t necessarily translate to humans, but regardless, pregnant women shouldn’t eat it. ◆

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DANCE

Tzveta Kassabova’s Opposite of Killing Bulgarian-born surrealist choreographer translates pain into movement BY KATHERINE PIOLI

zveta Kassabova holds three masters degrees and has been, at various points in her life, a gymnast, a physicist and a meteorologist. It was, in fact, a PhD program in meteorology, at the University of Maryland, that brought her to the United States from Europe, in 1999. But after completing enough work in the degree to earn her master’s Kassabova, who still exudes a boundlessness of energy rare of someone in middle age, abandoned her schooling to move to New York and follow her dreams of becoming a dancer. For anyone else, such a move may be folly, but for Kassabova the seemingly sudden change in direction not only made sense, it also succeeded. “I had been pursuing both [dance and science] for a long time,” explains Kassabova during a recent interview at Salt Lake City’s Rose Wagner Theater. “They kept existing together in my life for years and it didn’t make

Ririe-Woodbury Dance Company performs Tzveta Kassabova’s Opposite of Killing (along with Fragments by Jonah Bokaer and Elegy, a world premiere by RirieWoodbury Artistic Director Daniel Charon) at their Fall Season concert, September 15-17 at the Rose Wagner Performing Arts Center.

sense anymore. I wanted more expression and New York City became too big of an attraction.” After a summer spent at the internationally renowned American Dance Festival, in Durham, North Carolina, and after earning an artist-in-residency from The Yard, on Martha’s Vineyard, the Bulgarian-born contemporary dance choreographer launched full on into a new career that has earned her, among many recognitions and honors, the Metro D.C. Dance Award (2008), the Prince George’s Arts Council grant (2009) and Maryland State Arts Council Award (2010 and 2011). In 2012, Dance Magazine described Kassabova’s movement as “surreal, as if Salvador Dali himself painted her into existence” and included her in their list of 25 to Watch. In 2014, she accepted a teaching position at the distinguished liberal arts school Middlebury College, in Vermont, where she stayed until this fall when she will begin a new chapter as a professor in the theater and drama department at the University of Michigan in Detroit, teaching aspiring actors the art of movement. But, before moving half way across the country and launching into a new teaching position in a new department, Tzveta Kassabova agreed to spend two weeks, last month, in Salt Lake City setting one of her most intimate pieces of choreography, Opposite of Killing (2010), on the six dancers of the RirieWoodbury Dance Company.

“Every time I work with this piece it’s new,” says Kassabova who has restaged the piece a handful of times, recreating it each time from a skeleton concept and fitting it to the unique style of each company. Originally, Opposite of Killing was a solo work inspired by her mentor, choreographer Ed Tyler, and created a year after his sudden and shocking passing at the age of 42. “I love the solo,” says Kassabova who still performs the original version, “but I felt there were bigger ideas that I couldn’t do in that format.” To fulfill her vision, Kassabova expanded the piece into an ensemble dance while working with students from the New Bulgarian University in Sofia, in 2010. Since then, despite constant changes to the details of the choreography, Opposite of Killing has retained the original depth of emotion that ranges from aggression to sorrow to confusion. “[With Opposite of Killing]I ask the dancers to forget they are dancers and to bring their humanness to the stage rather than the bodies they have been training,” says Kassabova. One week into the two-week residence, Tzveta Kassabova was more than impressed with the receptiveness and keen interpretation shown by the Ririe-Woodbury dancers. “The other day [with Ririe-Woodbury] we tried a section and everyone was crying,” recalls Kassabova. “It’s important, even if audience doesn’t cry, that the dancers understand the layers of feeling they are expressing.” ◆ Katherine Pioli is CATALYST’s associate editor.

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GARDEN LIKE A BOSS

Harvest like a boss

Here’s how to pick your produce at the peak of perfection

n the garden, it’s rush hour. After the early summer ritual of patience you’ve endured waiting for that garden full of green tomatoes to start blushing red, it’s time. Those carefully placed starts you planted a few months ago have undoubtedly engulfed one another, and boom!……You’ve won the veggie lottery. Let’s manage that payout like a boss. Knowing what to look for in the garden can make all the difference in a successful meal, gift, or quality of preserved product. One reason locally grown produce tastes so much better is that we have the luxury of harvesting at peak ripeness. Most trucked-in produce is picked with durability rather than flavor in mind. The perfect tomato refuses to travel 1,000 miles crammed in a freight liner. The perfect tomato rides in luxury on the top of the basket directly to the kitchen. The tips here are guidelines, not hard and fast rules. There is an enormous amount of diversity within each vegetable family that is outside the scope of this article. However, these guidelines can help you harvest at the right time. As most fruits and vegetables ripen, their sugar content increases rapidly. In agriculture this measurement is known as Brix. However, the more ripe and sweet a vegetable becomes, the shorter its shelf life. Pick that perfectly ripe tomato and give it to your boss, and it could very well be a fruit fly casino within days, which frankly isn’t going to get you that promotion. When it comes to cucumbers and summer squash, the opposite is true. These cucurbits are the sweetest and most flavorful when they are quite small, and that flavor seems to dilute as they grow larger. When it comes to zucchini, I’ll pick them as soon as I see them, and unless

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The perfect tomato refuses to travel 1,000 miles crammed in a freight liner. The perfect tomato rides in luxury on the top of the bounty directly to the kitchen. you’ve had zucchini the size of gherkins lightly sautéed in butter, then you have not truly lived.

Tomatoes Knowing when and how to harvest the perfect tomato depends on what you plan to do with it. A beefsteak tomato in your BBLT

for lunch? (That’s right, I’m not afraid to double down on that bacon.) Maybe this tomato is part of a harvest basket designed to gain you some street cred with your neighbors. Perhaps you are paying enough attention to current world events that you’re running constant batches in the canner to prepare for what is surely the impending collapse of global civilization. Or maybe you’re going for all three. Boss move right there. Perfectly ripe: This is usually quite easy to tell by color, but gets a little more difficult when you start growing heirloom varieties that ripen green! When you look at the structure of the tomato fruit, above the point where the stem attaches to the fruit you’ll see what looks like a knuckle. Gently lift the tomato, and if perfectly ripe this knuckle will release in a gesture that is nothing short of the plant gifting it to you. Effortless release. I’ll often wander the garden shamelessly fondling tomatoes until they simply fall into my hand. Gifting and canning: In both of these instances we want to harvest our fruits ideally a few days ahead of perfectly ripe. This gives the recipients of our tomatoes a few days of storage, and in canning we want a slightly firmer fruit (and often it takes several days of harvest before we have enough to process.) Look for fruits that look mature, but don’t readily release from the plant, and clip 1/2”-1” of stem above the fruit. Keeping the stem intact increases the storage life of the fruit.

Peppers In a similar fashion to tomatoes, a suggestive lift will help you determine whether or not the plant is ready to part ways with its fruit. Rather than the knuckle on the stem above the

tomato, the pepper has a smooth stem that will release directly from where it attaches to the plant. Almost all colored peppers start as fully sized green peppers, then slowly turn yellow, red, brown, even purple or black, as they ripen. That’s why green peppers are cheaper than their colored counterparts. It’s almost like time is money. Hot peppers: When dealing with hot peppers, letting peppers ripen as long as possible not only increases their Brix content, but it’s also reputed to increase the amount of capsaicin, which is what gives peppers their “heat.”

Cucumbers and summer squash These plants want to mature massive fruit full of seeds, and the kitchen savvy want just the opposite. Unlike tomatoes and peppers, you’re going to have to take your bounty by force, as the plants do not want to give them up readily. Harvest these as small and as often as you can, and they’ll keep coming. In fact, the more you harvest, the more the plant will produce, whereas if you let any single fruit get huge and fully mature, you run the risk of the plant stopping production. I usually clip the stem 1/2” above the fruit. Leaving the stem intact increases storage life. (*Note: Armenian cucumbers are technically melons, so feel free to let them get huge.)

Melons Now this one is an art form. In a manner similar to tomatoes and peppers, a ripe melon will willingly follow you back into the house. With nothing more than a gentle nudge on the stem at the base of the fruit, it should slip off and liberate the fruit. Ripe melons often give off a signature aroma, so don't be afraid to get down on your hands and knees and smell away. And while the softness of the melon will increase after harvest, the sweetness never will. Don’t pick that melon prematurely, it’s worth the wait.

Winter squash These are typically harvested all at once. It’s easiest to do immediately after the first light frost. The vine will die back, revealing the mature fruits. The light frost will also serve to sweeten the squash, although repeated frosts can damage the fruit. Clip with a couple inches of stem intact to increase storage life, and cure for two weeks at 70-80 degrees before storing in a cool dark place. ◆ James Loomis is the Green Team farm manager for Wasatch Community Gardens.

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Ideas worth spreading TEDx in Salt Lake City BY BETH WOLFER mary goal with TEDxSaltLakeCity is to offer some fertile ground for that creativity to take root as a key part of our city’s culture. Each year I hope everyone involved—myself, the planning committee, speakers, and attendees— feels stretched and even a little uncomfortable. Discomfort leads to curiosity, and curiosity leads to innovation.” Assisting Anna in putting together the annual event are 15 committee members with diverse demographic and professional backgrounds. One of the only TEDx events in the country that does not hand-pick all speakers, the committee holds an open curation process in early spring, and received more than 200 applications this year. The top 55 finalists submitted a 90-second video presenting their

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“idea worth spreading,” and 13 made it through to become the 2016 lineup. “Many TEDx events hand-select their speakers and even fly them in from other states and countries. We keep a local focus because we believe world-class fresh thinking is always sprouting right here in our backyard. I’m impressed by the speaker applications that we receive.” Each year, TEDxSaltLakeCity speakers are asked to consider a theme. The 2016 theme is Meraki: an ancient Greek word meaning the soul, creativity and passion you put into something, or the essence of yourself put into your work. The 2016 lineup can be found at WWW.TEDXSALTLAKECITY.COM and includes topics as diverse as gender-creative parenting and the neuroscience of religious experiences. One speaker spent decades in prison and has a surprising opinion about addiction. Each speaker has a distinct message to share, but they all share two things in common: passion about an idea and a commitment to make that idea a reality here in Utah and beyond. The talks will be interspersed with performing artists including junk drumming, Brazilian Capoeira, modern dance and more. In the spirit of all things local, eight food trucks will offer a variety of choices for lunch on the lawn at Presidents Circle, included with admission. Even with this year’s larger seating capacity, TEDx has sold out. If you managed to have scored a ticket this year, you’re definitely in for some ideas worth spreading! ◆ Beth Wolfer lives, loves and works in Salt Lake City and beyond.

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PETS

September, 2016

Home is where your human is

Legacy Initiative Pet Outreach helps dogs, cats and even an occasional duck BY ALICE TOLER

SOPHIE SILVERSTONE Michael and his orange tabby, Lucky, are what you might call local celebrities on the scene.

f you go to the northwest corner of Pioneer Park at noon on any given Sunday, you’ll meet a small crew of extraordinary people performing an act of extraordinary kindness: They are handing out bags of pet food and treats and toys and leashes to homeless people who own dogs and cats. Welcome to the Legacy Initiative Pet Outreach. The homeless are a very visible part of Salt Lake City. In recent years the summer Downtown Farmers Market and Twilight Concert schedule has disturbed the dubious peace of Pioneer Park. They’ve relocated to a block west

for the season. Drive along 200 South between the Gateway and I-15 and turn south along 500 West, and you’ll find yourself in the middle of an encampment. Along with their worldly belongings, they line both sides of the road and the grassy median. The Pet Outreach stakes out its corner of Pioneer Park at noon, but soon a small contingent walks out to the encampment with a wagon full of food bags. “A lot of them don’t want to move from there,” says program director Margie Varela, “because they’ll lose their spot, or someone might steal their belongings.”

Dog days (and nights) How can someone who doesn’t have a roof to sleep under keep a pet? Many of them do, and the life of a homeless person’s pet is not what you might think. “The dogs are all very well socialized,” says Stan Stensrud, a volunteer with the Pet Outreach, as we walk through the 500 West encampment giving out bottles of water for the humans and bags full of provisions for the dogs. “They love the constant contact with people. They are outdoors all the time, running around and getting good exercise, there’s all these scents and smells—everything you could

want as a dog! And their people just love them so much. It gives [their owners] responsibility, and someone that looks to them, and so much love. Having a pet can be a very important, very stabilizing thing for a homeless person.” SOPHIE SILVERSTONE

Rosie Handrahan, another regular volunteer, sometimes brings her kids with her to play fetch with some of the dogs. “They have so much energy!” she says, “the kids wear out before the dogs do!”

Human connections, too Secret Perkins organizes donations of pet food from a Walmart distribution center to the tune of one or two pallets a week, and is on point interacting with the homeless pet owners. Once she spots a person with a dog, she and her colleagues will walk over and introduce themselves, offering a bag of provisions for the animal and a little conversation for the owner, her half-sleeve tattoo of her own four dogs often providing a point of commonality. Stan emphasizes how important it is for homeless people to connect on a human level: “There’s no judgment from us. Just a handshake or a friendly word, some sort of connection—that can be so key.” At the end, Secret will ask if the person minds having a picture taken with his or her pet, writing the person’s first name and the pet’s name on a small white board to be held in the photo. This visual record helps the Pet Outreach keep track of their clients, and they do have many repeat customers. One lady reports to Secret that her dog was confiscated and is now in a shelter. “We’ll make contact with the shelter and try to get her back,” Secret tells me. Most of the pets are dogs, but there are a few cats, and odd outliers like the gentleman who stopped by at the park station and asked, “You got anything for a duck?” Program director Margie Varela doesn’t even blink. “If you come back next week, I’ll have something for your duck,” she promises.

Adventures of Lucky the Cat A man named Michael and his orange tabby, Lucky, are what you might call local celebrities on the scene. “I’ve had Lucky six years, since he was a kitten,” Michael tells me. “There were these two construction workers taking bets on a pair of kittens that were in the road, which one was going to get killed first. I yelled at them, because they’re God’s creatures, you know? Then Lucky’s sister got squished, and Lucky got hit and I thought he was dead and I was walking away, but then I hear this ‘mew! mew!’ and I go back and he’s alive, but his eye got knocked out! He was so small he fit in my shirt pocket. But he stayed with me—his safe space is up on my shoulders.” He’s frank about Lucky’s influence on his mental health. “He keeps me stable. He’s my

“The pets become a very important part of someone’s life, and that doesn’t change just because you don’t have a house.”

"If you have a pet, you’re basically deciding to live on the streets, even in January," Kimo says. "We do what we can, and make sure we are loaded with pet coats and booties, and we’ll be stockpiling these all through the year so we have enough for winter.” “We also found out there’s a problem with people staying in domestic abuse situations because they don’t want to leave their pets behind,” Stan tells me. Is there any room for someone to create a combination homeless and pet shelter? “It will happen at some point,” he says. “We’re trying to investigate that some more. If we could get funding in that direction, that would be great.” If you love animals and you'd really like to make an immediate positive difference in someone's life, come volunteer with the Pet Outreach. If you can't walk the encampment with them on a Sunday, the organization also provides provision bags for people to keep in their vehicles to distribute wherever they see a homeless person with a pet. It's a small gesture that reaches across boundaries and brings us all, animal and human, closer together. ◆ Alice Toler is a writer and artist. She lives in Sugar House with her husband Trent and their registered VSD (Very Silly Dog), Trinity.

service cat. Where he goes, I go, and he keeps me motivated.” Michael can’t go everywhere with Lucky, unfortunately—including the homeless shelters during the winter months. “They will sometimes let dogs, but they won’t let cats,” he tells me, “so we slept out all last winter.”

The winter problem This is a big issue for the homeless who have pets. “The pets become a very important part of someone’s life, and that doesn’t change just because you don’t have a house,” says Kimo Pokini, the director of Legacy Initiative’s Development and Resource team. “The Pet Outreach really took off last winter— we stepped up our game in December and January. In general, homeless people with pets can’t go into shelters. There are some rooms available if you have a service animal, but the process of getting certified is expensive and difficult, and generally out of the reach of someone who’s homeless.” A service animal, distinct from a therapy pet or emotional support animal, costs $20,000 or more to train; there are applications, interviews, waiting lists and owner trainings. But even a certified Emotional Support Animal requires some money, a lot of coordination, and a permanent street address to register.

Help Pet Outreach: volunteer or donate Come by the Pioneer Park at noon next Sunday (northwest corner). The Pet Outreach is organizing a team for October’s Strut Your Mutt event. Join their “Street Dawg Crew” and raise money for the Legacy Initiative You can register as a network partner or donate: STRUTYOURMUTT. ORG/GOTO/THELEGACYINITIATIVE2016 Margie Varela: varela1365@comcast.net, 801.671.7374

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ASK UMBRA

Bubble jeopardy:

Is my sparkling-water maker bad for the environment?

y family and I are enamored of our seltzer maker. We drink copious amounts of the stuff. But I’ve been wondering where all that CO2 comes from and where it goes. Sure, we’re saving lots of cans and bottles, but is using our little home device better or worse than buying commercially produced products? Are we all dooming ourselves to a hot future by trying to cool off with bubbly drinks? Steve H. Underhill, Vermont

Dearest Steve, Decades down the line, when snow is just a distant memory and rising oceans have swallowed half our dry land, our unfortunate descendants will no doubt blame us for this sorry state of affairs. Looking around at all the food shortages and mass extinctions and wildfires and megastorms of climate change, they’ll stare us in the eyes and demand an accounting: “You drank how many bottles of seltzer water?” Our only answer will be to hang our heads in shame. I kid, of course. We very well may face some uncomfortable questions from our great-grandchildren someday, but they won’t be about our consumption of carbonated beverages. That’s not to say that our passion for tongue-tingling soft drinks has no impact on the world, though. And you’ve asked some good questions here, Steve, so let’s pop the tab and take a closer look. I assume your home seltzer maker is a SodaStream, SodaSparkle, or one of their ilk — countertop carbonation machines that infuse your tap water with carbon dioxide from a metal cartridge. When the CO2 taps out, you can return the cartridge to a local store and swap it for a new one (with SodaStream, anyway); the company then refills your empty and resells it. But where does the CO2 actually come from? The answer is the same whether we’re talking about homemade seltzer, homebrew

beer, or the kind of name-brand soft drinks we’ve seen everyone from Ray Charles to Taylor Swift shilling for. The beverage industry’s supply of CO2 is a byproduct of industrial operations such as natural gas or coal-fired ammonia plants, large-scale ethanol production and even breweries, what with all the fermentation going on there. Special equipment captures the CO2 before it escapes into the atmosphere, then it’s bottled and sold to sparkly-drink producers (as well as to food companies and the oil industry). You use your carbonator to force the gas into your next fizzy fix, you twist open the bottle, and poof! The CO2 floats up into the atmosphere. From one perspective then, Steve, you are merely borrowing the CO2. Or, as some carbon purveyors put it, you’re using recycled CO2. So you can rest a bit easier knowing that nobody is burning fossil fuels specifically to aerate your next bottle of seltzer. As to your question about whether using your at-home carbonator is better than buying bottle after bottle of commercial seltzer, the answer is yes. Its biggest benefit: The reusable glass or heavyduty plastic bottle that comes with such machines has far less impact than the mountain of disposable plastic bottles or glass bottles or cans you’d otherwise generate (even if you recycled them). You’re also eliminating the need to ship loads of liquid across the country (or even the world), since you’re using the water from your own tap. True, transporting CO2 cartridges to and fro has an impact too, but they

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weigh a lot less than bottles of water and you’ll get far more glasses of fizz out of each one. And finally: Are we dooming the planet with our thirst for bubbly bevs? Like whipped cream canisters, I’d put home carbonators and soft drink habits in the Small Stuff We Shouldn’t Sweat Too Much category. Fizzy drinks do result in carbon emissions, but in relative terms, it’s quite a small amount: One

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September, 2016

A life of practice

Reflecting on 30 years of teaching yoga in Salt Lake City

BY CHARLOTTE BELL

attended my first yoga class in early 1982 in a small studio with pink plush carpet. After an hour-plus of slow, mindful movement and a nice long Savasana, I pretty much floated out to my car. I’d never felt so clear and calm. I was hooked.

Learning opportunities: I can’t begin to list the multitude of gems I’ve gathered from my students and teachers over the decades. Many yoga teachers, body workers and medical professionals have attended my classes. I’ve deeply appreciated their insights and yes, corrections, when I’ve not completely understood the applications of anatomy to asana. One class in particular is so heavily populated with these knowledgeable people that we trust each other as resources. I’m immeasurably grateful for their generosity in sharing what they know with me and with our community. Longevity: My longest-standing students have been attending classes with me since the early 1990s; probably two-thirds of my students have been coming to classes for 10 years or more. I’ve seen these people grow from busy young parents to happy grandparents. We’ve grown and evolved together. My teaching has matured and become more subtle and mindful because of these longstanding students. They inspire me to continue to learn and grow in my own practice. Because this base of students has practiced for so many years, they’ve pretty much let go of the whole ego-based pose-performance paradigm. When a new student comes to class, he/she is quickly and warmly welcomed. Often new students remark on how they never feel pressured to perform. Everyone is just practicing at his/her own pace. This is not simply because I often remind them that comparing and competing are not productive; it’s because more than half of the class is walking the talk. Sangha: My classes are relatively small. This gives me the opportunity to know something about my students’ lives outside of yoga. Over time, our weekly meetings have allowed us all to get to know each other as people, not just as fellow practitioners. Nothing gives me more pleasure than to see new friendships form among my students. We know and are genuinely interested in each others’ trials and triumphs. My students share gardening tips, book recommendations and beekeeping wisdom. And when one of us faces illness, injury or loss, the sangha provides a safe, caring haven. The most powerful residue of my 30 years of teaching is the feeling of gratitude, for all the people who have come and gone, or who came and stayed, from my fairly uninformed beginnings to my humbler and somewhat more wizened present. I’m honored beyond measure for this path and all its peaks and valleys, and the wondrous souls I’ve met along the way. ◆

We know and are genuinely interested in each others’ trials and tribulations.

A few months later, my teacher announced that she’d soon be offering a teacher training. My first reaction was, “Yes!” This, even though I was not—and still am not—a person who loves to be in front of groups. The reason I was willing to venture out of my comfort zone was that I loved yoga so much that the idea of sharing it seemed like my perfect fit. I knew, even then, that teaching yoga wasn’t likely to make me rich. But it felt like home somehow. While I was not able to swing that original training that had inspired me, I instead apprenticed with local Salt Lake teachers, Cita Mason Riley and David Riley, a physical therapist and medical doctor in their non-teaching lives. When they left town in 1986, they gifted me with their classes. Ready or not, I began teaching that July. I’ve taught yoga continuously since then and could not be more grateful for the calling that chose me.

The faces of gratitude It would be impossible for me to remember all the many gifts that have come from teaching yoga for so many years, but here are a few that come to mind: Commitment: Even after 30 years, when I step back and reflect on the fact that my students make time in their busy lives to attend my classes, I feel deeply humbled. It seems that busyness is the norm these days. The things we do to replenish ourselves so often take a back burner to the commitments we have to others. The fact that people value their practice enough to show up week after week reminds me what I love about yoga. Years ago, I went out of town for a few days and my sub, who is one of the most reliable and conscientious people I know, forgot she was supposed to teach. Because I was teaching at the First Unitarian Church, the door was open and students came in and set up as usual. When it was clear that no one was going to show up to teach, the students stayed anyway, some for more than an hour, and did their own practices. When my students told me about it the next week, I was elated. I was so happy that their commitment to practice didn’t depend on me. Their commitment was to the value of practice itself.

Charlotte Bell has been practicing yoga since 1982. She is the author of several yoga-related books and founder of Mindful Yoga Collective in Salt Lake City. CHARLOTTEBELLYOGA.COM.

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PHYSICAL THERAPY Precision Physical Therapy 3/17

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MOVEMENT & MEDITATION, DANCE RDT Dance Center Community School

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MARTIAL ARTS Red Lotus School of Movement 12/16

801.355.6375, 740 S. 300 W., SLC. Established in 1994 by Sifu Jerry Gardner and Jean LaSarre Gardner. Traditional-style training in the classical martial arts of T’ai Chi, Wing Chun Kung-Fu, and Qigong exercises). Located downstairs from Urgyen Samten Ling Tibetan Buddhist Temple. WWW.REDLOTUSSCHOOL.COM, REDLOTUS@REDLOTUS.CNC.NET

MEDITATION PRACTICES Rumi Teachings 6/16

Good poetry enriches our culture and nourishes our soul. Rumi Poetry Club (founded in 2007) celebrates spiritual poetry of Rumi and other masters as a form of meditation. Free meetings first Tuesday (7p) of month at Ander-

son-Foothill Library, 1135 S. 2100 E., SLC. WWW.RUMIPOETRYCLUB.COM

YOGA INSTRUCTORS Mindful Yoga: Charlotte Bell DA 1/17

801.355.2617. E-RYT-500 & Iyengar certified. Cultivate strength, vitality, serenity, wisdom and grace. Combining clear, well-informed instruction with ample quiet time, these classes encourage students to discover their own yoga. Classes include meditation, pranayama (breath awareness) and yoga nidra (yogic sleep) as well as physical practice of asana. Public & private classes, workshops in a supportive, non-competitive environment since 1986. WWW.CHARLOTTEBELLYOGA.COM

YOGA STUDIOS Centered City Yoga 6/17

801.521.YOGA (9642), 926 E. 900 S., SLC and 955 W. Promontory Road at Station Park, Farmington, 801.451.5443. City Centered Yoga offers more than 100 classes a week, 1,000 hour-teacher trainings, monthly retreats and workshops to keep Salt Lake City CENTERED & SANE. WWW.CENTEREDCITYYOGA.COM

Full Circle Yoga and Therapy 8/16

385.528.2950. 1719 S. Main St., SLC. A unique therapy and yoga center providing treatment using the latest research-based interventions for dealing with a broad spectrum of mental health issues. Our mission is to create an inclusive and empowering community that fosters healing, restoration, and rejuvenation for the mind, body and soul. WWW.FULLCIRCLEUT.COM

Mountain Yoga—Sandy 3/17

801.501.YOGA [9642], 9343 S. 1300 E., SLC. Offering a variety of Hot and Not hot yoga classes to the Salt Lake Valley for the past 13 years. The Mountain Yoga System is comprised of 5 Elemental Classes EARTH-FIREWIND-FLOW-WATER varying in heat, duration, intensity and sequence. The 5 classes work together and offer you a balanced and sustainable yoga practice. Whether you like it hot and intense, calm and restorative, or somewhere in-between, Mountain Yoga Sandy has a class for you. WWW.MOUNTAINYOGASANDY.COM

Mudita—Be Joy Yoga 3/17

801.699.3627, 1550 E. 3300 S., SLC. Our studio is warm and spacious – a place for you to come home and experience yourself! Varied classes will have you move and sweat, open and lengthen, or chill and relax. Come just as you are, ease into your body and reconnect to your true essence. WWW.BEJOYYOGA.COM

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ASTROLOGY Transformational Astrology FOG

212.222.3232. Ralfee Finn. Catalyst’s astrology columnist for 20 years! Visit her website, WWW.AQUARIUMAGE.COM, RALFEE@AQUARIUMAGE.COM

Christopher Renstrom 11/16

Astrology Lovers: Looking for a class? Christopher Renstrom, professional astrologer, teaches class three times a month. Perfect for beginners or advanced students. $30 each or 8 classes for $200 prepaid. Come to an Astrology Slam and get a mini-reading, $15. Details: RULINGPLANETS1@GMAIL.COM, WWW.RULINGPLANETS.COM/PRIMETIME-ASTROLOGY

PSYCHIC/TAROT READINGS Angels of Light Card Readings by Janene 7/16

801.566.0000, SLC. I am a wife, mother and grandmother. I'm also a certified teacher, life coach, intuitive and spiritual healer, Reiki practitioner and Angel reader for over 30 years. The Angels have messages of Light and are waiting for you to "ask." Call or email today: ANGELSOFLIGHTSITE@GMAIL.COM, WWW.ANGELSOFLIGHT.SITE

Crone’s Hollow 11/16

801.906.0470, 2470 S. Main Street, SLC. Have life questions? We offer intuitive and personal psychic consultations: Tarot, Pendulum, Palmistry, Stones, Shamanic Balancing and more. $25 for 20 minutes. Afternoon and evening appointments - Walk-ins welcome. We also make custom conjur/spell candles! WWW.CRONESHOLLOW. COM

Vickie Parker, Intuitive Psychic Reader

801.560.3761. I offer in person and long distance readings. My readings are in depth and to the point. Get the answers you are seeking. Readings are by appointment only. To schedule, please call or email WINDSWEPT@XMISSION.COM. For more information, please visit: WWW.WINDSWEPTCENTER.NET

Nick Stark 6/17

801.721.2779. Ogden Canyon. Shamanic energy healings/ clearings/readings/offerings/transformative work. Over 20 years experience. NICHOLASSTARK@COMCAST.NET

Suzanne Wagner DA 1/17

707.354.1019. In a world of paradox and possibility, an intelligent psychic with a sense of humor might as well be listed with the family dentist in

one's day planner. Suzanne's readings are sensitive, compassionate, humorous and insightful. An inspirational speaker and healer she also teaches Numerology, Palmistry, Tarot and Channeling. WWW.SUZWAGNER.COM

PSYCHOTHERAPY & PERSONAL GROWTH COACHING Life Mediator 9/16

801.438.4688, S. Salt Lake. Between you and your dreams lie the hurdles you struggle with. Let’s work together to find a peaceful resolution to a path forward. Specializing in relationships and dating. Call now to schedule your one-one-one private session with a Life Mediator. WWW.LIFEMEDIATOR.COM, INFO @ LIFE MEIATOR . COM

Nance S. Ciasca, Certified Transformation Health/Life Coach — 9/16 732-687-2459. Helping clients who are “stuck” get unstuck whether it be in health, relationships, career, etc. Setting you up for inevitable success by giving support and accountability, while creating lifelong habit changes. Free one hour consultation.”

HYPNOSIS Holly Stokes, The Brain Trainer 6/17

801.810.9406, 1111 E. Brickyard Rd., Ste. 109, SLC. Do you struggle with mental blocks, weight, cravings, fears, lack of motivation, unhappiness or self sabotage? Find your motivation, confidence and focus for living with purpose and passion. First time clients $45. Call now. Get Instant Motivation Free when you sign up at: WWW.THEBRAINTRAINERLLC.COM, HOLLY@THEBRAINTRAINERLLC.COM

THERAPY/COUNSELING Cynthia Kimberlin-Flanders, LPC 4/17

801.231.5916. 1399 S. 700 E., Ste. 15, SLC. Feeling out of sorts? Tell your story in a safe, non-judgmental environment. Eighteen years specializing in depression, anxiety, life-transitions, anger management, relationships and "middle-aged crazy." Most insurances, sliding scale and medication management referrals. If you've been waiting to talk to someone, wait no more.

Holistic Elements 2/17

801.262.5418. 835 E. 4800 S., Suite 220, Murray. Holistic Elements intertwines traditional therapeutic approaches like: Eye Movement Desensitization Reprocessing (E.M.D.R.) and Cognitive Behavioral

Therapy (C.B.T) with holistic elements like: Meditation, Mindfulness, Diet, Mineral Oils and Aromatherapy. WWW.HOLISTICELEMENTSMHT.COM

Healing Pathways Therapy Center

435.248.2089. Clinical Director: Kristan Warnick, CMHC. 1174 E. Graystone Way (2760 S.), Ste. 8, Sugarhouse. Integrated counseling and medical services for anxiety, depression, trauma, relationship, life adjustment issues. Focusing on clients’ innate capacity to heal and resolve past and current obstacles, rather than just cope. Modalities include EMDR, EFT, mindfulness, feminist/multicultural. Individuals, couples, families. WWW.HEALINGPATHWAYSTHERAPY.COM

Jan Magdalen, LCSW 3/17 801.582.2705, 2071 Ashton

Circle, SLC. Offering a transpersonal approach to the experiences and challenges of our life cycles, including: individuationidentity, sexuality and sexual orientation, partnership, work, parenting, divorce, aging, illness, death and other loss, meaning and spiritual awareness. Individuals, couples and groups. Clinical consultation and supervision.

Marianne Felt, CMHC, MT-BC 12/17

801.524.0560, ext. 2, 150 S. 600 E., Ste. 7C, SLC. Certified Mental Health Counselor, Board certified music therapist, certified Gestalt therapist, Mountain Lotus Counseling. Transpersonal psychotherapy, Gestalt therapy, EMDR. Open gateways to change through experience of authentic contact. Integrate body, mind and spirit through creative exploration of losses, conflicts and relationships that challenge & inspire our lives. WWW.M OUNTAIN LOTUS COUNSELING . COM

Mountain Lotus Counseling 4/17 DA

801.524.0560. Theresa Holleran, LCSW, Marianne Felt, CMHC, & Sean Patrick McPeak, CSW. Learn yourself. Transform. Depth psychotherapy and transformational services for individuals, relationships, groups and communities. WWW.MOUNTAINLOTUSCOUNSELING.COM

Natalie Herndon, PhD, CMHC 7/17

801.657.3330. 265 E. 100 S., Ste. 275, SLC. 15+ years experience specializing in Jungian, Analytical, and Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy. Are you seeking to more deeply understand yourself, your relationships, and why you struggle with certain thoughts and feelings? Call today for an appointment and

let's begin. WWW.HOPECANHELP.NET

Sanctuary for Healing and Integration, Integrative Psychiatry 12/16 801.268.0333, f 801.268.3777, 860 E. 4500 S., Ste. 302, SLC. Group outpatient private practice of multidisciplinary mental health professionals led by Carmela Javellana, MD, DABPN, providing comprehensive mental health and neurosciencebased services for children, adolescents and adults. Standard services plus psychospiritual coaching and pharmacogenetic and nutrigenetic testing for personalized health care. Most insurance accepted. WWW.S HIN I NTEGRATION . COM

Stephen Proskauer, MD, Integrative Psychiatry

801.631.8426. Sanctuary for Healing and Integration, 860 E. 4500 S., Ste. 302, SLC. Steve is a seasoned psychiatrist, Zen priest and shamanic healer. He sees kids, teens, adults, couples and families, integrating psychotherapy and meditation with judicious use of medication to relieve emotional pain and problem behavior. Steve specializes in treatimg identity crises, LGBTQ issues and bipolar disorders. Blog: WWW.K AR MA S HRINK . COM , STEVE @ KARMASHRINK . COM 10

/16 Sunny Strasburg, LMFT 2/17

1399 S. 700 E., SLC. Sunny is a licensed marriage and family therapist specializing in Jungian Psychology, Gottman Method Couple’s Therapy and EMDR. Sunny meets clients in person at her office in Salt Lake City. For questions, or to schedule an appointment, please email Sunny at: SUNNYS@JPS.NET. WWW.SUNNYSTRASBURGTHERAPY.COM

SHAMANIC PRACTICE Sarah Sifers, Ph.D., LCSW 4/17

801.531.8051. ssifers514@aol.com. Shamanic Counseling. Shamanic Healing, Minister of the Circle of the Sacred Earth. Mentoring for people called to the Shaman’s Path. Explore health or mental health issues using the ways of the shaman. Sarah’s extensive training includes shamanic extraction healing, soul retrieval healing, psychopomp work for death and dying, shamanic counseling and shamanic divination. Sarah has studied with Celtic, Brazilian, Tuvan, Mongolian, Tibetan and Nepali Shamans. 3/17

Naomi Silverstone, DSW, LCSW FOG

801.209.1095, 508 E. So. Temple, #102, SLC. Psychotherapy and Shamanic practice. Holistic practice integrates traditional and nontraditional approaches to health, healing and balance or “ayni.” Access new perceptual lenses as you reanimate your relationship with nature. Shamanic practice in the Inka tradition. NAOMI @ EARTHLINK . NET

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RETAIL line goes here APPAREL, GIFTS & TREASURES Black Mountain Gemstone Jewelry: A time for gathering stones 9/16 801.359.6262, ArtSpace City Center, 230 S. 500 W., SLC. Bringing you timeless, unique jewelry with the spirit, positive energies and natural health qualities of the Earth. Handmade gemstone jewelry, quartz fountains, tumbled stones, gemstone malas, stone pottery, original landscape artwork and more. Choose from our designs or create your own custom design. Visit us online & learn more: BLACKMTN@XMISSION.COM www.BLACKMOUNTAINBEAD.COM Blue Boutique 10/16 DA

801.487.1807, 1383 S. 2100 E., SLC. Shopping Made Sexy. Since 1987, Blue Boutique has expanded to four locations, offering the finest in a variety of sexy lingerie, sexy shoes and sexy adult merchandise to discriminating shoppers. We’ve created comfortable, inviting environments with salespeople ready to offer friendly and creative advice. WWW.BLUEB OUTIQUE . COM

Dancing Cranes Imports DA8/17

801.486.1129, 673 E. Simpson Ave., SLC. Jewelry, clothing, incense, ethnic art, pottery, candles, chimes and much more! Visit Café Solstice for lunch, too. WWW.D ANCING C RANES I MPORTS . COM

Golden Braid Books DA 11/16

801.322.1162, 151 S. 500 E., SLC. A true sanctuary for conscious living in the city. Offerings include gifts and books to feed mind, body, spirit, soul and heart; luscious health care products to refresh and revive; and a Lifestyles department to lift the spirit. www.G OLDEN B RAID B OOKS . COM

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1. Moab Arts & Rec Center 2. Gallery Moab 3. Tom Till Gallery 4. Triassic 5. Moab Made 6. Lema’s Kokopelli Gallery 7. Frmed Image 8. Museum of Moab

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Healing Mountain Crystals DA

801.808.6442, 363 S. 500 E., #210 (east entrance), SLC. A welcoming crystal shop located one block from the “Trolley” Trax station. Offering: crystals, jewelry, essential oils, $2 sage, 50 cent tumbled stones, Tibetan singing bowls, spa products, books, chakra healing supplies, gifts and more. We are known for our low prices. WWW.H EALING M OUNTAIN C RYS TALS . COM

iconoCLAD—We Sell Your 2/17 Previously Rocked Stuff & You Keep 50%

801.833.2272. 414 E. 300 S., SLC. New and previously rocked (aka, consigned) men’s and women’s fashion, summer festival gear and locally made jewelry, clothing, crafts and decor. M-Sat 11a-9p, Sun 1p-6p. Follow us on Instagram/Facebook/Twitter @iconoCLAD to see new inventory before someone beats you to it! WWW. ICONO CLAD. COM

Lotus DA 11/16

801.333.3777. 12896 Pony Express

Rd., #200, Draper. For rocks and crystals. Everything from Angels to Zen. WWW.ILOVELOTUS.COM

Turiya’s Gifts8/16 DA

801.531.7823, 1569 S. 1100 E., SLC. M-F 11a-7p, Sat 11a-6p, Sun 12-5p. Turiya’s is a metaphysical gift and crystal store. We have an exquisite array of crystals and minerals, jewelry, drums, sage and sweet grass, angels, fairies, greeting cards and

meditation tools. Come in and let us help you create your sanctuary. WWW.T URIYAS . COM

HEALTH & WELLNESS Dave’s Health & Nutrition 7/16

SLC: 801.268.3000, 880 E. 3900 S. and W. Jordan: 801.446.0499, 1817 W. 9000 S. We focus on health & holistic living through education, empowerment and high-quality products. With supplements, homeopathics, herbs, stones, books and beauty care products, we provide you with the options you need to reach your optimum health. Certified professionals also offer private consultations. WWW.DAVESH EALTH.COM

SPIRITUAL PRACTICE line goes here ORGANIZATIONS The Church of the Sacred Circle 9/16

801.330.6666, 3464 W. 3800 S., WVC. We are a local independent church of non-denominational earth based spirituality. We welcome all those who follow Paganism, Wicca, Witchcraft, Asatru, Druid, Shamanic, Eclectic and other traditions. We hold public full moon and new moon circles, monthly events, psychic faires and are family friendly. www.S A CRED C IRCLE C HURCH . COM , INFO @ SA CREDCIRCLECHURCH . COM

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Inner Light Center Spiritual Community DA 3/17

801.462.1800, 4408 S. 500 E., SLC. An interspiritual sanctuary that goes beyond religion into mystical realms. Access inner wisdom, deepen divine connection, enjoy an accepting, friendly community. Events & classes. Sunday Celebration: 10a; WWW.I NNER L IGHTC ENTER . NET

Salt Lake Buddhist Temple

801.363.4742. 100 S. 211 W., SLC. Everyone is welcome to Shin Buddhism (Pure Land). Sunday Services: 9a Meditation, 10a Dharma Family, 11a Dharma classes all ages, Asian Arts classes 12p. Meditation Class Wed. 6:30-7:30p, all levels. Lumbini’s Garden Buddhist Books and Gifts open Sundays. “Come as you are.” WWW.SLBUDDHIST.ORG, WWW.FACEBOOK .COM/SALTLAKEBUDDHIST, WWW.MEETUP.COM/SALT-LAKE-BUDDHISTTEMPLE

Unity Spiritual Community 8/17

801.281.2400. Garden Center in Sugarhouse Park, 1602 E. 2100 S., SLC. Unity principles celebrate the Universal Christ Consciousness by practicing the teachings of Jesus. We honor the many paths to God knowing that all people are created with sacred worth. Unity offers love, encouragement and acceptance to support you in discovering and living your spiritual purpose. WWW.U NI TYOF S ALT L AKE . ORG , CONTACT @U NITYO F S ALT L AKE.ORG

Urgyen Samten Ling Gonpa Tibetan Buddhist Temple 9/16 DA

801.328.4629, 740 S. 300 W., SLC. Urgyen Samten Ling Gonpa offers an open environment for the study, contemplation, and practice of Tibetan Buddhist teachings. The community is welcome to our Sunday service (puja), group practices, meditation classes and introductory courses. WWW.U RGYEN S AMTEN L ING . ORG

Utah Eckankar 12/16

801.542.8070, 8105 S. 700 E., Sandy. Eckankar teaches you to be more aware of your own natural relationship with Divine Spirit. Many have had spiritual experiences and want to learn more about them. You will meet people with similar experiences who also wish to share how these improve our daily lives. WWW.E CKANKAR -U TAH . ORG

INSTRUCTION Two Arrows Zen Center 3/1 7DA

801.532.4975, ArtSpace, 230 S. 500 W., #155, SLC. Two Arrows Zen is a center for Zen study and practice in Utah with two location: SLC & Torrey. The ArtSpace Zendo in SLC offers daily morning meditation and a morning service and evening sit on Thursday. TAZ also offers regular daylong intensives—Day of Zen—and telecourses. WWW.T WO A RROWS Z EN . ORG

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PLANNING YOUR MONTH

September, 2016

C ALEND A R Sept 1: The Perilous Journey of the Much Too Spontaneous Girl book signing and reading @ King’s English. 7p. w/ author Leigh Statham. Free. 1511 S. 1500 E. Sept 1-3: Salt Lake Comic Con @ The Salt Palace Convention Center. Thurs 2p, Fri 11a, Sat 10a. Celebrity guest panels, autograph signings, photo ops, cosplay contests. $5$240. 100 West Temple. Sept 2: Chakra Workshop @ Vitalize Community & Healing Arts Studio. 6p. This workshop will focus on the root, sacral and naval chakras. $20. 3474 S. 2300 E. Studio #2, East Millcreek. Sept 2: The Dixie Chicks @ USANA Amphitheatre. 7p. Grammy Award winning pop-country outfit returns after a decade long break. $29-$125. 5150 S. 6055 W. Sept 3: Dark Moon Drumming Circle @ Crone's Hollow. 7p. An evening of rhythm, laughter, and magic. Bring a drum, incense or a candle, and a willingness to learn. Free, with donations accepted. 3834 Main St. Sept 3: Hispanic Heritage Parade and Festival @ The Gateway. 10a-2:30p. Utah’s Latino community gather to celebrate the rich and exciting Hispanic heritage. Free. 18 N. Rio Grande St. Sept 3-5: Downtown Yoga Festival @ The Leonardo.

Sept 5: IAMA Murray Acoustic Festival @ Murray Park Amphitheater. 6p. Local acoustic music. $5. 495 E. 5300 S. Sept 5, 12, 19, 26: Intro to Latin @ Crone's Hollow. 7p. A class that creates a firm foundation for the use of Latin in daily life. $15/per week. 3834 Main St.

Sept 8: Peter Bradley Adams @ The State Room. 8p. w/ Molly Parden. Folk Pop American singer songwriter. $20. 638 State St.

Sept 10: Space Oddity: The Ultimate David Bowie Experience @ The Depot. 8p. Featuring the moves,styles, and music of David Bowie. 21+. $66/61 adv. 400 W. S Temple. Sept 10: NAMI Walks Utah @ Liberty Park. 8:30a-1:30p. National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) offers this event to help raise awareness and resources for those affected by mental health conditions. Free, donations encouraged. 900 S. 700 E.

Sept 6: Utah Film Center: The Love of Spock @ The City Library. 7p. The film celebrates and explores Star Trek’s original Spock, Leonard Nimoy. Features unseen interviews with the cast. Free. 210 E. 400 S. Sept 6: Toto @ Sandy City Amphitheater. 8p. The 1970’s group who brought us freak hits “Africa” and “Rosanna” perform these and other enduring songs. $30-$60. 1245 E. 9400 S. Sept 6-27: Harvest Market @ Gallivan Center. Every Tues. in Sept. 4-8p. Local farmers, artisans and vendors against the backdrop of Big Band Dance Night. Free. 239 S. Main St. Sept 7: Sister Sparrow & The Dirty Birds @ The State Room. 8p. w/ KOLARS. New York based seven-piece soul/rock band. $17. 638 State St.

Sept 9-10: Utah Summer Hammock Festival

Sept 3-24: Downtown Farmers Market @ Pioneer Park. Every Saturday from 8a-2p. Free. 350 W. 300 S.

Sept 8: Anne Newman Sutton Weeks Poetry Series @ Bill and Vieve Gore Auditorium, Westminster College. 7p. Featuring David Nielsen and Orlando White. Free. 1840 S. 1300 E.

9p. w/ Michelle Moonshine & Tom Bennet. Neo Doo Wop Folk. $15. 638 State St.

Sept 6: Black Joe Lewis and the Honeybears @ The State Room. 8p. w/The Blank Range. American blues, funk, and soul band. $22. 638 State St.

Sept 7: Utah Film Center: Dancer @ The City Library. 7p. The film looks at the life of the Royal Ballet’s youngest principal dancer, Sergei Polunin, who walked away from the com-

10a5 p . Experts o ff e r wor kshops and seminars on yoga practice, meditation, healing, energy work and healthy eating. Three-day and single-day passes available. $89$55. 209 E. 500 S.

Sept 7: Yappy Hour @ Pioneer Park. 1-11:30p. A popular inter-species social with food and music for dogs and dog owners, including off-the-leash areas. Free. 300 S. 300 W.

Sept 15-Oct 15: Searching Barbelo, Finding Barbie @ Art 270 Gallery. Wed-Sat, 1-5p. A new take on the Divine Feminine, as seen through the assemblages and photography of Anselm Spring nd Patricia Dinu. 270 Main St., SLC. Sept 9-10: Beethoven & Tchaikowski @ Abravanel Hall. 7:30p. Beethoven’s Piano Concerto No. 1 and Tchaikovsky’s Symphony No. 5. $17-79. 123 W. S Temple. Sept 9: Versa Style @ Kingsbury Hall. 7:30p. Hip-hop dance group, Versa Style, performs a show promising to leave you with new notions of hip-hop culture. $25. 1395 E. President’s Circle. Sept 9: 31st Annual Wildwoods bash @ Ogden Nature Center. 5p. A fundraiser to unite people with nature, nurturing appreciation and stewardship of the environment. $70. 966 W. 12th St., Ogden.

pany at the peak of his career. Free. 210 E. 400 S.

Sept 9-10: Utah Summer Hammock Festival 2016 @ CLAS Ropes Course. 6p. Presented by Weekend Voyagers and Hammock Tower Events. Bring a hammock and kick back. $15. 3606 Center St., Provo.

Sept 7: Blondie @ Red Butte Garden. 7p. $70. 300 S. Wakara Way.

Sept 10: Miles for Melanoma 5K @ Wheeler Historic Farm. 9a. Participants will run/walk to raise funds for research and advocacy for melanoma. $30-$55. 6351 S. 900 E.

Sept 7: 24Frames Movie Night @ Kingsbury Hall. 7:30p. Free. 1395 E. Presidents Circle.

Sept 10: Bullets & Belles @ The State Room.

Sept 10: More with Michael @ Vitalize Community & Healing Arts Studio. 3:30p. Michael Thomas will discuss physical, mental, spiritual and emotional health, medicine and bodywork. Free, donations encouraged. 3474 S. 2300 E. Studio #2, East Millcreek. Sept 10: Global Values Summit @ Inner Light Center. 9a. A summit, featuring Karin Miller, where exploration of creative and transformative ideas will be key in challenging the social quo with holistic and non-denominational means. $45/35 adv. 4408 S. 500 E. Sept 10: Tomato Sandwich Party @ Grateful Tomato Garden. 11a. Kick-off to Eat Local Week w/ Wasatch Community Gardens. Free. 800 S. 600 E. Sept 10: SLC VegFest @ Library Square. 10a. Utah Animal Rights Coalition (UARC) presents SLC VegFest, featuring delicious vegan food, speakers, and live entertainment. Free. 210 E. 400 S. Sept 10-11: Snowbrush Herb Festival @

The Art Garden. 11a. A festival all about herbs, herbal products, natural healing, and community education. Free. 917 Vine St. Sept 11: Present and Playful Family Yoga @ Vitalize Community & Healing Arts Studio. 4:30p. Simple breath, movement and nurturing touch routines. Free. 3474 S. 2300 E. Studio #2, Millcreek. Sept 10: Avenues Street Fair @ Avenues. 9a-6p. 200 booths of local artists, food vendors, live entertainment, and community organizations. Free. 6th Ave between I and N St. Sept 11: Bonnie Raitt @ Red Butte Garden. 7p. The multi-award winning country-blues artist sorts through a devastating loss on new album, Dig in Deep. $70. 300 S. Wakara Way. Sept 12: Intro to Ritual and Altar Set Up @ Crone's Hollow. 7p. This class will cover the practice of setting up a personal altar and creating a ritual space. $5. 3834 Main St. Sept 12: Sustainable: A Documentary @ Tower Theatre. 6:30p. Eat Local Week sponsors a screening of a film exploring “what must be done to sustain [our land] for future generations.” Free. 900 S. 850 E. Sept 13: Black Uhuru @ the State Room. 8p. w/ Onesty. Jamaican reggae group. $23. 638 State St. Sept 13: Utah Film Center: Love Thy Nature @ The City Library. 7p. The film immerses viewers in beauty of the Natural World and examines mankind’s relationship with mother nature. Free. 210 E. 400 S. Sept 13: Quickle (Quick Pickle) @ Gallivan Plaza. 4:30p. Eat Local Week: Buy fresh local produce at the Harvest Market and get assistance quickly pickling them. Free. 23 S. Main St. Sept 13: NEEDTOBREATHE @ Red Butte Garden. 6:30p. The young group has stoked new life into the Christian Rock genre. $45. 300 S. Wakara Way. Sept 13-Oct 29: Utah Humanities Book Festival @ various locations. Regular business hours. A chance for book lovers of all types to enjoy literary events at locations throughout Utah. Free. UtahHumanities.org Sept 14: Blitzen Trapper @ The State Room. 8p. w/ Kacy & Clayton. Experimental country/folk/rock band. $25. 638 State St. Sept 14: Goo Goo Dolls @ Red Butte Garden. 7p. $80. 300 S. Wakara Way. Sept 14: Got Vision? @ Glendale Public Library. 7p. Utah Museum of Fine Arts explores the ways art and imagination strengthen community at this bimonthly

roundtable. Free. 1375 S. Concord St. Sept 15: Real Food Rising Fall Fundraiser @ Real Food Rising Farm. 5:30-7:30p. Real food Rising hosts its annual fall farm fundraiser to celebrate farm-to-table culture with a delicious meal and live music. $20-50. 1050 W. 500 S. Sept 15: Utah Film Center: An Act of Love @ The City Library. 7p. The film examines the struggles faced by a Methodist who controversially officiated his son’s same-sex wedding. Free. 210 E. 400 S. Sept 15: Jason Isbell @ Red Butte Garden. 7p. w/ Margaret Glapsy. Americana singer/songwriter. $40. 300 S. Wakara Way. Sept 15-16: Utah Purpose Economy Conference @ P3 Utah. 9a. Attendees learn the keys to a successful people-planet-profit (P3) business. $20-135. 2230 Belaire Dr. E. Sept 15-18: 8th Annual Melon Nights @ Jenk Star Ranch. Celebrate sustainable living, art and music at Utah’s only 100% sustainably run music festival. $25-65. 1111 Tusher Canyon Rd., Green River. Sept 15-Oct 15: Searching Barbelo, Finding Barbie @ Art 270 Gallery. Wed-Sat, 1-5p. Barbie in this exhibition symbolizes the presence of the man-made ideal as artificial, plastic Barbie–Idol (or I-Doll). Photography. Free. 270 Main St. Sept 16-18: Fall Equinox 2016 @ Fort Buenaventura. A mysterious gathering of mysterious minds. Live music and good times. TBD. 2450 A Ave., Ogden. Sept 16: Local Food & Art Show @ Sugarmont Plaza. 6-10p. $10. 2234 S. Highland Dr. Sept 16: Utah heritage Foundation’s Golden Anniversary Gala @ Memorial House in Memory Grove Park. 6:30p. Guests enjoy exquisite food while celebrating 50 years of Utah’s historic preservation efforts. 21+. $100-5,000. 375 N. Canyon Rd. Sept 16: Moreland & Arbuckle @ The State Room. 9p. American electric roots rock/blues band. $17. 638 State St. Sept 16-17: The Feisty Goddess: Hip Wisdom for High-Spirited Leaders @ Hilton Garden Inn, Sandy. 9a. A personal and professional program for high-spirited women leaders ready to take their lives to the next level. $200. 277 Sego Lily Dr., Sandy. Sept 17: Ethnic Food Demonstration @ Sunnyvale Farmers Market. 1p. The Spice Kitchen Incubator’s demonstration on cooking complexly flavored ethnic dishes. Free. 2013 S. 700 W.

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CAL END A R Sept 17: Eat Local Week’s Rooftop-WrapUp-Party @ Harmon’s City Creek. 6-9p. Free. 135 E. 100 S. CATALYST will be there; come see us! Sept 17: First Chair Festival @ The Complex. 1p. Snow enthusiasts celebrate the coming winter season during this event featuring film premiers and bargain sales. $15-35. 537 W. 100 S. Sept 17-18: 2016 Urban Arts Festival @ Gallivan Center. 12p. Featuring over 200 artists, 50 musicians, dance performances, custom cars, street basketball league and food trucks. Free. 239 Main St.

Sept 22: Local Natives @ The Depot. 8p. w/ Charlotte Day Wilson. Indie rock. 21+. $27/25 adv. 400 W. S Temple. Sept 22: Blink 182 @ USANA Amphitheater. 7p. $25-75. 5051 S. 6055 W., West Valley City. Sept 22: Tight Loose @ Red Butte Garden. 8p. Teton Gravity Research presents a onenight only premiere of their new feature length ski and snowboard film. $18/15 adv, Garden Members $10. 300 S. Wakara Way.

beads, silver, fossils and jewelry. $7. 9575 S. State St. Sept 24: A Day of Education and Intimate Fashion @ Blue Boutique. 5p. Featuring an intimate fashion show and sex toy education presentation. TBD. 1051 300 W.

Sept 26: Sigur Rós @ Kingsbury Hall. 8p. Experimental rock for experimental times. $40-175. Sold Out. 1395 Presidents Cir.

Sept 24: India Fest @ Krishna Temple. 5p. A peak at India’s diverse culture is on offer. Featuring live music and food. $3. 311 W. 8500 S., Spanish Fork.

Sept 27: St. Paul & The Broken Bones @ The Depot. 8p. w/ Seratones. Scintillating soulful music. 21+. $25/22 adv. 400 W. S Temple.

Sept 24: Marmalade Jam Fest @ Warm Springs Park.10a. The Marmalade Jam Fest is an exciting street fair put on by The Capitol Hill Neighborhood Council. Free. 840 300 North Panther Way.

Sept 27: John Nemeth @ The State Room. 8p. w/ Tony Holliday. American electric blues and soul harmonicist, singer and songwriter. $15. 638 State St.

Sept 24: Corey Smith @ The State Room. 9p. w/ Luke Combs. American singer/ guitarist. $25. 638 State St.

Sept 27: Alex Caldiero @ Ken Sanders Rare Books. 7p. The poet discusses the new genre of “ecological storytelling” and reads from his new collection of poetry “Who is the Dance, Who is the Dancer?” Free. 268 S. 200 E.

Sept 17: Natural Living and Healing Conference @ TBD. 9a. Learn about naturopathic health care, energy healing, chakras. $35. Location TBD.

Sept 28: 30th Annual Chili Affair @ The Salt Palace Convention Center. 5:30p. Delicious chili, salads, breads and desserts from local chefs. All funds go to families in need. $42300. 100 West Temple.

Sept 17: TedX Salt Lake City @ Kingsbury Hall. 6p. This TED event features local speakers who present on the concept of Meraki: the personal love and passion that infuses one’s work. $50-100. 1395 E. President’s Circle. [SOLD OUT]

Sept 28: Utah Film Center: Hieronymus Bosch: Touched by the Devil @ The City Library. The 500th anniversary of the momental painter is commemorated in this documentary. Free. 210 E. 400 S.

Sept 17-18: Festa Italiana SLC @ The Gateway. 12p. The Italian-American League of Utah present authentic Italian entertainment, vendors, games, and food. 18 N. Rio Grande St.

Sept 29: The Record Company @ The State Room. 8p. Roots rock trio. $18. 638 State St.

Sept 18: Jimmy Thackery & The Drivers @ The State Room. 8p. American Blues singer, writer and guitar player. $17. 638 State St.

Sept 20: Tears For Fears @ Red Butte Garden. English pop-rock. $72. 300 S. Wakara Way. Sept 20: Utah Film Center: Under the Sun @ The City Library. 7p. The story of a North Korean girl striving to join the ranks of the illustrious Korean Children’s Union. Free. 210 E. 400 S. Sept 20: Cyndi Lauper @ The Depot. 8p. w/ Charlie Musselwhite. Rock music. 21+. $56/51 adv. 400 W. S Temple. Sept 21: Jackie Greene @ The State Room. 8p. American sInger songwriter. $27. 638 State St. Sept 22: Con Brio @ The State Room. 8p. San Francisco funk. $17. 638 State St. Sept 22: Connect to Your Spirit Animal Class @ Crone’s Hollow. 7p. This class is taught by house reader and pet psychic Jennafer Martin. Learn about animal spirit guides. $15. 3834 Main St.

Sept 27: Charlie Quimby & Barbara Richardson @ Kings English. 7p. The novelists discuss the social and political nuances of writing about female characters. Free. 1511 S. 1500 S. Sept 27: Utah Film Center: 3,000 Cups of Tea @ The City Library. 7p. The film explores the rise and fall of Gred Mortensen, the discredited author of Three Cups of Tea. Free. 210 E. 400 S.

Sept 17: Salt Lake Pagan Pride Day @ Rice Terrace Pavilion, Liberty Park. 10a-5p. This event helps connect practitioners while offering a variety of vendors, food and entertainment. Free. 1300 S. 600 E.

Sept 19: California Honeydrops @ The State Room. 8p. American blues and R&B band. $17. 638 State St.

Sept 26: Mumford & Sons @ USANA Amphitheater. 7:30p. British folk-rock outfit. $39-$69. 5051 S. 6055 W. West Valley City.

Sept 17-18: Festa Italiana SLC @ The Gateway. 12p. The Italian-American League of Utah present authentic Italian entertainment, vendors, games and food. 18 N. Rio Grande St. Sept 23-24: Fall Bulb & Native Plant Sale @ Red Butte Garden. Friday 3p, Saturday 9a. Find a wide selection of flowering bulbs, organic garlic bulbs, ornamental grasses, perennials and water-wise plants. $7-$12, Garden Members Free. 300 Wakara Way. Sept 23-24: Vintage Whites Fall Market @ Utah State Fairpark. 12p. Featuring vintage vendors, food, live music, craft demos, and fun fall surprises. $7. 155 1000 W. Sept 23-25: Elemental Feminine @ The Lodge at Stillwater. 6p. Jennie Stanchfield and Suzanne Wagner offer an embodiment practice weekend that is a divine dive into the feminine and your deepest, most expansive self. $285. 1364 West Still Water Dr., Heber City. Sept 23-25: Gem Faire @ South Towne Exposition Center. 10a-6p. Purveyors showcase and sell their collections of gems,

Sept 29: Embrace, The Documentary @ Megaplex Theatres, The Gateway. 7:30p. A documentary about the wonderfully empowering celebration of our natural perfection. $11. 165 S Rio Grande St.

Sept 24: Dance All Day for $10 @ Rose Wagner. 9a. Hip-hop, modern, contemporary, flamenco, african, ballet, bollywood, and prime movement styles. $10. 138 W. 300 S.

Sept 29: Glenna Lang @ The Alta Club. 7p. The Author discusses new ways to think about “living cities” in her new work The Death and Life of Great American Cities. Free. 100 E. S Temple.

Sept 24: Ruff House Fundraiser @ The Sheraton, Salt Lake City. 5p. Presented by Utah Animal Advocacy Foundation. Featuring a silent auction, live music, hors d’oeuvres, pet photography, and a pet medium. $40. 150 W. 500 S.

Sept 30: Lera Lynn @ The State Room. 9p. Singer/Songwriter, multi-instrumentalist. $15. 638 State St.

Sept 24-25: Herakles @ Red Butte Garden. 9a. The The classic Greek Theatre Festival presents the infamous tragedy written by Euripides, translated by Ann Carson. $7-15, Garden Members $10. 300 S. Wakara Way.

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September, 2016

Food feasts and festivals in September We gather to cook, dine, celebrate

BY CYNTHIA LUU, ZAK SONNTAG, ZAC SMITH AND KATHERINE PIOLI

e are moving into peak harvest season this month. Everything that’s been growing— your tomatoes, winter squash, corn— will be ripening and ready to pick. It’s the kind of bounty that inspires people to celebrate and all across Utah fall harvest festivals, a nod to our agricultural present and past, abound. This month, festivals from Brigham City to Green River will honor Utah’s agricultural heritage with festivals for peaches, onions and melons. Eat Local Week has five days of food-fun events from a pickling class to the annual Wasatch Cooperative Market art and food show. Farm-totable dinners are springing up in farm fields while year-end fundraisers for local food organizations such as Local First Utah are bringing the best chefs and the last of the local harvest to our plates. Enjoy.

Over 45 restaurants are participating in what can only be described as a food extravaganza. For foodies and casual eaters, the Downtown Dine O’ Round is the perfect opportunity to experience restaurants and dishes unknown at an affordable price. Participating restaurants will offer two-item lunches for $5 or $10, and three-course dinners priced at $15 or $35. No coupon necessary just ask your server about the Dine O’ Round option.

Peach Days @ downtown Brigham City, Fri. & Sat. Sept. 9-10 7am-10pm, free, BRIGHAMCHAMBER. COM/PEACH-DAYS At one time Brigham City was known for its orchards and its peaches. In 1904, the city created a holiday to give workers a break from the fall harvest. That was the origin of Peach Days, though now you’re more likely to see classic cars than peaches at the festival. If you make it to the Saturday morning parade you can see the crowned Peach Days Queen go waving by. Payson Golden Onion Days @ Payson, UT, Sept 1-5, PAYSONUTAH.ORG Payson City’s Onion Days began in 1929 when the city created a day of rest and festivity in honor of the hard-working residents laboring on the onion harvest. Utah is still one of the country’s top onion producers—the Spanish sweet onion is our state vegetable—but you won’t find many onions at the Payson festival; after all, it’s a day of rest. Come instead for the parade, baby contest, fireworks, Mt. Nebo half marathon and other familyfriendly fun. Downtown Dine O’ Round @ various locations, SLC, Sept 9-25, regular business hours, $5-35, DINEOROUND.COM

Greek Festival @ Holy Trinity Cathedral Greek Orthodox Church (279 300 W), Fri. & Sun. Sept 9-11, 11am-11pm, till 8pm on Sun., $3 admission, free for children 5 and under, SALTLAKEGREEKFESTIVAL.COM. Salt Lake’s big fat Greek Festival, one of the longest running and most popular festivals in the city, is all about great food. Vendors at this year’s 41st annual Festival will be serving up loukoumades, a treat similar to scones; dolmathes, those delicious rice and veggie stuffed grape leaves; pilafi, the fluffy lemon-

tinted rice; fasolakia, green beans in tomato sauce; keftedes, Greek meatballs and other treats. Find recipes for some of these traditional foods on the festival website, but visit the festival for great food, music and dance. Tomato Sandwich Party @ Grateful Tomato Garden (800 S 600 E), SLC, Sat. Sept. 10, 11am – 2pm, free, WASATCHGARDENS.ORG. This event (part of Eat Local Week) is a longtime community favorite where you’re likely to run into scores of friends and neighbors. Celebrate the bounty of community gardening with delicious open-faced sandwiches, made with yellow, pink and red heirloom tomatoes and pesto from the garden. WCG is still looking for volunteers to help with the event. Interested? Sign up on the website. Cache Valley Gardener’s Market Farm-toTable Banquet @ Riverwoods Conference Center (615 Riverwood Pkwy) Logan, Sat. Sept. 10, 69pm, $30 adults, $10 kids 12 and under, GARDENERSMARKET.ORG. This Eat Local Week event is hosted by Johnson Farms, a fourth generation family farm in Cache Valley. The meal benefits the Cache Valley Gardener’s Market and will include live music by the Blue Blazers. Utah Brazilian Festival @ The Gateway (18 N Rio Grande St.), Sat. Sept 10, 1pm-10pm, free, UTAHBRAZILIANFESTIVAL.COM Whether you’ve visited Brazil in the past, are from there originally or simply have an interest in Brazilian culture, the Utah Brazilian Festival is the perfect place to spend an afternoon. Winner of the 2010 Community Merit Brazilian International Press Award, the Utah Brazilian Festival will feature authentic dishes, music and dance. Quickle at the Harvest Market @ Gallivan Plaza (239 S. Main St.), SLC, Tues. Sept. 13, 4:30pm, free, EATLOCALWEEK.ORG/EVENTS-ACTIVITIES

Don’t know what to do with all your cucumbers? Come to the Tuesday harvest market for a demo on making quick refrigerator pickles. Make your own while you’re there. Jars and supplies are provided, buy your cucumbers at the market. Real Food Rising Farm-to-Table Meal @ Real Food Rising Farm (1050 W 500 S), SLC, Thurs. Sept. 15, 5:30pm-7:30pm, $50, EATLOCALWEEK. ORG/EVENTS-ACTIVITIES Real Food Rising is a local urban farm. Its youth programs teach local teens about healthy lifestyles and sustainable agriculture. This banquet entirely benefits these youth programs.

Melon Days @ Green River, UT, Fri. & Sat. Sept. 16-17, free, MELONDAYS.COM Crenshaws, Canaries, honeydew, canteloupes. No place in Utah grows melons like Green River. Pick up some of the sweet nectar from any of the area’s three melon growers, Dunham Farms, Thayn Farms and Vetere Farms, at this year’s festival and join in on some of the other festival fun like square dancing, a 5k run and the softball tournament. Wasatch Cooperative Market’s Annual Local Food & Art Show @ Sugarmont Plaza (2234 Highland Dr), SLC, Fri. Sept. 16, 6-10pm, $10/20 member-owners/nonmembers (50% off if purchased before Sept. 9), EATLOCALWEEK .ORG/ EVENTS-ACTIVITIES. The spread at this Eat Local Week event will include produce and meats from Christiansen Family Farm and East Farms and dishes from chefs Daniel Cantu of Cantu Creative

Catering and Sage’s Café. Eat local treats and browse art for sale while you learn about the Wasatch Cooperative Market, a community-owned grocery store-in-planning. Festa Italiana @ The Gateway (18 N Rio Grande St.), SLC, Sat. & Sun. Sept. 17-18, noon-10pm, Sun. until 7pm, free, FESTAITALIANASLC.COM This year’s Festa Italiana is a menagerie of food and drink from Caputo’s Market & Deli, Cannella’s Restaurant, Sicilia Mia, Sweetaly Gelato and Caffe Expresso among many others. Attend both days to enjoy the Italian car show, spaghetti-eating contest, and bocce ball tournament. Now that’s amore. Historic 25th Street Harvest Moon Celebration @ historic downtown in Ogden, Sat. Sept. 24, noon8pm, free, Historic25.COM/HARVESTMOON-CELEBRATION. This farewell to summer is also a reminder of Ogden’s strong smalltown vibe and the community’s commitment to local businesses and nonprofits. Families and friends take over the street for a celebration that includes music, arm wrestling and a beer garden. While there are no vendors at the festival, the local businesses lining the street will all have open doors. Cooking class: Fall Soups @ Sur La Table, The Gateway (10 Rio Grande St.), SLC, Thurs. Sept. 29, 6:30-8:30pm, $69, SURLATABLE.COM Moroccan Lentil with Chicken and Chickpeas, Shrimp and Corn Chowder, Roasted Tomato Bisque with Parmesan Crisps are three new recipes you’ll come away with just in time for those chilly autumn evenings. Harvest Festival @ High Star Ranch (970 UT-32), Kamas, UT, Sat. Oct. 1, noon-5pm, Free, RECYCLEUTAH.ORG/EVENTS/ANNUAL-HARVEST-FEST The 7th Annual Harvest Fest will feature dozens of vendors selling local crafts, food and drink, activities for kids, wagon rides, live music and more. Free. ◆ Cynthia Luu, Zak Sonntag and Zac Smith are concluding their CATALYST internships. Katherine Pioli is CATALYST’s associate editor.

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SCIENCE

Understanding GMOs

Seven reasons why the DARK Act should be revisited and revoked BY FRED MONTAGUE Editor’s note: Last month, President Obama signed the DARK Act—Denying Americans the Right to Know, also known as the GMO labeling bill. In doing so, he eliminated laws passed in Maine, Connecticut and Vermont that had required labeling of genetically engineered foods and Alaska’s pending law protecting fisheries from being contaminated by recently approved genetically engineered salmon. Still, the issue is far from settled. “Numerous groups have committed to fighting this bill in federal court,” writes Andrew Kimball, executive director of the Center for Food Safety. “No bill that is this blatantly discriminatory and unconstitutional should be allowed to stand. So the fight against the DARK Act, and for local democracy and the right to know for all Americans, continues.” University of Utah biology and ecology professor emeritus Fred Montague explains, once again, why serious problems with GMO-based industrial agriculture persist and must be addressed.

e have a long history tinkering with things. Through domestication and artificial selection, humans have bred many familiar and useful food organisms—beef cattle, chickens, hybrid corn, large-fruited tomatoes, and hundreds of others. This artificial selection by managing natural reproductive processes takes time, and the appropriateness of the crossbreeding and the resulting hybrids is typically judged both by their viability and by their benign usefulness. In recent decades, hard-won cleverness in genetics and gene manipulation have enabled technicians to bypass the natural breeding process and change organisms by direct micromanipulation. By inserting a specific heritable gene into an organism's DNA, researchers can create a genetically modified organism (GMO) with a novel trait. There are two prominent examples in current industrial agriculture. One is the insertion of a gene from the soil bacterium Bacillus thuringiensis (Bt) into crops like corn. The corn plant then produces a Bt protein that is toxic to butterfly and moth larvae, of which a few species are pests of corn grown in monocultures. The stated objective is to reduce the

amount of other forms of insecticide necessary to protect the crop. The second example is the insertion of a specific bacterial gene into corn, soybeans, canola (rape seed), wheat, and others that enables them to tolerate applications of glyphosate (Monsanto's “Roundup”). The spraying of glyphosate onto fields of these genetically modified (GM) crops doesn't kill the GMOs but does kill all other actively growing plants (weeds). The objective is to reduce mechanical cultivation and thereby reduce fossil fuel consumption and soil erosion. There is a trend to combine two or more traits into the same patented plant. Herbicide tolerance and insect toxicity comprise most of these stacked-trait varieties.

One would believe that if GMOs are better than traditional food plants and livestock feed, then a business would insist on having its product identified.

From an agribusiness perspective, GMOs anchor an ingenious business plan. For instance, Monsanto's creation of its patented glyphosate herbicide (Roundup) and its patented “roundup ready” GM soybean seeds forces farmers to purchase a package of inputs available nowhere else. However, from other perspectives, there are troublesome issues with GMO-based industrial agriculture. First, it is industrial agriculture. Industrial agriculture fosters corporate efficiency, corporate control, and corporate profit. For this type of food-growing to work, farms must be large, crops must be uniform (monocultures), and synthetic fertilizers and pesticides must be ap-

plied. This is a capital-intensive, fossil fuelbased, high input, and largely unsustainable approach to feeding people. Second, there is the demonstrated occurrence of “gene flow” from fields of GM crops to nearby non-GMO farms with similar crops. The novel traits are typically dispersed in the pollen of the GMO plants, and since our most important crops are grains (corn, wheat, oats, rice), and since all of these grasses are wind-pollinated, the patented trait is easily dispersed. This has two ramifications: 1) once the gene appears in an organically grown food product, the food product is no longer “organic,” and 2) the corporation can take legal action against the victim farmer for having “stolen” the patented GM crop. Equally ominous is the research into geneticuse restriction technologies (GURTs). One example is the “terminator gene” which prevents a grower from saving some his harvested seeds for next spring’s planting. Third, there is inadequate understanding of the health effects of genetically altered food plants, especially those that introduce systemic toxins into foods and those that increase the ability of food plants to tolerate increased amounts of certain herbicides. Exotic proteins in foods created by genetic engineering have the potential to be allergenic and to challenge the human immune system. The Bt toxin does cause allergic reactions in some people, and there are anecdotal accounts suggesting its adverse effect on beneficial human intestinal microorganisms—just as it affects caterpillars. While there has been significant corporate research and development into the technology to create GMOs, there is less-than-adequate research, public or private, to unmask their longterm effects. In this sense, GMOs are similar to other industrial miracles whose widespread use eventually caused them to be severely restricted or banned outright. Fourth, widespread use of GMOs will significantly reduce the crop plant diversity needed in a world of changing climate and altered growing conditions. With the widespread adoption of GM crops, more and more locally adapted crop varieties are being abandoned. In the U. S. in 2004 for example, patented GM plants occupied 85% of soybean

acreage and more than 50% of corn acreage. Fifth, we know the disruption that “natural” invasive exotic species can cause when they move beyond their native ranges. GMOs are novel, exotic, synthetic organisms that Nature has no experience with. Their potential effects are unknown. There is a significant risk of GM crop plants hybridizing with related wild relatives, especially as more and more secondary GM crops reach the market. Their impacts on ecosystems and biological communities are potentially disruptive, and once GMOs become feral, they will be difficult or impossible to control. Sixth, there are sobering examples of unrealized claims for GM crops. There is no evidence for increased nutritive value in GM plants. There is no evidence for reduced pesticide use. According to WorldWatch's Vital Signs 2009, pesticide use actually increased 4% from 1996 through 2004 in U.S. GM crop fields. There is, however, evidence for the ecologically inevitable phenomenon of insect crop pests and weeds developing resistance to the Bt toxin and to the glyphosate herbicide, respectively. With the successful marketing and adoption of GM crops, the one claim that did materialize was that of corporate profitability. Seventh, the aggressive and abundantly funded efforts by corporations and trade organizations to prevent labeling food products containing GMOs is puzzling. In an open culture and free market, consumers have the right to information about the products they buy. One would believe that if GMOs are better than traditional food plants and livestock feed, then a business would insist on having its product identified. The GMO controversy is at the center of our global food challenge. There are many who are concerned by the ecological and social impacts of corporate control of the world's food. The public benefits of GM food have not yet been established, and the risks range from being overstated to being understated. Nevertheless, some risks are real, many risks are not completely understood, and some risks are increasing. This is a multifaceted issue that affects all aspects of society—from Wall Street to food banks, from rich countries to developing countries, from small farms to industrial agriculture operations, from crop fields to wilderness. The public must decide this issue, but the public needs information that is largely unavailable. Until it is, prudence suggests exercising caution. Otherwise, as with other industrial experiments on human health and the environment, the final report (and restrictive legislation) is likely to be written by our grandchildren. ◆ Fred Montague is a University of Utah biology and ecology professor emeritus and a wildlife artist. A version of this essay originally appeared in Edible Wasatch. It can also be found in Garden Notes: Thoughts on Gardening, Ecology and Sustainability (Mountain Bear Ink Press, 2016). MOUNTAINBEARINK.COM

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Ditch the leaf blower!

beautiful fall morning dawns in the great city of Salt Lake. You are enjoying a brisk walk. The sky is crisp azure blue and the birds are singing. The streets are still empty and quiet. A cool wind blows over the Wasatch Mountains and dry leaves clatter in the trees overhead as you take a full breath of clean air. Then, you turn the corner. A deep roar breaks your peaceful repose. The scent of gasoline wafts towards your nose. Your neighbor is up early, too—blowing leaves off the porch and releasing toxins, noise and general anxiety into your perfect, quiet morning. Many cities in the United States have already banned the use of leaf-blowers, starting with Beverly Hills, California way back in the 1970s. While today’s leaf blowers have indeed become more efficient and somewhat less loud, we here at CATALYST magazine are suggesting you ditch your gas-powered leaf blower this fall. And if you’ve been thinking about buying one, perhaps let us persuade you not to.

Leaf blowers are inefficient Most gasoline-powered leaf blowers use a two-cycle engine, which requires the oil and gasoline to be a mixture when combusted. This type of engine is notably inefficient because when the mixture does not thoroughly combust, the engine begins to discharge an abundance of toxins such as carbon monoxide, nitrous oxide and hydrocarbons. Some lower-emission four-cycle engines are being introduced into the market a n d t h e re are

BY JANE LYON

some cleaner electric engine options as well.

Eco-harm As 200 mph winds from the machine blow away dead leaves and lawn clippings, with it go dried animal waste, fertilizers, pesticides, allergens, fungi, spores and even heavy metals like arsenic, mercury and lead, as well as important top soils and microbial life forms—into the air,

The machine’s 200 mph winds send dried animal waste, fertilizers, pesticides, allergens, fungi, spores and heavy metals as well as important top soils and microbial life forms into the air (and up your nose). into your open windows, up your nose,

Air pollution As if we didn’t already worry enough about air pollution in Salt Lake City, you might think that a small leaf blower s h o u l d be the least of our worries. But according to the New York Times, a single leaf blower can create the same pollution in one year as 80 cars on the road. The American Lung Association actually recommends that people simply stop using leaf blowers.

Noise pollution I’ve always been a proponent of the endnoise-pollution movement. The EPA agrees experiencing loud noises throughout the day can interfere with quality of life, degrade sleep and focus and increase feelings of aggravation. A moderate decibel level that does not disturb the human system is around 60 dB. That’s about the level of a normal human conversation. The average two-cycle leaf blower can get as loud as 102 dB. This machine pollutes the environment, harms local ecology and also affects the quality of life in more direct ways.

Alternatives Any professional landscaper will tell you that you can finish a job with a leaf blower much faster and better than the old-fashioned broom and rake. Some companies argue that bans would harm the success of their businesses. So, in the home state of the first ban on leaf blowers, the Los Angeles Department of Power and Water did a cycle of studies where a grandmother with a broom and rake was pitted against a professional landscaper with his choice of leaf blower. In each of three cycles the grandmother finished the job faster and actually did a more detailed job of cleaning. In Utah, if your concrete is edged with greenery, don’t be afraid to use the hose. Power off the sidewalk and water the brown-prone edges of lawn or garden at the same time. So let’s ditch the leaf blower. Lawn work is a chore, but it can also be rewarding and meditative. Experience mindfulness as you rake and sweep. Bring greater insight into your manual outdoor tidying—and more oxygen into your lungs. Find tranquility this fall. There are still no bans or restrictions on leaf blowers here in Salt Lake City and according to the City’s communications manager, Sophia Nicholas, there are “no plans for banning gas powered yard maintenance equipment.” However, the city is making an effort to “phase out” two-stroke engines in all equipment used by city maintenance teams and replace them with electric equipment. That leaves private businesses and city residents to make such changes voluntarily. For all the reasons named above, we suggest being the better neighbor, and landscaper, and leaving those villainous machines in the back of the garage. Our ears, noses and lungs thank you.◆ Jane Lyon is a senior in environmental and sustainability studies at the University of Utah and a former CATALYST intern, and is involved in producing the CATALYST Weekly Reader.

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September, 2016

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Creating a play about body image for kids

BY MELISSA LEILANI LARSON

ome of my fondest elementary school memories are of field trips to Honolulu— we lived on the North Shore of O’ahu— to experience plays, concerts and ballets. I’ve always wanted to write a play for young audiences and to somehow pass on what was shared with me all those years ago. When I was asked to write a play for Plan-B Theatre’s Free Elementary School Tour, I was both excited and terrified by the possibility.

If you’re in the fourth grade or about to turn 40, it’s vital to feel safe and secure in who you are. I started thinking a lot about my elementary school self. And then I decided to write about her. You see, I’ve never considered myself an attractive person. I don’t know that it’s ever been a bother or an issue; it’s always been a fact. My

mother is beautiful. My sister is a knockout. Also facts. If I ever manage to find regular success in this crazy career, people may know my name. But even if I do achieve some level of fame, I’ll never be one of People’s 50 Most Beautiful. Mostly that is fine. When you’re not pretty, you find other things at which to excel. You emphasize other traits and cultivate talents. You don’t spend time gazing in mirrors; you wander the hall while you brush your teeth. You don't sit around and say, “I wish I were beautiful,” because it’s not the most important thing. Somehow, though, in the strangely alienating yet invasive world we live in, after centuries of artistic and scientific advances—a person’s worth still manages to swing back to beauty. So much for the eye of the beholder. Even in the tumult of growing up, when life should be a blissful blur of fruit snacks, library books and kickball games, a child’s value hinges on appearance. On looks, on image. Really? How can a child grow up to be a healthy, functioning human being when society tells him or her what s/he should be and yet, in the same

breath, that s/he will never match up? In crafting The Edible Complex, I wanted to deal with those questions: how a child might consider issues touching on body image; and how adults can influence children simply by example. I wanted to use humor and imagination to give those questions resonance, and to tackle them from a new angle. I have never in my life been on a diet. It’s very possible that I should do so. To say that the late night combo of binge writing, Coke and pizza has led to the healthiest of lifestyles is a lie so farfetched it’s not worth telling. Maybe I’m the last person in the world who should tell kids that healthy eating matters. That looks, damn it all, are not everything. And even though looks really could matter less, it’s one of the hardest things a child can ever come to grips with: that s/he just isn’t one of the pretty ones and s/he never will be. Then again, maybe I’m exactly the right person. If you’re in the fourth grade or about to turn 40, it’s vital to feel safe and secure in who you are. So much of that starts when we’re children. My hope is that The Edible Complex, will be a good influence on boys and girls. Now I’m going to get some ice cream. Want some? ◆ Melissa Leilani Larson is an award-winning playwright and filmmaker. Plan-B previously performed her play Pilot Program. The Edible Complex, by Melissa Leilani Larson Plan-B Theatre Company’s 4th annual Free Elementary School Tour travels to 40 schools in six counties this fall. One public performance on will take place on Saturday, October 8 at 11am as part of Repertory Dance Theatre’s “Ring Around the Rose.” Tickets are $5 for ages 3 and up (kids 2 and under are free). The Edible Complex is accessible to children of all ages and genders. Details and tickets: PLANBTHEATRE.ORG

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Intuitive patterns for September 2016 Sometimes you just have to allow the flow of life to take you where it will BY SUZANNE WAGNER Osho Zen Tarot: Sharing, Going with the Flow, The Dream Medicine Cards: Whale, Coyote Mayan Oracle: Realm Shift, Ik Ancient Egyptian Tarot:The World, The Tower, Six of Swords Aleister Crowley Deck: The Universe, The Empress, The Chariot Healing Earth Tarot: Seven of Pipes, Justice, Five of Feathers Words of Truth: Discrimination, Opportunity, Self Love

earning to trust life more than your mind can be extremely difficult. But knowing everything is not possible and when you are in a state of change, nothing is predictable. This month you may hear the lonely song of the whale calling you to another world, another time, another place. You long for connection. And yet you may experience deception and trickery instead. Osho says, “We come alone into this world, we go alone. All togetherness is illusory. The very idea of togetherness arises because we are alone, and aloneness hurts.” In every situation, learn to move on with your life. By dwelling in the place of past hurts, you become blocked and unable to see the shifts happening all around. The habit of reliving past emotional trauma is distracting and prevents you from being present and seeing the perfection in this moment. It is through solitude that inner harmony is

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nous but it will also contribute to physical illness; the body can hold only so much before it begins to break down. Take this moment to see how those lessons and upsets have made you change and question certain parameters of your life. Notice that it is through challenges that you grow. By accepting past hurts and learning from them, you allow yourself to become more compassionate and gain wisdom as you age. Be careful of towers built on unstable foundations. Examine the stories you tell yourself. They form a fortress that may crumble to the ground if you’re unwilling to see the ego’s protection in the lies and illusions you’ve created to feel safe. Pain is often the tool that pushes us to embark on new journeys. That does not mean that all journeys have the outcome you wish or want. September makes us have to travel through some difficult landscapes. This is not a month to slow down and wait for a better moment that may never come. Keep going forward at all costs. Stopping is not advised. Unforeseen forces are at work in your life and a great wind is shifting you in ways that will help you integrate the polarities within yourself. ◆

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A monthly compendium of random wisdom for the home, garden and natural world BY DIANE OLSON SEPT 1 NEW MOON. Neptune reaches its closest approach to Earth tonight. With a telescope, you can see the blue disc-shaped planet. Did you know that you can check out a telescope from the Salt Lake County library system? SEPT 2 Director William Hal Ashby was born in Ogden, Utah on this day in 1929. After a hellish childhood, he moved to Hollywood, where he directed a score of classic films, including Being There, Shampoo, Coming Home, Bound for Glory and Harold and Maude.

SEPT 8 During the Carboniferous period, approximately 300 million years ago, dragonflies really were scary. They were carnivorous, feeding on squirrel-sized animals, and had wingspans topping two feet.

be a nice day to go to the 9th West Farmers Market at the International Peace Gardens. Each plot within the Gardens represents a different country.

SEPT 9 FIRST QUARTER MOON. Marriner Eccles, author,

SEPT 14 Tomatoes have more genes than humans: 31,760 to our 19,000 or so. More genes doesn’t mean more smarts; it’s more about how an organism uses and manages its cells. SEPT 15 Nature is very busy right now. Leaves are changing in the foothills; birds and mammals are stashing food; mushrooms are fruiting and bazillions of plants are maturing and dispersing their seeds.

SEPT 3 There’s still time for a quick fall garden: Beets, cabbage, kale, lettuce, radishes and spinach can all be planted now.

SEPT 16 FULL HARVEST MOON. The harvest moon is the full moon closest to the autumnal equinox. It rises just after sunset for several evenings in a row, and is out until dawn. SEPT 17 Drain it, close it, cover it: It’s time to winterize your air conditioning system or swamp cooler.

SEPT 4 Or, if you’re done with gardening, pull and compost spent crops (unless they’re buggy). Then plant winter rye, oats, hairy vetch or buckwheat, to feed and protect the soil until next spring. SEPT 5 Sapphire, September’s birthstone, was once believed to protect the wearer from snakes, improper thoughts, crankiness and stupidity. If only. SEPT 6 Pears are ripening. In The Odyssey, Homer lauds pears as “a gift of the gods.” I agree. Wild pear forests were once scattered from western Asia to southern Europe. SEPT 7 Pears get their unique, slightly gritty texture from sclereids, the same fibrous cells that make up apple cores. For fewer sclereids, pick pears before they are ripe—the neck doesn’t yield to gentle pressure—and let them soften indoors.

SEPT 18 Also, get your heating system ready. Change the furnace filter and make sure that vents are open and uncovered. The Old Farmer’s Almanac predicts chilly temperatures next week.

banker, economist, philanthropist, New Deal architect and chairman of the Federal Reserve, was born in Logan, Utah this day in 1890. He was one of 22 children born to industrialist (and polygamist) David Eccles. SEPT 10 Marigolds, basil and tomatoes—oh my! What smells better than a fall garden? Tomatoes ripen from the bottom up, so watch for the first blush of color down below. SEPT 11 This would

SEPT 12 In 2008, it snowed this week. Yuck. SEPT 13 Bird migration time depends on the bird’s diet. Insectivores, like most warblers, vireos and flycatchers, leave when insect populations start decreasing in late summer and early fall. Omnivores, such as sparrows, have the luxury of waiting for nice traveling weather. There are also birds, like the hermit thrush, that can switch diets in the fall, so that they, too, can enjoy a flexible flight time.

SEPT 19 Utah’s 18 species of bats are gorging on fruit and insects, preparing to either migrate or mate and then hibernate. Some mating male bats sing love songs to their leathery ladies. Yes, bats sing. And their songs are as complex as those of songbirds. SEPT 20 Soon, hibernating bats will be looking for a cool, airy place to overwinter. If you don’t want them in your belfry (or garage or attic), give them a house. Bat houses should be at least 12 feet off the ground, have 20 feet or more of clearance in the front, face south or southeast and get at least six hours of sun. SEPT 21 In Japanese Buddhism, the equinoxes are symbolic of the transitions of birth and death.

SEPT 22 AUTUMNAL EQUINOX. The fall equinox occurs at 8:21 this morning, as the Sun crosses the celestial equator from north to south. Night and day will be nearly equal around the globe. SEPT 23 LAST QUARTER MOON. Equinoxes occur on other planets that have a tilted rotational axis. Saturn’s are especially dramatic, as its rings face edge-on to the Sun. SEPT 24 Time to dig up tender bulbs like callas, dahlias and forsythia. Cure them in the sun for a few days, then wrap in newspaper and store in a cool, dark place. SEPT 25 Time, too, to divide and transplant spreading perennials, including rhubarb and strawberries. Both rhubarb and strawberries are heavy feeders, so they should be moved every three years or so. SEPT 26 For the record: beaver butts smell like vanilla. In fact, their anal excretions, called castoreum, are used in perfumes and FDA-approved food flavorings. Unfortunately—for everyone involved—castoreum has be “milked” from the beaver. Needless to say, it’s not used much anymore.

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SEPT 27 Cool word: Panpsychism, the concept of universal consciousness. SEPT 28 It turns out that homes in wealthy neighborhoods harbor more insects and arthropods inside than those in less affluent areas. It’s most likely due to denser landscaping outside. SEPT 29 Look for Mercury just above the crescent moon. In Sumerian times, around 5,000 years ago, Mercury was associated with Nabu, the god of writing. SEPT 30 Plant cornflowers, crocus, daffodils, dianthus, grape hyacinth, narcissus, primrose, scillas, snowdrops and tulips now for a beautiful spring 2017. You’ll be glad you did. ◆ Diane Olson is the author of Nature Lover’s Almanac, a content strategist at MRM/McCann and longtime CATALYST writer.

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