CATALYST Magazine May 2017

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IN THIS ISSUE

Volume 36 Issue 5 May 2017

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SLIGHTLY OFF CENTER DENNIS HINKAMP Cheer up, snowflakes.

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ENVIRONEWS AMY BRUNVAND

WORKSHOPS

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EDITOR'S NOTEBOOK GRETA DEJONG

Suzanne Wagner & Jennifer Stanchfield October 20-22

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WALKING WITH JOHN JOHN DEJONG Agnotology.

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RED BUTTE GARDEN’S WATERWISE TERRACES ADELE FLAIL Lessons in conservation and beauty

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TAKING THE GREEN (CAREER) PATH JANE LYON Six Utahns who found their way in the new economy.

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MAN AND MUSHROOM ANNA ALBERTSEN A new curator of mycology at the Natural History Museum of Utah.

SHADES OF INTIMACY

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RACCOON POOP IS A VERY BAD THING DIANE OLSON A yucky story, but knowledge will save the day.

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SO YOU THINK YOU KNOW ABOUT GREENBIKES? ANNA ZUMWALT The story of Salt Lake’s downtown bike share program.

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PEOPLE POWER ANNA ZUMWALT Whirlwind downtown tour in a pedicab.

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ARE WE INDIVISIBLE JERRY RAPIER Utah playwrights explore the psyche of the nation with stories about everyday people.

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GREENING YOUR YOGA PRACTICE CHARLOTTE BELL We take in prana through food, water, breath and what we “feed” our minds

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COMMUNITY RESOURCE DIRECTORY A network of businesses, organizations and individuals making a positive difference in our community.

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METAPHORS SUZANNE WAGNER May is a doozy of a month. Eat right, rest well and remember to meditate.

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CALENDAR OF EVENTS

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BRIEFLY NOTED STAFF

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HANGING OUT AT THE MALL MARLIN STUM Waiting for Washington, DC’s March for Science to begin.

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URBAN ALMANAC A. ZUMWALT, G. DEJONG, D. OLSON Nature, folklore, recipes, home remedies, history, inspiration and other small oddities.

SLIGHTLY OFF CENTER

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Cheer up, snowflakes

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BY DENNIS HINKAMP

know that my fellow snowflakes are going through the typical stages of grief associated with the loss of a loved o n e .

Our loved one was not Barak Obama so much as the liberal agenda that we clutched like a

squeaky dog toy.

Three months in, it is time to stop whining and start shining.

The war on coal is over, t h e bodies are buried, the medals h a v e been handed out and now we need to turn this frown upside down. It’s time to start Coal Tourism! Forget Arches National Park; it’s too crowded. Forget the Grand Staircase and Bears Ears, nose, throat or whatever; it’s too politically volatile. Who wants their vacation ruined by a bunch of Patagonia-wearing protesters? You know how popular those Civil War reenactment things are? Just think how many jobs coal-mining reenactment will create.

Have the family come to Eastern Utah to spend a weekend in a real re-opened coal mine! Kidsized picks, jump suits, hard hats and ventilators!

Get sprayed down with coal dust and have your photo taken with a black lung survivor! Dad gets to sit in one of the giant excavators, push buttons and yell like a drunk at a Packers game. Mom can

have a cup of tea with the other ladies and discuss how they are going to spend all the new cold hard carbon cash that’s going to be rolling in. As a semi-educational bonus, just down the road you can see the fossil remains of the dinosaurs and plants that died millions of years ago and became the coal we love so much today.

Of course, these reenactments are just the temporary tourism jobs to tide us over until the real boots in the ground jobs start rolling in.

It will take some time to retrain software developers and cosmetologists to extract coal, but we can do it.

Free from the tyranny of climate change regulations, we can take this spirit and let it trickle down through the economy.

For starters: We can reverse the engines on those huge worthless wind turbines, power them with clean coal and literally laterally blow the pollutants out of our state so they can be enjoyed elsewhere.

Sure, we got a lot of snow this year, but the winters are trending in the other direction. Now is the time to get ready for ATV and motocross madness on what will be formerly known as Utah’s ski slopes; Sunday! Sunday! Sunday!…

Okay, maybe not Sunday since it’s still Utah.

Electric cars were cute, but really why should the government subsidize these now that we know that reducing carbon emissions is a waste taxpayers’ money? How do we know? President Trump said so and it was confirmed by his press secretary.

Has anybody actually seen CO2 other than in a book? Don’t worry, though; all the remaining electric cars will make the coolest golf carts ever!

You’ll be able to keep your hey-look-at-me solar panels, but only if you string your own wire from your house to the grid in Central Utah right next to the clean coal plant.

We all know climate changes almost daily. Why should we have to pay people to research the obvious? Just join hands, snowflakes; there is going to be a double rainbow any day now. ◆ Dennis Hinkamp puts the chasm in sarcasm.

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ENVIRONEWS

Utah Legislature Environmental update

BY AMY BRUNVAND

Out for bear over prize redrock landscape

In the meantime, the Utah Office of Tourism (an official state agency) has put up a website promoting tourism to Bears Ears National Monument.

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tah may lose protection for some of its most treasured landscapes if Utah Republicans get their way.

At the urging of Utah’s congressional delegation, President Trump has signed an executive order telling the Interior Department to review national monument designations made over the past 21 years in order to evaluate whether their size could be reduced.

The time frame means that both Bears Ears National Monument and Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument are under threat.

In December 2016 Utah Republicans were furious after President Obama used the 1906 Antiquities Act to designate Bears Ears National Monument in southeast Utah. They immediately launched a disinformation campaign against the new monument, claiming that Indian tribes oppose it (in fact, 30 tribes support the Bears Ears Inter-Tribal Coalition), that it was a unilateral decision made without local input (in fact, the Interior Department has thousands of pages of documents that show communication with Utah politicians), and that monuments harm economic development (in fact,

studies by Headwaters Economics show that local economies typically expand after monument designation).

The Sutherland Institute, a Utah-based think tank that promotes conservative ideology,

Sutherland defines “local” as only people who live in San Juan County; in fact, polls show that about 71% of Utah voters favor keeping Bears Ears. launched an ad campaign asserting that locals don’t want Bears Ears (Sutherland defines “local” as only people who live in San Juan County; in fact, polls show that about 71% of Utah voters favor keeping Bears Ears).

In the 2017 General Session of the Utah Legislature, Utah Governor Gary Herbert signed

two ill-advised resolutions, one calling for reducing the size of Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument and the other calling to rescind Bears Ears National Monument.

National Monuments are controlled by the federal government, not the state legislature, but these two “message” bills were seen as a slap in the face by the Outdoor Retailers Association who reacted by moving their large summer and winter trade shows out of Utah as a protest against public lands policy that they say will hurt outdoor recreation businesses.

Legal experts don’t believe President Trump can unilaterally undo Utah’s National Monuments without assistance from the U.S. Congress. Since national parks and monuments are extremely popular with the public it’s unlikely that many members of Congress from outside of Utah would want to be on record voting against them. In the meantime, the Utah Office of Tourism (an official state agency) has put up a website promoting tourism to Bears Ears National Monument. ◆ Bears Ears Intertribal Coalition: BEARSEARSCOALITION.ORG. Interior Secretary Zinke: 202-208-7351.

Urban beavers vs.

Salt Lake County Can’t people and urban wildlife just get along? In April, Salt Lake County told property owners in Draper that they must remove beaver dams on Big Willow Creek because the dams violate flood safety rules.

The County wants to replace the beaver ponds with a rock-lined channel that wouldn’t provide the same wildlife habitat and ecosystem services as living beavers.

Ironically, The Utah Division of Wildlife resources has a highly progressive beaver management plan which calls for relocating and reintroducing beavers to promote watershed restoration.

The practice of sustainability re-

quires new approaches to help wildlife and people co-exist since wildlife corridors through urban areas help connect fragmented wildlife habitat.

For instance, in Logan, Utah beaver dams were threatening to e m t flood a Le Walmar t elp! ing lot but h par kr e searchers from Utah State University installed pond levelers so that the beavers could stay put. In 2013 a beaver dam saved the Salt Lake City water supply from contamination when it stopped a diesel fuel spill from spreading into Willard Bay. The case has been appealed. An administrative law judge will decide early this month whether the beavers and their dams can stay or must go.

David will be signing books after his performance.

Buy them at Weller Book Works or at our table in the Eccles Theater Lobby.

Two sets.

No opener.

See the stars in Utah Light pollution blocks the view of the Milky Way for nearly 80% of North Americans, but here in Utah we can still look up and see the heavens. In April, Antelope Island State Park became the latest Utah State Park to earn International Dark Sky Park certification from the International Dark Sky Association (IDA).

Dead Horse Point and Goblin Valley State Parks earned Dark Sky Park Certification in 2016; other certified Dark Sky Parks in Utah are Canyonlands, Capitol Reef, Cedar Breaks, Hovenweep, Natural Bridges and Weber County North Fork Park.

A new Consortium for Dark Sky Studies (CDSS) at the University of Utah is the first academic center in the world dedicated to discovering, developing, communicating and applying knowledge pertaining to the quality of the night skies. CDSS says that artificial light pollution wastes energy, confuses nocturnal wildlife, disrupts human circadian rhythms, and spoils a profound experience of awe and inspiration.

Consortium for Dark Sky Studies: DARKSKYSTUDIES.ORG

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Great Salt Lake on the rise After a wet winter, Great Salt Lake water levels are at last bumping up from record lows.

Lake levels have been declining since 2010 due to drought and human water use. Low water levels in the lake have significant consequences such lost bird habitat and as toxic dust blowing from the exposed lake bed.

“The biosphere gave rise to the human mind, the evolved mind gave rise to culture, and culture will find the way to save the biosphere.” – E.O. Wilson (2016: Half-Earth)

On Earth Day, Utahns march for science On April 22 (Earth Day), thousands of Utahns took to the streets again. People carried signs supporting evidence-based inquiry with slogans like, “Cancer doesn’t care about politics,” “Evidence over ignorance,”“We are made of starstuff,” “More science, less fiction” and “Global warming is real.”

Marches nationwide were concurrent with a March for Science in Washington D. C., organized to protest Trump Administration threats to cut federal science funding and Trump’s appointment of climate change deniers to cabinet positions.

In Utah, satellite marches took place in Cedar City, Moab, Salt Lake City, St. George, Logan, Park City and Springdale. Nobel Prize winner Dr. Mario Capecchi addressed the Salt Lake City crowd saying, “We have to start having a policy that will start curbing this global warming. I think it’s a fragile planet and it requires stewardship.”

Next: March for math?

At his recent Salt Lake City townhall meeting, Congressman Chris Stewart (R-Ut-2) boasted of his outdoor prowess and wondered why people assume that conservatives are anti-environment. The 2016 National Environmental Scorecard from the League of Conservation Voters explains why.

The scorecard ranks votes on selected environmental legislation on a scale of 100% (always

ENVIRONEWS

Even though water levels are predicted to keep rising through 2020 the lake will still be lower than normal.

Great Salt Lake Annual Level Prediction: CLIMATE.USURF.USU.EDU/GSL.PHP

voted pro-environment) to 0% (always voted against the environment). The lifetime LCV scores of Utah’s congressional delegation (calculated over their entire time in office) are all abysmally low.

Lifetime LCV Score 2% Rep. Rob Bishop (R-Ut-1) 3% Rep. Chris Stewart (R-Ut-2) 3% Rep. Jason Chaffetz (R-Ut-3) 1% Rep. Mia Love (R-Ut 4) 10% Sen. Orrin Hatch 9% Sen Mike Lee

reaches the Gulf of California. “The river is at a breaking point, with looming shortages in supply that could threaten the security of water and food supplies and a significant portion of the national economy.”

Worse, the Trump Administration’s proposed 2018 budget would cut funding for water conservation programs and could reverse progress that has been made to reduce water consumption in the Lower Colorado River Basin.

LCV Scorecard: SCORECARD.LCV.ORG

Bonanza Flat deadline looms

SLC urban trails growing longer Salt Lake City’s urban trail network keeps growing! You can see new Parley’s Trail construction along the south side of I-80 where 1.2 miles of new trail and pedestrian bridges will connect Sugar House Park to Tanner Park. When it is complete, Parley’s Trail will be an east-west trail linking the Bonneville Shoreline Trail and the Jordan River Trail.

New signs are also popping up around Salt Lake City to mark bicycle-friendly routes on “quiet streets” such as the McClelland Trail that runs from Fairmont Park to 800 South, almost to the doors of the CATALYST office.

SLC Transportation—Urban Trails: SLCGOV.COM/TRANSPORTATION/TRANSPORTATION-URBAN-TRAILS

Lower Colorado, America’s most endangered river A new report from American Rivers names the Lower Colorado as America’s most endangered river. Water users in the Lower Basin currently use so much water that the river dries up before it

America’s Most Endangered Rivers, 2017: AMERICANRIVERS.ORG

A coalition of 11 nonprofit organizations must raise $3 million before June 15, 2017 in order to save 1,350 acres in the Wasatch Mountains from upscale development. Bonanza Flat, at the top of Guardsman Pass, lies between Brighton, Park City and Deer Valley ski resorts and provides access to the Wasatch Crest Trail.

Save Bonanza Flats: SAVEBONANZAFLATS.ORG [NOTE: Be sure to include “s” for website. But the name really is Bonanza Flat.]

SLC climate action plan President Trump is busy appointing climate change deniers to his cabinet and threatening to renege on the 2015 Paris Agreement on climate action signed by President Obama. Without federal leadership on climate change, U.S. Cities have to lead the way towards climate-neutrality.

Salt Lake City is joining the effort with “Climate Positive 2014,” calling for a 100% renewable energy for community electricity supply by 2032 and an 80% reduction in community greenhouse gas emissions by 2040.

Climate Positive 2040: SLCGREEN.COM/CLIMATEPOSITIVE

EDITOR’S NOTEBOOK

Raccoons and rallies

BY GRETA BELANGER DEJONG

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:47am. I am awakened by a “thud!” near my head. Hm. Something on the roof. Scratching sound at the window. Malia the little dog is barking her head off. I raise the shade.

A small raccoon is sitting on my second story bedroom window sill.

Malia’s barking does not faze it. It finds me slightly more fierce, and scampered a few feet away. I wratchet open the window and it disappears into the deeper darkness.

In the morning I find that a pile of wooden shingles have been wrenched off the house under my window.

Admittedly the curious little rascal was cute as a puppy. But I’m (marginally) beyond the seduction phase. I don’t fall for the “they were here first” line because that’s not true; raccoons were brought west by 19th century settlers for the purpose of fighting and gambling.

I’ve seen the talons, heard the hissss, the mating screams that make one think to call the cops—and now, in this issue, our resident naturalist Diane Olson educates us about raccoon ringworm. Yep, it’s gross. (Diane loves gross and is very good at it.) For educational purposes we should have illustrated the story with a “raccoon latrine”—a pile of raccoon poop. But we wanted you to read the story, so we didn’t.

• • • I can’t believe I’m writing about raccoon poop instead of the Climate Change March (last week) and the Monumental March (for Bears Ears and Grand Staircase Escalante Monuments) next Saturday. Suffice it to say this town is alive and thriving with empowered people who are unafraid to show up for the things they love and wish to protect. While the reasons we must gather are sobering, there’s joy in the gathering. Lots of people are getting “A”s in civics.

Have you called a government official today? Or maybe faxes are more your style.

Check out ResistBot (RESIST BOT. IO). I’m making our U.S. legislators my new pen pals. I invite you to do the same. Text 50409 and get started. ◆ Greta Belanger deJong is the founder, editor and publisher of CATALYST.

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WALKING WITH JOHN

What are you reading for?

Overcoming ignorance, one book at a time

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BY JOHN DEJONG

just got back from a road trip to the Redwoods and Portland with my brother. The best part of Redwood National Park was closed because of downed trees.

Fortunately, another objective of my trip, a visit to Powell’s, the world’s largest independent book store, was more successful. I spent $360 and part of three days browsing their shelves of new and used books. I got a variety of psychology, sociology and political science as well as a bunch of science fiction by Phillip K. Dick.

If there were any one way to prepare for the unreality that characterizes American politics since the last election, it would be to read the works of one of the most imaginative sci fi writers of the 20th century. I started reading Phillip K. Dick when I found out that he wrote Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?, the basis for the 1982 classic Blade Runner. Dick also wrote the books that led to Total Recall, Minority Report, A Scanner Darkly, Paycheck and The Adjustment Bureau.

In the early ’80s, I found them too paranoid. It took more than a willful suspension of disbelief to read about a world under constant surveillance and a reality manipulated by powerful special interests.

In illusory superiority, people overestimate their own abilities and qualities.

This overestimation is greater, the less you know.

“His stories often become surreal fantasies, as the main characters slowly discover that their everyday world is actually an illusion assembled by powerful external entities, such as the suspended animation in Ubik, vast political conspiracies or the vicissitudes of an unreliable narrator,” Wikipedia explains.

This sounds ripped from the pages of today’s news (except for the suspended animation part, unless you believe that Senator Hatch is in suspended animation). My quest was to try to understand the recent plague of what was once called “yellow journalism”—a style of writing for publication based on sensationalism and halftruths.

In the late 1890s and early 1900s a circulation war broke out in New York. Most of the tricks of the yellow journalism trade—sensationalism, puffery and fiction masquerading as fact—were rediscovered or invented at that time. Today's media circus bears more than a passing resemblance to those days with willful media moguls dishing a daily diet of their philosophy and beliefs to the public.

One might wonder how many of Bill O’Reilly’s average of 4 million viewers are prisoners. As in, physically incapable of changing the channel, for reasons such as illness, incapacity or dementia. Don’t laugh, my recently departed mother probably spent the better, or worst, part of her last 10 years in such a state, entranced by Rupert Murdoch’s machine.

There are a lot of smart, less entranced people in America who are capable of recognizing truth when they see it. The truth may be obscured by the smoke and mirrors of the Faux News Channel and their ilk. but sooner or later the smoke will clear and the mirrors will break from the ugly illusions they reflect.

What are you hiding?

A blip on a very cluttered political radar scope recently was the Trump administration’s discontinuation of the public log of visitors to the White House, an Obama White House practice that gave the public a view of the type of people who visit and advise the president. The Trump White House eliminated the visitor log on the grounds that divulging the names of the people who advise the president might make them less willing to favor Donald with their advice. I suspect the real reason the Trump White House is

concerned is that the parade of sycophants, billionaires and lobbyists for foreign tyrants tramping in and out of the White House would make people think that the only people Trump listens to are sycophants, billionaires, lobbyists for foreign tyrants and the Faux News Channel.

But the problem isn't necessarily with the visitors or the advice they are giving, it’s with the recipient.

There’s a social psychological phenomenon called illusory superiority, or the Dunning-Kruger effect, where people overestimate their own abilities and qualities. It’s also known as the Lake Wobegone effect, where everyone is above average.

The study, titled “Unskilled and Unaware of It: How Difficulties in Recognizing One’s Own Incompetence Lead to Inflated Self-Assessments” (1999, and since replicated) showed this overestimation of ability is greater, the less you know.

So when you hear Donald says he’s ”really, really sure” about something, or that something is “the greatest,” you may want to consider the vast shallowness of his experience running a democracy.

Don’t steal this book (don’t buy it either) My last paycheck was stuffed between the pages of a review copy of Utah Senator Mike Lee's new book, Written Out of History. I suspect my editor wants me to review it.

Senator Lee says that, in today’s dumbed down primary educational environment, our children aren’t learning enough history—thanks, in no small part, to cost-cutting Republicans, but that’s another history.

Those who aren’t taught history are doomed to repeat it.

Senator Lee tries to unravel the compromise which is our constitution and pick up some of the justly discarded threads. He claims that the voices for small government and a loose confederation of states were left out of history.

Lee shouts “big government” like he’s trying to scare the kids with the boogeyman. Lee’s boogey-man is poorly fleshed out, like all good boogey-men. That way, when he says boo, the Second amendment folks fear for their guns, tax dodgers fear for their tax dodges and corporations fear for their corporate welfare, etc.

If you want a book that encourages learning how to make sense of our alternate-truth world, read Daniel J. Levitin's Weaponized Lies: How to Think Critically in the Post-Truth Era (Penguin 2016). Like Lee, Levitin also bemoans the lack of education in America, but rather than trying to rewrite history, he provides tools such as doing a quick calculation to determine the plausibility of a statement. Statistics are one of the most commonly manipulated and misrepresented type of information. Critical thinking can disarm misleading and false information. ◆ John deJong is CATALYST associate publisher. He likes to read books while he walks to work.

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GARDEN INSPIRATION

Red Butte’s waterwise terraces Climb into the Salt Lake foothills for lessons in conservation and beauty

BY ADELE FLAIL

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ardeners, prepare for a seduction of the senses: After over five years of planning and two years of construction, on May 20 Red Butte Garden will unveil their long-awaited three-acre Water Conservation Garden. For Red Butte’s staff, this project represents their personal, as well as professional, passions.

Red Butte Garden horticulturist Fritz Kollmann first got hooked on gardening when he took a permaculture class 12 years ago. The class turned his eye towards more site-specific and ecologically sound methods of gardening and eventually inspired the creation of this new permanent garden exhibit. Red Butte employees, visitors and volunteers were equally interested in seeing waterwise features incorporated into the Garden. “Absolutely everyone pushed for this,” says Kollmann.

With financial help from private donors, this new section will have room to spare: Following a meandering path leading from the familiar grounds up into the foothills, visitors will find “room” after “room” of landscape decor. It has long been stated

by Red Butte staff that this garden will go beyond the limits of the cacti and gravel that many envision when thinking of

xeriscaping—although, with over 500 types of plants thriving on the newly built terraces, succulent-lovers and cacti-aficionados will likely find something to their tastes.

According to Tres Fromme, the Florida-based designer who created the Water Conservation Garden, the plots have been carefully hydrozoned to take advantage of

Kollmann’s particular passion, however, is the food forest. This section uses shallow basins to help thirsty garden plants get the water they need. the ascending site, with more water-hungry plants living at lower elevations and hardier plants co-existing in the higher elevations of the terraces, alongside the naturally waterwise native plants of the foothills. Through his company, 3 fromme DESIGN, he has worked with botanical gardens around the country—from the United States Botanic Gardens in Washington, D.C., to the National Butterfly Center in Texas, to the Desert Botanical Garden in Ari-

zona—and is well versed in exploring the specific challenges and opportunities of site, community and region.

Fromme and the Red Butte Garden team had particular fun playing with the project’s patterns and colors across the various hydrozones.

“We wanted to show that you can have a garden that is just as beautiful if you water once a month, as you can if you water once a week...If you pick the right plants,” Fromme says.

To ease visitors from the familiar suburban lawnscape to the unorthodox design of water conservation gardening, the lowest terrace of the Garden begins with an imitation of the standard lawn-bordered-by-flowers look pioneered by English grande dame of gardening Gertrude Jekyll—the very look that puts fans of both “lush greenery” and “working within the ecological strictures of the dry southwest” into a bind. The Water Conservation Garden, however, has managed to replicate this look with plants that use significantly less water than a traditional green lawn. Those who come to this section of the garden may, in fact, discover that their current landscaping is more ecologically sound than they knew, as some of the plants used by the designers are already in widespread use The trick is to teach homeowners that they can water their plants significantly less and still get the same great look, sometimes even better.

Visitors in search of more inspiration in waterwise gardening explore upwards into the

dry-land rain garden, planted with water-loving flora that can conversely also withstand drying out. Kollmann hopes visitors will realize that this is a vital tool in maintaining landscaping in a desert climate, which tends to receive rainfall in bursts. A wellthought-out rain garden can help manage storm water and control run-off.

Kollmann’s particular passion, however, is the food forest. This section uses shallow basins to help thirsty garden plants get the water they need. A series of depressions collect rainfall from nearby sidewalks, and supplements and extends Red Butte’s traditional watering cycle. Going beyond simple veggie boxes, this garden should inspire those with intersecting ecological interests, suggesting ways to make both local eating and water conservation a possibility.

Visitors looking for more hardcore forays into waterwise gardening will find a panoply of plants to fire their imagination along the way. The real showstoppers are in the highest terraces. As Fromme reveals, “We wanted to emphasize the drama of the site: As you walk up, you don’t realize how big the garden really is, and it creates this choreographed unfolding as you ascend.” As visitors get higher and higher, and the amount of water used decreases, these manicured spaces come into contact with the wider natural landscape of the mountains. Don’t forget to survey where you’ve come from, advises Fromme, “As you turn around, there is a new relationship to what has come behind you, and at the top you get an amazing view out to downtown, and to Salt Lake as a whole.”

Salt Lake also has the hands-on, education-focused exhibits at West Jordan’s Conservation Garden Park. Red Butte’s Water Conservation Garden is different. “We want to capture people’s imagination with the beauty of the garden, and create a compelling experience,” says Fromme.

Kollmann agrees. “Even if you’re not interested in waterwise gardening, it is worth coming for the view.” That view, in which the arms of waterwise garden and foothill wilderness embrace the homes spread out below, suggests the beauty and pleasure available to those ready to give in to the temptations offered by Red Butte Garden. ◆ The Red Butte Garden Water Conservation Garden Grand Opening on May 20, 2017 will feature tours throughout the day. $12. 7pm: Tres Fromme will discuss the design and development of the project. Registration required. 801-5850556; WWW.REDBUTTEGARDEN.ORG/WATER-CONSERVATION-GARDENGRAND-OPENING/

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EVOLVING WORKPLACE

Taking the green (career) path A conversation with six Utahns who have found their way in the new economy, and some who help others find green paths as well

BY JANE LYON

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Read ahead and meet a few people who are s a recent grad from the University of Utah’s Environmental and Sustainabil- turning their interests into full-time green colity studies program, I am constantly lar gigs. Perhaps their stories can help you find being asked: What are you going to do your path into the “green collar economy.” with an environmental degree? My answer typically turns that question around: What will I not do with an environmental degree? I firmly believe that the green careers sector will not only continue growing but that, in this imperative hour, we must do everything we can to encourage its growth.

In The Green Collar Economy: How One Solution Can Fix Our Two Biggest Problems (HarperCollins: 2008), Van Jones breaks the environmental movement into three waves: the conservation movement of the Roosevelt administration; the federal regulation movement (think clean air and water acts) of the Nixon era (inspired by Rachel Carson’s Silent Spring); and, as the threat of climate change hangs over our heads, the investment movement that is happening now with the growth of the “green economy.”

One hundred and forty-five million people go to work in the U.S. every day. Imagine if each Name : Alyssa Kay and every one of those jobs was done from a Job Title: LEED AP, Energy Management Prosustainable perspective. The future would likely gram Manager look a lot more livable.

Company: Salt Lake Community College This third stage of environmentalism means Background : MA Architecture, University of the observe to responsibility a that we all have career paths we have chosen and see where Utah Eco-story: When Alyssa Kay graduated from that path could be refurbished into something University in 2003 with a focus on sustainthe a have me, like a little more green. And if you, yet uncharted course for your future, there are able design, she found that architects in Utah plenty of educational options available in Salt weren’t exactly designing for sustainability. So Lake City that can get you on a green career she moved and spent some time working various jobs in the South. path.

Then she lost her home in Hurricane Rita, You could go down the four-year degree path, or you can take some classes that offer weeks before giving birth to her son. She certificates of sustainability. Higher education moved again, this time back to Utah where she isn’t even always necessary in this green econ- took the first architecture gig she could get to omy. Many solar companies will train you upon support her family. “When the economy went down I took the opportunity to start my own hiring.

company and I finally got to do what I had wanted [sustainable design], but I had very little business,” she said in a phone interview.

Kay’s first big project was designing the first shipping container home in Salt Lake County.

She worked her way up to bigger projects, building the zero-energy Sego Lilly School, a small school focused on play-based and self-directed learning. She learned vicariously through the consultants she was working for.

Soon was offered a position in the Energy Management Program at Salt Lake Community College, which she runs today.

Program Pitch: The Energy Management Program is an Associates of Applied Science degree. Students who go through this program come from a variety of backgrounds—kids straight from high school, moms returning to school, or engineers looking to up their knowledge. Participants learn everything there is to know about the energy landscape in Utah and how energy is used in buildings.

The program teaches students about HVAC (heating, ventilation and air conditioning), lighting, the business of energy, calculating eergy use and even energy investing.

This program takes from 18 months to two years and costs on average $10,000. With this certificate you can go to work as an energy auditor for power companies, among many other things. “Its a great program for people who might not have experience in energy but they want to go into a green career that is handson,” Kay explains, but many people working for this degree are already employed in the energy sector and are looking to gain promotions with certificates in HVAC analysis, lighting efficiency and solar installation, the school’s newest program. Some business students take the “energy accounting” program.

SLCC Continuing Education Energy Management courses: SlccContinuingEd.com/program/energy-management

Name: Morgan Olsen Bowerman Job Title: Resource Recovery and Sustainability Manager Company: Wasatch Resource Recovery Background: Undergraduate in Music and Vocal Performance, Utah State University; Masters in Music and Choral Conducting, University of Nebraska, Omaha Eco-story: Bowerman had a “come to Jesus” moment while living in Washington, D.C., she says, and it pushed her to do something with more meaning.

At the time she was working for a D.C.-based NGO managing a micro-enterprise organization in northern Uganda. The job brought her face to face with trash. “There was no garbage pick up [where I was working]. It would get thrown in back alleyways, streets, gutters, sewer systems—and those who thought they were being responsible burned it in their backyards,” Bowerman recalls. She knew burning waste releases toxins that are then absorbed into the soil and lifted into the air. “I’ve always cared about the earth but I didn’t know I was an environmentalist until I saw this,” says Bowerman who began her own recycling project she called Recycling for Hope.

For nearly two years, until she got malaria and returned state-side, Bowerman did everything she could to divert waste into safer places. Back in the U.S., she landed a job at EcoCycle in Boulder, Colorado where she gained enough knowledge that, despite her lacking a formal degree, she was given the position of

Resource Recovery and Sustainability Manager at Wasatch Resource Recovery, Utah’s first anaerobic digester for food waste.

Program Pitch: Diverting food waste on an industrial level. The first anaerobic digester in Utah is set to be fully operational by June of 2018. Located in North Salt Lake (1380 West Center Street, just eight miles north of South Temple), this space will be used to capture methane that is created when naturally-occurring microorganisms break down organic waste without oxygen. The methane, a natural gas, can then be used to heat homes and run lights.

Another byproduct of the digester will be a carbon-rich fertilizer. That rich soil will initially be used to reclaim land along the north end of the Great Salt Lake. Eventually the fertilizer will be pelletized and sold at an industrial level.

This project is a public-private partnership between South Davis Sewer District (SDSD) and ALPRO Energy and Water. “Knowing that we throw out 40% of the food that is grown here in the U.S., it seems that the new ‘it girl’ on the block is food waste,” Bowerman says.

tal planning at Utah State University.

Eco-story: Originally from Logan, Wirth was first introduced to the concepts of organic gardening, herbalism and green design at Humboldt State University. When he returned to Logan to be closer to family, he got an internship at the USU Sustainability Office. “I changed my degree like five times through out college but mostly I took classes that were in sustainable food production,” says Wirth who graduates this month but plans on continuing his education with an eye on Geographic Information Systems design and a NEPA (National Environmental Policy Act) certification program at USU (a intensive training program through the College of Natural Resources). Wirth’s end goal is to work for the United Nations Food and Agricultural Organization.

Advice for Readers: “There are so many applications for environmental science. Right now, throughout the nation, the fastest growing energy job is wind turbine maintenance,” Wirth explains. His advice: Start working now, don’t wait until the end of your college experience to start a good job. Don’t leave college

Name : James Robert Sears Wirth Job Title: Sustainable Food Specialist Company : USU Student Sustainability office Background : Botany at Humboldt State University, Interdisciplinary Self-designed Degree focusing on plant science, environmental science, landscape architecture and environmen-

with zero experience in your field.

USU NEPA Certification Program: this short course prepares natural resource and environmental professionals to work effectively with NEPA documents. Proof of completed bachelor’s is required. Participants can apply and be admitted at any time. USU.EDU/DEGREES/INDEX.CFM?ID=194

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18 CATALYSTMAGAZINE.NET May 2017 Name: Bowen Humphreys Job Title: Co-founder and Chief Operations Officer Company: Zenith Sustainable Consulting Background: Environmental Studies with a Sustainable Business Focus, University of Montana.

Eco-story: After graduating college, Humphreys got an internship with the Sierra Business Council in California doing energy efficiency work in mostly rural areas and for small businesses. After a couple of years he decided start his own business, Zenith Sustainable Consulting. “We help business check the box in being a green business,” Humphreys explains.

So how can a business earn Humphreys’ green stamp of approval? “That could include addressing anything from basic energy use and carbon emissions to more complex issues like corporate charity,” he says.

On the Green Collar Economy: “Salt Lake City is surprising. It is kind of locked away, seemingly isolated, but it is absolutely the frontrunner when it comes to things like the green collar economy,” says Humphreys. “That is one of the reasons why we started up here.

Other cities like Seattle already have a solid reputation for being sustainable. Salt Lake is not far behind.”

Name: Sarah Lappé Job Title: Communication & Development Coordiator Company : University Of Utah Sustainability Office.

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EVOLVING WORKPLACE leader for the planet,” says Lappe.

Advice for readers: Millennials are looking for issues to get behind.

Find and support an organization that is aligned with your values. “All experience is good experience,” Lappe reminds us. “Your first job out of college could be working in retail and you are going to gain experience. Take that experience, grow as a professional and seek those opportunities that are sustainabilityminded.”

Background : Masters degree from Westminster College in professional communication.

Eco-story: During school, Lappe helped her brother run Cafe Niche, a dining establishment with a farm to table mission. “Once a week I got to greet the farmers and talk with them about their crops. I met this lady who cared so greatly for her heirloom tomatoes and then I would watch my brother turn her produce into something fantastic,” remarks Lappé. She attributes her time spent at Niche as a huge inspiration for her own commitment to sustainability.

After receiving her masters degree, Lappé was offered a position at the University of Utah Sustainability Office. “I was hired to essentially do communications like writing blogs and social media, branding and creating the website, PR campaigns, just to name a few,” says Lappé.

“From there the administration recognized my talent and asked me to take on this development role where I get to help others express their philanthropic wishes.”

Program Pitch: The University of Utah Sustainability Office is an advocacy group on campus promoting sustainability through programs and partnerships. While they support the Environmental and Sustainability studies program at the University, they also offer certificates in Sustainability to anyone in any college.

The office also runs successful campus campaigns that encourage alternative transportation and recycling, and advocate for environmental and social justice. They also train faculty in integrating sustainability ideas into their curriculum. “I call myself a cheer-

U of U Sustainability Office: Student internship opportunities include edible campus gardens steward (recruit and manage garden volunteers, coordinate garden activities), sustainability ambassadors (assist in development and implementation of camups sustainability projects through social media and marketing), farmers market student manager, sustainability office assistant (participate in day-to-day office operations including greeting visitors, planning events, scheduling meetings). All internships are currently taking applications. SUSTAINABILITY.UTAH.EDU/ABOUT/INTERNSHIPS/

Name : Beverly Brewer Job Title: Student Sustainability Coordinator Company : Weber State University Background : Currently pursuing a Bachelor of Science in geography, emphasis on Environmental Studies, Weber State University.

Eco-story: Beverly Brewer started college set to declare a geography degree and focus on her passion for food and its relation to the environment. “I wanted to improve the way food is grown and reduce its environmental impact, and that is still true for me today,” says Brewer.

“It was later on in my degree that I learned what the green economy encompassed and that I was developing lucrative skills and knowledge to be successful within the business field.”

Today, she works at Weber State University in the Energy and Sustainability Office (ESO) as the Student Sustainability Coordinator. The office implements strategies and projects designed to achieve the University’s ultimate goal of becoming carbon neutral by 2050. Her job is to assist with these goals and to offer peer-topeer training through the Environmental Ambassadors program (for which she is currently president).

Program Pitch: The Environmental Ambassadors program is an outlet for students who want to be informed and involved with environmental initiatives. The program also supports individuals with projects designed to improve sustainability in our campus commu-

Curated Film Media Education Artist Support

Upcoming Free Film Screenings

TOXIC PUZZLE

A scientist explores toxins created by pollution that may be responsible for the rise in ALS and Alzheimer’s.

Official Selection: 2017 Newport Film Festival

Tuesday | May 2 | 7pm The City Library 210 E. 400 S. , SLC

Q&A with Director

BENDING THE ARC

The doctors and activists whose work in a Haitian village grew into a global battle for the right to health for all.

Official Selection: 2017 Sundance Film Festival

Wednesday | May 3 | 7pm Rose Wagner 138 W 300 S, SLC

Skype Q&A with director

would suggest evaluating the skills and professional experience you have gained in any previous or current job and see how it can be applied to the green economy.

Maybe you’ve been a plumber your whole life and now decided you want to be part of the green economy. You don’t have to necessarily learn a whole new set of skills because the greening of any business is possible. However, gaining a deeper understanding of sustainability in your particular job field would provide you with better tools in entering the green economy.” ◆ Jane Lyon was CATALYST’s intern two years ago. She is now a part of our staff.

The impact of the destruction of culture during wars, in an attempt to erase collective history and identity.

Utah Premiere

Wednesday | May 17 | 7pm UMFA 410 Campus Center Dr , SLC

Skype Q&A with director

WOMEN WHO KILL

Satire on contemporary romance, telling the story of the love affair between two female crime podcasters.

Winner: Best Screenplay in a U.S. Narrative Feature Film–2016 Tribeca Film Festival

Thursday | May 18 | 7pm The City Library 210 E. 400 S. , SLC

SHAUN THE SHEEP

LAST MEN IN ALEPPO

Official Selection: 2015 Sundance Film Festival

Winner: Grand Jury Prize World Cinema Documentary–2017 Sundance Film Festival

Saturday | May 6 | 11am The City Library 210 E. 400 S. , SLC

Tuesday | May 23 | 7pm The City Library 210 E. 400 S. , SLC

MINUSCULE: Valley of the Lost Ants

WINTER ON FIRE:

Winner: Best Animated Film–2015 César Awards

Over 93 days in Ukraine, what started as peaceful student demonstrations became a violent revolution and civil rights movement.

When Shaun decides to take the day off and have some fun, he gets a little more action than he bargained for.

nity. The office has also implemented the Green Department Certification Program which incentivizes offices to incorporate sustainability into their behavior and work environment. Participating teams earn points for things like having Energy Starcertified electronics, stocking paper with recycled content and how well they recycle. The Environmental Ambassadors also assists with the annual Intermountain Sustainability Summit at Weber State University.

On the Green Collar Economy: “Green collar jobs having been growing in Utah, especially in the solar industry,” says Brewer. “I

THE DESTRUCTION OF MEMORY

Enter the world of insects in this wonderfully exciting and inventive award-winning animated film.

Tuesday | May 9 | 7pm The City Library 210 E. 400 S. , SLC

Post-film discussion

An unforgettable portrait of “White Helmets”–first responders who rush toward bomb sites while others run away.

Ukraine’s Fight for Freedom

Tuesday | May 30 | 7pm The City Library 210 E. 400 S. , SLC

Q&A with Director

EVER THE LAND

CRIES FROM SYRIA

Official Selection: 2016 Big Sky Documentary Film Festival

Official Selection–2017 Sundance Film Festival

Wednesday | May 16 | 7pm The City Library 210 E. 400 S. , SLC

Wednesday | May 31 | 7pm The City Library 210 E. 400 S. , SLC

An exploration of the sublime bond A harrowing exploration of the between people and their land through humanitarian crisis & devastating civil war a landmark architectural undertaking. in Syria that has transpired since 2011.

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Q&A with Director

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MAN AND MUSHROOM

Bryn Dentinger Explorer of Earth’s mycological mysteries — and new Curator of Mycology at the Natural History Museum of Utah

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BY ANNA ALBERTSEN

r. Bryn Dentinger, recent arrival to the University of Utah’s academic forces, is a mycologist. Yes, a scientist who studies mushrooms, here in Utah. And why not?

Scientists are just starting to recognize the important role of fungi in almost every environment on Earth and Dentinger is one of the top guys in the field. In fact, Dentinger and his work might be one of the most interesting things happening, under the radar, on the University campus today.

Dentinger is impressive in many ways, starting with his academic credentials. After earning his PhD in 2001 from the University of Minnesota, he spent two years developing a method of mushroom DNA barcoding at the Royal Ontario Museum at the University of Toronto. He was granted funding from President Obama to study the evolution of mushroom mimicry in Dracula orchids. In 2012, mushrooms took him and his family to London where he accepted the position of Senior Researcher in Mycology at the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, a job that he left only last fall to step in as Curator of Mycology at the Natural History Museum of Utah. He’s also an associate professor in the Department of Biology at the University of Utah.

Young (not quite 40), tall and handsome, the Duluth native looks like a guy who spends his time climbing mountains and fording rivers, and he is that guy. Dentinger’s mycology research, whose regions of study include Brazil, Ecuador, Indonesia, Madagascar, Malaysia and Viet Nam, often takes him on remote field explorations.

In the late 2000s, while Dentinger was working for the Royal Ontario Museum, filmmaker and photographer Joshua See tagged along to see what was happening with the University’s explorer-scientists as they retraced the steps of the Royal Geographic Society’s 1978 biodiversity expedition, collecting observations and species samples of bats, insects and mushrooms, to track environmental adaptations to rapid global change. BDentinger and his col-

leagues conducted their studies while based out of a hut constructed of metal sheeting, deep in the steep timbered mountains of Borneo’s Gunung Mulu National Park, a place so inaccessible that direct human impacts on the ecosystem are almost nonexistent (though scientists are seeing plenty of indirect impacts due to climate change). “There’s over 20,000 different species of fungi in Borneo,” Dentinger told the filmmaker. “We’ve maybe documented 150 of them. The task is gigantic but we also find it stimulating. We might find something no one has seen before.”

Finding something yet undiscovered in the world of mycology, in Borneo as well as in Utah, would not be difficult. The study of fungi has long been overlooked largely because some of the most crucial fungi are nearly invisible to the naked eye. Deep underground, connected to the roots of trees and other

Fungi are amazing organisms.

They play a critical role medicine (antibiotics), biotechnology, and foods (yeasts, fermentation) with many yet unrealized and underexploited applications. But there is still so much to understand about fungi. plants, fungi perform hidden roles. “The primary decomposers of dead organic material are fungi. Without them all the dead plant material (leaves, woods, etc.) and animals would accumulate, smothering life on the ground and locking up nutrients needed by future generations,” says Dentinger. Fungi play other important roles in ecosystems, “for instance, most land plants depend on mycorrhizae, or mutualistic fungi, living on and in plant roots, for survival. At the same time, pathogenic fungi are some of the most notorious pests of our food crops and have large impacts on plant and animals worldwide.”

Fungi are amazing organisms. They play a critical role in medicine (antibiotics), biotechnology and foods (yeasts, fermentation) with many yet unrealized and underexploited applications. But there is still so much to understand about fungi. Even their basic role in the soil is still not clearly understood.

The untapped potential in these little organisms is power that Dentinger hopes to better understand.

Mushrooms, he believes, could play a significant role in addressing some of our biggest environmental problems.

Most recently he has been investigating the diversity, ecology and evolution of ectomycorrhizal fungi

that live around the roots of plants in the tropical forest in Cameroon where a single species of tree, caesalpinioid legumes, dominates the landscape.

Such a strikingly homogenous forest is atypical for tropical forests, known for their biodiversity. The observation of such a dominant species initiates a lot of questions. “There’s never been a systematic survey of the fungi in these forests,” explains Dr. Dentinger.

“Much of what we are finding is new or barely known. In just a single three-hectare plot we’ve alBioremediation: “the use of either ready documented over 200 species of fungi and denaturally occurring or deliberately scribed four new species and one new genus that introduced microorganisms or other live on the roots of this one species of tree.” forms of life to consume and break Dentinger suspects that what is happening in this down environmental pollutants, in Cameroon forest is similar to another tropical forest order to clean up a polluted site.” in South America where ectomycorrhizal fungi allow one species of tree to dominate the canopy. n March 2017 I was given the inDentinger and his team are currently testing a credible opportunity to attend biogeographic hypothesis about the orithe BioRemid 2017 Internagin of the fungi in the African and tional Conference on South American tropical forests.

Bioremediation, held The fungal lineages, they susin the stunning and pect, could come from a comhistoric city of mon ancestor that was living Granada, Spain. during the time of Pangea.

The conference Understanding how these brought together forests work, how they are scientists and insimilar and what conditions dustry profescreated them is, he says, “essionals from sential to predicting how around the world [these fungal and forest comto share the munities] might be impacted newest advances by a changing climate, helping and innovations reus to find ways to sustain and regarding environmenstore it.” tal issues.

We now know fungi are intricately Discussion topics inwoven into the fabric of our ecosystem, Anna in Granada cluded using bioremediation but we only know about 2% of what is out to combat the spread of there. Creating informed conservation decisions for human pharmaceuticals, veterinary fungi becomes difficult because of our sorely lacking medicines, industrial chemicals and knowledge of fungal diversity. abusive drugs, and priority polluDentinger believes we are likely losing more fungi tants such as heavy metals and hythan scientists have the capacity to document. Nevdrocarbons. Also discussed were ertheless, he and many other mycologists are dedinew technologies in biotreatment cated to identifying new species and genuses that use nanoparticles, surfactants, because they believe that fungi could contribute enbiopolymers and membranes, and vironmentally friendly solutions to sustainable fuel consortium-based strategies such production and refuse processing, new medicines as new microbial formulations, phyand biotechnology, and help scientists reestablish toremediation, rhizoremediation, critical ecosystems. algae and their bacterial consortia.

While Dr. Bryn Dentinger continues his important Conversation regarding biofuels, work around the globe he’s excited to also focus on biorefineries, composting and his new home and his role as curator for the Muanaerobic digestion brought the seum of Natural History. “I feel strongly that museconference to a close. ums fill an essential niche in society,” he says. “They These people are working beare both custodians of the artifacts that chronicle cause they care about our environthe history of life and a well-spring of knowledge ment and our health. Meeting them on natural history and regional heritage.” ◆ and being a part of this knowledge

Bioremediation as a tool to help the environment: an international effort

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Anna Albertsen is a senior in the University of Utah Environmental and Sustainability Studies program.

She is CATALYST’s intern.

exchange inspired my hope in the real possibilities of remediating devastated sites.

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BACKYARD NATURE

Raccoon poop is a very bad thing A yucky story, but knowledge will save the day

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accoons are cute. So cute.

Those leathery little hands.

The bandit mask and poofy striped tail. So. Darn. Cute.

They’re crazy-smart, too, particularly city-dwelling raccoons. Like smarter than cats and dogs; maybe even smarter than rhesus monkeys.

They can get just about anywhere they want to get and open just about anything they want to open, and they pass their knowledge to their kits.

They also have impressive longterm memories and a vocabulary of 50-plus weird and wonderful sounds that range from chirps to whoops to gargles to trills.

Yup, raccoons are cute, smart and fascinating. They’re fun to watch, freaky to hear and damn near impossible to keep out of gardens, garages, garbage cans, fish ponds and even homes.

And their poop can kill you.

Wait, what?

OK, not their poop exactly, but what commonly lives in it.

That would be Baylisascaris procyonis (B. procyonis), also known as raccoon roundworm, a parasite than can invade the eyes (ocular larva migrans), organs (visceral larva migrans) or the brain a n d spinal cord

(neural larva migrans). Kids and dogs are particularly susceptible to it, as they’re the ones most commonly grubbing around in the dirt.

I know what you’re thinking right about now: If this is actually a thing, then why don’t I know about it?

And it’s a darn fine question. You should know about it. And you probably would if the state still provided assistance or information or much of anything, except a moldy old PDF on the Health Department’s website. But we’ll talk more about that later.

Anyway, B. procyonis is a nasty, dangerous, nematode that can do horrible, deadly things to people and animals. And what’s super creepy about it is that nobody knows how just many people or pets it actually affects.

Where does it come from?

Though it apparently does them little or no damage, raccoons are B. procyonis’ definitive host. The worm is both acquired and spread primarily in feces, though they can also become infected by eating one of the parasite’s many intermediate hosts, which include rodents, birds, rabbits and squirrels.

B. procyonis hatches and develops to maturity inside the raccoon’s intestine, where it produces up to 250,000 eggs per day. The eggs—

which are seriously sticky, resistant to everything but fire and remain viable for up to six years—are shed in the animal’s feces. After two to four weeks, they embryonate and become infectious.

That’s where people come in.

BY DIANE OLSON

brains are more likely to suffer permanent or fatal damage. A 2005 study puts it bluntly: “To date, all survivors have been left in a persistent vegetative state or with severe residual deficits.”

Still another highly unpleasant fact about B. procyonis infection has How do you get it? recently come to light: Dogs, as well And what does it do? as raccoons, can act as primary host.

So if your dog rummages around in Humans—most often children— a raccoon latrine, or chews on an inaccidentally ingest B. procyonis fected mouse or bird or squirrel, not eggs when working or playing in only can it become infected, it can the dirt, though the icky, sticky eggs also spread the parasite through its can adhere to anything, including feces. rocks, leaves, bark, lawn furniture And unlike raccoons, dogs with and even toys. All it takes is an unB. procyonis aren’t guarded moment of asymptomatic. Like ineating or drinking fected humans, they B. procyonis with dirty hands or can suffer organ damgloves. Toddlers, who symptoms age, go blind and die tend to explore the in dogs from it. world via their mouth, I’m sorry, I know this • Abnormal increase are most at risk. is disgusting and disin muscle tension Once the eggs are turbing. I’m nauseous swallowed, they hatch • Difficulty swallowwriting it. But it’s imporing in the intestine. The tant to know, so bear worms then break • Vomiting and loss with me. The superthrough the intestine of appetite gross part is over. wall and migrate up• Lethargy wards to the brain. As

How common

they travel, they can • Circling or rolling is this disgustfatally scar and inflame • Holding the head ing parasite? the liver, heart, lungs to one side, with and eyes. muscle spasms Raccoons with B. proIf you’re wondering cyonis are found • Loss of balance how, consider this: throughout the U.S. and and coordination Adult worms are 5-8 Canada, with infection inches long and 1/2 • Excessive need to rates ranging from 68% lie down inch wide. We’re talkto 100%, depending on ing earthworm-size • Tremors the area. parasites, not microAnd while I can’t find • Fatigue scopic ones. And any population estithey’re eating, excret- • Blindness mates for the Salt Lake ing, and dying in there. • Rigidity Valley, it’s a safe bet that Once the worms pretty much every reach the brain...well, it neighborhood, park ain’t pretty. The severity of the dam- and green space hosts at least one age depends on the number family. So let’s assume there are inof worms. One autopsy fected raccoons pooping somefound 3,200 of where within your daily orbit. them.

Children, The good news is, human infecwith their propor- tion with B. procyonis is rare. At least tionally smaller documented cases are.

As of 2012, fewer than 25 cases had been verified in the United States, with about a third of the cases being fatal. Findings indicate, though, that most cases are misdiagnosed or undiagnosed, since it’s not really on anyone’s radar. And when an adult dies of liver disease, a heart attack or lung damage, or a young child dies of encephalitis or meningitis, an autopsy isn’t always performed. Especially of the brain.

Researchers are also discovering that subclinical, or asymptomatic, infection could be fairly common. A study in Chicago found that 8% of the kids tested had antibodies to the parasite, though none had shown symptoms. Other studies have found antibodies in a sizable population of adults, meaning they probably had at least a few larva lurking somewhere in the body.

A 2006 clinical microbiology study puts it this way: “Although documented cases of human baylisascariasis remain relatively uncommon, widespread contamination of the domestic environment by infected raccoons suggests that the risk of exposure and human infection is probably substantial.”

How is B. procyonis diagnosed?

There’s no commercially available test for B. procyonis infection.

Which means that unless the patient mentions that they or their dog might have come into contact with raccoon feces, the odds of a diagnosis of a diagnosis of B. procyonis are just about nil.

The only other way to diagnose it is by ruling out other infections that cause similar symptoms, and then do blood and cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) tests and check the eyes for larva or lesions.

Early symptoms—which typically develop two to four weeks after infection—can range from fever, nausea and lethargy, to seizures, confusion and loss of coordination.

As the worms migrate, the symptoms change. In the liver, they cause inflammation and swelling; in the lung and heart, coughing and chest pain. Once they reach the head, light sensitivity,

Don’t Attract them • Don’t feed your pets outside, and be sure to close cat and dog doors at night. I also put an open bottle of bleach in front of my cat door when I know the raccoons are active in my yard.

• Keep BBQ grills clean and store trash in raccoon-proof cans.

• Make sure compost piles are tidy and hot.

• Close off chimneys, exhaust pipes and attics with ¼-inch mesh hardware cloth, boards or metal flashing, making sure that all connections are flush and secure.

• Trim trees back from the roof • Don’t grow grape or other fruit-bearing vines against or near the house.

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• Connect lights or sprinklers to a motion detector. Though raccoons can become pretty blasé about lights.

If you have them Standard precautions should be used when cleaning up. It is nothing to get freaked out about, but: • Use gloves.

• Practice good hand washing.

• Double bag it before putting it in the trash.

• If it is really dried out, don’t inhale particles.

• Get rid of the problem raccoons.

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Be aware, but don’t freak out Have a raccoon problem?

• Get a live trap, aka Have-a-Heart trap. (Vanilla-soaked twinkles are a most reliable bait.)

• Visit: www.slcgov.com/community-councils/community-organizationsgood-neighbor-resource-guide For live raccoon removal call USDA Wildlife Services at (385) 419-3405. You may have to leave a message, but you will get a call back.

• The raccoon expert will come to your location, take the trap (with raccoon) to their location where the raccoon will be “put to sleep” just as a pet owner might have their end-of-life furry baby “put to sleep,” via injection. This is all for free. The trapper is a Wildlife Specialist for the USDA, running the Urban Wildlife Assistance Program. This guy has gone to school, college, studying wildlife. He knows his stuff. Treat him with respect.

• The raccoon may undergo brain stem and blood tests for rabies, plague, distemper and tularemia. They do not routinely test for the raccoon roundworm.

• If you come across a piece of raccoon poop in your backyard, simply exercise extreme caution when handling it. Google “how to handle raccoon poop” and read the precautions. Wear heavy duty gloves (or use layer upon layer of plastic bags). Dispose with trash.

• If, on the other hand, you chance upon a real raccoon latrine do call a professional. FYI raccoons like to “go” in specially designated areas, called latrines. We’re talkin’ a pile of poop. Do not deal with this on your own. Call a professional.

• If you think a raccoon may have pooped or peed on your vegetables or herbs, wash them before eating. What raccoons more often carry is leptospirosis and giardia. Both these diseases can be transmitted by urine as well as feces.

• It is illegal (in Utah) to relocate raccoons as they are considered a “vertebrate pest” (not protected by the state) and can endanger other animals by their displacement.

• Roughly less than half of the raccoons tested have tested positive for raccoon roundworm. That is about the national average. The number of human and pets reported affected is much (much, much, much….lower).

• Raccoon roundworm does not kill the raccoon. The parasite spends its time in the raccoon host’s intestines and then is passed out.

• The chances of us and our pets catching this are “pretty slim.”The chances are there, but it’s “not a huge public concern.” You literally have to ingest the feces.

• Salt Lake City proper has the highest reported numbers of raccoons in Salt Lake County. Many raccoon calls hail from the Avenues, Capitol Hill and Rose Park neighborhoods, and all across the valley, from the Oquirrhs to the Wasatch. A raccoon was picked up from the front of the Courthouse downtown Salt Lake City just last fall. Numbers go up in the summer (with a higher number of babies, “cubs”), but winter yields more adults and “sub-adults.” This season, the USDA gets roughly 10-14 raccoons calls each day.

• The Salt Lake County Animal Services offers this program through their agreement with the USDA. Not all cities in the county participate, however. The county invited each city, but the city had to elect to be a part of it, and pays a certain amount of money, per resident, to be covered in this program. Sandy City has opted out.

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blindness, encephalitis and meningitis can occur.

What’s the treatment?

Yeah, this part sucks, too.

In humans, anti-parasitic drugs and corticosteroids may help in the early stages of infection, particularly if the person is asymptomatic. But once the worms start migrating upward, not much can be done. Except in the eyes, where laser treatment and corticosteroids have been successful.

In dogs, treatment is the same, though often more successful. Corticosteroids and successive doses of heartworm medication have proved to be effective against worms outside the brain. In the brain—well, not so much.

The lesson here is, if you’ve been exposed to aged raccoon poop and feel weird, get checked. Fast.

So, where do raccoons poop?

Fortunately, raccoons are gregarious and tidy poopers; rather than going just anywhere, they typically defecate in communal sites, called raccoon latrines.

Raccoons, like people, prefer to poop on flat surfaces, so latrines are often located around woodpiles and the bases of trees, or on flat rocks or stumps. Unfortunately, they also like to go in attics, sheds, sandboxes and rain gutters, and on roofs, porches, chimneys and decks.

The propensity toward communal pooping is both good and bad. While the feces are generally contained in one area (though I did once find a single, random turd on my deck), that area is highly contaminated.

So check for multiple poops in flat areas around your house and yard. The feces are long and cylindrical, similar to dogs’, but drier and with bits of berries and seeds. They’re also much stinkier than dog and cat poop.

OK, so what do you do if you do find raccoon ’doo?

Raccoon poop should be treated like hazardous waste. And, as such, it has to be disposed of very carefully and specifically.

The trouble is, the eggs are

damn near impossible to kill. They stay viable forever, and there’s nothing you can spray on them. They’re resistant to acids and bases, oxidants and reductants, and protein-disrupting agents. You pretty much have to set them on fire to kill them.

So what do you do?

If you find a raccoon latrine in your yard or roof, you can hire a reputable wildlife control company to clean it up.

And, ideally, remove the raccoons. (However, if you have an appealing setup, it may not be long before another family moves in.)

If you decide to do the cleanup yourself, see the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention instructions: WWW.CDC.GOV/PARASITES/ BAYLISASCARIS/RESOURCES/RACCOONLATRINES.PDF for how to do it safely.

Also, remember that the eggs in fresh scat aren’t yet infective, so patrol often and regularly, and dispose of both dog and raccoon poop immediately.

I thought they were my friends, but no…

So yeah, sorry, this is a pretty grim article. Without even mentioning the other things that our masked friends can carry, like rabies and giardiasis, leptospirosis, salmonella and lice.

And trust me, I too find this all profoundly disturbing, as I have a very close acquaintance with a local raccoon family.

They’ve been in my house, opened my cupboards and enjoyed the comfort of my sofa. All uninvited, of course.

At first I thought it was awesome and exciting. I mean, they are incredibly cool animals, aside from their disgusting parasites. Sadly, the more I learn about them, the less thrilled I am to host them. And the more I’m doing to discourage them from sticking around.

You should do the same. ◆ Diane Olson is the author of A Nature Lover’s Almanac and a longtime CATALYST contributor. She loves writing about the natural world, in all its wondrous weirdness.

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MAY IS NATIONAL BIKE MONTH

So you think you know about GREENbike?

The behind-the- scenes story of Salt Lake’s downtown bike share program

BY ANNA ZUMWALT

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GREENbike Executive Director Ben Bolte & UMOCA Executive Director Kristian Anderson

ou may have seen them before, those green bikes parked on the long racks downtown, peddled by tourists toting cameras or men and women in business suits. Those green bikes are part of our local bike share program. Here are some things you may not already know about them:

think they can just throw the bikes out into the system and it’ll be fine, that everything will balance itself out.” But Arellano knows first hand that’s not the case, having started on the team at the very beginning in 2013 as a “rebalancer” (aka “tech 1”) driving bikes back and forth from full stations to empty ones. “Have a plan,” he says.

Inspired by the White bike share in Amsterdam and France

The founder was not a “bike person”

Bike share started in Europe. The first bike share was launched in Amsterdam in 1965 but it failed when most of the bikes were lost—some were found in the city’s canals. In the 1970s, progressive university towns such as Madison, Wisconsin had spray-painted fat-tired beater bikes all over downtown and campus. Now, smart bike share systems are becoming a thing in cities around the globe.

On the bike-sharing world map, Salt Lake is marked proudly with a bike symbol. “We’re the only ride share in Utah,” says Anna Loughridge, GREENbike communications & resolutions coordinator. Other Utah cities are interested in being on the map, too.

“They’re asking us for advice,” Cameron Arellano, the program’s operations manager, says. “I tell them, hey, before you put any bikes out there, have an operations team. Many cities, it seems,

Before GREENbike, Ben Bolte was a car guy (“I had a Mustang,” he told me). Bolte had worked at Mayor Becker’s office before moving over to the transportation division. The poli sci and business major wasn’t thinking much about bikes until he went to a demo about bike shares at Library Square.

“It was the coolest thing I’d ever seen,” he says.

So he spoke with the Mayor who told him to find someone to research it. “I was like, ‘Let me, please!’ ” Bolte learned about running a non-profit, about fundraising, about every aspect of the business from the ground up. He was told to write an RFP and had to Google what that was (request for proposal). The project needed a title sponsor, the branding, vendors, a pricing structure. The bikes had to be designed. The stations had to be planned out. Bolte dug in.

Why are GREENbikes green?

In 2012, when Bolte started researching this dream, there were only a handful of bike share bike vendors. “[The one we chose] was in the most cities at a national level. The company was a subsidiary of Trek bicycle company.”

I honestly thought he said Shrek, but I was corrected. “No, not Shrek. These are made by the company that makes road bikes and mountain bikes, everything else…by Gary Fisher.” I was pretty sure he’d said Carrie Fisher, but I kept my mouth closed.

As you can guess, I am not a “bike person.”

According to my Wikipedia source, “Gary Fisher is considered one of the inventors of the modern mountain bike. He started competing in road and track races at age 12. In 1968 he was suspended because officials said his hair was too long.” So, if Shrek didn’t choose the color of the bikes, who did? According to Bolte we have SelectHealth, the bike program’s primary financial sponsor, to thank for that eye-catching green.

Growing Bolte sold his car in 2013 and moved downtown. He’s been using GREENbikes, public transit, Uber or Lyft, and walking ever since and the GREENbike system has been expanding—by about 419% since it launched in 2013. That first year, says Bolte (he knows all of these statistics by memory), the program had 25,000 rides. The

year after that, annual ridership almost doubled. Then it jumped to 106,000 in 2015. Last year, they had 141,000 rides in about nine months, “which is pretty good,” says Bolte.

“We saw the number of people who buy the annual passes increase by 102%. And total ridership overall increased by 33%.”

There are now 33 stations. This is the first year they didn’t expand. But they do have plans, big plans, to expand in the next couple years.

Who rides GREENbike?

• 18-24 year olds: 10% 25-34 years olds: 29% 45-54 year olds: 22% 55-64 year olds: 8% • The ratio of men to women riding GREENbikes is 60:40. Statistically, only about 20% of bicycle commuters are female, so bike share systems seem to double the number of women commuting on bikes. Ben thinks this is because the GREENbikes have chain guards, skirt guards, baskets and let you step through the frames.

• Out of towners: 28% Regional (Ogden, Provo): 22% Salt Lake County: 50% • 25% of GREENbike users have never ridden a bike for transportation. It looks like GREENbike is helping people rethink options for their daily commute.

A first-mile/last-mile solution Two of the 10 most popular trips recorded by GREENbike last year started or ended at the UTA Salt Lake Central Station at the Intermodal Hub (600 West 300 South).

According to an annual GREENbike survey, 40% of riders use GREENbike to connect with UTA services and 80% of users say that GREENbike is an enhancement to UTA’s existing system.

Are they safe?

So far, with over 88 million rides logged on U.S. bike share programs around the country, only one bike commuter fatality has been recorded. Which makes bike commuting sound way safer than driving a car. The heavy GREENbikes are a slow ride with seats and a frame

that put riders in an upright position, allowing them to watch traffic and navigate safety. The bikes also catch the eye of drivers with automatic front and rear LED lights and that bright green color. They’re about as noticeable as you can get.

How does it work?

What are the rules?

Could I rent a bike and take it home—or to work—since there’s no station where I live? Nope. The system is meant to make sure the bike is under your butt or in a station. That way it’s less likely to get lost or stolen—the program usually loses about one bike per year.

What does it cost?

There are short-term and long term GREENbike rentals with varying prices. If you live or commute through downtown and plan on using a GREENbike at least once a week, the annual pass is a great deal for $75. It gives you as many one-hour rides as you want for a year. There are two short-term passes: a 24-hour pass ($7) and a four-day pass ($15). Each of those passes has unlimited 30-minute rides, from station to station, without extra charges. If you keep a bike longer than 30 minutes, even though you rented it for the day (or four days) you will be charged an extra $5 for every additional hour that it’s not returned to a station.

Some discounts are available.

Good for the environment According to Bolte, GREENbike has helped remove 2.2 million vehicle miles from our roads, prevented 2 million pounds of CO2 from being released into our air, and burned about 34 million calories (from you know where).

Unicorn bikes!

The “unicorn” bike is the one unique bike in the GREENbike system—it’s blue, and is in circulation a third more than the average GREENbike. A portion of its “earnings” are donated to a select nonprofit for a course of two years. The Utah Museum of Contemporary Art (UMOCA) is the latest partner. ◆ Anna Zumwalt is the newest CATALYST staff member.

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People power Whirlwind downtown tour in a pedicab

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took my first bike taxi ride this weekend. My friend Jeff invited me to see where he works at Salt City Cycle Cab. So I did.

Jeff’s been working as a Salt Lake pedicab driver for a year now.

He makes his own hours and says he gets lots of compliments on his great legs and butt. Just some perks of being a professional cyclist, I guess.

Down at the garage, Jeff and I chose a pretty cab—they’re all

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pretty, but this one had sparkly seats and called to me—and we were off, headed east to downtown. The cushioned bench was more comfortable than I thought it would be. I let Jeff handle the music (Empire of the Sun), and the pedaling, but any rider can sync their smart phone to the cab and have their music bloom throughout their wake.

And, boy, was it fun! It was an electric-assist bike, so it’s got some horsepower in the front axel to

help us take off. The usual speed is 20 mph, topping out at 35 mph.

We zipped off at top speed.

Do people ever get in accidents on these things? I asked Jeff.

It’s very rare, he assured me. “We might have had one last year. It was just a fender bender,, fortunately.”

The bike is allowed down the wide sidewalks, but not down the narrow, regular ones. Jeff took me on his favorite little routes: down the sidewalk next to the Salt

Palace, through the steep “tunnel” between South Temple and 100 South, on the wide sidewalk by Abravanel Hall. Unfortunately, we are not allowed to go through the Temple grounds.

Mostly, we stayed in the bike lanes. Which are a pretty cool invention, though they can be a bit of a challenge to cyclists, as well as drivers. Confused motorists sometimes park in the bike lane and get ticketed. The Salt Palace area is notorious for this confusion and we

had to zip around several parked cars. Bike cabs can also get ticketed. They have to obey all the traffic laws.

It was especially fun going down Main Street, where there are a lot of pedestrians and the whole street seems to be a bike lane (and Trax). Jeff told me that the old laws mandated that bikes only use the green bike lanes, but now they can be in any lane.

Are there any rules?

"Don’t stand up while we’re moving."

For first time riders (like me!)

Jeff usually gives a free ride. Usually about a quarter of the people he picks up have never ridden in a bike cab. That’s a different story when the Jazz are playing downtown. “Utah Jazz basketball games are big for the bike cabbies,” says Jeff. “Sometimes we’ll have the whole fleet out.”

Friday nights, Salt Palace conventions and General Conference are all busy times for bike cab drivers. But you don’t have to be going anywhere in particular to hail a bike cab. During the mild days of spring and summer a spin around downtown in a pedicab is a great way to relax.

The crowds cheered as Jeff and I pass by. Was I flying? Wind in my hair, huge smile on my face. Was this a dream come true? Maybe.

But I confess, I was still a little terrified. Exposed, uncovered, zipping through downtown Salt Lake City.

When the rickshaw squeezed through the chute-like opening to the new bike-path lanes at 20-25 mph it felt like an Olympic luge run.

Someone yelled out “Nice cab!”

And Jeff honked his bike horn. Kachooooga!

Squeaky brakes were part of the rickshaw experience, and tempting smells from restaurants.

So was a sense of camaraderie— people smiling and waving. I felt like a celebrity. Jeff looked like a

hero. He seemed happy and used to it.

Chilliness was part of the experience, especially as we headed back to the garage, riding into the sunset, and the wind. But the cabs are pretty well equipped to handle all weather—canopy covers for when it’s too sunny, blankets for your legs for when it gets chilly.

Back at the garage I look around at the parked rickshaws and spider bikes. The place smells good, not the smells of oil and gasoline like in other garages.

Louis, the owner, is there checking the bikes, working as mechanic and dispatcher. Louis started Salt City Cycling back in 2013 with only two pedicabs. Currently the fleet is made up of 16 bikes, powered by a team of up to 30 people including three women. And I expect it will only grow. “You guys are animals. You guys are animals, all of you!” Louis says cheering on his team.

I’ve had an amazing evening and I’m eyeing other pedicabs in the garage but I’ll save those adventures for next time. I grab Jeff’s pedicab business card. I wanted to keep it handy for opera season dates with my husband. After all, romance, couples cuddled together, is part of the experience, too. ◆ Anna Weller Zumwalt is a CATALYST Magazine’s staffer.

Pedicab memo: Ambience-wise, the cycle cab cannot be beat. Pricewise, it’s very comparable to a regular taxi cab at $3 per block (down two sides of a square) so an L ride is $3. I recommend bringing a light coat and maybe gloves. As the weather warms, that will be less important.

Bring someone to cuddle up with, or maybe meet one on the way.

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ART IN ACTION conversation I have with myself. —Elaine Jarvik

Are we indivisible?

Utah playwrights explore the psyche of the nation with stories about everyday people

BY JERRY RAPIER

I realized I've become hardened to news about shootings and that I rarely hear from the survivors.

Politics gets in the way so quickly. So instead of talking about the politics around guns and racism, I wanted to give a voice to survivors of mass shootings in ALL THIS RED and THE BLUE ONE. — Matthew Ivan Bennett I drove limousines for nine months. PASSENGER delves into just how open and candid people can be while traveling in the backseat of a car. DINNER is part of a telephone conversation I had with a friend who loves and works in the arts but doesn’t feel like her voice is always welcome.

— Carleton Bluford

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lan-B is a theatre company known for producing plays that provide an opportunity for patrons to think a little differently, to consider a point-of-view that may have been previously foreign, to listen in a way they may not have before.

That is why, the day after last November’s election, our Managing Director Cheryl Cluff asked me, “How are we going to respond?”

We knew we had to do something.

It took us only about 10 minutes to figure out that we wanted to respond to the response to the election, not the election itself.

Within the next five minutes, I began firing off

text messages to 12 playwrights we regularly work with.

Within 10 days each had agreed to create two five-minute pieces. It would be a staged reading as part of our ScriptIn-Hand Series—19 performances over 10 days in Rose Wagner’s Studio Theatre.

From there, we decided that each piece should be drawn from real-life stories, equal parts liberal and conservative. There could be no mention of Obama, Sanders, Clinton or Trump. Not even an indirect reference…or a poorly veiled one.

Why? No matter where you fall politically, we can all agree that our country

feels more divided than ever before, that people increasingly feel their voices are being ignored, that it seems we’ve collectively lost the ability to listen. And when any of “those” names are mentioned the conversation becomes about those names and not the people involved in the conversation.

Observing those simple ground rules helped us create (in)divisible: 24 fiveminute plays about some people you’ll agree with, some you won’t, all people just like you.

Read on to get a sense of each playwright’s journey.

THE WALL, PARTS 1 & 2 is based on an incident in

Michigan the day after the election, when a group of middle school students chanted “build that wall” in the school cafeteria. — Debora Threedy SPINNING is about a woman who is way smarter than she pretends to be. DEMOCRACY is about a former academic who is generally easygoing but, right now, is filled with rage. — Eric Samuelsen GET OVER IT is based on a conversation with a mentor of mine, whom I adore—except when we’re talking about politics. This time I just listened. It was a lot less stressful. SAFETY (PINS & OTHERWISE) is a running

SWIPE LEFT and SWIPE RIGHT are taken from conversations I’ve had with friends about people they’ve dated. What I’m hoping to show is the intersectionality of the internet era, and how we are all more similar than we may realize. — Austin Archer AMERICAN MAN FROM IRAN is based on a cab driver I met in Chicago. He was very principled, but the people he knew were not doing things right. He thought something should change. WOMAN WHO KNITS is based on my neighbor. She, too, is very principled, but the people she knows are not doing things right. She knows something has changed. — Julie Jensen For BLUE I tapped into

one of my first reactions to the election and all the shame and fear that came out of it. With RED I wanted to represent a person similar to me in as many ways as I could find but on the opposite side of the political spectrum. — Rachel Bublitz THE MARCH is from the point of view of one of my dearest friends who, for all intents and purposes, has achieved the American Dream and pretty much kicks ass. MOTHER EARTH is tired of constantly being fucked over by the people who use her.

— Morag Shepherd GLUTEN is about an AsianAmerican woman who immigrated to the U.S. in the 1980s,

expressly because they want to be inclusive. They don't know what to do, and I don't blame them. SPAM is my personal realization of the ways I contribute to racism and prejudice. I have begun to understand that I should be held accountable. — Jenifer Nii The actors are: Lily Hye Soo Dixon, Dee-Dee Darby-Duffin, April Fossen, Mark Fossen, Bijan Hosseini, Bryan Kido, Tito Livas, Jayne Luke, Shane Mozaffari, JJ Neward, Nicki Nixon, Isabella Reeder, Matthew Sincell, Darryl Stamp, Aaron Swenson, Jason Tatom and Alicia Washington.

Over the past five months we have pushed ourselves to really examine our own views and the

Over the past five months we have pushed ourselves to really examine our own views and the views of those on the opposite end of the spectrum. It hasn’t been comfortable, or easy. Ultimately, it’s been worth it. intent on blending in and raising her kids to do the same. She is often mistaken for being white, and that is just fine with her.

ERASERS is about her daughter who feels separated from her mother’s Filipino culture.

— Melissa Leilani Larson MITCH is media trained, exceptionally poised and well spoken.

He works for the John Locke Foundation. He is also my cousin.

JANINE is a nationally recognized, award-winning poet. Her family fled persecution from Marcos and came to the U.S. illegally. She wasn’t aware of that until she graduated high school as valedictorian and tried to apply for financial aid for college. — Jennifer A. Kokai DAMNED IF I DO stems from conversations with white friends about race: They feel excluded

views of those on the opposite end of the spectrum. It hasn’t been comfortable, or easy. Ultimately, it’s been worth it because we’ve each exposed blind spots and found common ground.

We’ve learned that we didn’t know nearly as much as we thought we did.

We’ve shared impromptu tears and deep belly laughs.

And we’d like to share it all with you. ◆

(in)divisible June 8-18. Thurs-Sat, 8pm. Also Sat @4pm and Sun @ 2pm Rose Wagner: Studio Theatre Tickets: PLANBTHEATRE.ORG (free but required). Patrons encouraged to donate to the Children’s Center while at the theatre.

Jerry Rapier is the artistic director and founder of Plan-B Theatre.

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Greening your yoga practice

BY CHARLOTTE BELL

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sana practice has the unique ability, among physical activities, of helping us replenish the prana (life energy) we spend during our daily activities.

We spend prana when we talk, move about and use our brains to think and/or solve problems as we move through our day. We take in prana through food, water, breath and what we “feed” our minds. Asana practice, with its unique marriage of breath and movement, can help us restore our energy reserves.

Turn off the lights!

In every asana there are parts of the body that need to engage more fully and parts that can soften. When we tense or harden parts of the body that aren’t directly involved in the foundation of our pose, we are using energy where it isn’t needed, kind of like leaving the lights on in a room you’re not occupying.

Creating a sustainable yoga practice Creating a sustainable yoga practice requires intention. Here are some ideas that might help: • Set a strong, rooted foundation. Whatever is on the ground in your practice is your foundation. In order for your practice to be

sustainable, your foundation must be strong and grounded. This allows the areas above the ground to work less. For example, in standing poses, the legs are active and the upper body can soften and open.

Appreciate the pose you’re in at this moment.

Appreciate this breath.

• Let go of effort in what’s above your foundation. Our shoulders, neck, throat, jaw and eyes are common areas where we express tension and stress. Check these areas and let go of unnecessary effort.

• Check your breath. This is the most important cue for making your practice energyproducing rather than energy-depleting. In every pose, check your breathing. Is it deep and full; does your belly expand and contract as you inhale and exhale? Is it fast, shallow, labored or based in the chest? If you find your breath labored or restricted, do less.

Doing the “full” expression of a pose—the most extreme version of it—is not nearly as important as maintaining your ability to breathe deeply. As my teacher, Donna Farhi, says, “Give your breath primacy.”

• What are the aftereffects of your practice? If you feel tired or agitated after your asana practice, you might want to re-examine how you’re practicing. Asana practice is supposed to replenish, not fatigue us.

• Slow down. Not only does a slower practice tend to build rather than deplete energy, but it gives you a chance to investigate how you’re practicing—whether you’re spending energy in parts of your body that don’t need to be working so hard.

• Cultivate contentment. Santosha, the cultivation of contentment, is one of the niyamas—the second in the framework for practice called the “Eight Limbs of Yoga.”

When we are content with our lives in this moment, we don’t need to go outside ourselves to find happiness. We can practice santosha on the mat, too. Appreciate the pose you’re in at this moment. Appreciate this breath. There’s no pose out there somewhere in the future—or somewhere in the past—that’s better than the one you’re in now. Be fully aware and alive in this pose, right now.

• Give yourself a generous Savasana (relaxation) at the end of your practice. Judith Hanson Lasater recommends at least 15 minutes for Savasana if you want to reach physiological relaxation, and allow your mind to settle.

The power of choice Yoga and meditation practices give us an opportunity to observe our habits of body and mind. This is an important, and profound, benefit of practicing. When we see clearly that we are practicing a habit that may be causing difficulty somewhere else in our lives—e.g. tensing our shoulders or jaw in asana practice and then complaining of neck and shoulder tension—we have a chance to make a different choice.

When we become aware that something we’re doing in yoga practice is draining our energy, we can start to dismantle the old habit and cultivate a newer, healthier one.

Over time, that new habit integrates into our daily life. When our minds and bodies are sustained, we feel more self-contained and less likely to go outside ourselves to have our needs met, which brings us back to sustaining our beautiful planet. ◆ 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.

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Abode • Psychotherapy & Personal Growth • Retail • Spiritual Practice Health & Bodywork • Movement & Sport • Psychic Arts & Intuitive Sciences ABODE AUTOMOTIVE Schneider Auto Karosserie 5/17

801.484.9400, f 801.484.6623, 1180 S. 400 W., SLC. Utah’s first green body shop. Making customers happy since 1984! We are a friendly, full-service collision repair shop in SLC. Your satisfaction is our goal. We’ll act as your advocate with your insurance company to ensure proper repairs and give you a lifetime warranty.

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DESIGN, CONSTRUCTION Ann Larsen Residential Design DA 10/17

801.604.3721. Specializing in historically sensitive design solutions and adding charm to the ordinary. Consultation and design of new homes, additions, remodeling, decks and outdoor structures. Experienced, reasonable, references.

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GREEN PRODUCTS Underfoot Floors DA 11/17

801.467.6636, 1900 S. 300 W., SLC. We offer innovative & earth friendly floors including bamboo, cork, marmoleum, hardwoods, natural fiber carpets as well as sand and finishing hardwood.

Free in home estimates. Please visit our showroom.

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HOUSING Urban Utah Homes & Estates DA 9/17

801.595.8824, 380 West 200 South, #101, SLC. Founded in 2001 by Babs De Lay, Urban Utah Homes & Estates

is an independent real estate brokerage. Our experienced realtors have skill sets to help first time to last time buyers and sellers with residential sales, estate liquidations of homes & property, land sales, new construction and small business sales. WWW.URBANUTAH.COM

PETS Best Friends - Utah DA 9/17

801.574.2454, 2005 S. 1100 E., SLC. Utah is working collaboratively with animal rescue groups, city shelters and passionate individuals dedicated to making Utah a no-kill state. As part of this mission, Best Friends hosts adoption and fundraising events, runs the Best Friends Utah Adoption Center in Sugar House and leads the NKUT initiative. WWW.BESTFRIENDS.ORG

Desert Raw Holistic Pet 12/17

385.999.1330, 1330 Foothill Dr., SLC. Alternative pet store, feeding pets real food designed for their bodies. We provide healthy, organic dog, cat, and chicken food, including raw, dehydrated, and high-end kibble. We also sell high-quality supplements (including CBD), toys, pet supplies, and gift items. Regular community-outreach teaching about pet nutrition.

WWW.DESERTRAW.COM

DINING Café Solstice DA 3/18

801.487.0980, 673 E. Simpson Ave., SLC. (inside Dancing Cranes). Loose teas, specialty coffee drinks and

herbal smoothies in a relaxing atmosphere. Veggie wraps, sandwiches, salads, soups and more. Our dressings, spreads, salsa, bummus and baked goods are all made in house with love! Enjoy a refreshing violet mocha or mango & basil smoothie with your delicious homemade lunch.

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Coffee Garden DA

801.355.3425, 900 E. 900 S. and 254 S. Main, SLC. High-end espresso, delectable pastries & desserts. Great places to people watch. M-Thur 6a-11p; Fri 6a-12p, Sat 7a-12p, Sun 7a-11p. Wifi.

Cucina6/17

801.322.3055, 1026 2nd Ave., SLC. Breakfast, lunch and dinner. Patio seating available. Dine in, carry out.

Chef Joey Ferran provides an exciting culinary experience! Fresh bread, desserts and pastries daily. Huge wine list and the best small plate menu in town (for dinner too!). Let us cater your next event. WWW.CUCINADELI.COM

Oasis Cafe DA 11/17

801.322.0404,151 S. 500 E., SLC. A refreshing retreat in the heart of the city, Oasis Cafe provides a true sanctuary of spectacular spaces: the beautiful flower-laden patio, the private covered breezeway or the casual stylist dining room. Authentic American cafe-style cuisine plus full bar, craft beers, wine list and more. WWW.OASISCAFESLC.COM

HEALTH & BODYWORK APOTHECARY Natural Law Apothecary 1/18

801.613.2128, 619 S. 600 W. Salt Lake's primier herbal medicine shop featuring 100+ organic/wild-harvested herbs available in any amount.

Specializing in custom, small batch tinctures, salves, green drink and teas.

Also features a knowledge center with books, classes & consultation on herbs, bees, massage/bodywork wellness and more! www.NATURALLAWAPOTHECARY.COM

ACUPUNCTURE Keith Stevens Acupuncture 3/18

801.255.7016, 209.617.7379 (c). Dr. Keith Stevens, OMD, 8728 S. 120 E. in old Sandy. Specializing in chronic pain treatment, stress-related insomnia, fatigue, headaches, sports medicine, traumatic injury and post-operative recovery. Board-certified for hep-c treatment. National Acupuncture Detox Association (NADA)-certified for treatment of addiction. Women’s health, menopausal syndromes. www.STEVENSACUCLINIC.COM

SLC Qi Community Acupuncture 12/17

801.521.3337, 177 E. 900 S., Ste. 101, SLC. Affordable Acupuncture! Sliding scale rates ($15-40). Open weekends.

Grab a recliner and relax in a safe, comfortable, and healing space. We help with pain, fertility, digestion, allergies, arthritis, sleep and stress dis-

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orders, cardiac/respiratory conditions, metabolism and more.

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CHIROPRACTIC Salt Lake Chiropractic 11/17

801.907.1894, Dr. Suzanne Cronin, 1088 S. 1100 E., SLC. Have you heard, Salt Lake Chiropractic is the least invasive way to increase your quality of life. Our gentle, efficient, affordable care can reduce pain & improve your body’s functionality. Call to schedule an appointment.

WWW.CHIROSALTLAKE.COM

ENERGY HEALING Amy Berens, OTR/L, MRT, Reiki Master

801.580.2107. Amy has 24 years of experience in Occupational Therapy and Reiki. Provides energetic healing with Reiki, chakra balancing, myofacial release, acupressure, and reflexology at A New Direction Recovery & Wellness. Out patient Occupational therapy for migraines, chronic injuries, fibromyalgia, and neuropathic diseases. AMYTBERENS@GMAIL.COM WWW.AN EW D IRECTION 4M E . COM 4/18

Kristen Dalzen, LMT 12/17

801.661.3896, Turiya’s, 1569 S. 1100 E., SLC. IGNITE YOUR DIVINE SPARK! Traditional Usui Reiki Master Teacher practicing in SLC since 1996. Offering a dynamic array of healing services and classes designed to create a balanced, expansive and vivacious life.

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Reveal, Jennifer A. Beaumont M.F.A.

801-949-6048 Are you ready to Reveal your true potential? Let me help you interpret the messages your soul is sending. Intuitive guidance and energy work from an experienced healer in a professional environment. 1399 S 700 E JENNIFERABEAUMONT 76@ GMAIL . COM

SoulPathmaking with Lucia Gardner, LMT, BCC, PC 12/17

801.631.8915. Individual SessionsEnergetic Bodywork; Spiritual Counseling for losses and transitions; Emotional Expression with Paint. SoulCollage® Circle-1st and 3rd Mondays 5:30-8:30 pm. Womb Wellness Workshops for women.

Retreats in the Pacific Northwest come meet the whales! 40+ years experience caring for the Soul. LUCIAWG ARDNER @ HOTMAIL . COM .

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FELDENKRAIS Carol Lessinger, GCTP8/17--

801.580.9484, 1390 S. 1100 E., SLC. “Movement is Life, without Movement, Life is unthinkable,” Moshe Feldenkrais. Carol trained personally with Dr. Feldenkrais and has over 30 years experience. When you work

with her, you can expect your movement to be more comfortable, less painful and definitely more aware. Offering private sessions & classes.

WWW.CAROLLESSINGER.COM, CAROLLESSINGER@GMAIL.COM

Open Hand Bodywork DA

801.694.4086, Dan Schmidt, GCFP, LMT. 244 W. 700 S., SLC. WWW.OPENHANDSLC.COM

MASSAGE

Healing Mountain Massage School 11/17 801.355.6300, 363 S. 500 E., Ste. 210, SLC. (enter off 500 E.). All people seek balance in their lives…balance and meaningful expression. Massage is a compassionate art. It helps find healing & peace for both the giver and receiver. Whether you seek a new vocation or balm for your wounded soul, you can find it here. www.HEALINGMOUNTAINSPA.COM

Amazing Massage by Jennifer Rouse, LMT

801.808.1283, SLC. Your body needs this! Jennifer offers a massage personalized just for you. Her firm, focused approach will help you detox, release tension and maintain great health. 60, 90 or 120 minute sessions, $80/hour.

Call or text to discuss time and location.

M.D. PHYSICIANS Todd Mangum, MD, Web of Life Wellness Center 801.531.8340, 34 S. 500 E., #204,

SLC. Integrative Medicine Family Practitioner who utilizes functional medicine.

He specializes in the treatment of chronic fatigue, fibro-myalgia, digestive disorders, adrenal fatigue, menopause, hormone imbalances for men & women, weight loss, insulin resistance, type II diabetes, immune dysfunctions, thyroid disorders, insomnia, depression, anxiety and other health problems. Dr. Mangum designs personalized treatment plans using diet, vitamins, minerals, nutritional supplements, bioidentical hormones, Western and Chinese herbal therapies, acupuncture and conventional Western medicines. WWW.WEBOFLIFEWC.COM, THEPEOPLE@WEBOFLIFEWC.COM 2/18

MEDICAL COACHING Successful Surgery and HealingFOG 949.648.4436. Successful Surgery and Heal-

ing: A Practical Guide for Patients, Caregivers and Advocates by Lori Mertz is the “how to” for anyone preparing for or recovering from surgery! Full of insights, organization tips & tools, checklists and more. Available at University Pharmacy (1320 E. 200 S., SLC), W W W .L ORI M ER TZ . COM and WWW.AMAZON.COM. Lori is also available for oneon-one coaching. We all need support! Start here.

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NATUROPATHIC PHYSICIANS Cameron Wellness Center 11/17

801.486.4226. Dr. Todd Cameron & Dr. Jeannette Daneals, Naturopathic Physicians. 1945 S. 1100 E. #100.

When you visit the Cameron Wellness Center, you’ll have new allies in your health care efforts. You’ll know you’ve been heard. You’ll have a clear, individual plan for gaining health and wellness. Our practitioners will be with you through your journey to feeling good again—& staying well.

WWW.C AMERONWELLNESSCENTER.NET

Eastside Natural Health Clinic 3/18

801.474.3684. Uli Knorr, ND, 3350 S. High land Dr., SLC. Dr. Knorr will create a Natural Medi cine plan for you to optimize your health and live more vibrantly. He likes to educate his patients and offers comprehensive medical testing op tions. He focuses on hormonal balancing, including thyroid, adrenal, women’s hormones, blood sugar regulation, gastrointestinal disorders & food allergies.

WWW.E ASTSIDE N ATURAL H EALTH . COM

NUTRITION Sustainable Diets 8/17

801.831.6967. Teri Underwood, RD, MS, CD, IFMCP, Park City. Integrative and Functional Medicine Nutritionist.

After a functional nutrition assessment, Teri recommends a food-based individualized treatment approach that includes: a diet plan, functional foods, nutrition improvement, supplements and testing if needed, and lifestyle changes. She specializes in behavior change and guides/coaches you through making the lifestyle/ habit changes needed to lose weight, change diet, reach optimal health.

WWW.S USTAINABLE D IETS . COM

REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH Planned Parenthood of Utah 5/16

1.800.230.PLAN, 801.532.1586.

Planned Parenthood provides affordable and confidential healthcare for men, women and teens. Services include birth control, emergency contraception (EC/PlanB/ morning after pill), testing and treatment for STIs including HIV, vaccines including the HPV vaccine, pregnancy testing and referrals, condoms, education programs and more. WWW.PPAU.ORG

REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH Deva Healing Center A Sanctuary for Women11/17

928.899.9939, 2605 E. 3000 South, 2nd Floor. Relieve and heal stress, anxiety, depression and chronic pain. We offer Therapeutic Thai Bodywork, Yoga Therapy and Yoga Therapy for Couples. Sliding scale starts at $45.

Same day appointments available.

Book online today! DEVAHEALINGCENTER.ORG.

MISCELLANEOUS CAUSES Center for Awakening 10/17

801.500.1856, 191 E. Greenwood Ave., Midvale. Center for Awakening is a 501C3 volunteer run organization offering community fundraising events for global causes. Be a part of the peaceful human rEvolution.

Monthly meditations, 1st Sunday of each month. WWW.C ENTER F OR AWAKEN ING . COM

ENTERTAINMENT The State Room DA 1/18

801.878.0530, 638 S. State Street, SLC. A 21 and over, 300 capacity live music venue, presenting nationally acclaimed musicians and the finest local acts. WWW.T HE S TATE R OOM . COM

Utah Film Center/Salt Lake Film Center

801.746.7000, 122 Main Street, SLC. A non-profit continually striving to bring community together through film. UFC curates and organizes three film festivals a year: Tumbleweeds for children & youth, the only festival of its kind in the Intermountain West; Damn These Heels, a forum exploring LGBT issues, ideas, hopes, dreams and art; and TiltShift, organized by and for teens just beginning to discover their artistic potential.

WWW.UTAHFILMCENTER.ORG DA11/17

LEGAL ASSISTANCE Schumann Law, Penniann J. Schumann, J.D., LL.M 3/18 801.631.7811. Whether you are planning for your own future protection and management, or you are planning for your family, friends, or charitable causes, Penniann Schumann can assist you with creating and implementating a plan to meet those goals.

WWW.ESTATEPLANNINGFORUTAH.COM

MEDIA CATALYST Magazine 801.363.1505, 140 S. McClelland St., SLC. Catalyst: Someone or something that causes an important event to happen.

WE ARE CATALYST. JOIN US. C ATALYST MAGAZINE . NET FACEBOOK . COM / CATALYSTMAGAZINE I NSTAGRAM . COM / CATALYST _ MAGAZINE T WITTER . COM / CATALYSTMAG

KRCL 90.9FM DA 801.363.1818, 1971 N. Temple, SLC.

Northern Utah’s only non-profit, mem-

ber-supported public radio station dedicated to broadcasting a well-curated contemporary eclectic mix of music and community information 24 hours a day. WWW.KRCL.ORG

NON-PROFIT Local First 12/16 801.456.1456. We are a not-for-profit

organization that seeks to strengthen communities and local economies by promoting, preserving and protecting local, independently owned businesses throughout Utah. Organized in 2005 by volunteer business owners and community-minded residents, Local First Utah has over 2,700 locally owned and independent business partners. WWW.LOCALFIRST.ORG

Shaman KUCHO. Accomodations available. Contact: Nick Stark, NICHOLASSTARK@COMCAST.NET, WWW.MACHUPICCHUTRAVELCENTER.COM

WEALTH MANAGEMENT Harrington Wealth Services DA 2/18

801.871.0840 (O), 801.673.1294, 8899 S. 700 E., Ste. 225, Sandy, UT 84070.

Robert Harrington, Wealth Advisor.

Client-centered retirement planning, wealth management, IRA rollovers, ROTH IRA’s, 401(k) plans, investing & life insurance. Securities offered through LPL Financial, Member FINRA/SIPC. ROBERT.HARRINGTON@LPL.COM, WWW.H AR RINGTON W EALTH S ERVICES . COM

MOVEMENT & MEDITATION,

Red Butte Garden

801.585.0556, 300 Wakara Way, SLC. Red Butte Botanical Garden, located on the University of Utah, is the largest botanical garden in the Intermountain West, renowned for plant collections, display gardens, 450,000 springtime blooming bulbs, a worldclass outdoor summer concert series, and award-winning horticulturebased educational programs.

WWW.R ED B UTTE G ARDEN . ORG

PROFESSIONAL TRAINING Healing Mountain Massage School

SLC campus: 801.355.6300, 363 S. 500 E., Ste. 210, SLC. Cedar City campus: 435.586.8222, 297 N. Cove Dr., Cedar City. Morning & evening programs.

Four start dates per year, 8-14 students to a class. Mentor with seasoned professionals. Practice with licensed therapists in a live day spa setting. Graduate in as little as 8 months. ABHES accredited. Financial aid available for those who qualify.

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SPACE FOR RENT Studio space available to share at Baile Dance Fitness Studio 5/17

801.718.9620, 2030 S. 900 E. Opportunity to share a beautiful studio in a desirable Sugarhouse location. Perfect for Yoga, Tai Chi, Qigong, dance classes, meet ups or pop-ups. 1300 sq. ft, with mirrored wall. Availability varies but can be flexible with a committed arrangement. Contact Joni. WWW.BAILESTUDIO.COM BAILESTUDIO.JONI@GMAIL.COM

Space available at Center for Transpersonal Therapy 3/18

801.596.0147 x41, 5801 S. Fashion Blvd., Ste. 250, Murray. Two large plush spaces available for rent by the hour, day or for weekend use. Pillows, yoga chairs, regular chairs and kichenette area included. Size: 395 sq. ft./530 sq. ft. WWW.CTTSLC.COM, THECENTER@CTTSLC.COM

TRAVEL Machu Picchu, Peru 6/17

801.721.2779. Group or individual spiritual journeys or tours with

DANCE RDT Dance Center Community School

801.534.1000, Rose Wagner Center, 138 W. Broadway, SLC. RDT’s Dance Center on Broadway offers a wide range of classes for adults (ages 16+) on evenings and weekends. Classes are “drop-in,” so no long-term commitment is required. Hip Hop, Modern, Ballet & Prime Movement (specifically designed for ages 40+).

WWW.RDTUTAH.ORG 12/17

MARTIAL ARTS Aikitaiji 8/17

Instruction offered in Aikitaiji, a twopoint perspective on soft martial art.

Since 1980 Jack Livingston has taught Tai Chi Push-hands, enhanced with Aikido techniques, the classic forms and functional applications (following biomechanical principles) and ki triggers to cue the flow state on demand..

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Red Lotus School of Movement 12/17

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 Meditation SLC 10/17

801.913.0880. 2240 E. 3300 S. Apt. 10.

We offer meditation classes and gatherings in an environment that is fun, relaxing, and comfortable. Learn an enjoyable yet potent meditation practice you can add to your everyday life, and explore the ever-relevant teachings of the yoga system. Always free! WWW.MEDITATIONSLC.COM

Mindfulness Meditation

With Diane Musho Hamilton Sensei

Sundays at Artspace Zendo 10-11:30am

Day of Zen With Michael Mugaku Zimmerman Sensei

Saturdays at Artspace Zendo !!!!!!"!#$"#$#%&'(#)*

230 South 500 West • Salt Lake City • Artspace Building Suite 155 Find More information at

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The INNER LIGHT CENTER A MYSTICAL, METAPHYSICAL, SPIRITUAL COMMUNITY

Empower your week by joining in a celebration that nurtures your soul, mind, body, and spirit.

Sunday Celebrations at 10:00 a.m.

Followed by Fellowship Social

The Inner Light Center 4408 S. 500 East Salt Lake City, UT (801) 571-2888 www.theinnerlightcenter.net

ERIN There are those who are trying to set fire to the world, We are in danger.

There is time only to work slowly, There is no time not to love. — Deena Metzger

Mesa explores Grand Staircase Escalante Natl Monument

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Rumi Teachings FOG

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

YOGA INSTRUCTORS Mindful Yoga: Charlotte Bell DA 1/18

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 12/18

801.521.9642, 926 S. 900 E., SLC. Yoga for Every Body, we offer 75 classes a week as relaxing as meditation and yoga nidra, to yin yoga and restorative, along with plenty of classes to challenge you, such as anusara and power classes. InBody Academy 1,000-hour teacher trainings also offered. WWW.CENTEREDCITYYOGA.COM

Mountain Yoga—Sandy 3/18

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-FIRE-

WIND-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 3/18

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

PSYCHIC ARTS & INTUITIVE SCIENCES 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 11/17

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 Carrie Held, Intuitive Empath 9/17

435.841.4022. A session with Carrie provides deep understanding, guidance, healing and direction. I connect with your Angels, Guides, and Ancestors to help you move into your highest potential. In person or long distance session by appointment only. www.MyAscensionCoaching.com CARRIEHELD@YAHOO.COM

Crone’s Hollow 11/17

801.906.0470, 3834 S. Main Street, SLC. Crone's Hollow offers intuitive/psychic consultations for questions on love, money, health & more. Our talented House Readers use Tarot, Pendulum, Palmistry, Stones, Pet Psychics, Crystal Ball and other oracles. $25 for 20 minutes. Afternoon and evening appointments available -Walk-ins welcome!

WWW.FACEBOOK.COM/THECRONESHOLLOW WWW.C RONES H OLLOW. COM

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 1/18

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

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PSYCHOTHERAPY & PERSONAL GROWTH 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

Hypnosis for Performance, Anna Zumwalt, CHT6/17

801.647.8311. Hypnotherapy gets your subconscious & conscious minds on the same page, talking together, focused, on track with your goals. So, how will YOUR life be better without the thoughts holding you back? Contact Anna and find out. A new life can start today. CONTACT@HYPNOSISFORPERFORMANCE.COM

THERAPY/COUNSELING Ascent Integrative Therapy, Heather Judd, LCMHC 10/17

801.440.9833. 684 E. Vine St, #4A, Murray. Holistic/transpersonal psychotherapy, combining traditional and alternative modalities to integrate body mind, and spirit. Trauma/ abuse, depression, anxiety, relationships, spirituality, sexuality, loss, lifetransitions, past lives. Offering EMDR, Emotionally Focused Therapy, Lifespan Integration, Rapid Eye

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Therapy, mindfulness, shamanic practices, light-body healing, TFT/EFT. WWW.ASCENTINTEGRATIVE THERAPY.COM

Cynthia Kimberlin-Flanders, LPC 10/17

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.

Healing Pathways Therapy Center 11/17

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

Holly Lineback, CMHC11/17

801-259-7311. 1104 E. Ashton Ave, #103, SLC. Counseling and psychotherapy for stress, worry, anxiety, depression, relationships and other life problems causing emotional distress.

See website for further information.

WWW.HOLLYLINEBACK.COM

Jan Magdalen, LCSW 3/18

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801.582.2705, 2071 Ashton Circle, SLC. Offering a transpersonal ap-

proach to the experiences and challenges of our life cycles, including: individuation-identity, 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.

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801.330.6666, 3464 W. 3800 S., WVC. We are a local independent church

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Unity Spiritual Community 8/17

801.281.2400. Garden Center in Sugar House Park, 1602 E. 2100 S., SLC. Unity principles celebrate the Universal Christ Consciousness by practicing the teachings of Jesus.

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Urgyen Samten Ling Gonpa Tibetan Buddhist Temple

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.

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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.

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METAPHORS FOR THE MONTH Osho Zen Tarot: Aloneness, Participation Medicine Cards: Antelope, Snake, Skunk Mayan Oracle: Chuen, Chicchan Ancient Egyptian Tarot: Prince of Swords, The Hanged Man, Ace of Wands Aleister Crowley Deck: Fortune, The Sun, Gain Healing Earth Tarot: Seven of Shields, Woman of Rainbows, The Star Words of Truth: Admit, Health, Rest

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e are all, in our own way, springing into action. If you expect things to quiet down, just know that the chances improve later in the year and later even this month. This planetary T-square is pulling on each person to “wake up.” And that is a good thing.

The purpose of all this activity is to open up your value system and cause you to take a good hard look at what’s in there. Having values is one thing. Embodying them is quite another. If you want to be an active creator, you have to speak up and live your intentions.

In doing that, you may take some hits from various angles.

Uranus in Aries wants to revolutionize everything …right now.

Pluto wants to pull us back to a more conservative time and for growth to be along more tradi-

tional, secure, tried and true ways.

Jupiter in Libra idealistically wishes to expand old belief systems and religious philosophies into a place that gives the world a higher balance. And it also is requiring you to shift your relationships in the directions of those who align more with your values and who resonate with you philosophically, allowing you to let go of those who are going in a direction that is different than your own.

I hear how we need to figure out how to come together. And I agree. But when you look at the astrology, you see more and more of a divide and less of an inclination to come together. I attempt in my sharing to remind everyone that we are here to learn to love each other and everything on this planet. Sometimes breakdown has to happen before breakthrough. I wish it were not that way but humanity is stubborn and right now the sides are deeply entrenched in wanting to believe what they believe.

What each of us has to remember is that we cannot go back. We have to be willing to explore totally new possibilities. Attempt to listen to others from an open and fair mind. A closed mind is frozen in patterns and not willing to learn. Know that the stories people tell themselves may or may not be true but you have to deal with it because they “have” to believe it. They “have” to be right to validate themselves and their choices. Find where each person

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wants what is best for this world.

Understand that they believe that their way is the best way. Recognize that their intent is good even if you question their choices. They may be questioning yours, as well.

Mercury ends its retrograde cycle on May 3, so those overwhelming challenges over the last month will ease up. With Mars in Gemini all month, know that things will move quickly. Share your ideas but do not believe them completely. There is an element of self-deception with this particular pattern. Venus will be out of its shadow period and so there is a strong feeling of excitement and wanting to move forward with those plans and projects. Memorial Day weekend has fast-moving Mars opposing slow and plodding Saturn. You may be pushed to start something you are too tired to finish.

When it comes to the cards, they also reflect movement and action. It seems the energy moves between waves of intense action and movement into deep periods of rest and a seeking for balance.

You are birthing something. And all of us are participating in that process. Each of us is adding something to the mix, which will make for a unique creation.

It is important to recognize that you will not get your dream. None of us will. That is because there is so much information attempting to be integrated in a form that none of us, nor this world, has seen. A very new outcome will be a force of change that integrates all the ideas being passionately put forward.

On an energetic level, a potent poison is being metabolized within each of us. We are all learning to transcend our old self, break out of the shell that has been being painfully cracked open in this moment. We will be bigger and better because of it. The restrictiveness and stories we have been telling ourselves are now being revealed as untrue or fabricated for our internal comfort.

That discomfort is now attempting to get our attention and we are learning to walk forward alone but with clarity. From there, we are learning to participate fully with our perceptions and ideas but without attachment to the outcome we hold as a picture in our mind. ◆ Suzanne Wagner is the author of books and CDs on the tarot and creator of the Wild Women app. She lives in California, but visits Utah frequently.

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May 6: Spring Yoga Festival @ Krishna Temple. 10a-5p. Yoga, music, ecstatic dance, DJ Miga Loo, Indian food, free kids camp. $12/8 adv. 965 E 3370 S. May 6: Wasatch Reptile Expo and Aquatics Expo @ Utah State Fair. 10a4p. Thousands of reptiles, amphibians, fresh and saltwater fish, feeders and aquariums. $10. 155 N 1000 W. May 6: Chakra Yoga Workshop with Joi @ Mountain Yoga Sandy. 2-4p.

Vinyasa sequence to tune into the chakras. $40/35 adv. 9343 S. 1300 E. May 6-7: Spring Psychic Fair @ Crone’s Hollow. Sa: 1-6p, Su: 12-4p. Tarot, Palmistry, Pendulum, Lenormand, Oracle, Crystal Ball and Fire Scrying, Stones, Runes, Pet Psychic, Intuitive Readings. Free to attend, $10 for 10 minute readings. 3834 S. Main St.

May 6: Monumental Rally for Bears Ears and Grand Staircase @ State Capitol steps. 1pm. President Trump has issued an executive order directing Interior Secretary Zinke to review and make a recommendation about the future of Bears Ears and Grand Staircase. Trump has said that Bears Ears “never should have been done” and called both monuments “examples of modern abuses of the Antiquities Act.” Come to the Monumental Rally and tell Trump and Zinke to protect – not gut -- Bears Ears and Grand Staircase.

May 7: Dance With Bears Ears orientation panel @ Rose Wagner Performing Arts Center. 5-7p. The dancers of Repertory Dance Theatre and NYC-based ZviDance perform about what makes the Bears Ears National Monument sacred to all of us. Free. 138 W. 300 S. May 3: Bending the Arc, Utah Film Center Screening @ Rose Wagner. 7-9p. The doctors and activists whose work in a Haitian village grew into a global battle for the right to health for all. Skype Q&A w/ director. Free. 138 W. 300 S. May 3: All Them Witches @ The State Room. 8-11p. American Rock band from Nashville. 21+. $15. 638 S. State St. May 4: Sacred Sensory Surrender Cacao Ceremony @ Vitalize Community & Healing Arts Studio. 7:30-10p. $60. 3474 S. 2300 E. #12.

May 4: Free Feline Fix @ Salt Lake County Animal Services. 7a. Get your cat spayed/neutered, vaccinated, and microchipped for free. ANIMAL@SLCO. ORG. 511 W. 3900 S. May 4: 2017 Mountain West Arts Conference @ Utah Cultural Celebration Center. 8a-4p. $55-100. 1355 W. 3100 S. West Valley.

May 4: SOAR Breakfast @ Publik Coffee Roasters. 8-9a. Join Hawkwatch staff for breakfast and presentation on the new short-eared owl survey proj-

ect by Neil Paprocki. . Free, register online. 975 S. West Temple.

May 4: Utah Watercolor Society 2017 Spring Open Exhibition @ Uah Cultural Celebration Center. 9a-6p. 90 works on display until June 28. 1355 W. 3100 S.

May 6: Kuan Yin Bodhisattva @ First Unitarian Church. 1-3p. Compassion empowerment dharma assembly.

Dress comfortably. Arrive at 12:45. By donation, benefitting the Living Beings Liberation fund to free incarcerated people. 569 S. 1300 E. To register: 801532-4833 or CONTACT@XUANFAUTAH. ORG May 6: Morning of Sample Classes @ Red Lotus School of Movement. 9a-1p.

T'ai Chi & Qigong, Wing Chun KungFu. Sample any or all classes and receive a $10 credit towards Spring Summer tuition. $10. 740 S. 300 W. May 6: Basant Kite Festival @ SILL Center field (East of Union Building).

10a-6p. Hosted by the Pakistani Student Association at U of U. Kite flying competitions, music, traditional dancing & delicious food. Free. 201 Presidents Cir.

May 6: 2017 Rumi Forum: Sand and Sky—Poems from Utah @ Salt Lake Library, Marmalade branch. 2-4:30p.

Poetry reading of the newly published Sand and Sky. Free. 280 W. 500 N. May 6: Medicare for All: Why We Need Single Payer @ Main City Library. 3-5p. Panel discussion hosted by the Salt Lake Democratic Socialists of America. Free. 210 E. 400 S. May 6: Farm Fest @ Wheeler Farm. 9a2p. Breakfast, demonstrations, tours, wagon rides and music. Free. 6351 S. 900 E., Murray.

May 6: The Guac Off @ Salt Lake Culinary Center. 7-9p. Four chefs, 200 avocados, one epic battle. 21+. $60. 2233 S. 300 E. May 6: Fundraiser Party for Dine’ Land & Water @ Dine’ Land & Water. 811p. Join Wasatch Rising Tide for drinks, dancing and donations to benefit DLW, based on the Navajo Reservation. 834 E. 300 S. May 6-7: Urban Bird Festival @ Tracy Aviary. 10a-3p. Live music, botanical crafts for kids, guided tours and outdoor bird shows. $5. 589 E. 1300 S. May 7: Urban Flea Market 9a-3p. Opening day of the largest annual flea market in downtown. Free. 600 S. Main St. May 7: Leif Vollenbekk @ Kilby Court. 7p.

A multi-instrumentalist and singer/songwriter known for capturing themes of yearning, long-lost love and adventure from Ottawa, Canada. $12/10 adv. 741 S. Kilby Ct. May 7: First Sunday Mindfulness Group @ Mindful Yoga Collective. 78:30p. w/ Charlotte Bell. $10 suggested contribution. 223 S. 700 E.

May 4: Filmed By Bike filmfest @ Brewvies Cinema Pub. 7-8:30p. Features the world’s best bike movies.

Prizes. $10. 677 S. 200 W. 21+ May 5: The Bee // On The Fence @ The Clubhouse. 6-10p. Ten storytellers picked at random from a hat have five minutes each to tell a true story. The theme of the night this time is On the Fence: stories of indecision, ambivalence and doubt. 21+. $18. 850 E. South Temple.

May 5: Trunk show with lingerie designer Tia Lyn @ Blue Boutique.

11:30a-9p. 5/5 at the Sugar House store, 5/6 at the Ogden store. Lingerie fittings and stylings free of charge.

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May 4-7: Building Man 2017 @ The Jenkstar Ranch. Sustainable living, arts and music festival. $50-85. 1111 Tusher Canyon Rd, Green River.

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May 8: Screening of Gender Revolution @ Salt Lake Public Library Amphitheater. 6p. Film hosted by Katie Couric and produced by National Geographic explores complex issues of sex at birth, gender identity and expression. Free. 210 E. 400 S. May 8: Val Kilmer, Cinema Twain @ Wiseguys Comedy Club. 7:30-9p. A master of reinvention, Kilmer transforms himself into the “First American,” Mark Twain, in a comedic performance. $30. 194 S. 400 W. May 8: Minuscule: Valley of the Lost Ants, Utah Film Center Screening @ The City Library. 79p. Enter the world of insects in this inventive award-winning animated film. Free. 210 E. 400 S. May 9: Vieux Farka Toure @ The State Room. 8-11:59p. “The Hendrix of the Sahara.” Presented by CATALYST. 21+. $18. 638 State St. May 10: Matchbox Art: Public Workshop led by Céline Downen @ UMOCA. 6-8p. Free. 20 S. W. Temple.

May 11: Annual Vest Pocket Business Coalition Awards @ Pierpont Place. 5-7p. Vest Pocket Business Coalition honors Babs De Lay and Derek Kitchen. $30/20 adv. 163 Pierpont Ave. May 11: Body Positive Event w/ Jessamyn Stanley @ Salt Lake City Public Library, Nancy Tessman Auditorium. 7p. Yogi, bodypositive advocate and writer sits down to discuss her book Every Body Yoga. Free. 210 E. 400 S. May 11: Wasatch Packtivists— Yellowstone to Uintahs Wildlife Connection @ Salt Lake City Main Library. 7-8:45p. Free. 210 E. 400 S.

May 13: 38th Annual Spring Plant Sale @ Red Butte Gardens. 9a3p. Herbs, specialty annuals, vegetables, sun and shade perennials, ornamental grasses, shrubs, conifers, roses, vines, trees and a great selection of heirloom vegetables, native plants and water-wise plants. 300 Wakara Way. May 11: Hairspray @ The Grande Theatre 1575 State St. 7:30-10p.

Broadway musical based on 1960s Baltimore facing civil liberties, freedom to dance and big hair. $16-22. 1575 S. State St.

great great grandmother, playwright Patty Willis steps into the shoes of her ancestor, a Mormon midwife and healer, to explore her remarkable journey west. $15.

850 E. South Temple.

May 12: Rooftop Yoga special session w/ Jessamyn Stanley @ Salt Lake City Public Library, Nancy Tessman Auditorium. 7a. Enjoy a special session led by Jessamyn Stanley in partnership w Salt Lake Power Yoga. Free. 210 E. 400 S.

May 12: Vibe @ Sky SLC. 9:30p1:30a. An EDM concert for both deaf and hearing communities.

21+. $20. 149 W. Pierpont Ave.

May 12: Giants In The Oak Tree with special guest Cait Thompson @ The Acoustic Space. 6-10p.

Kacie Arena, Josh Aren, Gabe Lytle, Eli Wolfgram. $15. 124 S. 400 W. May 12: Range 2 River Relay @ City Creek Canyon Trailhead. 101p. Active transportation teams of boats, bikes and runners to explore the conditions of the Salt Lake Valley’s waterways. 949 S. 120 E. May 12-13: Midwife @ The Clubhouse. Sat: 7:30p Sun: 8:00p.

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May 13: Wasatch Community Gardens Spring Plant Sale @ Rowland Hall. 8a-1p. A fundraiser for WCG. 720 S. Guardsman Way. May 13: RDT’s Ring Around the Rose: Timpanogos Storytelling @ Rose Wagner Black Box Theater.

11a-12p. $5. 138 W. 300 S. May 13: Family Art Saturday: Silhouette of a Better World @ UMOCA. 2-4p. Outline your own silhouette and fill it with your vision for a better world and your dreams for the future you would like to live in. $5. 20 S. West Temple.

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May 13: 38th Annual Spring Plant Sale @ Red Butte Gardens. 9a-3p. Herbs, specialty annuals, vegetables, sun and shade perennials, ornamental grasses, shrubs, conifers, roses, vines, trees and a great selection of heirloom vegetables, native plants and water-wise plants. 300 Wakara Way.

CATALYSTMAGAZINE.NET 43 May 13: Nasty Women Utah @ God Hates Robots. 69p. A pop-up art show to raise funds for Planned Parenthood Utah and peacefully protest a Trump presidency through art and community. 314 W. Broadway #250.

May 14: Feminist Trivia Night @ The Republican. 68p. Categories: music, history, sports, art, film/television, politics, theory, health, science and activism.

21+. Free. 917 S. State St. May 15: SOULCOLLAGE Circle @ Milagro Art Studio.

5:30-8:30p. Hosted by Lucia Gardener. Create a few or a whole deck of collaged cards that speak to your soul. $25. 923 S. Lake St. May 15: Creative Writing Basics @ Riverton Library. 78:30p. Come with a story in mind or a desire to learn.

Free. 12877 S. 1830 W. Riverton.

May 15: LP @ The State Room. 8-11p. New York-born singer, songwriter, and all-around rock rebel. 21+. $18. 638 S. State St. May 16: Ever the Land, Utah Film Center Screening @ The City Library. 7-9p. An exploration of the sublime bond between people and their land through a landmark architectural undertaking. Free. 210 E. 400 S. May 17: The Destruction of Memory, Utah Film Center Screening @ UMFA. 7-9p. The impact of the destruction of culture during wars. Skype Q&A w/ director. Free. 410 Campus Center Dr. May 17: Frontier Ruckus @ The State Room. 8-11p.

Modern indie. 21+. $15. 638 State St. May 18: 300 Plates @ Art Access 6-9p. Local art, food, drinks and music. About 160 established and emerging local artists work on 300 unique 11 x 10- inch plates on display. Each patron is issued one colored wristband in anticipation of the sale. Beginning at 7pm, and every few minutes thereafter, a random color is announced until all wristband colors have been called. Those patrons are invited to enter the gallery and purchase one plate each. Plate prices start at $85 and increase sequentially in one-dollar increments. $75. 230 S. 500 W. May 18: Women Who Kill, Utah Film Center Screening @ Main City Library. 7-9p. Satire on contemporary romance, telling the story of the love affair between two female crime podcasters. Free. 210 E. 400 S. May 18: HEAL Utah's 14th Annual Spring Breakfastâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;The Environment Under Attack @ the Falls Event Center. 7-8:45a. Keynote: newly former Regional EPA Administrator Shaun McGrath. $25. 580 S. 600 E. May 18: Swing w/ David Halliday & The Jazz Vespers Quartet @ Gallivan Center. 7:30-9:30p. Free.

239 Main St. May 19-21: Salt Lake Arts Councilâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s 32nd Living Traditions Festival @ Library Square. Fri: 5-10p, Sat: 12-10p, Sun: 12-7p. 70 cultural groups are represented through food, dance, music and crafts. Free. 210 E. 400 S. May 19: Mary Tebbs @ Acoustic Space. 7:30-10p. w/ Leraine Horstmanshoff. $10-15. 124 S. 400 W. May 19: Mokie @ The State Room. 8-11p. 21+. $20.

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CALENDAR May 24: Jessica Hernandez and The Deltas @ The State Room. 8-11p. Detroit-based Latin psych and Gypsy punk. 21+. $15. 638 State St. May 25: Book signing with Julian Mihdi @ Golden Braid Books. 7-9p. Author of Chimera, written from the perspective of various "identities" comprising the author's life (Southerner, American expatriate, hip-hop head, millennial, spiritual thinker). Free.

151 S. 500 E.

May 23: Jethro Tull by Ian Anderson @ Red Butte Amphitheatre. 6:30-11p. $5562. 2280 E. Red Butte Canyon Rd. May 20: Recycle Your E-Waste @ downtown Smith’s. Anything with a plug is accepted—televisions, computers, printers and monitors. (Electronics contain hazardous pollutants such as lead, mercury, cadmium, chromium and other chemicals; do not discard!) Also unused and expired pharmaceuticals. 8am-noon. 455 South 500 East.

May 20: Water Conservation Garden Grand Opening @ Red Butte Garden.

9a-8p. Garden admission $5-12. 300 Wakara Way. May 20-21: Downtown Yoga Festival @ Westminster College. 9:30a-6p. Yoga, meditation, music, healthy food, classes on herbs, handstands, Kundalini, SUP yoga, bellydance and more.

Day pass: $35. Weekend pass: $60.

1840 S. 1300 E. May 21: Bike the Branches w/ the Bicycle Collective @ Main Library, Marmalade, Glendale, and Day-Riverside Branches. 12-5p. 15-mile bike ride,

stops for refreshments and activities at each Library location. Bring a helmet.

Registration required, space limited.

Free. Meet at 210 E. 400 S. May 21: Intro to Kitchen Witchery @ Crone’s Hollow. 3-4p. Intro class on how to make your kitchen a vibrant and magical place. $5. 3834 S. Main St. May 23: Mayor’s Bike to Work Day @ 900 S. Bike Pump Track to SLC County Building. 7-9a. Speech by Mayor Biskupski, snacks, coffee, bike track demos. Free. Meet at 905 S. 700 W. May 23: National Theater Live presents “Rosencrantz & Guildenstern Are Dead” @ Broadway Center Cinemas. 68p. Featuring actor Daniel Radcliffe (Harry Potter). $15-20. 111 Broadway.

May 23: Last Man in Aleppo, Utah Film Center Screening @ Main City Library.

7-9p. An unforgettable portrait of "White Helmets"—first responders who rush toward bomb sites while others run away. Free. 210 E. 400 S.

May 25: 5th Annual WYOmericana Caravan Tour @ The State Room. 811p. Jalan Crossland + Screen Door Porch + Low Water String Band collaboration. Americana, flat pickin, rock, bluegrass, folk, alt-country, and vintage slide blues. 21+. $18. 638 State St. May 28: Justin Townes Earle presented by KRCL @ The State Room. 811p. 21+. $37. 638 State St. May 30: Winter on Fire: Ukraine's Fight for Freedom, Utah Film Center Screening @ Main City Library. 7-9p.

Over 93 days in Ukraine, what started as peaceful student demonstrations became a violent revolution and civil rights movement. Q&A w/ director.

Free. 210 E. 400 S. May 30: The Moth, Live on Stage @ Kingsbury Hall. Theme: Between Worlds, hosted by Dame Wilburn. $1043. 1395 Presidents Cir.

May 31: Cries from Syria, Utah Film Center screening @ Main City Library.

7-9p. An exploration of the humanitarian crisis & devastating civil war in Syria that has transpired since 2011. Q&A w/ director. Free. 210 E. 400 S. Jun. 1: Bird docent orientation @ Hawkwatch International 6-7:30p.

2240 S. 900 E. Jun. 1: Oriented @ First Unitarian Church of Salt Lake. 7-9p. Documentary that follows the lives of three gay Palestinian friends confronting their national and sexual identity in Tel Aviv.

Free. 569 S. 1300 E. Jun. 2-4: Beyond Against: Activism from the Eye of the Storm, a workshop retreat for activists @ Canyonlands Field Institute. A time to rest, regroup, re-imagine and empower your work with a diverse group of equally passionate folks to prevent burnout and tend to feelings of overwhelm or despair. Facilitated by Kinde Nebeker & Christi Strickland. Register online with New Moon Rites of Passage. $165-$225 sliding scale. 1320 US191, Moab, UT Jun. 2: The Bee // Fight or Flight @ Clubhouse SLC. 6-9p. Ten storytellers picked at random from a hat have five minutes each to tell a true story. 21+. $18. 850 S. Temple.

For more information about these and other events, visit www.CatalystMagazine.net

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Transcending the skin

in Under Your Skin, a new choreograhic work by Karen Fenn

BY KATHERINE PIOLI

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ou never know what a person is carrying inside of them, says modern dance choreographer Karin Fenn.

“They say that only sticks and stones break bones, but that’s not true. Words can hurt so much.”

In Fenn’s new hour-long piece, Under Your Skin, four dancers— Eileen Rojas, Alexandra Bradshaw (Ririe-Woodbury), Bashaun Wiliams, (Ririe-Woodbury) and Efren Garcia (RDT)—struggle through the sticks and stones of an unkind world and confront the difficult task of overcoming the multi-generational effects of abuse. The dance is an emotional gauntlet. Two men confront each other in a duet that turns fiercely physical. A woman, utterly alone and withdrawn, is too afraid to break away from the flimsy walls that confine her.

“As a performer I was always most interested in the emotional arc of a dance and as a choreographer I want my work to create an emotional connection with the audience,” says Fenn, who acknowledges that such a connection requires more than just good choreography and technique.

“Some dancers are technically amazing but you don’t get a sense of them as people. The way these dancers move [in Under Your Skin], they transcend the

skin. They allow themselves to be accessed.”

The performance will be a debut of sorts for Fenn who has been in and out of the Salt Lake dance scene since the 1980s when she got her professional start with Ririe-Woodbury Dance Company (1985-1991). More recently Fenn has guest performed with RDT and RawMoves Dance.

While she choreographs regularly with her students at the Salt Lake Arts Academy, this performance brings Fenn once again into the professional realm.

Dance, says Fenn, can have a transformative effect. Her hope is that Under Your Skin will have the ability to heal. “I found as I started to reflect on this piece that there was part of myself I wasn’t able to express,” she explains. “I have this hard outer shell. It’s not who I truly am, but a reaction.” Though she doesn’t plan to give up performing, Fenn looks forward to developing her choreographic skills and along the way help others realize something profound about themselves. ◆ Under Your Skin. May 26 & 27, 7:30pm.

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THE 2017 DIRTY DOZEN: Strawberries, spinach top list of pesticides in produce

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he latest Environmental Wor k i n g Group Shoppers Guide to Pesticides in Produce™ is out.

Analysis of tests by the U.S. Department of Agriculture found that nearly 70% of samples of 48 types of conventional produce were contaminated with residues of one or more pesticides.

USDA researchers found 178 different pesticides and pesticide breakdown products on the thousands of produce samples they analyzed. The pesticide residues remained on fruits and vegetables even after they were washed and, in some cases, peeled.

“Eating plenty of fruits and vegetables is essential no matter how they're grown, but for the items with the heaviest pesticide loads, we urge shoppers to buy organic,” says Sonya Lunder, an EWG senior analyst. “If you can’t buy organic, the Shopper's Guide will steer you to conventionally grown produce that is the lowest in pesticides.”

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of strawberries had 20 different pesticides.

• Spinach samples had an average of twice as much pesticide residue by weight than any other crop.

Three-fourths of spinach samples had residues of a neurotoxin banned in Europe for use on food crops—part of a class of pesticides that recent studies link to behavioral disorders in young children.

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Relatively few pesticides were detected on these foods, with low total concentrations of pesticide residues. (A small amount of sweet corn, papaya and summer squash sold in the United States is produced from GMO seedstock. Buy organic varieties of these crops if you want to avoid GMO produce.)

When an all-organic diet is not an option, use the Shopper's Guide; choose your conventional produce wisely.

Get a downloadable version of the guide to your computer, tablet or smartphone: WWW.EWG.ORG

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e lament the disposable culture that we have created over the last few decades.

But who among us fixes things any more? Broken vacuum? Into the landfill. Hole in your socks?

Easier to buy new ones than to darn it.

But what if we didn’t allow ourselves to “buy” into this kind of lifestyle?

Want to fix something but don’t know how? Utah Recycling Alliance can help. And no, it’s not a n app or a website, this is real people coming together to teach and guide newbies through the art of fixing, repairing, making new again at their fix-it fairs, happening every other month.

Bring clothing, small carpentry items, small appliances, bikes or small electronics (no large items like refrigerators or couches, please) and get matched with a repair coach.

Attendees will be helped in the order they arrive and when the best-suited coach is available. Participation is free and the first 40 people to arrive get a special half-off admission coupon to the museum.

The next Fix-It Clinic, hosted by Utah Recycling Alliance, happens on Saturday, May 27 at the Leonardo (209 E 500 S).

Volunteer coaches are always needed. If you have an area of expertise and would like to participate, email: RECYCLE@UTAHRECYCLINGALLIANCE.ORG.

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asatch Community Gardens is looking for innovative, creative, or just downright awesome gardens that owners are willing to show to others. If you have backyard chickens, bees, composting sys-

Pitch your story On May 30, The Moth Radio Hour will happen live on stage at the University of Utah Kingsbury Hall. The night’s theme: Between Worlds, hosted by Dame Wilburn.

If you’re a fan of the KUER radio program or a regular aspirant at The Bee, SLC’s own version of The Moth, listen up. The internationally acclaimed organization dedicated to the art and craft of storytelling seeks submissions from folks in Utah.

Prepare a two-minute version of your story and call their pitch line at 877799-MOTH.

tems, rain barrels, a food forest or combination thereof and live in SLC, consider applying for a position in the 2017 Urban Garden and Farm Tour, Saturday, June 24.

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Call for volunteers for Utah Arts Festival The Utah Arts Festival depends on more than 1,000 volunteers every year.

Specific volunteer opportunities include: set-up crew, greeters, makers workshop assistants, booth sitters, Fear No Film attendants, face painting, tear-down crew and more.

To learn more about volunteer opportunities at the 2017 Utah Arts Festival, June 22-25 at Library Square, visit UAF.ORG/VOLUNTEERS.

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BY GWEN CRIST, SLOW FOOD UTAH

hat does it mean to “eat local”?

Where do I find locally grown food? Each fall during Utah Eat Local Week we explore these questions as we celebrate all the great food that is grown and produced in Utah.

Eat Local Week—a partnership among Urban Food Connections of Utah, Slow Food Utah and Wasatch Community Gardens—is a week-long series of educational events and activities that focus on local food resources, our agricultural heritage in Utah and the environmental impact of food production and transport. Now in its 11th year, the Eat Local Challenge is the centerpiece of Eat Local Week.

The Challenge starts by people pledging to eat food as locally sourced as possible for one week. We provide resources, recipes and tips to help you along the way.

Eat Local Week doesn’t occur till September. However, you can enter this year’s challenge better equipped for success if you start exploring new options now.

Local produce is available soon at select neighborhood groceries. Ask what’s local and adapt your recipes to what looks good that day. Farmers markets start up again next month, too, and that’s your easy ticket to becoming a locavore.

Breakfast: Frittata, toast and coffee Eggs (Clifford Farms, Redmond Heritage Farms) Bacon (Clifford Farms, Smoke and Salt, Beltex Meats) Butter (Gold Creek Farms) Scallions, green garlic, spinach, asparagus, mushrooms (Zoe’s Garden, BUG Farms, Intermountain Gourmet – farmer’s market vendors) Toast (bread from Eva or Crumb Bros) Coffee (Caffe Ibis/Coffee Garden or Salt Lake Roasting Co.)

You’ll be eating what’s fresh and in season, eating food that has more nutrition and better flavor.

But there’s more than fruits and veggies to being a locovore. Consider meat. And bread made from local grain. And cheese!

The Challenge is only as strict as you want it to be. Give yourself permission to eat some things not grown locally, like chocolate and coffee. You can seek out local roasters for some really great alternatives to the supermarket varieties.

To help inspire you, here is a sample menu and sources for locally grown and produced ingredients. Some items below may not be grown 100% locally, but are made in Utah by small businesses that are often using ingredients from local farms in their products, such as the herb blends made by Solstice Spices.

Another thought: Begin where you are. See if you can figure out where your existing diet hails from. Eggs from California? Bountiful’s Oakdell eggs are an easy alternative, available even at Costco. Just one example.

Also, what do you like to eat that you could grow? This is the month to get planting.

Good luck on your locovore adventure! ◆ Gwen Crist is the president of Slow Food Utah: SLOWFOODUTAH.ORG

Lunch: Chicken noodle soup Chicken— roast the day before, then remove meat and simmer bones for broth (Old Home Place Heritage Farms) Carrots, onion, sunchokes (Blue Spring Farm) Kale, peas (Asian and Heirlooms) “For the Birds” spice mix (Solstice Spices) Noodles (Tankinz Noodle Co.)

Dinner: grilled burgers, chips & salsa Hamburger (Canyon Meadows Ranch, Blue Tree Beef) Buns (Crumb Bros.)

Relish (Rustic Tomato) Onion, lettuce (Salt Lake County Jail garden, Murray Market Gardens) Cheese (Beehive Cheese, Heber Valley Artisan Cheese) Chips and salsa (Salsa del Diablo) Chocolate—because dessert!

(Solstice Chocolate) Beer—because beer! (Bumper Crop Honey Ale from Squatter’s)

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s everyone with a flock of hens knows, every day brings presents (“oh, f o r me!?”) when it’s time to gather eggs.

That pleasure is more or less available, depending where you live. If you live by the rules, looks like only the landed gentry can have hens in some parts of town. Murray is still an outlier: Salt Lake City—Allows a maximum of 15 chickens, no roosters; coop must have minimum of two sq. ft. per chicken (six sq. ft. per bird if not allowed out of coop); chickens should be kept at least 25 ft from any dwelling.

South Salt Lake—Up to four hens on lots zoned single-family residential (R1) with a minimum area of 4,500 sq. ft.; one additional hen (up to six total birds) is permitted for every additional 1,500 ft.; a Domestic Poultry Permit is required; coop allowed only in rear of property, 25 ft. from any residence and not

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Holladay City—Up to 25 chickens on residential lots up to 1/2 acre; permit required at no cost.

West Valley City—Allows as household pets: hens, rabbits, ducks; pot-bellied pig if spayed or neutered (not for food purposes) and must be less than 150 lbs. with tusks removed or trimmed.

Murray—No chickens on any residential property. Beekeeping is allowed, with a $100 city permit and adherence to technical elements such as a fence. (For bees? Really?)

Taylorsville—Hens are allowed in residential zones for family food production; permit required; number of chickens determined by lot size; no roosters.

“REAL FOOD” ON CAMPUS

he Real Food Challenge started about 10 years ago in California when a student coalition decided the food available on college campuses needed improving.

With input from over 100 industry experts, farmers, ranchers, fishermen and food service operators, the students came up with the Real Food Standards. Criteria included: Was the food that you are eating grown and harvested by workers who received a fair wage and labored under safe and fair working conditions?

Grown within 250 miles of you (lowering the food’s over all carbon footprint)? Grown with care not to damage or degrade the environment (ocean, lake, forest, field) where it was produced? Was the meat raised in conditions that supported animal welfare?

Since 2008, a number of colleges have

signed onto the Challenge including the University of Utah, the only PAC-12 school to sign on so far.

As a result, the University of Utah began purchasing produce from Salt Lake’s New Roots Farm, a refugee program operated under the International Rescue Committee. Last fall the farm provided nearly 1,000 pounds of produce to University dining halls. Many food vendors on campus are also using a new labeling system to indicate which foods are up to snuff.

These labels highlight foods that are humane, eco-friendly, local and fair.

Look for for these food labels at the following University of Utah dining areas: Mom’s Cafe and Mom’s Pantry (Marriott Library), Counsel Cafe (S.J. Quincy College of Law), Peterson Heritage Center Dining Room and Heritage Center (Student Union).

Neighborhood cleanup: Be a tidy dumper The annual SLC Neighborhood Cleanup Program for oversize items is back. Collection runs through October. Not everything is appropriate for pickup. Remember these guidelines: • If it fits in the can, put it in the can.

• Separate green waste from other items in your pile, as it will be composted. Do not bag!!

• Separate mattresses from other items in your pile. These are recycled.

• To dispose of tires, paint, oil, batteries and other hazardous wastes, call the SL County Health Department, 385.468.3863; for flammable or explosive material: 385.468.3862.

Many household hazardous waste disposal events happen around town: BIT.LY/2OU3PLI • No E-waste. On May 20 or August 9, bring your passé TVs, computers, etc. to the downtown Smith’s collection event, 8am-noon.

• Heavy materials (rocks, sod, concrete, asphalt) must not exceed two wheel barrels full.

• Cardboard: Goes in the blue curbside bin.

• Clothing: Donate. According to EPA data, all textiles are recyclable but only 15% actually are. Even the raggedy stuff has a future life— as home insulation, sports tracks and more.

• Books: Are you kidding? No books. (Blue bin if you absolutely must.)

About three weeks before your cleanup date, you’ll receive a postcard notifying you of your collection week. You can also call 801-535-6999. Dates are not posted online in order to discourage illegal dumping.

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GOOD CITIZENSHIP

Hanging out at the mall

Observations in the rain, waiting for Washington, DC’s March for Science to begin

BY MARLIN W. STUM

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usic emanating from behind a low hill by the bottlenecked security gate shifted to a more rhythmic beat. The masses gathering inside and outside the fence began to wiggle and bounce, plugging into the band onstage a couple hundred meters away.

Just what we needed after milling about in the driving rain for several hours, some dance music!

It was Earth Day, April 22, and locals thanked Mother Earth for blessing their droughtplagued Washington, D.C. with copious moisture. Crimson and purple azaleas everywhere brightened the gray streets.

The challenge for all of us staging for the March for Science, however, was to keep our enthusiasm dry enough to chant, roar, and ultimately to march en masse down the National Mall to the Capitol steps. Fortunately, science had taught us about hypothermia and how to prevent it; my wife, Ronda, and I walked in small circles eating bagels and apples. She was bummed that her smartphone was wet and dead, but then a stranger gave her his umbrella and made her smile.

Some people huddled under a grove of trees awaiting friends trying to squeeze through the security hourglass. We chatted and measured time to the pulse of the weather. A quarter hour of downpour popped open thousands of umbrellas, subsiding briefly to a few precious minutes of blowing mist. Umbrellas collapsed and protest signs appeared like cherry blossoms. Then it rained pitchforks again on a river of umbrellas. A young man slipped in the mud, his hand-made sign already smeared indecipherable. Another hour passed. It was hard to converse amid the racket of rain and commer-

cial jets roaring into the sky from Reagan National, banking away from the nearby Washington Monument.

So this is what democracy looks like.

Riding the Metro downtown from our hotel in Virginia that morning, I marveled at the speed and efficiency of this showcase subway system. I remembered advocating for light rail in Salt Lake City in a 1980s CATALYST article, and to me, the D.C. Metro represented the realization of an electrified dream. Where would the Metro be without science? Where would we be?

Earth Day on the Mall began with teach-ins at 8 a.m., followed by a rally with Jon Batiste among the performers, and featured speakers headed by Bill Nye. He would tell us that “our lives are in every way improved by having clean water, reliable electricity and access to electronic global information.” The actual march was slated for 2 p.m., giving a continuous stream of protestors hours to pour in from all directions of the city, transforming the Mall and surrounding streets into a giant human ocean.

RESISTANCE.ORG later estimated the crowd size at 40,000.

Thirty years ago I was a veteran of anti-war and environmental demonstrations, mostly in Utah, but I’d never seen more than a couple

thousand people at a protest march. I’d never demonstrated in a national park. The last time I visited D.C. was with my family in the 1960s. I was eight or nine.

Ingenious costumes and clever protest signs enlivened the enthusiastic but rain-soaked masses. Dr. Who waited patiently in a security line, and then a small dinosaur walked by. One of my favorite signs was a simple, hand-lettered placard carried by a young woman: I Get Wet for Science.

Others read: If You’re Not Part of the Solution, You’re Part of the Precipitate.

Got Plague? Me Neither. Thank Science.

The Ocean is Rising and So Are We. One man wore a waterproofed sheet of paper duct taped to the back of his raincoat: Trump I got my Ion You. Our Utah friend, Bea, who works in the medical field, finally cleared security. Bea grew up in Brigham City and her father had been a rocket scientist who worked at Thiokol. She huddled under an umbrella to check her smartphone, reporting that the weather was sunny and warm in Salt Lake City. We wondered if we should have stayed home for the local march.

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country and around the world, many like Bea and Ronda were moved to their first political activism during the March for Science. We were med techs and lab workers, research scientists, students, writers and nerds come to praise the benefits of science and to warn the President that proposed budget cuts to the EPA and other federal agencies were unacceptable.

Across the street from us stood the Smithsonian’s new National Museum of African American History and Culture where films and photos graphically relived the bloody attacks on American civil rights marchers in the 1960s.

That humbling memory made my soggy shoes seem insignificant.

I walked over to see a strategically located electronic board showing the action on stage.

Anousheh Ansari, an Iranian-American astronaut who spent “11 glorious days” aboard the International Space Station in 2006, spoke briefly.

“Our blue planet is so beautiful in the dark background of the universe,” Ansari said. “We have [but] one home, a very fragile home that we need to protect and it takes all of us to protect it.”

Punching through the walls of rain, an authoritative voice then boomed over the crowd.

“Galileo called!” claimed the speaker. “He can’t believe that we still have to march for science.”

The rain never relented. The umbrellas were up again, but so were the signs. Protestors warmed up their lungs by howling in waves that rolled through the streets. Ronda, Bea and I were part of a throng packing 14th Street NW, anxious to merge with the main group of marchers finally walking down Constitution Avenue. I found myself choked up by it all — the commitment and beauty of the crowd, the barely controlled outrage of so many everyday citizens, their nearly infinite patience.

Quick as a spark, the masses in front of us surged forward and began to march. An umbrella tipped behind me pouring water down the back of my neck. Then a windy blast dried my eyes and I could see it all more clearly. A woman’s powerful voice bellowed and we took up her chant, advancing down Constitution toward the Capitol.

“This is what democracy looks like! This is what democracy looks like!” ◆ Marlin Stum is a journalist and nature writer who, long ago, was a regular contributor to CATALYST. We welcome him back.

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A monthly compendium of random wisdom for the home, garden and natural world MAY 1 May Day/Beltane. The Sun rises at 6:25 a.m. today and sets at 8:24 p.m. Start hardening off warmweather seedlings: Set them outside, at first in the shade, for increasing periods of time; cover, or bring inside at night till weather warms.

MAY 2 Now through mid-month: Plant asparagus, basil, beans, beets, broccoli, Brussels sprouts, cabbage, cauliflower, carrots, celery, chard, cucumber, endive, kohlrabi, lettuce, peas, potatoes, shallots and spinach.

MAY 3 National Garden Meditation Day. Forget about everything else; relax and meditate... preferably in a garden.

MAY 4 International Respect for Chickens Day. Consider a backyard flock of your own. For laws regulating livestock in your part of town, see “The Scoop on the Coop” in this issue. Find or-

ganic, non-GMO chicken feed at Dog’s Meow.

MAY 5 Eta Aquarid Meteors. The best time to see shooting stars from the Eta Aquarid meteor shower (born from Halley’s comet) is in the early morning, just before dawn, on May 5 and 6, 2017. Halley’s was last visible in 1986 and will return in 2061.

MAY 6 May is for mushrooms. Go on a foraging excursion in Logan Canyon with mycologist Michael Piep. LOGANNATURE.ORG MAY 7 International Compost Awareness week begins. Have you tried composting with red wiggler worms? Sign up now for Wasatch Community Gardens’ vermicomposting workshop on June 10.

WASATCHGARDENS.ORG MAY 8 Mayflies are hatching, dancing, copulating, giving birth and dying—all in one day. It takes up to three years for a mayfly naiad to develop. Adult life, however, lasts but a single afternoon, during which they

Plant poppies near roses for natural pest control

hatch, mate and die—en masse.

Some species have a synchronized hatch, with as many as 18 trillion emerging at once. Mayflies are excellent environmental indicators, as the naiads can survive only in very clean water.

MAY 9 Sunflower roots secrete toxins that stunt surrounding plants.

Don’t let them grow too near vegetables or other annuals.

And be sure to weed out the abundant volunteers unless growing sunflowers is your main goal.

MAY 13 ’Tis the day for plant sales.

At the Wasatch Community Gardens sale (Rowland Hall), you’ll find an expanded selection of edible perennials and organic herbs. At Red Butte Gardens you’ll find native, high-altitude and water-wise plants. Both have heirloom vegetables and bee-friendly flowers and herbs.

MAY 14 Mother’s Day. The word for mother, worldwide, is based on “ma,” or some variation thereof.

MAY 15 Harvest greens in the morning and don’t wash them.

Store in a baggie Blackberry Winter, the time of cold with a paper towel to absorb moisture.

MAY 10 “Blackberry winter,” a period of cold when the blackberrys bloom. coinciding with May 16 Plant canthe time when taloupe, corn, eggplant, peppers, blackberries bloom, often occurs pumpkins, squash, tomatoes, wateraround now. melon. Also cosmos, gladiolus, marigolds, mums, Shasta daisies, May 11 Take the 999 ride—tonight, sunflowers, zinnias and other heator any Thursday. Arrive at the corner loving flowers. of 9th & 9th on your well-lit bike at 9pm. Be prepared to pedal at a MAY 17 Let nature work for you: leisurely pace up to five miles with Plant poppies around rosebushes to untold hoards of happy cyclists. attract lacewings, which then eat Beer stop along the way. Rain or the aphids on the roses. shine, they say.

MAY 18 Looking for an excuse to May 12 Bat, coyote, moose, mounget outside? The Great Salt Lake Bird tain lion, muskrat, pika, porcupine, Festival is invigorating to the body rabbit, raccoon, red fox and skunk and soul. Through May 22. babies are being born. Mountain lions and coyotes are occasionally MAY 19 Have you ever ridden your seen in City Creek Canyon. The bike to work? Today may be the day spring songbird migration is reachto try it. Dress for weather. Engage a ing its peak. bus or Trax if necessary. Give your-

MAY 25 Leftover wine or beer? Pour it on your compost pile. It will activate the bacteria and give your garden a little extra push.

self enough time. Heads up, and enjoy the ride! SLCO.ORG/BICYCLE May 20 Like quinoa? Try growing your own. It makes pretty flowers, and then you can eat it!

Mix the tiny seeds with sugar for easier sowing and refrigerate overnight, then plant in full sun.

MAY 27 Every day 22 people die while waiting for a organ transplant.

One organ donor can save eight lives and change the lives of more than 50 people. To register to become an organ donor: YESUTAH.ORG

MAY 30 According to recent studies, some honeybees are thrill seekers, while others are pessimists.

MAY 28 The nepetalactone in catnip is also a very effective fly and mosquito repellent. Rats and mice dislike it, too, and will avoid places where it grows.

MAY 21 If you have an aquarium, dump the fishpoopy water on garden plants.

Same thing if you have a scummy pond: That scum is loaded with nitrogen.

MAY 29 Mosquitoes can lay thousands of eggs in standing water in just five days.

MAY 22 Female sea monkeys (aka brine shrimp) will develop a pouch when they’re pregnant, but they don’t need to mate to become so: They can fertilize their own eggs, a process known as parthenogenesis.

MAY 23 Don’t throw out old, sprouting garlic cloves. They have hearthealthy antioxidants.

MAY 24 Pick snow peas when the peas are just beginning to swell in the pods; snap peas when the pod is plump, but the skin is still shiny, not dull.

Empty any water-catching containers regularly.

MAY 31 The Sun rises at 5:58 a.m. today and sets at 8:52 p.m. Average High 76ºF Low 52ºF. May’s average maximum temperature is 72°; the minimum is 55°. Average snowfall is 1.1 inches; rainfall 1.8 inches. This whole month Venus is great to see and Jupiter and Saturn are perfectly visible.

First Quarter Moon: May 2, 8:46 pm Full Moon: May 10, 3:42 pm Moon’s Last Quarter: May 18, 6:32 pm.

New Moon: May 25, 1:44 pm. ◆ —by Diane Olson, Anna Zumwalt and Greta deJong

Sea Monkeys!

Otherwise known as brine shrimp MAY 26 Want to attract monarch butterflies to your garden? Adult monarchs lay their eggs only on milkweed aka butterfly weed (asclepias). Seeds are available locally (try Millcreek Gardens). Local lepidopterist Todd Stout recommends Asclepias speciosa (showy milkweed). For plants, visit HIGHCOUNTRYGARDENS.COM, where you can also watch a video on how to plant milkweed.

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