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photo & art by Ruth Plummer and Katie Plummer Welcome to our world, Jack! We’re so grateful to have you here! ◆

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ackson Phoenix Plummer, great-nephew of CATALYST editor Greta and nephew of CATALYST art director Polly, was born in Santa Monica, California on July 13, 2017.

Despite incredibly long odds, he shares his birthday with both his father and paternal grandfather. His names are tributes to his maternal great-grandfather and his sister Hayley.

He is truly a phoenix that has risen from the ashes, and his parents Ruth & Mike couldn’t feel more fortunate to have him in their lives.

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GUEST EDITORIAL DANIEL MENDOZA “Proactive” is the new approach to inversions.

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WALKING WITH JOHN JOHN DEJONG Testdriving a Bolt EV.

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SLIGHTLY OFF CENTER DENNIS HINKAMP For a dancer.

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ENVIRONEWS AMY BRUNVAND Monument travesty.

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TRANSIT DILEMMA FAITH RUDEBUSCH Consider air quality when planning your commute.

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LEGISLATIVE WATCH JESSICA REIMER Predictions and goals.

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WOOD BURNING ASHLEY MILLER

Volume 38 Issue 1 January 2018 It’s time to pay attention to no burn days.

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PROFILE: TONI LOCK JANE LYON A Sifu’s story.

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GET PROACTIVE! AMY BRUNVAND Simple choices for personal and community health in an inversion.

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BREATHING STORIES STEPHEN TRIMBLE: Beware the Pogonip!

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GUEST EDITORIAL A new take on inversions: “Proactive” is the word

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DANIEL MENDOZA, PHD

t’s winter in Utah and that means skiing and snow, but also our dreaded inversions.

My research focuses on air quality and associated health effects, and too many times I’ve been asked to “fix” the inversion.

Bad news—I can’t. Due to our mountain ranges and high elevation, the Salt Lake Valley (as well as other areas in Utah and the Western U.S.) is particularly prone to inversions. An inversion is when a high-pressure system settles in and effectively locks air in place.

If we picture the Oquirrh, Wasatch and Traverse mountains as three sides of a bowl, and the high-pressure system as the lid, we can start to see how there’s little room for air to move around. Snow on the ground further reduces the energy available for air circulation and escape, which compounds the stagnation effect. The only way an inversion event ends is when the high-pressure system moves away.

While we can’t control whether an atmospheric inversion occurs or not, we can control what we emit into this stagnant air.

Historically we have been reactive, instead of proactive, to poor air quality. It’s only when the air quality index reads orange or red that people begin to take notice and are encouraged to carpool, take transit and avoid burning wood, among other measures.

However, the poor air quality typically lags the start of the meteorological inversion by two to three days. This means that while the air quality is still green—at the beginning of the inversion—we should start taking preventive measures since the pollution released at the outset will be trapped throughout the event.

We’re currently working on various approaches to inform citizens in advance of these events. By being proactive, we can help mitigate our poor air quality issues and the health problems that come with it.

Dr. Daniel Mendoza works in the Pulmonary Division and the Department of Atmospheric Sciences at the University of Utah. His research entails the quantification of urban emissions, subsequent pollutant exposure, and health outcomes. Dr. Mendoza will speak at the CATALYST / PechaKucha “Clean Air Affair” January 19, 8-midnight at Trolley Square. Info: see back cover and CATALYST’s Facebook page.

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A SOLAR SYSTEM OF YOUR OWN

CATALYST test drives a Chevy Bolt EV An electric car can work with your solar panels for an overall lower carbon footprint

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erhaps the most important part of owning and managing a solar system of your own (SSOYO) is finding a way to store the electricity from your rooftop solar panels. An emerging solution is to incorporate an electric vehicle (EV) into your solar system.

First-generation EVs, with their limited battery capacity and range, didn't have enough capacity to provide for household electrical needs in addition to keeping a reserve for the trip to work, the soccer fields or the market.

The 2018 Chevy Bolt EV's full “tank” of 60 kilowatt hours gives it a 239-mile range, enough for anything but a major road trip (miles per kilowatt hour may vary).

Thinking in kilowatt hours is a bit of a stretch. Charging the Bolt's battery from the 120-volt outlet in your driveway will cost you about $6.60, at 11¢ a kilowatt hour. With a 239 mile range, that's 2.7¢ per mile. If your charge your Bolt EV at night, time-of-day rates of 5¢ a kilowatt hour could bring that down to 1.2¢ per mile. When you have your rooftop solar array paid off that works out to 0¢ per mile.

For comparison, a new fangled, oldfashioned gas sipper getting 40 miles per gallon of gasoline at $2.50 a gallon works out to 6.25¢ per mile.

The environmental aspect of owning an EV is a little more complicated. You can eliminate your transportation-related carbon footprint by charging your EV with renewables—your own rooftop solar array, wind power or hydroelectric. Depending on what kind of fossil fuel your power plant uses, your carbon footprint may be a little better than an efficient internal combustion engine.

The air pollution impact, cough cough, also depends on your electricity source. With renewables, your impact will be zero. Charging it with electricity from fossil fuels will end up polluting someone's air shed. While there are no coal-fired power plants in the Salt Lake Valley, there are a number of natural gas-fired plants.

BY JOHN DEJONG They put out about half the pollution of coalfired power plants in eastern Utah, which are Rocky Mountain Power's main source of electricity.

The $7,500 federal tax rebate for electric vehicles was endangered during the negotiations

The Snake Goddess, the sculpture usually found in the CATALYST office, enjoyed an outing to The State Room on November 30 where she presided over an evening of fundraising revelry.

over the Trump tax bill, but survived, making the $37,495 Bolt EV within the range of more people’s budgets. Chevy sold 2,000 Bolt EVs in November and expects to sell 30,000 in 2018.

Driving the Chevy Bolt EV The low center of gravity with the flat battery pack slung under the passenger compartment gives the Bolt EV an uncanny sure-footedness in corners. With city driving, I was never able to “put the pedal to the metal.”

My decent reflexes were still no match for the

acceleration the 200-amp electric motor is capable of. It would be fun to take one of these out on to the Salt Flats.

One of the greatest pleasures I get out of “economical” vehicles is trying to improve my gas mileage. A good information display can encourage economy and a bad display can stifle it. The Honda Fit I usually drive has a simple, informative format. The Bolt's instruments display your instantaneous mileage, your estimated range and the number of kilowatt hours in the battery.

Miles per gallon is replaced by miles per kilowatt hour for an electric vehicle. I got up to 2.9 miles per kilowatt hour in the Bolt EV when I was at my light-footed best. It was somewhat less than that when I was taking the editor to the acupuncture appointment she was late to. A great app would allow Bolt drivers to compete for the best mileage.

Another pleaser is the regenerative braking paddle on the left side of the steering wheel that allows you to recharge the battery rather than wearing down your brake pads as you pull to a stop. Using it has the feel of putting money in the bank.

Or rather, kilowatt hours in your battery.

There's also a gauge for how heavy your foot is on the “gas” pedal/accelerator. The readout is in kilowatts. Just cruising will take 8-10 kilowatts. A set-you-back-inyour-seat start will peak at 60-70 kilowatts or more. That's like turning on 60-70 electric hair dryers as quickly as you can put your foot to the floor.

The Bolt is very spacious for its curb length.

We were able to fit the Snake Goddess in the back, with the seats down and the trunk open.

My long legs were easily accommodated. The dashboard was informative without being cluttered. I'm a Dutchman and an engineer so bling means nothing to me but, that said, our candy-cane orange Bolt loaner drew lots of compliments.

The Chevy Bolt EV is an important step towards General Motors’ goal of helping to decarbonize the transport system by placing 20 zero-emission vehicles on the market by 2023. ◆ John deJong is the associate publisher of CATALYST.

SLIGHTLY OFF CENTER

For a Dancer

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Suzanne Wagner PSYCHIC, AUTHOR, SPEAKER, TEACHER

DENNIS HINKAMP

rigger warning: this might make you cry. It made me cry writing it, but it was a joyful cathartic cry. On December 6, our 18-pound 14.5-year-old package of fury, attitude and bliss left us behind.

Luba, our French bulldog, had an amazing life. She was born in Russia, hence we gave her a Russian woman’s name long before we knew the new owner of Crumb Brothers who shares that name. I have told the human Luba on several occasions that she can name her new puppy Dennis if she likes. Luba the doggie was somehow smuggled out of pre-Putin Russia at three months old and taken to St. Louis, Missouri. My late parents, the consummate shop-

pers, found her in the classifieds for the then unheard of French bulldog bargain price of $500. Two days later she was on another plane to Salt Lake City.

We picked her up in a dark cargo warehouse west of the main terminal. She immediately put her front paws on the dashboard of the truck and began surveying the future. We became her people. Her citizenship was never questioned and nobody picked up on the Russian accent in her bark or discovered the Russian identification tattoo on her tummy. She lived her life as an undercover free-roaming citizen of the world.

Luba has traveled with us everywhere from Los Angeles to Calgary. She has been to nearly all the oceanside campsites on Highway 1. She’s been to the San Juan Islands, Slab City, the Spiral Jetty, the Grand Canyon, Burning Man, Yosemite, Death Valley, Dead Horse Point, Goblin Valley, Bryce, Sundance, Zion, the Utah Senior Games and Canyonlands; many more national parks than President Trump (low blow, but I think she would approve.)

She has bitten French Canadians, pooped on the fancy carpet of a university VP and lived with me in Iowa for four months. She once got in a snarling, biting, bloody fight with a Boston terrier in the mean streets of a Las Vegas dog park.

She scared and delighted small children at different periods in her life. Luba was a weekly hit at the Logan Gardeners’ Market and ignored ignorant humans who asked if she was a pug. “A pug!” I could imagine her snorting incredulously.

“I have big pointy Frenchie ears and stubby tail, not floppy ears and a curlicue butt decoration.”

Near the end, our beloved ancient doggie had basically become a rag doll, refusing to eat.

So last week I picked her up and put her on the front seat of the car for a little Sunday drive to Idaho which is where we Gentiles go when we forget to go to the Utah Liquor store on Saturday. I stopped at the convenience store to get some wine and a horribly greasy sausage and egg breakfast biscuit.

When I self-medicate, it usually involves sausage. Since it was 12:01 they gave it to me for free. As I unwrapped said fetid biscuit, Luba magically looked up at me like “I want some of that.” By some miracle she ate half the thing which was about the only food she ate in the three days leading up to her death. That was a good day.

The small things you miss immediately when you become dogless. If you drop a morsel of food, you have to pick it up and you no longer have to close all the doors. You also have no way to triangulate your conversations. “Luba, tell Dennis to shovel the snow,” Susan might say. She will live on forever in our memories and almost that long as embedded shedded hair on our rugs and furniture.

There is an old Jackson Browne song that I never really noticed when I was younger called “For a Dancer.” I won’t cut and paste the lyrics here but if you want a good cry when someone or some pet passes, I highly recommend looking it up. It is more amazing than Amazing Grace and, if you want, you can even dance to it.

I know humans are dying and starving, but there is enough empathy to go around. We have bred dogs to be our best-imagined selves and we have to acknowledge our co-dependence. ◆ Dennis Hinkamp says, “People have told me that they hope that I can write their obituary. It is a skill that I wish I didn’t have, but I’m here for you; please schedule in advance.”

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UTAH ENVIRONEWS

MONUMENT TRAVESTY D O W N S I Z I N G

BY AMY BRUNVAND

The protesters took a knee in the middle of State Street as Trump announced the downsizing, and then spontaneously marched to the Wallace F. Bennett Federal Building.

The attack on the national monuments was done at the request of Senator Orrin Hatch with reference to a segment of the 2016 Republican party platform that calls for privatization of federal public land. In April 2017, Trump issued an executive order calling for “Review of Designations Under the Antiquaties Act.” Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke made a perfunctory visit to Utah where he met with selected “locals” sympathetic to reducing or rescinding national monuments but also received a heartfelt tour from dinosaur sleuth extraordinaire Alan Titus.

A public comment period for the executive order drew over 2.8 million comments and a report prepared for the Wilderness Society found that 93.3% of all comments opposed the monument review, with 90.9% of comments from

Five American Indian tribes with ties to Bears Ears have filed a lawsuit to restore Utah’s national monuments.

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n December 4, 2017 President Trump flew to Salt Lake City to announce that he would slash the size of two Utah National Monuments. Bears Ears National Monument was cut by 85%, with one remaining portion re-named to exclude reference to all but Navajo cultural heritage (five tribes have ancestral ties to Bears Ears). Grand Staircase Escalante National Monument lost 50% of its area, re-animating threats that coal strip mines could irreparably scar the Kaiparowits Plateau.

Trump’s announcement at the Utah State Capitol was ugly, disheartening and poorly handled by Utah politicians who called for “local control” even as they continued to shut out Utah locals and other stakeholders who want to pre-

serve national monuments. Despite Trump’s states’ rights rhetoric, Utah Governor Gary Herbert claimed he did not know what the shrunken boundaries would look like up until the event.

While Trump delivered a bizarrely misinformed speech to a hand-selected audience, an estimated 2,000 monument supporters were told to stay in a “free speech zone” so that Trump would not see them.

The Zinke report concludes that rather than conservation, priority should be given to “grazing, timber production, mining, hunting and fishing, and motorized recreation.”

Utah opposed. The Wilderness Society report concludes that people “have spoken clearly and forcefully for the continued protection of America’s public lands and the natural, scenic, sacred, culturally and historically significant places they contain.”

Zinke drew a different conclusion in his own report issued in August 2017 which dismissed public support for monuments as “a well-orchestrated national campaign organized by multiple organizations.” The Zinke report concludes that rather than conservation, priority should be given to “grazing, timber production, mining, hunting and fishing, and motorized recreation.”

Monument boundaries were re-drawn specifically to open formerly protected lands for the proposed Lake Powell Pipeline, uranium mining, coal mining and paving of dirt roads.

To date, five lawsuits have been filed to restore Utah’s national monuments. One is by the five American Indian tribes with cultural ties to Bears Ears (Hopi, Navajo, Utah Indian, Ute Mountain Ute and Zuni). Utah Diné Bikéyah, the grassroots Navajo group that originated the proposal, filed suit backed by Friends of Cedar Mesa, Archaeology Southwest, Conservation Lands Foundation, Patagonia Works, Access Fund, National Trust for Historic Places and the Society for Vertebrate Paleontology.

The non-profit environmental law organization Earthjustice has also filed suit over both Bears Ears and Grand Staircase Escalante on behalf of conservation groups including Natural

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Resources Defense Council, National Parks Conservation Association, The Wilderness Society, Southern Utah Wilderness Alliance, Grand Canyon Trust, Great Old Broads for Wilderness, Western Watersheds Project, Sierra Club, Center for Biological Diversity, WildEarth Guardians and Defenders of Wildlife. Grand Staircase Escalante Partners has also filed a lawsuit.

You can support restoration of national Monument boundaries through any of these organizations, or by directly supporting their legal teams: Earthjustice: EARTHJUSTICE.ORG; Native American Rights Fund: NARF.ORG; Utah Diné Bikéyah: UTAHDINEBIKEYAH.ORG

Stewart proposes fake national park In an effort to block lawsuits seeking to restore the boundaries of Grand Staircase Escalante National Monument, Representative Chris Stewart (R-UT-2) has introduced a bill to create a fake national park. The misleadingly named “Grand Staircase Escalante Enhancement Act” would formalize the downsized monument boundaries and put commissioners from Garfield and Kane counties in charge of management.

Hunting and grazing would take priority over conservation, and areas formerly protected by National Monument status would be immediately re-opened to drilling and mining. The Hole in the Rock Road would be given to the State of Utah to be paved. Even the National Parks Conservation Association opposes this hideous proposal, and they love national parks.

National Parks Conservation Association: NPCA.ORG

Curtis tries to sabotage Bears Ears Utah’s newest member of Congress has already jumped on the anti-public lands bandwagon. In December, John Curtis (R-UT-3, replacing Jason Chaffetz who stepped down in June 2017) spon-

sored “Shash Jaa National Monument and Indian Creek National Monument Act” in order to formalize Trump’s drastically downsized boundaries and block lawsuits to restore Bears Ears to its original size. “Shash Jaa” is the Navajo language name for the Bears Ears mesas, and the choice of names is seen as an attempt to divide Native American tribes in the fivetribe coalition that advocated for the designation of Bears Ears National Monument.

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Transit dilemma

Consider air quality when planning your commute

BY FAITH RUDEBUSCH

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t’s clear that how we choose to commute affects our air quality. But does our mode of transit determine how many pollutants reach us? What’s a health-conscious commuter to do? Dr. Robert Chaney, professor of health sciences at BYU, wanted to find out.

For a study published in the academic journal PLOS One last November, Chaney and his coauthors asked 15 participants to travel along a busy road near downtown Salt Lake City.

They traveled via six modes of transit: electric light rail, diesel bus, car with windows open, car with windows closed and air conditioning on,

57% of the fine particulate matter in the Wasatch Front comes from vehicle exhaust. bicycle, or on foot. While commuting, the participants wore personal air monitors that measured the concentrations of fine particulate matter (PM2.5) from the air around their heads every second. All the participants followed the same route for almost two miles along North Temple, just south of the fairgrounds, during rush hour traffic.

Although the study took place in August, fine particulate matter creates extra problems in the winter, causing smog—the hazy air common during inversions. Smaller than 2.5 micrometers (0.0001 inches) across, these particles can stay aloft for weeks and are associated with a variety of health problems, including coughing, aggravated asthma, heart disease and cancer. Fine particulate matter is formed from chemical compounds released during combustion. According to the Utah Department of Public Health, 57% of the fine particulate matter in the Wasatch Front comes from vehicle exhaust.

Chaney’s results are consistent with previous findings. Nicholas Good and his coauthors, for example, also found less fine particulate matter inside cars than around cyclists, although they reported more carbon monoxide in cars. Published in the Journal of Exposure Science and Environmental Epidemiology in 2016, their study tracked the air quality experienced by 45 commuters traveling by bicycle or car in Fort Collins, Colorado.

One author of the Fort Collins study, John Volckens, points to an inherent problem when you look at as small a group of people as those included in the Salt Lake study: These findings

The inhaled dose Chaney and his coauthors found the highest concentrations of fine particulate matter in buses and cars with open windows and the lowest in cars with closed windows. But they knew that how many pollutants get into your lungs also depends on how quickly you’re breathing and how long you’re outside. Incorporating these factors, the researchers estimated how much fine particulate matter reached commuters’ lungs, which is called the inhaled dose. Pedestrians had the highest inhaled dose of any of the commuters because they took the longest time to travel along the route. Cyclists inhaled the second highest dose, while commuters in cars with closed windows had the least pollutants reach their lungs.

In the winter, set your heating system to recirculate the air within the car. cannot be generalized to other areas, times of day or times of the year (a point also noted by Chaney in his paper).

So what’s a conscientious commuter to do?

Chaney recommends that when you need to drive your car, keep your windows closed and

set your heating (or air-conditioning) system to recirculate the air within the car. This way, if your car is a newer model, like those in the study, you may be able to achieve cleaner air inside than outside your car.

But certainly don’t stop cycling or walking in good to moderate air qualities. These forms of transport, unlike cars, obviously don’t make the problem worse by adding more pollutants to the air. Chaney notes that cycling and walking are also great forms of exercise that lower your

The benefits from regular exercise probably outweigh the risks from higher exposure to air pollution in all but very poor air quality. risk for chronic diseases like obesity, heart disease, and cancer. Volckens says of his personal commuting, “I gave up my parking pass this year; I almost strictly bike to work.”

In fact, in our sedentary society, the benefits from regular exercise probably outweigh the risks from higher exposure to air pollution in all but very poor air quality. Although this hasn’t been directly studied, a 2016 review by Thomas Gotschi and others in Transport Reviews estimates that the risks from air pollution operate on a different scale than the benefits of regular exercise from cycling: While air pollution may shorten the average cyclist’s life by 0.8 to 40 days, the regular exercise of cycling may lengthen it by 90 to 425 days.

The air quality index, displayed on most weather forecasting apps and websites, reports the level of ambient pollution on any given day, and may be helpful when planning your commute. But to avoid the higher-than-ambient concentrations of pollutants near busy roads, Chaney suggests choosing routes along lower-traffic roads when possible. Volckens adds that timing your commute to avoid peak traffic flow (when your schedule allows) will also reduce your exposure to pollutants.

Bigger changes City-wide solutions include structural, technological and land-use changes. Cycling, walking and other forms of active commuting need to be safe, healthy and normalized ways to get around. While most cities tack bike lanes onto existing roadways, Volckens says this is a problem because it “puts bicyclists right next to one of the largest sources of air pollution in the country, which is motor vehicles.”

One alternative is to install off-road paths, such as Salt Lake’s S-Line Greenway. This is easier said than done: It’s not clear how much space is required between paths and roads to achieve health benefits; acquiring the land for such routes is usually somewhere between daunting and impossible; and the paths are only useful if they are located where commuters need to travel. However, future development projects should incorporate separate bike paths instead of on-road bike lanes.

Where physically separating paths from roads is impossible, some cities are getting creative. Volckens was interested in an idea implemented in Amsterdam, where certain roads are closed to vehicles during peak traffic times, temporarily creating cleaner-air corridors just for cyclists and walkers to enjoy.

What’s up with UTA An eventual shift to electric vehicles will eliminate the largest source of fine particulate matter in the Wasatch Front. Salt Lake’s TRAX light rail train system is powered by electricity, and the city’s official website states that there are 28 smart charging ports for electric vehicles, making electric car ownership more feasible for some residents.

Buses help reduce the numbers of cars on the road, thereby reducing pollutants. But diesel buses often self-pollute, meaning that their own exhaust leaks back into the bus; switching from diesel to electric buses protects bus passengers’ lungs in addition to improving ambient air quality. Carl Arky with the Utah Transit Authority (UTA) says that of the 510 buses serving the greater Salt Lake area, 30 are hybrid electric models and 47 are powered by natural gas. Arky adds that the UTA plans to introduce five electric buses in 2018, saving 2,400 diesel gallon equivalents and their associated pollutants per bus.

These are steps in the right direction, but Salt Lake lags behind the rest of the United States when it comes to clean transport. The American Public Transportation Association’s handbook states that as of January 2015, 2% of US buses were powered by electricity and 17.8% were hybrid electric models. The UTA will still have fewer than 1% electric-powered and 5.9% hybrid buses, a startling discrepancy given that Salt Lake’s winter air quality is often worse than that of larger metropolitan areas.

Solving Salt Lake’s air quality problem requires hard work and creativity. But for clean air under a brilliantly blue winter sky, it will be well worth the effort. ◆ Faith Rudebusch is a biologist and the author of the edible gardening blog, SLATEMOUNTAINGARDEN.COM. She lives in Pocatello, Idaho.

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This year’s session holds the potential to make headway on reducing vehicle pollution and identi fying the effects of a drier and warmer climate on our health and economy.

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• Diesel engines without proper controls emit 426% more small particulates (PM2.5) than a compliant diesel vehicle, and 2160% more nitrogen oxide (NOx), which reacts in the air with other pollutants to form additional PM2.5.

• HB101 (sponsored by Rep. Patrice Arent) requires all counties out of compliance with federal air quality standards (Salt Lake, Davis, Weber, Cache and Utah) to implement a diesel emissions testing program. Utah Co. is the only county that does not do this voluntarily.

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Electric vehicles • Increased sales and use of electric vehicles (EVs) will make a big dent in our vehicle emissions. Two bills help to encourage greater adoption of EVs by consumers.

• One bill brings back the EV tax credit, which was phased out in 2016. However, there is talk of a higher registration fee to recoup funds for road maintenance, which currently comes from the gas tax. We will be watching this closely.

• The second bill provides better access to EVs in Utah! Details to come.

Climate Climate will also—finally—be on the agenda this session! Not one, but two resolutions address the role of climate change in the health of our economy and environment.

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tions to address our problems, and these resolutions could be two big steps towards ensuring that we, as a state, consider the implications of a changing climate in our decision-making.

This legislative session will provide ample opportunity to express your voice on these and many other issues. HEAL will be at the Capitol throughout the session, and we would love to have you join us! We host Legislative Previews in earlymid January, where we will discuss the bills we are supporting in more depth. We will also be providing updates on those bills here in CATALYST throughout the legislative session.

HEAL will participate in the Clear the Air Challenge in February to encourage all of us to reduce the amount we use our cars. ◆ Jessica Reimer is HEAL Utah’s policy associate. She will be reporting on goings-on at the Capitol this legislative season. For previews and joining their Clear the Air Challeng team: HEALUTAH.ORG

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LOVE YOUR LUNGS

When smoke gets in your eyes (and lungs) It’s time to pay attention to “no burn” days

BY ASHLEY MILLER

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is the season for relentless episodes of nationalnewsworthy air pollution in the Salt Lake Valley— air that reaches the unhealthy range and lingers for days without a storm to blow it away. Now is the time to think about our individual impacts and what we can do to lessen our contribution to smog.

One significant thing those of us with fireplaces and stoves (including EPA certified), pellet stoves, outdoor fireplaces, fire pits, burn barrels, charcoal grills, smokers and coal-burning stoves can do is to pay attention during the “no burn” period (November 1March 1) and respect the “no burn” days, both voluntary and mandatory. (Natural gas and propane stoves are okay.)

Let’s take a look at wood.

The toxic truth about wood smoke Isn’t wood a source of renewable energy? A natural substance? A heat source since prehistoric times, and an alternative to “dirty” fossil fuels? Sure. Unfortunately, natural doesn’t always mean harmless, and a growing number of studies are associating wood smoke with an array of illnesses like asthma, heart disease and other lung and respiratory illnesses—many of the same illnesses that are associated with smoking.

Wood consists largely of two relatively harmless ingredients: cellulose and a strengthening substance called lignin. The real problem is that wood isn’t burned completely. It instead forms what scientists call “products of incomplete combustion.” Green wood contains more than seasoned wood. Fire temperature matters, too.

Wood smoke contains over 200 chemicals and compounds, including carbon monoxide, benzene, formaldehyde, sulfur dioxide, nitrogen oxides (NOx), dioxins and polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs).

In fact, wood smoke is strikingly similar to cigarette smoke. The EPA estimates that a single fireplace operating for one hour burning 10 pounds of wood (just a couple logs) will generate 4,300 times more PAHs than 30 cigarettes. The EPA further estimates that the lifetime cancer risk

Wood smoke accounts for more than 16% of the particulate matter in Utah’s air on the average winter day.

from wood smoke is 12 times greater than that from an equal volume of second-hand tobacco smoke.

Burning impact on health Aside from being so similar to cigarette smoke, wood smoke is especially unhealthy due to the size of the particles contained within.

The serious pollution we experience during our wintertime inversions is PM 2.5— fine particulate matter that is 2.5 micrometers in diameter. Most wood smoke particles range from .2 to .05 micrometers.

Think about it like this. A grain of sand is roughly 90 micrometers.

The width of a human hair is between 50-70 micrometers. Dust is considered 10 micrometers, or PM 10. Your body’s natural defense mechanisms are able to reject much of PM 10 exposure by coughing, sneezing or blowing your nose. But these ultrafine particles are too small to be filtered out by the upper respiratory system and travel deep inside our lungs, getting trapped in the tissue. This causes irritation and decreased lung function.

Research suggests these particles can cross into the blood stream and induce inflammatory responses at a quicker rate than exposure to fine particles, leading to asthma attacks, acute bronchitis and increased susceptibility to respiratory infections.

People who already suffer from heart or lung disease may experience negative health effects earlier and at lower levels than healthy people. Children are more susceptible to smoke because their respiratory systems are still developing, they breathe more frequently than adults and they’re more likely to be active outdoors. During and following periods of elevated air pollution along the Wasatch Front, hospital admissions and emergency room visits increase.

The air shed impact Wood burning impacts the overall regional air quality, and it particularly impacts local neighborhoods where the burning is taking place.

During inversions the “lid” of warm air keeps wood smoke close to the ground where it easily enters buildings right at the level where we are breathing. Just a few hours of burning wood in one home can lead to seriously elevated concentrations of ultrafine particulate matter pollution within the home doing the burning as well as in dozens of homes throughout that neighborhood.

Because the particles are so small, there really is no effective way to prevent wood smoke pollution from traveling. In fact, 70% of the smoke leaving the chimney of a fireplace will re-enter nearby homes.

The inhalable particle pollution from one woodstove is equivalent to the amount emitted from 3,000 gas furnaces producing the same amount of heat per unit.

According the Utah Division of Air Quality, wood smoke accounts for more than 16% of the particulate matter in Utah’s air on the average winter day. In a study released last spring, scientists found that the total amount of wood smoke in the air remained about the same even on days when a burning restriction is in place—a sign that people were not complying with the “no burn” rule. The Division of Air Quality has since increased the fines for noncompliance from $25 to $150 for the first offense, and $299 for subsequent offenses.

Exemptions are available for people who rely on wood as a sole source of heat and for cooking, though they may do the bulk of the burning. With that in mind, UCAIR is offering a limited number of $1,000 vouchers toward the purchase of a gas appliance in exchange for decommissioning an

The “no burn” period (during which “no burn” days may occur) is November 1March 1. Track actual “no burn” days at: WWW.WHENTOBURN.COM/UTAH-AIRQUALITY-MONITORING-NO-BURN-DAYS

active woodburning stove: UCAIR.ORG/SHOW-UCAIR-WOOD -STOVEEXCHANGE/ Food-related businesses with pollution controls installed can get permits for their commercial-grade wood-fired ovens.

Yes, the fines target those of us who enjoy fire for the romance of it. But romance wanes when the inversion puts a lid on the valley and we realize that some people’s pleasure may be others’ actual physical difficulty.

According to the California Air Resources Board, the inhalable particle pollution from one woodstove is equivalent to the amount emitted from 3,000 gas furnaces producing the same amount of heat per unit. So-called “EPA cer-

During an inversion, just a few hours of burning wood in one home can lead to high concentrations of pollution within the home doing the burning as well as in dozens of homes throughout that neighborhood.

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Please consider the air this inversion season. It can be as simple as not starting that fire. ◆ Ashley Miller, J.D., is CATALYST’s new air quality columnist. Miller is program and policy director for Breathe Utah. She is a member of the Utah Air Quality Policy Advisory Board and the SL County Health Department Environmental Quality Advisory Commission.

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A Sifu’s story

PROFILE

Meet student, teacher & patient Toni Lock

would treasure this practice for the rest of her life.

It was at a New Year’s celebration in 2009 that her teacher Sifu Gardner told her, “I would like to make you a Sifu. You have to commit to practice for the rest of your life and share what you learn for the rest of your life.” Lock responded, “Yeah, I want to!” She got on one knee, received a blessing and since that day, has known as “Sifu.”

Qigong is an ancient Chinese tradition much like tai chi, rooted in moving meditation but more free flowing and adaptive. For example, you could drop into a qigong class here and there to practice, whereas tai chi takes consistent study and practice to learn each of the 108 postures.

Some of the men participating in the study could hardly stand on their own at the beginning, instead doing seated practice.

Sifu recalls a 90-year-old man who couldn’t stand on his own on the first day who, by the end of the practice, stood with the slightest support from Lock’s arm. At the end of this successful study Sifu became a part of the faculty at HCI, leading her own weekly classes.

Two years later, Sifu was involved in another research study on the benefits of qigong in cancer patients with then-doctoral candidate Cassidy Doucette. “The purpose of this project,” Doucette wrote in an email to CATALYST, “was to examine the effectiveness of qigong in improving and preventing common side effects of cancer and cancer care”—the typical side effects being fatigue, pain, anxiety and depression. Participants of the five-week study were asked to spend 60 minutes twice a week with Sifu Lock. They were also asked to keep an experience journal that would be used to make objective and thematic conclusions about the study.

While accumulated data from the study showed dramatic improvements in sleep and sleep disruption, patients also noted sig nificant changes in social function and lower pain intensity.

Cancer studies and qigong

From teacher to patient

In 2012, Sifu Lock was involved in a clinical trials study at the Huntsman Cancer Institute (HCI) as an assistant teacher to Sifu Gardner. This 12-week study involved men 65 or older who were suffering from prostate cancer.

That group was split in two—a qigong class taught by Sifu Gardner and a simple stretching class.

As she observed first hand the healing qualities of her practice Sifu Lock was also becoming a patient herself. “I found my lump the day after Christmas, went to yoga, took a shower, went and did a biopsy.” She was diagnosed with breast cancer and had to get a bilateral lumpectomy. “I was in and out in 10 days, and I went back to

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oni Lock started practicing tai chi 20 years ago after a dear friend and “soul sister” said she should try it. She had been teaching aerobics at the time, she was in her twenties and her friend who had a knack for reading energies told her that she saw a more philosophical teacher in her, not so much a work-out and get-fit teacher. After this conversation, Lock saw an ad in CATALYST for a lecture on tai chi at Red Lotus School of Movement back when it was on Pierpont Avenue and decided that she must go.

She arrived at Red Lotus and immediately knew that she was in the right place after meeting Sifu Jerry Gardner, an ordained Rinpoche who established Urgyen Samten Ling Gonpa, the Tibetan Buddhist Temple in Salt Lake City.

Sifu (pron. “See-fu”) means teacher in Chinese.

“If you’ve ever been in his pres-

ence, then you know,” Lock said in an interview with CATALYST. “I just remember it being so inviting that I can’t explain it.” At that moment she began walking down the spiritual path that led her to become a tai chi master.

Three years later, a business venture that Lock partnered in was suddenly dissolved—something that would cause any human a great amount of stress.

Lock seemed to handle it just fine and returned to her work as a graphic designer. That same friend who’d suggested tai chi earlier said to her, “I think the tai chi is doing something for you. You’re really allowing things to just go up and down in a wave.” Lock hadn’t noticed what an impact her practice was having on her until her friend said something. “Tai chi practice helped me just be in the middle, less high and low. It really teaches you non-attachment. It is a way of life.” Lock knew that she

teaching. I haven’t missed one class since. Once you get the diagnosis, you aren’t done; you have to keep moving.”

Sifu Lock calls the experience her “C-Adventure.” She believes strongly in the impactful energy of words. “If you say cancer, you are telling yourself to be that. It’s a see-adventure, because you get to see everything,” she explains. When Lock was diagnosed she was fortunate to have only small tumors with clean nodes and margins. Perhaps, she speculated, it was because of her practice.

“One of my favorite sayings of Sifu Gardner is, ‘You have to refill your own vessel first,’” Sifu Lock says.“When people come to my class, they have a chance to let go of everything else that is going on in their lives and just re-fill their vessels.” It is the idea of working with your chi or “life-force.”

When you can refill that life force, you are better prepared to handle what comes at you throughout the day. Chi flows naturally, Sifu says, but it can get blocked up from bad foods, poor sleep and even overextending yourself—for example, saying yes when you really want to say no. To keep chi flowing, Sifu suggests making it a sacred act when you say “yes”

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She also feels it is important to express in-

vestment in loss. After 13 years of marriage, in the midst of radiation treatment, Sifu and her husband parted ways. It has put to the test the insight that nothing is permanent or stagnant and we have to keep finding the present mo-

ment. Asked how these about-faces in her life have affected the way she relates to her students as a teacher, she says, “Knowing and experiencing are two different things. Now I come from a more relatable experience. It has solidified the core of my practice, allowing me to stand on sacred ground.”

Nonetheless, some of her students have experiences that even she knows she cannot fully relate to, like one mother who had over 20 surgeries through her cancer treatment. “She wrote me this beautiful letter saying how I’ve taught her to take care of herself first. This girl keeps coming back [to my class] because it has changed her life so much. Self-care isn't selfish, it is selfless.

When we take care of everyone else and not ourselves, we can’t sustain that for long; it goes back to that empty vessel.”

Sifu Lock says everyone, wherever they are in their lives, can experience the benefits of tai chi and qigong. “Whether you aren’t sleeping, you’re stressed, diagnosed, divorced, whatever you are healing from—give this a chance. It’s a moving meditation that helps us move in life. The practice teaches you to be strong but soft, living with soft edges.” ◆

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LOVE YOUR LUNGS

Get proactive!

If you have to drive, be mindful of pollution.

Here are some simple daily choices that can make a difference in your personal health and for the community

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Eco-driving strategies keep gunk out of the air and burn less gas. Do these things all the time and save up to 33% on fuel costs: • Don’t warm up or idle your vehicle for more than 10 seconds. (City law limit is two minutes.)

• Combine several errands into a single trip.

• Don’t use drive-through windows.

• Avoid rush hour congestion.

• Drive smoothly—slow down and no jackrabbit starts.

• Maintain your engine.

• Keep your tires properly inflated.

• Remove extra weight from your car (for instance, take off sports racks not in use).

• Plan ahead and avoid filling your gas tank on red air days.

Work out at the gym.

If you exercise outside, do it early in the day when pollution levels are lower. Stay away from busy streets. Stop if you have trouble breathing or feel unusually fatigued.

Eat antioxidants.

Try to learn to breathe deeply, really to taste food when you eat, and when you sleep really to sleep. Try as much as possible to be wholly alive with all your might, and when you laugh, laugh like hell. And when you get angry, get good and angry. Try to be alive. You’ll be dead soon enough.

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Regarding garlic, herbalist Merry Lycett Harrison of Millcreek Herbs notes that garlic is excreted through the lungs. “Garlic offers us an easy, everyday therapy we can use to keep fluids moving so the lungs don’t become congested. I like to infuse warm butter or olive oil with fresh garlic and pour it over veggies or dip bread into it. Cooking causes the flavor to be milder but for best therapeutics [use fresh and] only cook it for about five minutes.” (CATALYST, January 2014, “Herbal help for healthy lungs. “)

Reduce the amount of energy you use.

It may seem abstract, but the impact is real: Turn off lights when you leave the room. As CFL lightbulbs die, replace with LEDs (which use half the energy). Fill the dishwasher before you run it. Lower your thermostat—put on a sweater. Frequent and long hot showers use a lot of energy for heating water. Plug your computer and TV into power strips that you turn off when not in use. Shovel instead of snow blowing (or make sure your machine is well maintained). Although there are no coal-fired power plants in the Salt Lake Valley their are a number of natural gas-fired power plants. Don’t make them work harder.

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The 2018 Utah State Legislature convenes January 22. Legislation is on the table that can make a difference. Let your legislator know air quality matters to you. Be specific and practical when you call. Helpful governmental solutions include: strict air quality regulations improved enforcement incentives for cleaner vehicles public spending on amenities for walking, biking and public transit.

“We want to hear from you,” says Rep. Patrice Arent, District 36. To find out who represents you, visit LE.UTAH.GOV/GIS/FINDDISTRICT.JSP Remember what William Saroyan said.

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Beware the pogonip!

Beware, but respond.

BY STEPHEN TRIMBLE

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our wife is pregnant, and you’re

worried. Ozone levels spike higher and higher. But both of you have good jobs. You can’t just up and leave, moving to a place with healthy air. A friend—sufficiently affluent—spends the winter inversion months in South America. Another moves out of the valley for good.

Most of us who live in Salt Lake City hunker down—agitated, angry and powerless to make the air fit to breathe unless the legislature takes action.

Breathing Stories: Utah voices for clean air

I’m ready to teach my class at the University of Utah. I typically ride my bicycle to the TRAX line and relax into the whoosh of the train’s climb up the hill to the U. At the end of the day, I ride home. But today’s air swaddles a gray blanket over the valley, a lid, dense with toxins.

It’s a red-alert day, with Salt Lake City achieving the distinction of worst air quality in America.

I’m supposed to refrain from exercising. I’m also supposed to avoid driving. A maddening double-bind. Do I injure myself, or do I harm my neighbors?

I love living in Salt Lake City. I fear living here, too, knowing that I’m wreaking permanent

harm on my lungs, year by year. By choosing to live here, I’m shortening my life. And what about the damage I’ve already done to my children by choosing to raise them here, by making a home for them in this unhealthy place?

In the 2017 State of the Air report, the American Lung Association ranked Salt Lake City’s air quality as the sixth worst in the nation, giving Utah as a whole an “F” for ozone and “D” for particulate pollution.

For years, environmental groups, moms, doctors and other concerned Utahns have worked tirelessly to advocate for clean air, using the most current science and policy information to make their case.

A new project, Breathing Stories: Utah Voices for Clean Air approaches the Salt Lake Valley’s air quality problem in a new way. The contributors to Breathing Stories bring personal story to this critical conversation.

First suggested by Brooke Larsen, conservation advocate and University of Utah Environmental Humanities Graduate Fellow at Torrey House Press, Breathing Stories gathers words of love and concern

from ordinary citizens and environmental activists, urban folks and rural residents, young and old and in between, into a soft-bound chapbook that will be delivered to each Utah legislator later this month as well as city, county and tribal officials around the state.

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A name for freezing fog When 19th-century newcomers came to the west, they displaced Native people from bottomlands where they had farmed and hunted and wintered for millennia. Most of the new arrivals chose to be villagers, living where mountain creeks flow into valleys and basins. Villages grew into cities.

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The cold air that blanketed these new basin homes in winter brought fog and ice on the coldest days, glazing trees and fences with rime. That freezing fog needed a name. English speakers took the Shoshone word for cloud, payinappih, and somehow managed to Anglicize it to pogonip—a new word for the icy needles that coat the land and clot the air in the worst of winter inversions.

Pogonip can be beautiful. I’ve seen Cache Valley cottonwoods and willows along the Jordan River flocked by ice, sparkling and crystalline as fog rises and sun strikes the frozen lacework.

These tiny bits of ice also hurt to breathe; hence the The Old Farmer’s Alm a n a c ’s admonition, “Beware the pogonip!”

B e w a re, indeed. We have pumped the air full of poisons. Woodsmoke, coal smoke, lead and sulphur from

We know exactly how to reduce the poisons in our air.

Drive less, idle less, in cars that pollute less.

Whenever pollution looms, let mass transit passengers ride for free.

Fill those buses and TRAX trains instead of jamming the freeways with cars carrying only a single driver.

Generate our energy from renewable resources, not from coal.

Require clean technology in every power plant.

Keep water levels in the Great Salt Lake sufficient to prevent a 21st century Dust Bowl. Monitor.

Educate.

Warn.

Plan.

And we know the terrible consequences if we make no changes.

We’ve been warned—by the Shoshone, by the Almanac, by physicians and

Pogonip—icy needles that coat the land and clot the air in the worst of winter inversions, derived from the Shoshone word payinappih. smelters, industrial chemicals, and the fumes from our automobiles. We’ve limited some of these pollutants, but we’ve grown our population even faster—to two million folks along the Wasatch Front, driving cars, burning wood, using coal-generated electricity, dry cleaning our clothes.

The result? Our lives our shorter, our brains are slower, our babies and elders fatally threatened by breathing bad air on the worst days.

We must live with the facts of our basin home. The cold air will pool, the blanket of inversion will settle over our city. Toxins will accumulate in the air we breathe.

Beware—but respond.

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scientists who list the consequences of our dirty air: miscarriages, pre-term births, strokes, heart attacks, respiratory diseases, cancers, and the premature deaths of our loved ones.

Beware.

And, now, act. ◆ STEPHEN TRIMBLE has published 25 books, including Red Rock Stories: Three Generations of Writers Speak on Behalf of Utah's Public Lands. He has served as board chair of Utah Interfaith Power & Light and on the advisory board of Utah Physicians for a Healthy Environment. Trimble co-taught the Praxis Lab "Air Quality, Health, and Society” at the University of Utah.

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The right story Toxicity chokes our souls as surely as our lungs

BY LAUREN WILDER

I

wish I had the right story to tell you. If I did, every word of it would sound like your mother’s steady breathing. It would sound like your best friend inhaling deeply on the first dewy morning of spring, like a child laughing until they’re breathless, like your own huffing and puffing as you climb a steep mountain trail. If I had the right story, it would feel warm like a lover’s sigh on your ear. It would feel like the time you finally asked that question, the one you’d been afraid to pose, and held your breath waiting for a reply. It would

With each breath, we expand to welcome the world into our lungs, and with each exhalation we push ourselves out into the spaces we inhabit. feel like your ribcage expanding big and round in relief after hearing the answer you wanted.

The right story would smell like an earthy desert river carving deep sandstone canyons, feel like fresh snow balancing on naked tree branches, and taste like newly cut grass on a school playground. It would look like a clear, deep blue sky.

I wish I had the right story to tell you. If I did, it would boom with the authoritative, measured cadence of a newscaster announcing another red air day. It would hack and heave like the coughs of children echoing off a gym wall when the air quality forces them to have recess inside. If I had the right story, when you picked

it up it would jerk and idle and honk at you like bumper-to-bumper traffic on I-15. It would sound like the beep and gurgling drone of your elderly father’s oxygen concentrator, like the rasping, labored wheezes of your niece reaching for her inhaler. It would taste like phlegm and reverberate like the word “asthma” rolling off a pediatrician’s tongue again and again and again. If I had the right story, it would emit a thick, malignant plume of acrid gray smoke, and it would smell like the absolute despair of watching someone you love suffocate knowing that you don’t have the resources to move away from the highway, from the refinery, from hopelessness.

I wish I had the right story to tell you, but I don’t. Instead, I’ve only got one story, and it goes like this: Three months ago I returned to Salt Lake City from Moab after spending six years away, and I brought my new husband with me. He’s never lived here before. It’s well known that Salt Lake locals often instruct newcomers to look toward the mountains to orient themselves with the lay of the land. I want to give my husband the same advice, but how can I when he knows about the thick inversions that hang like rancid milk around the city and dilute the sun to a pale, dirty brown? I want him to love Salt Lake like I do, but I worry that my descriptions of all the things I love about it— summer mornings spent at coffee shops in Sugar House, sunsets glimpsed from parking garages, autumn walks in Memory Grove, Christmas lights in Temple Square—won’t be enough to outweigh the fact that on some days we won’t be able to see the mountains at all. On days without their reassuring presence, I feel lost both in space and in spirit, and the low sky presses on my chest like a heavy weight. I know I’m not alone in this feeling, and I can’t help but wonder—what effect does this

have on our collective sense of place, on our communal sense of direction? How does the pollution, the inability to breathe, shape our inner lives? Without the reliable visual of the mountains, how will my husband root himself in his new home? How will any of us?

The simplest truth is that ever since I first moved here 11 years ago—fresh out of high school with a full-ride scholarship to Westminster College clutched like a lifeline in my Latina, working-class, first-generation college student fist—this city has been shaping me.

This city has been teaching me how to breathe. And this is what I’ve learned so far: On a basic level, clean air matters because breathing forms our most direct connection with our environment. With each breath, we expand to welcome the world into our lungs, and with each exhalation we push ourselves out into the spaces we inhabit. We don’t just live in polluted places—we live in polluted bodies. Clean air matters because our identities are inextricably bound up in the places we live, the places that we love. Our rootedness in place affects our emotional lives, and our sense of self depends on the health of our environment. We act upon each other reciprocally, tangibly and intangibly, individually and communally. Pollution affects our physical health, but it also molds our shared inner landscape— it shapes us as a culture and as a society. This is the psychology and sociology of place.

Clean air matters because toxicity chokes our souls as surely as it chokes our lungs and invades our bloodstreams. Our souls, our hearts, our lungs, our collective love story with this city, depend on clean air. ◆ Lauren Wilder is a queer, Latinx femme with strong working class roots. She grew up in Oregon but has called Utah home for over a decade. Her work has also appeared in the 2016 anthology Coming of Age at the End of Nature.

LOVE YOUR LUNGS

CATALYST has fun with the Awair air-tracking device

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WAIR looks like a minimalist digital clock radio with the phrase “know what’s in the air you breathe” written on the side. Here at CATALYST we were curious to learn what this little device was actually capable of.

Awair tracks temperature, humidity levels (to watch ozone count), chemicals, dust and carbon dioxide. Wherever you put it, it can monitor what’s in the air and tell you if there’s anything invisible that might be affecting your health. Awair needs to be plugged in, but it can

The device prescribing vacuuming. As soon as I did, my phone showed the dust count diving and the overall number rising to a healthy 80. be moved around your house or office or wherever there is an outlet.

We took our Awair around the CATALYST office and got different readings in various rooms. Readings are presented as both a small bar graph and as a color-coded overall score from zero to 100 (100, color-coded green, is healthy while 0, color coded orange, is unhealthy).

Here, we linked the Awair box to my iPhone through an app—it’s very simple, you can connect through Google, Facebook or even just your phone number. Now we could watch the bars going up and down as we moved the device around. The main room got a score of 80, which is kind of like getting a B- at school.

Next, we took it into a side office where the printer/photocopier resides. After about an hour I got this notice on my phone: “The chemical levels in your office are rising, this can be reduced by putting more house plants in your office.”

Just to clarify, the CATALYST office is full of plants! However, that particular room does not have single one—just a sleeping cat, a stack of Legos, some plastic dinosaurs and that printer.

Maybe it was the dinosaurs.

BY JANE LYON

I took the Awair device home and set it up in my bedroom. With the location change it took some time for Awair to re-calibrate. I had to create a “new room” and connect to my apartment wifi (it wasn’t too hard). But once Awair started giving me readings I was completely stressed out. My room had dust levels at 24 units (pretty bad compared to the office which had 1 unit).

Chemicals were 551 units (a little higher than the office). CO2 had 439 units. The device suggested that I vacuum. I had vacuumed recently but decided to follow the advice of Awair. Then I cleared off my desk and chair and sprayed them with all-natural multi-purpose cleaner. As soon as I did, my phone showed the dust count diving and the overall number rising to a healthy 80. I could move on with my life.

One interesting thing I’ve noticed is that when visitors from outside enter, the chemical levels always rise for a few minutes. After shoes are removed and jackets are hung in the closet, that number returns to where it was originally. Keeping shoes off and heavy coats stored away seems to positively affect air quality. Or maybe it’s the bad air seeping in when the door is opened?

What I’ve learned I can do • Vacuum regularly.

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THE AQUARIUM AGE

Integration and preparation Your astrological path for

2018

T

BY RALFEE FINN ransitional is the key word for 2018. It’s

we’re not alone fertilizes a determination to

ity, throwing the planet and most of her in-

a year of integration, a threshold mo-

work even harder to preserve our shared

habitants into a tailspin.

ment where past, present and future

ground: Planet Earth. Transitions, as many

While 2018 has its own share of unexpected

meet to create what happens next.

know, are seldom easy—the passages from

plot twists, it is essentially a year of integration

David Whyte describes a threshold as

one phase of life to another are often tumul-

and preparation, because what lies ahead of us

the place where you don’t know how to pro-

tuous, so be prepared for more than a few

is even more intense than what we’ve just been

ceed and need to ask for help. And that ability

rough moments. But also anticipate glorious

through. From 2019 through 2025, we’re under

to ask for help—that need and that willingness

moments of authentic transformation.

the influence of increasingly intense planetary

to reach out to others of like mind, heart and

Perhaps the best way to think of 2018’s

patterns and we need to prepare for those

soul—is the key to navigating not only 2018.

transitional signature is to see it as the astro-

changes. Unfortunately, that’s means 2018 is

It’s the key to navigating all the years ahead.

logical equivalent of gap year—you know,

not a vacation. In hindsight, it’s likely to be seen

Seen from that perspective, 2018 is also a

that hiatus between high school and college

as relatively quiet—the calm between the

year of community, where those of us who

that’s supposed to facilitate greater maturity

storms. Don’t misunderstand...there are plenty

understand the deep physical and metaphys-

before taking on the rigors of higher educa-

of astrological changes occurring over the

ical ecology of life on planet Earth move into

tion. Not that 2017 was high school—it was a

coming 12 months but with the exception of

an active and deeper experience of unity.

year of extreme polarization, symbolized by a

Uranus and its change of signs, what happens

Some of us will find it hard to acknowledge a

series of three Uranus/Jupiter oppositions,

astrologically in 2018 are tiny inconveniences

need for combined effort, working with oth-

which turned the world upside down with

compared to the coming years. I don’t mean to

ers to achieve necessary goals. But others will

one startling shift after another. And all those

be scary or obscure—I’m simply suggesting

find it comforting, because as the individual

upsets were punctuated by the American

that we make the most of the year ahead. Fore-

and collective confidence in our ecological

Eclipse, with its preponderance of startling

warned is better prepared.

connectedness grows, the realization that

revelations. 2017 simply tilted the axis of real-

The Big Shift of 2018 On March 11, 2011, Uranus, ruler of the sign of Aquarius and symbol of revolution, invention and surprising twists of fate, shifted into Aries—the same day that an earthquake sent a tidal wave crashing onto the shores of Japan, a wave that started the Fukushima nuclear fires. (In an article in the New York Times on the anniversary of this event, an expert is quoted saying “radioactive waste is likely to pour into the ocean for the rest of time”). Because Earth tends to experience the presence of Uranus more intensely than almost any other planet, I tend to think of it as the most dramatic of all the planets— there’s just no ignoring how immediately we feel its influence On May 15, 2018, Uranus will enter Taurus, beginning a cycle that lasts until 2025. It’s leaving a Fire sign and entering an Earth sign. Recently, predictions of increased earthquake activity during 2018 appeared in the news because of the slight wobble in the Earth’s rotation—Earth slowing down. When I heard that more earthquakes were a possibility, I couldn’t help but think about Uranus and its dramatic effects.

Originally, I thought this Uranian move from Fire to Earth would be more akin to a huge volcanic eruption and the ensuing disruption. But there’s simply no telling what the effect will be until Uranus settles into Taurus on March 6, 2019. The good news is that the retrograde pace of its transition between signs allows plenty of time to tie up the loose ends of the last seven years.

From a practical perspective, finances are certain to be an issue for the next seven years, as Taurus signifies money, and all personal resources other than real estate. I don’t necessarily think we’ll see the full effect on markets and banks until March 2019—but we will get glimpses throughout 2018. What we are most likely to see is a backlash to the newest version of the tax bill passed by both Houses of the Congress in 2017—a backlash that’s indicative of just how polarized we continue to be.

Uranus throws lightning bolts of illumination into stagnant situa-

tions. From a personal perspective, these lightning bolts tend to manifest as startling events. For example, you think your marriage is doing just fine, and then Uranus enters your solar house of relationship, and suddenly you or your significant other start talking divorce—from zero to 60 in the blink of a cosmic eye. From a collective perspective, Uranus, in Taurus, could also mean that previously tried and true financial institutions fail—again—only this time, there’s no way out of the mess other than a complete overhaul.

As Uranus shifts the focus from Fire to Earth, everyone is going to experience that shift, consciously or unconsciously, so be prepared to review and reflect on seven years of changes.

Integration: Saturn I often describe Saturn as the voice of reality, and for the next two years, it’s broadcasting in no uncertain terms information about what’s working and what’s simply falling apart.

Saturn signifies authority, structures and organizations; it helps us to get to the bones of things.

The next couple of years are essentially about the battle to solve problems—there is so much to figure out and the problems are mounting daily. As Saturn transits through its home sign of Capricorn, its powers of problem solving will be at an all-time high. The thing is…things are going to continue to fall apart during 2018 and it wouldn’t be wise to be too hasty putting things back together. No quick fixes will work; the solutions have to be real—grounded in practical wisdom that will serve the greater good.

Eclipses 2018 After the Great American Eclipse on August 21, 2017, it would be difficult to not mention the eclipses of 2018—none of which will gather the publicity of the Great one. And for good reason: No eclipse in 2018 travels as dynamic a span.

That being said, next month’s solar eclipse (February 15) comes very close to the degree of the Great Eclipse, and we are likely to

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28 CATALYSTMAGAZINE.NET January 2018 see a resurgence of the same issues in both individual and collective arenas. Here’s the list: January 31: Lunar Eclipse February 15: Solar Eclipse July 13: Solar Eclipse July 27: Lunar Eclipse August 11: Solar Eclipse

Retrogrades 2018 There are always Mercury Retrograde phases, and this year there are three: March 23-April 15 July 26-August 19 November 17-December 6 Mars is also retrograde, from June 26-August 27. Note that the second Mercury Retrograde of

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2018 occurs during Mars Retrograde—and that means those few weeks are sure to be brutal when it comes to getting anything done.

More about the particulars as the year unfolds. There’s more: Venus Retrograde runs October 5-November 16, with the final Mercury Retrograde of 2018 beginning the very next day.

Find your voice (and learn to listen) Learning to work together toward the greater good is part of the transitional force of 2018.

Healing is always about finding the truth of a condition, recognizing its causes, and then applying

the appropriate remedy.

Mr. Trump and his gang of hungry ghosts are the manifestation of the worst of us. The conceit of their greed is that they believe themselves to be the best. Their egregious behavior woke many from a deep sleep of complacency.

You might even say that while the Trump Gang was one extreme of what happens when you are unaware of the interconnectedness of life, complacency is simply a milder version. Failing to recognize yourself as a part of a much bigger reality—one that requires your active participation—you become complicit. Silence is consent.

If you want to make a difference in the world, find your voice and

speak your truth to power.

Earth has a lot more to say during the coming year. It’s our job to listen closely and take her seriously. We also need to listen to each other closely, and not just because we need each other, but because a continuing dialogue will help us to handle the transitional signature of the year. The realization that we are all in this together—that we are not alone even when we feel as if we are— gives us all hope for a better future. And learning to listen eventually strengthens and widens our ability to be kind and compassionate with our fellow travelers. ◆

If you know your Ascendant and/or your Moon Sign, read that too.

Sun Bursts:

Aries Mar

21-Apr 19 Uranus leaving your sign is certain to catalyze a wide range of emotions.

On one hand there is relief, yet on the other, there’s a deep sense of appreciation for just how dynamic this transit has been. Its move into Taurus requires a revolution of personal values, and the shifts are likely to include money. Don’t panic—this doesn’t necessarily mean you lose everything. Stay present for the changes, allow things to unfold, and you might be pleasantly surprised.

Taurus Apr 20-May 20 Yes…Uranus is going to shake things up—especially for you, because the first thing it does when it moves into your sign is it catalyzes an identity crisis.

You’re likely to want to change your clothes, your hair and your face. But I wouldn’t be too hasty about making any permanent changes at the beginning of the transit. Rather than act on impulse, a Uranian characteristic to be sure—take your time, sit with this new energy and get used to it before you act precipitously.

Gemini May 21-Jun 21 Uranus moves into Taurus, a position that stirs your internal world—the realm of the unconscious, where we dream of what was and imagine what will be. As part of this process you are sure to gain greater insight into psychological patterns that you weren’t previously able to crack open with your innate intellectual prowess. Uranus catalyzes an interest in alternative ways of knowing, ways that

challenge and provoke but also stimulate a new, innovative perspective.

Cancer Jun 22-Jul 22 Uranus’ journey through Taurus stimulates a desire to deepen your commitment to community action. I realize that might sound a little far-fetched to your crabby tendency to withdraw into your hermit persona. But I wouldn’t say no just yet. You are an innately nurturing human being, and that impulse to take care of others could override the tendency to be self-protective. They are not mutually exclusive impulses and the gift of 2018 is learning how to blend them.

Leo Jul 23-Aug 22 Uranus moves into Taurus, catalyzing a renewed interest in career possibilities—even if you’re retired. Don’t hesitate to follow your heart when it comes to doing what you love—anything less than authenticity is unacceptable. The only obstacle to this process is not knowing what you want to do, so if you don’t know, get crackin’. Uranus is thrusting you in the spotlight, and that attention might as well include what you are most passionate about.

Virgo Aug 23-Sep 22 Uranus’ journey through Taurus stimulates a desire to immerse yourself in new ideas, new ways of thinking and new belief systems. Embrace this phase by indulging your curiosity—travel to learn about different cultures, study a new language or become an expert on a religion other than your own. Be willing to see through the eyes of an ‘other’ and you’ll open your body, mind, heart and soul to a new and truly valuable universal perspective.

Libra Sep 23-Oct 22 You can hardly wait…I know…the

beginning is near, and soon the emphasis on relating and relationship will become a thing of the past—but not for a while. When Uranus moves into Taurus, you will feel an immediate lessening of tension, but it is important to realize that the next Uranian phase might be just as intense, given that Uranus enters your solar house of transformation, inviting you to even deeper processes and experiences of personal growth.

Scorpio Oct 23-Nov 21 The gift of Uranus, in Taurus, is the gift of moderation in relationships—all your partnerships, including and especially your relationship with yourself. The key to successfully navigating this next seven-year excursion is to realize and then know that finding a true balance with another human being, especially someone we love deeply, takes a lot of work and a constant commitment to staying on the field. You’re up to it, but it requires living the notion of nothing in excess.

Sagittarius Nov 22-Dec 21 Uranus’ journey through Taurus is a muscle-building phase—you’re building physical muscle, but you are also building strength of character because Uranus catalyzes a deep desire to be of service. That desire could manifest as active participation—you could run for office. It could also show itself as a commitment to taking care of a family member. It doesn’t matter what arena you choose. What’s important is your desire to make a positive contribution.

Capricorn Dec 22-Jan 19 Uranus moves into Taurus, catalyzing a deep desire for personal self-expression through creativity. It doesn’t matter whether your medium is writing, music,

painting or gardening. It also doesn’t matter if you’re not inclined toward an art or a craft. Life is the most creative endeavor any of us participate in, and Uranus is going to help you to turn your life into your masterpiece. All that’s necessary is your desire to show up and be willing to risk being you.

Aquarius Jan 20-Feb 18 When Uranus moves into Taurus it moves into your Solar House of the home—and that means where you live physically but also where you live psychically—all of which translates into catalyzing new terrain, within and without.

It is as Herculean as it sounds, but you’re up to the task. Uranus is, after you're your Ruling Planet, and you’re attuned to its innovative and erratic pulse. Even if there are moments of destabilization, you’re still likely to feel comfortable with this process.

Pisces Feb 19-Mar 20 Uranus’ journey provokes an exchange of ideas that spans all sorts of communication methods. Whether it’s a personal blog, a writing workshop, a course in non-violent communication or simply a series of heart-to-heart dialogues with friends and family, you’re talking and sharing your ideas about a wide range of topics. Embrace this Uranian phase because ultimately it is catalyzing your ability to converse intimately in a wide variety of languages. ◆ Ralfee Finn specializes in Transformational Astrology. She has been writing CATALYST’s astrology column for more years than we can count. Find her each Thursday in the emailed CATALYST Weekly Reader. For readings, call 1-212-222-3232, visit AQUARIUMAGE.COM, or email RALFEE@AQUARIUMAGE.COM. Copyright © 2017 by Ralfee Finn.

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Fans of: JJ Grey & Mofro, Warren Haynes, Gov’t Mule

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1/26 - BLACKKISS Fans of: Cody Blackbird,Redbone

1/27 - MARY LAMBERT Fans of: Brandi Carlile, Sara Bareilles, Tegan & Sara

1/30 - FRUITION Fans of: Greensky Bluegrass, Hot Buttered Rum

1/31 - MAGIC GIANT Fans of: Jared & The Mill, Johnnyswim, The Oh Hellos

2/2 & 2/3 - CHRIS ROBINSON BROTHERHOOD Fans of: North Mississippi Allstars, Warren Haynes

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Movies to see at Sundance Geralyn’s picks

BY GERALYN WHITE DREYFOUS

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ne hundred and ten feature-length films were selected for the 2018 Sundance Film Festival. These films (selected from 13,468 submissions) represent 29 countries and 47 firsttime filmmakers. Most of them are world premieres.

More than 10 films highlight the African American male experience (be prepared to find new ways to think and talk about race) and five films showcase women over 75 (Jane Fonda, Ruth Bader Ginsberg, Gloria Allred, Vivienne Westwood and Japanese artist Kusama). Try your best to catch the short film EVE—created by firsttime filmmaker Susan Nimoy at age 75—and the virtual reality experience SUN LADIES, where you can experience the story of a famous singer and her transformation from an ISIS sex slave to ISIS-fighting soldier in a female-only Iraqi unit.

I recommend CRIME AND PUNISHMENT, a scathing and shocking exposé of deliberate racial profiling by police. THREE IDENTICAL STRANGERS, my pick for US documentary audience award, is an astonishing film about three identical triplets, separated at birth, who meet each other at age 19. DARK MONEY, directed by Kimberly Pierce, is set in Montana and tells the story of the only US state not honoring the Citizens United case.

As for films with a Utah connection: *Impact Partners—a film fund that supports independent documentary films about important current social issues—has four films. **Gamechanger—dedicated to financing feature films directed by women—has two films at the festival.

and the power of emotion threatens to overcome all rationality. World premiere.

***The Utah Film Center has also fiscally sponsored seven films, two of which are Utah stories (QUIET HEROES and BELIEVER).

[Ed.’s note: Impact Partners, Gamechanger and the Utah Film Center are all co-founded by Geralyn Dreyfous, author of this story.]

US Dramatic Competition Blindspotting / U.S.A.— A buddy comedy with gravity and levity. Creates a new way to talk about race with the backdrop of how the city of Oakland, California has changed. World premiere.

Burden / U.S.A. — After opening a KKK shop, Klansman Michael Burden falls in love with a single mom who forces him to confront his senseless hatred. Leaving the Klan and with nowhere to turn, Burden is taken in by an African-American reverend, and learns tolerance through their combined love and faith. World premiere. **NANCY / U.S.A. — Blurring lines between fact and fiction, aka compulsive lying, Nancy becomes increasingly convinced she was kidnapped as a child. When she meets a couple whose daughter went missing 30 years ago, reasonable doubts give way to willful belief –

**The Tale / U.S.A. — An investigation into one woman's memory as she’s forced to re-examine her first sexual relationship and the stories we tell ourselves in order to survive; based on the filmmaker's own story. Extremely intense and provocative. ***Bisbee '17 / U.S.A. — An old mining town on the Arizona-Mexico border finally reckons with its darkest day: the deportation of 1,200 immigrant miners 100 years ago. Locals collaborate to stage recreations of their controversial past. World premiere.

Inventing Tomorrow / U.S.A. — Take a journey with young minds from around the globe as they prepare their projects for the largest convening of high school scientists in the world, the Intel International Science and Engineering Fair. Watch these passionate innovators find the courage to face the planet’s environmental threats while navigating adolescence. World premiere.

Seeing Allred / U.S.A. — Gloria Allred overcame trauma and personal setbacks to become one of the nation’s most famous women’s rights attorneys. Now the feminist firebrand takes on two of the biggest adversaries of her career, Bill Cosby and Donald Trump, as sexual violence allegations grip the nation and keep her in the spotlight. World premiere

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World Cinema Dramatic Competition Loveling / Brazil ,Uruguay — On the outskirts of Rio de Janeiro, Irene has only a few

alltime low. In an attempt to stop the bloodshed, a group of Israelis and Palestinians met illegally in Oslo. These meetings were never officially sanctioned and held in complete secrecy. They changed the Middle East forever. *Our New President / Russia, U.S.A. — The story of Donald Trump's election told entirely through Russian propaganda. By turns horrifying and hilarious, the film is a satirical portrait of Russian media that reveals an empire of fake news and the tactics of modern-day information warfare.

days to overcome her anxiety and renew her strength before sending her eldest son out into the world. World Premiere.

Un Traductor / Canada, Cuba — A Russian Literature professor at the University of Havana is ordered to work as a translator for child victims of the Chernobyl nuclear disaster when they are sent to Cuba for medical treatment.

Based on a true story. World Premiere

World Cinema Documentary Competition Anote's Ark / Canada — How does a nation survive being swallowed by the sea? Kiribati, on a low-lying Pacific atoll, will disappear within decades due to rising sea levels, population growth and climate change. This exploration of how to migrate an entire nation with dignity interweaves personal stories of survival and resilience. World premiere.

Genesis 2.0 / Switzerland — On the remote New Siberian Islands in the Arctic Ocean, hunters search for tusks of extinct mammoths.

When they discover a surprisingly well-preserved mammoth carcass, its resurrection will be the first manifestation of the next great technological revolution: genetics. It may well turn our world upside down. World premiere.

***This is Home / U.S.A., Jordan — This is an intimate portrait of four Syrian families arriving in Baltimore, Maryland and struggling to find their footing. With eight months to become self-sufficient, they must forge ahead to rebuild their lives. When the travel ban adds further complications, their strength and resilience are put to the test.

Next ***306 Hollywood / U.S.A., Hungary — When two siblings undertake an archaeological excavation of their late grandmother’s house, they embark on a magical-realist journey from her home in New Jersey to ancient Rome, from fashion to physics, in search of what life remains in the objects we leave behind. This film is magical, genre-blending and bending.

Documentary premiers Believer / U.S.A. — This local story follows Imagine Dragons’ Mormon frontman Dan Reynolds who is taking on a new mission to explore how the church treats its LGBTQ members. With the rising suicide rate among teens in Utah, his concern with the church’s policies sends him on a search for acceptance and change. World premiere. ***Generation Wealth / U.S.A. — Lauren Greenfield’s postcard from the edge of the

*Of Fathers and Sons / Germany, Syria, Lebanon — Talal Derki returns to his homeland where he gains the trust of a radical Islamist family, sharing their daily life for over two years.

His camera focuses on Osama and his younger brother Ayman, providing an extremely rare insight into what it means to grow up in an Islamic Caliphate. ***The Oslo Diaries / Israel, Canada — In 1992, Israeli-Palestinian relations reached an

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American Empire captures a portrait of a materialistic, image-obsessed culture. Simultaneously personal journey and historical essay, the film bears witness to the global boom– bust economy, the corrupted American Dream and the human costs of late-stage capitalism, narcissism and greed. This film is from the director of QUEEN OF VERSAILLES. World premiere.

Half The Picture / U.S.A. — At a pivotal moment for gender equality in Hollywood, successful women directors tell the stories of their art, lives and careers. Having endured a long history of systemic discrimination, women filmmakers may be getting the first glimpse of a future that values their voices equally. World premiere.

Jane Fonda in Five Acts / U.S.A. — Girl next door, activist, so-called traitor, fitness tycoon, Oscar winner: Jane Fonda has lived a life of controversy, tragedy and transformation – and she's done it all in the public eye. An intimate look at one woman's singular journey.

World premiere.

King In The Wilderness / U.S.A. From the passage of the Voting Rights Act in 1965 to his assassination in 1968, Martin Luther King, Jr. remained a man with an unshakeable commitment to nonviolence in the face of an increasingly unstable country. A portrait of the last years of his life. World premiere. ***Quiet Heroes / U.S.A. — In Salt Lake City, Utah, the socially conservative religious monoculture complicated the AIDS crisis, where patients in the entire state and intermountain region relied on only one doctor, Kristen Reis.

This is the story of her fight to save a maligned population everyone else seemed willing to just let die. And a love story about medicine, social justice and love is love. This film was created by two local filmmakers, Kristen Reis and Maggie Snyder. World premiere. ****Won't You Be My Neighbor? / U.S.A. — Fred Rogers used puppets and play to explore complex social issues: race, disability, equality and tragedy, helping form the American concept of childhood. He spoke directly to children and they responded enthusiastically. Yet today, his impact is unclear. Have we lived up to Fred's ideal of good neighbors?

This will be an Opening Night film in Salt Lake. World premiere.

Congratulations to Geralyn Dreyfous, author of this story and cofounder of Impact Partners, Gamechanger and the Utah Film Center who collectively have 13 films in the Sundance Festival.

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Stop being judgy and unyogic!

How discernment got lost in 21st-century yoga

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BY CHARLOTTE BELL

n 1988, I attended my first silent Insight Meditation retreat. I noticed one thing right off—how incredibly out-of-control my mind is. But as my mind began to quiet a little, I started to notice something more subversive: that my mind judged everything. If I stayed focused for an entire breath, I’d label it “good” meditation. If I caught my mind spinning out in thoughts, I’d label that “bad” meditation. As time passed and my awareness got subtler, I saw myself judging my judgments.

“Oops! I just judged that last breath as ‘bad.’ I must be bad. Auggghhh! I’m judging again!”

On and on it went.

I was shocked at how pervasive my judging habit was. I realized that my judgments of everything were not reality; they were completely subjective and not intrinsic to the truth of the moment.

This insight sent me into a period of being completely antijudgmental. Each person has his/her own dharma, I thought.

We’re all following our own truth. Who am I to judge?

In a lot of ways, this made life easier. I could “follow my bliss” and if someone else happened to take it wrong, well, they were just being judgmental. My truth just happened to clash with theirs. If they had a judgment about it, that was their problem.

I made some poor choices during that period in my life. Living in what we now call the “cult of positivity,” averse to what I thought was “unyogic” judgment, I caused considerable hurt to a person who was very dear to me. I ended up making a chaotic mess of my life, culminating in a year of immense suffering as I reckoned with the choices I’d made and committed to rebuilding my life in a much more conscious way.

It was then that I began to understand that not all evaluations can be classified as damaging judgments. Wise discrimination is actually an essential part of the yogic path. If the purpose of yoga is “the settling of the mind into silence” (from Sutra 1.2), wise discrimination is crucial to that end. Our minds cannot settle into silence when we’re continually making unwise choices. Tossing all evaluations out the window in the pursuit of being judgment-free

is antithetical to the settling of the mind.

I have a visceral response to the inevitable labels of “judgy” and “unyogic” that get applied to the questioning of unskillful behaviors by (mostly) famous yoga teachers. I believe this pattern squashes the #metoo movement that needs to happen in the worldwide yoga community.

Social media and the yoga blog world went crazy when John Friend’s, Bikram’s and Kausthaub Desikachar’s damaging behaviors were outed. The yoga community quickly broke into factions—some of whom were appalled by their behaviors and others who not only defended these teachers, but also accused those who questioned the behaviors of being unyogic.

It’s true that judging can be damaging. It’s also true that judging, the automatic labeling of something as “good” or “bad,” is often the result of a shallow understanding of a situation. It is culturally based judgments about our own bodies or our own abilities that cause many of the injuries that happen in asana practice. And of course, the mindstuff that we encounter on the mat is quite likely a microcosm of what’s going on in our minds in the rest of our lives. It pays to be aware of the worlds our minds create.

But there is a difference between judgment and discernment. Discernment is the faculty that asks us to consider the yamas, the ethical precepts that are the foundation of yoga, when we are faced with a perplexing choice. Discernment asks us to consider the potential consequences of our behavior.

Vivekachudamani—meaning “Crest Jewel of Discrimination”—is a 580-verse poem that describes the quality of viveka, wise discrimination or discernment. The text describes the development of discernment as the central task on the yogic journey, and calls discrimination the “crown jewel” of the qualities we need to develop in order to reach enlightenment.

Definitions abound, but to my mind, viveka is the ability to discriminate between what is permanent and what is impermanent, what is real and what is unreal, the causes of happiness and

Discernment asks us to consider the potential consequences of our behavior.

the causes of suffering.

Patanjali’s Yoga Sutras list the five causes of suffering: ignorance of our real nature, egoism, attachment, aversion and fear of death. According to Patanjali, discrimination is the antidote to ignorance, the root cause of all our suffering. The uprooting of ignorance leads to freedom. Our freedom is not limited by our loyalty to conscious, ethical behavior; it is dependent on it.

Discrimination is dependent on mindfulness, our ability to discern in each moment’s experience whether our choices will lead to happiness or to suffering. It allows us to look deeply into each situation and make choices according to the truth of the moment. While judgment looks at a situation and labels it good or bad based on our beliefs, discernment evaluates whether our or another person’s actions lead to lasting happiness or to suffering. Big difference.

Discernment is not petty judgment based on jealousy or just being an old fuddy-duddy who doesn’t want yoga to be fun. Discernment is, in fact, essential in discovering lasting happiness, the happiness that is not dependent on our external circumstances or experiences and objects that are impermanent.

I don’t doubt that John Friend’s teachings created happiness during Anusara’s 15-year run. But friends from the Anusara community have expressed to me that his private actions caused a lot of chaos and suffering for a whole lot of people. Many people claim the benefits of Bikram yoga, yet Bikram’s alleged rape of students, if true, has undoubtedly caused profound damage, as rape always does. To dismiss these men’s critics as judgmental is to diminish the suffering these kinds of actions cause.

Yoga has tremendous power to heal not only our personal lives, but also the world around us.

When we begin to experience our interconnectedness with everything and everyone around us, we become much more conscious of the power of our actions. We are more likely to act in ways that heal our world, rather than in ways that simply prop us up as individuals. It is discernment that teaches us the difference. ◆ Charlotte Bell has been practicing yoga since 1982. She is the author of several yoga-related books and founder of Mindful Yoga Collective in Salt Lake City. CHARLOTTEBELLYOGA.COM

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YOGA THERAPY Deva Healing Center, A Sancturay for Women 6/18 928.899.9939. Heal chronic pain, depression, and anxiety. Each therapeutic healing session includes thai yoga bodywork, chakra alignment and sound healing, and gentle restorative yoga poses. Sliding scale starts at $45.

To book, call or e-mail Bri@devahealingcenter.org. DevaHealingCenter. Located in Murray. www.DEVAHEALINGCENTER.ORG

MISCELLANEOUS BUILDING YOUR BUSINESS Send Out Cards Mark Holland, Distributor 11/18

801.557.710. Building bridges to stronger friendships and better business. Connect with your customers, one greeting card at a time.

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ENTERTAINMENT The State Room DA 1/18

801.878.0530, 638 S. State Street,

Utah Film Center/Salt Lake Film Center

LEGAL ASSISTANCE Schumann Law, Penniann J. Schumann, J.D., LL.M 3/18 DA 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.

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MEDIA CATALYST Magazine 801.363.1505, 140 S. McClelland St., SLC. C ATALYST MAGAZINE . NET FACEBOOK . COM / CATALYSTMAGAZINE I NSTAGRAM . COM / CATALYST _ MAGAZINE

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

Northern Utah’s only non-profit, member-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 12/18 801.456.1456. A not-for-profit organi-

zation 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 businesses.

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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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1/18 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 6/18

801.721.2779. Group or individual spiritual journeys or tours with Shaman KUCHO. Accomodations available. Contact: Nick Stark, NICHOLASSTARK@COMCAST.NET, WWW.MACHUPICCHUTRAVELCENTER.COM

VOICE COACH Stacey Cole 6/18

801.808.9249. Voice training for singing, speaking, and accent modification. Individual and group sessions with Stacey Cole, licensed speechlanguage pathologist and Fitzmaurice Voicework® teacher. Holistic approach. Free the breath, body and voice. Check out singing workhops and drop-in choirs in the “events” section of WWW.VOICECOACHSLC.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 ARRINGTON W EALTH S ERVICES . COM

MOVEMENT & MEDITATION, 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+).

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MARTIAL ARTS Red Lotus School of Movement 12/18

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.

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he year 2017 got off to a gloomy start with the inauguration of Donald “Two Left Feet” Trump replacing the always graceful Barack Obama as President of the United States. At an inaugural Ball in January, Trump and Vice President Mike Pence shuffled awkwardly to Frank Sinatra’s “My Way.” Sinatra (1915-1998) was a popular singer with ties to organized crime who is rumored to have said, “I’d rather be a don of the Mafia than president of the United States.”

In Salt Lake City, it was clear even before the inauguration that in 2017 the arts would be called into the service of protest.

A dancing flash mob formed in the middle of State St. as Trump swung his National Monument wrecking ball inside the Utah Capitol building.

In early January, poet Paisley Rekdal hosted Utah Writers Resist as a fundraiser for the American Civil Liberties Union featuring readings to “rekindle our citizens’ commitment to compassion, equality, free speech and social justice.”

The amazing Rekdal, who won a 2017 15-Bytes Book Award for “Imaginary Vessels,” was named Utah’s new poet laureate in May. She took up the position in the true spirit of resistance, occasionally offering a writing critique to any poet willing to make calls to legislators. I hope that Utah politicians noticed some unusually eloquent citizens on the line!

In March, pink pussy hats became a fashion statement at Women’s Marches around the globe.

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BY AMY BRUNVAND The main event took place in Washington D.C., and Utah-based sister marches happened in Ogden, Park City, Kanab, Saint George, Bluff and Salt Lake City where an estimated 10,000 people braved a blizzard to storm the Utah Capitol Building on opening day of the Utah Legislature. Music created the most emotional moment at the Salt Lake City march when thousands of voices echoed through the marble rotunda singing “I’m Gonna Walk it with You” by songwriters Brian Claflin & Ellie Grace.

In May, President Trump and members of his administration waved swords and bobbed off the beat dancing a traditional “Ardah” with Saudi Arabian officials during Trump’s first overseas trip as president. Ardah is a symbolic display of power and the lines of men with swords represent a marching army preparing for war. The extravagant festivities seemed specifically designed to flatter Trump’s ego, and at one point he appeared to bow to the Saudi King (something he’d mocked President Obama for doing).

Trump ended by announcing a $110 billion arms deal for the Saudis, but without managing to negotiate any benefits for the United States.

2017 wasn’t all politics all the time. One thing that really gets dancers excited is hardwood floors. In June Salt Lake City got not one but two new dance floors, upstairs and downstairs, at the E. W. Garbett Center for Choral Music ( an old LDS ward house on Marmalade Hill now owned by Salt Lake Choral Artists). When the Garbett Center decided to replace their old carpets, three social dance groups helped raise funds for wooden floors including Wasatch Tango Club, Wasatch Contras and Salt Lake Scandinavian Music & Dance. Materials and labor were donated by Home Depot Foundation and Underfoot Floors, and a grand opening celebration with plenty of dancing was held on June 17.

In October, Repertory Dance Theatre (RDT) presented a new commission by choreographer Zvi Gotheiner to celebrate the sacred land of Bears Ears, with much of the money raised from the community through a crowdfunding campaign. In December indigenous dancers showed up with feathers and drums in an effort

to protect Utah’s new Bears Ears National Monuments from Trump’s downsizing “review,” and a dancing flash mob formed in the middle of State Street as Trump swung his National Monument wrecking ball inside the Utah Capitol building.

At least one tradition remained intact. Ballet West is the guardian of a unique Utah version of The Nutcracker choreographed by Willem Christensen in 1944. The company had been using the same old costumes for the past 30 years and they were starting to look shabby. In December the company debuted a $3 million set and costume upgrade that wisely referred back to the previous vision and gave longtime Director of Costume Production David Heuvel his third go-round at making Nutcracker costumes. The dancing bear, the mechanical doll, the mouse army and all the other beloved characters are bright and new but still familiar. Mother Buffoon has been given a particularly charming Utah twist, reimagined as our official State Emblem, the beehive. One piece appropriately preserved from the old set was the grandfather clock, a symbol of eternal time and continual renewal. ◆ Amy Brunvand is a dance enthusiast, environmental librarian and longtime CATALYST contributor.

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MEDITATION PRACTICES Anna Zumwalt: Sunday Sitting at Dancing Cranes ImportsFOG

801.647.8311. 673 E Simpson Ave. First Sunday of each month is a guided meditation. Other Sundays all styles welcomed for group meditation. Dogs, birds, children welcomed.

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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.

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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

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801.501.YOGA [9642], 9343 S. 1300 E., SLC. Offering a variety of Hot and Not hot yoga classes to the Salt Lake Valley for the past 13 years. The

Mountain Yoga System is comprised of 5 Elemental Classes EARTH-FIREWIND-FLOW-WATER varying in heat, duration, intensity and sequence.

The 5 classes work together and offer you a balanced and sustainable yoga practice. Whether you like it hot and intense, calm and restorative, or somewhere in-between, Mountain Yoga Sandy has a class for you.

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THERAPY/COUNSELING Cynthia Kimberlin-Flanders, LPC 10/18

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.

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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

PSYCHIC/TAROT READINGS Nick Stark 6/18

801.721.2779. Ogden Canyon.

Shamanic energy healings/ clearings/ readings/offerings/transformative work. Over 20 years experience.

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Mindful Yoga Collective at Great Basin Chiropractic

707.354.1019. An inspirational speaker and healer she also teaches Numerology, Palmistry, Tarot and Channeling. WWW.S UZ WAGNER . COM

PSYCHOTHERAPY & PERSONAL GROWTH 801.231.5916. 1399 S. 700 E., Ste. 15, SLC. Feeling out of sorts? Tell your story in a safe, non-judgmental environment. Over 20 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.

Jan Magdalen, LCSW 3/18

801.582.2705, 2071 Ashton Circle, SLC. Offering a transpersonal approach 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.

Marianne Felt, CMHC, MT-BC 12/18

801.524.0560, ext. 2, 150 S. 600 E., Ste. 7C, SLC. Certified Mental Health Counselor, Board certified music therapist, certified Gestalt therapist, Mountain Lotus Counseling.

Transpersonal psychotherapy,

Natalie Herndon, PhD, CMHC 7/18

801.657.3330. 1151 E. 3900 S, Suite B175, SLC. 15+ years experience specializing in Jungian, Analytical, and Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy. Are you seeking to more deeply understand yourself, your relationships, and why you struggle with certain thoughts and feelings? Call today for an appointment and let's begin.

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Stephen Proskauer, MD, Integrative Psychiatry 10/18

801.631.8426. Ambassador Plaza, 150 S. 600 E., Ste. 3B, SLC. Steve is a seasoned psychiatrist, Zen priest and shamanic healer. He sees kids, teens, adults, couples and families, integrating psychotherapy and meditation with judicious use of medication to relieve emotional pain and problem behavior. Steve specializes in treating identity crises, LGBTQ issues and bipolar disorders. SPROSKAUER@COMCAST.NET

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Curated Film Media Education Artist Support Salt Lake City: Free Film Screenings

2017 NYICFF KID FLIX MIX 2 A program of short films from around the world for ages 8 and up from the 2017 New York International Children’s Film Festival.

Saturday | January 6 | 11am The City Library 210 E 400 S

Tumbleweeds Film Festival Year-Round

DAWSON CITY: Frozen Time

Bill Morrison (Decasia) stitches together a spellbinding story of the gold rush, early Hollywood, and pinnacle turn of the century events using a unique collection of long-lost silent films.

Tuesday | January 16 | 7pm Rose Wagner 138 W 300 S

Q&A with director

Science Movie Night: TBA

I AM ANOTHER YOU

Presented in partnership with the Natural History Museum and The City Library.

Winner: Special Jury Prize–2017 SXSW Film Festival

Due to licensing agreements, we cannot advertise the name of the film playing. Please visit our website for details.

Tuesday | January 9 | 7pm The City Library 210 E 400 S

Post-film dicussion

Following a bright young drifter from Utah, a Chinese filmmaker explores the idea of freedom – and its limits.

Tuesday | January 30 | 7pm The City Library 210 E 400 S

Post-film Q&A

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HAPPENING: A Clean Energy Revolution Thursday | January 4 | 7pm

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2017 NYICFF - Kid Flix Mix 2 Monday | January 8 | 4:30pm

Star Hall

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Thursday | January 18 | 7pm

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Summit Community Counseling3/18

5689 S Redwood Rd. #27, Taylorsville.

801.266.2485. SCC is open to all individuals across the lifespan from toddlers to the elderly population and offer individual, family, couples, and group counseling, medication management and comprehensive psychological/neuropsychological assessments. Most Insurances accepted including Medicaid and Medicare. See our website for our specialties. WWW.SUMMITCOM.ORG. REFERRALS@SUMMITCOM.ORG.

Sunny Strasburg, LMFT3/18

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

Thomas Laskowski, LCSW 5/18

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801.696.5538. 3018 E. 3300 S., SLC. INTENSE PSYCHOTHERAPY. I work primarily with people who suffer from the negative effects of intense life experiences, PTSD, unresolved/complex grief (suicides,etc.) and child sexual abuse.

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SHAMANIC PRACTICE Sarah Sifers, Ph.D., LCSW 3/18

801.531.8051. ssifers514@aol.com.

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

Naomi Silverstone, DSW, LCSW FOG

801.209.1095. Psychotherapy and Shamanic practice. Holistic practice integrates traditional and nontraditional approaches to health, healing and balance or “ayni.” Access new perceptual lenses as you reanimate your relationship with nature. Shamanic practice in the Inka tradition.

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line goes here APPAREL, GIFTS & TREASURES Blue Boutique 10/18DA

801.487.1807, 1383 S. 2100 E., SLC. Shopping Made Sexy. Since 1987, Blue Boutique has expanded to four locations, offering the finest in a variety of sexy lingerie, sexy shoes and sexy adult merchandise to discriminating shoppers. WWW.BLUE B OUTIQUE . COM

Dancing Cranes Imports DA8/18

801.486.1129, 673 E. Simpson Ave., SLC. Jewelry, clothing, incense, ethnic art, pottery, candles, chimes and much more! Visit Café Solstice for lunch, too.

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Golden Braid Books DA 11/18

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

Lotus DA 12/18

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tals. Everything from Angels to Zen.

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Healing Mountain Crystals DA

801.808.6442, 363 S. 500 E., #210 (east entrance), SLC. WWW.H EALING M OUNTAIN C RYSTALS . COM

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

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

Turiya’s Gifts8/18 DA

801.531.7823, 1569 S. 1100 E., SLC. MF 11a-7p, Sat 11a-6p, Sun 12-5p.

Turiya’s is a metaphysical gift and crystal store. We have an exquisite array of crystals and minerals, jewelry, drums, sage and sweet grass, angels, fairies, greeting cards and meditation tools. Come in and let us help you create your sanctuary.

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CELEBRATIONS

Funds were raised. Fun was had.

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hank you to everyone who showed up, volunteered, donated to the silent auction, sponsored, and shared their artistic talents on November 30, 2017 at The State Room! It was truly a night to remember, and to attempt to recreate for years to come.

The intergenerational crowd present at this gathering was one unlike any other one might find in

our city, a wonderful reminder of just how broad our demographic stretches. As we continue to find, our readers form a community that is drawn together by shared values that are no respecter of age. We’re honored that you value CATALYST! You can find a complete photo album on our Facebook page, FACEBOOK.COM/CATALYSTMAGAZINE

Thanks to our sponsors & performers:

Thank you, silent auction donors.

The State Room, Red Iguana, Ogden’s Own, Squatters, Cru Kombucha, Talia Keys, Michelle Moonshine, Jane Lyon, Rosa Villoslada, Mark Webber & Chelsie Ross, Green River Blues, Cheryl Sandoval, Perry Layne Decker, and Bryan Butterfield of Image & Film

Thank you to all of CATALYST’s amazing volunteers, interns, staff and board members!

Photos by Bryan Butterfield & Rosa Villoslada

And thanks to everyone who attended!

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

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SPIRITUAL PRACTICE line goes here ORGANIZATIONS Inner Light Center Spiritual Community 3/18

801.919.4742, 4408 S. 500 E., SLC. An interspiritual sanctuary that goes beyond religion into mystical realms. Access inner wisdom, deepen divine connection, enjoy an accepting, friendly community. Events & classes. Sunday Celebration: 10a; WWW.T HE I N NER L IGHT C ENTER . ORG

Unity Spiritual Community 8/18

801.281.2400. Garden Center in Sugar House Park, 1602 E. 2100 S., SLC. Unity prin-

The Infinite Within

ciples celebrate the Universal Christ Consciousness by practicing the teachings of Jesus. We honor the many paths to God knowing that all people are created with sacred worth. Unity offers love, encourag ment and acceptance to support you in discovering and living your spiritual purpose. WWW.U NITYOF S ALT L AKE.ORG, CON TACT @U NITYO F S ALT L AKE . ORG

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 we come to our Sunday service (puja), group practices, meditation classes and introduc tory courses. WWW.U RGYEN S AMTEN L ING . ORG

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Utah Eckankar 12/18

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

INSTRUCTION Two Arrows Zen Center 3/18DA

801.532.4975, ArtSpace, 230 S. 500 W., #15 SLC. Two Arrows Zen is a center for Zen study and practice in Utah with two location: SLC & Torrey. The ArtSpace Zendo in SLC offers daily morning meditation and a morning service and evening sit on Thursday. TAZ also offers regular day-long inten sives—Day of Zen—and telecourses.

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METAPHORS

January 2018 There is only change

BY SUZANNE WAGNER Osho Zen Tarot: Maturity, Conditioning, Slowing Down Medicine Cards: Butterfly Beaver Mayan Oracle: Chicchan, Complex Stability Ancient Egyptian Tarot: Prince of Swords, Queen of Wands, Ace of Swords Aleister Crowley Deck: Ace of Wands, Nine of Wands, Ace of Cups Healing Earth Tarot: Justice, Grandfather of Wands, Strength Words of Truth: Choice, Immortality, Death

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umerologically, 2018 is the number 11, the number of transcendence. It is associated with Leonardo da Vinci and the expansion of minds that is clearly happening on so many levels.

“Waking up is hard to do!” That much must be very clear at this moment. The bubbles have been popped and shattered glass is strewn all over the floor, making movement forward dicey in this minefield of life.

The number 11 carries the intention of uplifting souls to a higher plane of conscious existence and clarity but it can also just as easily fall into the place of negative mind and the number 2 (because 1+1=2). We need to be careful of not co-creating that at this time.

Last year was enough expansion of power and change for everyone. Now the question is, what you are going to do about it? You can criticize everyone and everything and allow negativity to overtake your mind and heart or you can rise above this dense illusion, the fabrication of those in power whose selfish, childish desires will do anything to get what they want including destroying this amazing and beautiful world the Divine has given us to play in and experience life.

You have a choice. You always have a choice. Growing up and maturing is about understanding the responsibility of that choice and recognizing when it is time to follow another path.

Finding the connection that gives you en-

ergy and joy is essential right now. And moving that type of energy in a healthy way is very important. Secrets will be revealed. Expect many more surprises and the shattering of many careers. Don’t you become one of the victims.

Own what is your shadow and learn to fully integrate it in a healthy and constructive fashion.

Right action is essential because justice will be handed out—not our legal system type of justice but a justice of a higher origin related to karma and the hard and firm hand that karma wields at such times. You don’t want to be on the wrong side of that sword.

Recognize the magic that is held in your darkest self. Find your strength. It is time to em-

If you are afraid of the world, you are afraid of your potential. brace your courage. If you are afraid of the world, you are afraid of your potential. Ego attempts to make you stay within the limitations that you have determined are comfortable and that allow you to move smoothly through the world without ruffling any feathers.

But in 2018, you are going to ruffle more feathers than you have ever before. In such an atmosphere fear loses its grip on your soul as you could finally care less about what others think related to your voice, choices or actions.

You will find that those who stick around in your life are also those who choose fearlessness over acceptable social patterns of behavior. In acts of social and conscious rebellion, we discover our purpose.

Fire is coming and how it manifests depends upon how you choose to use it and respect it.

If used wisely, it is the essential life-force energy that can change the world. Used unwisely, it is equally destructive. Once again, the choice is yours.

Notice the chains with which you have bound yourself. Some of those chains are purely mental. The mind loves to tell you what to do. The mind loves to define who you are.

But you are pure energy inhabiting a body and that energy can realign your physical body in a multitude of ways if you let it. But first you have to let go of the definition of self that is a yoke around your neck. Aren’t you sick and tired of carrying that sign telling everyone who you are? And isn’t that sign one that someone gave you instead of you knowing who you really are?

Do you want to live your life expressing someone else’s projection of who you are? Are you done with others determining the forward progression of your life?

Then it’s time. The restriction is not worth the “safety” that you thought you were getting in return. Besides that, safety is completely gone anyways. So, don’t try to hang onto something that is no longer there in the hope that it will magically return.

Choose change or you are choosing death.

There is only change. When you refuse to adjust when all things are pointing in a new direction, the force of your resistance can drain the very life-force from you.

Is that what you want?

Of course not.

I know… the Universe has never put you in such a position or predicament. That is because what was is now so toxic that life can only exist when you let your entire old self go.

It is time. You are ready (whether you recognize it or not).

Let the change be slow and conscious.

Let the conditioning melt away to reveal the truth.

Let the choices be life-affirming.

Let those whose hate that is intended to harm others be snuffed out with the compassionate understanding of your own soul. ◆ 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. SUZWAGNER.COM

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URBAN ALMANAC

A monthly compendium of random wisdom for the natural world and beyond

by Diane Olson, Anna Zumwalt and Greta deJong

January 2018 Jan 1 Sunrise: 7:51am. Sunset: 5:11pm. Max. temp: 35 degrees; min. 23 degrees. Snow fall for the month: 11 inches. Tonight is the Full Wolf Moon, also a Super Moon (at its closest approach to Earth, so it looks larger and brighter than usual).

Jan 2 Giving the gift of yourself, literally: Donate blood. If you can't donate blood yourself, volunteer.

Info: REDCROSSBLOOD.ORG Jan 3 Earth reaches perihelion, its closest position to the sun, today. Doesn’t feel like it, does it? Tonight is also the Quadrantid meteor shower—40 meteors per hour at its peak. Unfortunately, the full moon will block out all but the brightest this year.

Jan 4 A hard freeze is a period of at least four consecutive hours of air temperatures that are below 25 degrees F. Many plants can survive a brief frost, but very few can survive a hard freeze.

Jan 5 Instead of commercial ice melt or salt, consider using sand, sawdust or kitty litter for traction on icy sidewalks. Alfalfa meal, a natural fertilizer, also promotes melting. Safe Paw Ice Melter, is said to be safe for kids, critters and the environment.

Jan 6 White glass rings left on furniture from a distracted reveler? Remove with a thin paste

of olive oil and salt. Using your fingers, gently massage paste into the ring. Let sit for two hours, then wipe off. Or coat with petroleum jelly, let sit for 24 hours and wipe. (And remember the coasters for your next party.)

Jan 7 This is a good time to prune apple and pear trees. These trees develop fruit on short branches called fruiting spurs, which are productive for only five to seven years. Pruning encourages the growth off productive new spurs. Prune grape vines now, too. Cut them back to the main structure of the plant, leaving two buds per side-shoot.

Jan 8 Running a ceiling fan in reverse pushes warm air down from the ceiling, so heat doesn’t go to waste.

Jan 9 Birds stay warm in winter by shivering. so they need lots of fatty calories in winter. Set out suet, peanuts, niger, black-oil and hulled sunflower seeds and you’ll see house finches and sparrows, California quail, dark-eyed juncos, morning and Eurasian-collared doves, downy

woodpeckers and northern flickers.

Jan 10 Test your home for radon, leading cause of lung cancer deaths among nonsmokers in the U.S. Test kits available online for $9 from DRHOMEAIR.COM/UTAH/ Jan 11 Sprinkle a few drops for eucalyptus oil on your shower walls to clean lungs and sinuses.

Jan 12 Got cabin fever? Head out to the West Desert and look for overwintering bald eagles, red tailed hawks and kestrels.

Jan 13 Get outside and tune into the natural world, whatever the weather. Look for bird nests and pay attention to the shapes of trees.

Jan 14 Go for a walk, whatever the weather.

Being outside for just 15 minutes per day decreases stress, depression and aggression, and increases general health, happiness, healing and attention span.

Jan 15 Houseplants with brown leaf tips and edges are likely suffering from excessive fertilization or dryness; yellow or drooping leaves are caused by poor light, cold, excess water or insufficient drainage.

Jan 16 New Moon. The

moon is passing over us in the daylight—that’s why we can’t see it. It rises at 7:25am and sets at 5:21pm.

Jan 17 Did you clean the garden tools last fall? If not, scrub them off, oil any moving parts (3-in-1 oil works well) and sand and repaint or seal wooden handles. Use a whetstone or non-electric knife sharpener on pruners and loppers, and a file on the edges of hoes, shovels and trowels. Western Garden Center carries new blades for certain brands of rose clippers.

Jan 18 Got the winter blues? Start some seedlings or a worm bin, or repot your houseplants. Mycobacterium vaccae, a bacterium found in organic soil, stimulates serotonin production, making you happier, healthier and smarter for up to 14 days. While you’re at it, give your plants a sponge bath to clean their pores. Yes, plants have pores.

Jan 19 To counteract icky inversion air, drink licorice tea, which soothes and softens irritated and inflamed membranes. Licorice also supports the adrenals.

Jan 20 Come on down to Trolley Square for CATALYST’s 5th Annual Clean Air Solutions Fair! See back cover of this issue for details.

Jan 21 Become an amateur naturalist. Record observations of plants and animals at the national online program Nature's Notebook, to generate longterm data sets for scientific discovery and decision-making. USANPN. ORG/NN/BECOME-OBSERVER Jan 22 Have you changed your furnace filter lately? No? Check out the new SLC company Air (R EMEMBER AIR. COM). They determine how often your filter should be changed. Then they come to your house and change the filter for you.

Jan 23 If possible, park your car facing east so that it can absorb rays of the rising run and make your morning windshield cleaning easier.

Jan 24: In 1965, Alta recorded 105 inches of snow during a single sixday storm.

Jan 25 Damp shoes or boots?

Stuff them with newspaper. This will dry them faster (and help remove odors).

Jan 26 Caught the sun shining?

Open the drapes or blinds. This will help warm the room, save on heating costs and raise spirits, too.

Jan 27 For health purposes: Do something relaxing every day.

It lowers your adrenaline level, which lowers stress, which improves your immune system, increasing your ability to ward off any marauding bugs.

Jan 28 Exercise your brain with a puzzle. Jigsaw puzzles engage both sides of the brain to improve memory, cognitive function and problem-solving skills. Try word searches, crossword puzzles and sudoku. Knitting does this, too!

Jan 29 Edward Abbey was born on this day in 1927—writer, provacateur, monkeywrencher, “earthest” and longtime Utah resident. “All we have, it seems to me, is the beauty of art, nature and life, and the love which that beauty inspires."

Jan 30 Take a walk around the neighborhood with an eye out for snowdrops, violets and hellebores blooming in south-facing niches.

Jan 31 Sunrise: 7:38am. Sunset: 5:44pm. Today’s high: 39 degrees; low: 22 degrees. Full moon—also a Blue Moon (second full moon in the month) and Super Moon. And total lunar eclipse. What a day for luna-lovers! ◆

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