CATALYST Magazine May 2018

C TALYST CAT CA • Fungi help bees!

• Grow your own pollinator-friendly habitat • The healing power of story • Living Traditions food fare • Summer ozone: Be prepared

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Cassandra Barney

assandra Barney is represented in galleries across the United States and Canada. Her narrative portraits have been described as whimsical, spiritual, tender and empowering. Cassandra has recently ventured into costume and set design with Utah Metropolitan Ballet's productions of Snow White and the Nutcracker. ◆

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IN THIS ISSUE 30 YEARS PSYCHIC EXPERIENCE Author of “Integral Tarot” and “Integral Numerology”

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SLIGHTLY OFF CENTER DENNIS HINKAMP How to talk TED.

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ENVIRONEWS AMY BRUNVAND Population growth, traffic & roads, Keep Baldy bald!, Suburbs generate more CO2, Inland Port land grab; more.

COLUMNIST FOR Catalyst magazine since 1990 25 YEARS TEACHING: Tarot, Numerology, Palmistry & Channeling

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EDITOR’S NOTEBOOK GRETA DEJONG

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BREATHE ASHLEY MILLER What you should know, and can do, about summertime air pollution.

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LIVING TRADITIONS STAFF Food fare.

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DEALING WITH SUMMER HEAT ROYAL DELEGGE Trees, porches and movies help us cope with summer temperatures.

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SMART COOLING FOR DESERT DWELLERS PAX RASMUSSEN Evaporative coolers, done right, are the way to go.

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GARDEN LIKE A BOSS JAMES LOOMIS Keeping bees healthy with fungi.

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BEE POSITIVE KATHERINE PIOLI Changes in the gardening industry might be good for pollinators.

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GROW YOUR OWN HABITAT FRITZ KOLLMANN Transform your yard into a haven for bees, butterflies and hummingbirds with these Wasatch Frontfriendly pollinator plants.

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CALENDAR

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YOGA CHARLOTTE BELL Practicing kindness,

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THE HEALING POWER OF STORY GIULIANA SERENA A conversation with Kevin Kling.

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DEFYING GRAVITY STEVE BHAERMAN Using levity to uplift in unhappy times.

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METAPHORS SUZANNE WAGNER May 2018: The wakeup call.

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URBAN ALMANAC STAFF A monthly compendium of random wisdom from the natural world and beyond.

Paula Evershed, Gary Evershed, Lauren Singer Katz, Ron Johnson, Naomi Silverstone, Barry Scholl, Mike Place & Gary Couillard. President: Valerie Holt.

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How to Talk TED

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speak many languages that are all English. I can talk sports, science, tech, downstate Missourian and TED. I can help you with the last one.

Time may be running out on your life and the TED trend so you might just want to jump in right now if it is on your bucket list. Just because nobody has invited you to the TED cult doesn’t mean it’s too late. You have ideas about stuff and things; you just need a platform that will allow the world to adore you. You can haz ur own TED talk for the price of a webcam and a green screen right now.

Let me help you prepare: Prepare your script. Use obsequious words such as “obsequious.”

Branch out from there using trendy, ill-defined phrases . “At the end of the day I just can’t wrap my head around how this story is unpacking. Did you see what I did there?” Air quotes are out, “spoiler alert” is getting tired, but you can still add, “hash tag” to almost anything you want to sound intelligent. I think being “woke” is okay for a couple more months.

Choreograph. You can’t just stand there; nobody will think you are smart. Oh wait, Stephen Hawking (RIP) spent his life in a wheel chair just thinking and rewriting the universe, but don’t let facts get in your way. Gestures are a good way to emphasize a point even when there really isn’t one.

Fist in palm is always good for verbal punctuation. Floor pacing and gesticulations are crucial to making your point.

Eyewear and facial expressions.

Glasses are a good prop and the archetype of deep thought. Why? I guess people with bad eyesight must have got that way from read-

BY DENNIS HINKAMP

ing a lot or accidentally staring into the sun for too long when they were on drugs. Taking your glasses off in the midst of a really deep stage-pacing thought (no matter how scripted) is even more powerful. It’s like that face psychics get when they are trying to read your mind or when evangelists are praying for rain.

Establish an area of expertise where little competition exists. The best way to become an Internet star is to specialize in something for which there are no degrees or standards of excellence. Conversly, Establish an area of expertise that has so much competition that nobody knows who is telling the truth.

Social Media is a good one. I’ve seen a lot of social media talks and the only measure of success seems to be money or your own opinion.

Make predictions. Predictions are pretty easy to get away with because seldom will anyone come back three years from now and slap you for being wrong and ruining their lives even if you are a political appointee. Congressional investigations have proven that you are not accountable for anything you said prior to, say, last week.

Being disruptive might not always be a good thing. Millions of people a year are prescribed medication for being too disruptive; your uncle Milo Smarch, after the last Thanksgiving get together, for instance. There are only so many disruptive ideas and spaces in the pecking order of thought leaders left. Choose wisely. Speaking of thought leaders: Isn’t the real problem keeping thought followers in check? ◆ Dennis Hinkamp admits that he watches, listens to and appreciates many TED talks. But they are still overripe for satire.

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ENVIRONEWS

“I don’t want to be a god, even if I can. I want to be a servant of god, if by god we mean nature, life, the world. I want to be small in the world, belong to it, help it along, protect myself from its storms and try to cause none myself.”

– Paul Kingsnorth

Population growth, traffic and roads

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tah’s population keeps growing, and traffic keeps getting more congested.

Nobody wants to sit in a traffic jam, but counterintuitively, making driving easier causes a phenomenon called “induced traffic” that ultimately makes traffic worse.

The nearby Wasatch Mountains are reaching a crisis point. The Utah Department of Transportation says that on a busy day, more than 6,600 vehicles go up Little Cottonwood Canyon alone. The problem is, construction of a wider road or more parking would also ruin the scenery and natural beauty that people drive up the canyon to experience.

Recently a group of University of Utah engineering students considered the problem of how to mitigate Little Cottonwood traffic problems without widening the road. The students concluded that the cheapest, least environmentally damaging solution would be to charge user fees and tolls in order to persuade more people to ride busses. During the 2018 General Session, the Utah Legislature passed

SB 71 “Road Tolls Provisions” with Little Cottonwood Canyon specifically in mind.

Improvements to bus service could also help. Ski areas already issue UTA bus passes

There is public pressure to take environmental considerations seriously and a willingness to consider options besides just building more pavement. along with season passes, but ridership is low.

In past years, transit service has been inconvenient at the end of the ski day when everyone wants to go home at the same time. Also, busses don’t run in the summertime when peak crowding can be just as bad.

Other student ideas include traffic apps that would let people book a seat on a bus or re-

Keep Baldy Bald!

(Alta Ski Area Expands)

serve resort parking; building avalanche sheds to prevent road closure; and making minor improvements to facilitate traffic flow around parking lots.

The student project came at a good time since the Utah Department of Transportation (UDOT) is currently preparing an Environmental Impact Statement for Little Cottonwood Canyon, anticipating that a draft for public comment will be ready by Winter 2019. Canyon transportation planning could be a model for other road projects because nobody wants to ruin the canyons. There is public pressure to take environmental considerations seriously and a willingness to consider options besides just building more pavement.

By contrast, overzealous planning for widening roads in other parts of Utah threaten to destroy the very places people are trying to drive to. In Davis County, UDOT plans to make Highway 89 into a freeway over understandably strong objections from people whose neighborhoods will be ruined (Residents’ Voices United on 89).

Likewise, the West Davis Corridor freeway expansion is already set to despoil neighborhoods and bird habitat in Farmington Bay. A citizens’“shared solution” offered a better plan, but traffic took priority over preserving wildlife, farmland and neighborhoods.

Cottonwood Canyons planning offers a chance to do things a better way. ◆ Little Cottonwood Canyon EIS: UDOT.UTAH.GOV/LITTLECOTTONWOODEIS/#TO; US-89 State Environmental Study: UDOT.UTAH.GOV/US89/; Residents’ Voices United on 89: REVU89.ORG

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n April the U.S. Forest Service approved controversial plans for new development at Alta Ski Area. The most obtrusive change would be a tram from Germania Pass to the top of Mount Baldy. The ski area claims the tram is needed to transport ski patrollers for avalanche control but Carl Fisher, executive director of Save Our Canyons, calls the tram “an abomination.”

Besides the tram, Alta is planning to build avalanche infrastructure on Devil’s Castle, and to construct a new lift. The resort also plans to expand parking lots despite already unsustainable levels of traffic in Little Cottonwood Canyon.

The cumulative impact of this construction threatens to damage alpine wetlands and wildflowers as happened during the replacement of Supreme lift in 2016.

Alta Ski Area has taken over summer management of Albion Basin.

Starting this summer, the resort will charge a $6 fee to drive to park at trailheads for Catherine’s Pass and Cecret Lake and run a summer ski lift (for a fee) to carry still more hikers into Albion Basin meadows. Save Our Canyons is leading a campaign to “Keep Baldy Bald,” opposing the Forest Service’s finding of no significant impact from these projects.

Save Our Canyons: saveourcanyons.org; Alta Master Development Plan fs.usda.gov /project/?project=48903

Suburbs generate more CO2 than cities A study of carbon dioxide emissions in Salt Lake City found that new suburban development emits significantly more greenhouse gas than similar population growth within an urbanized area.

The study on long-term urban carbon dioxide observations used a network of sensors maintained by the University of Utah that have been measuring CO2 in the Salt Lake Valley since 2001.

While it is not surprising that new development increases emissions, the finding that urban emissions did not grow suggests a strategy to limit global climate change.

The high level of greenhouse gas emission from suburban developments is mainly due to driving cars and large houses that require more energy to heat and cool.

(like coal) and raises deep concerns about increased air pollution and other environmental impacts from a massive new industrialized area near the city.

The Great Salt Lake ecosystem is already under serious threat from the cumulative effect of many projects happening all at the same time: the West Davis Corridor freeway near Farmington Bay, a proposed new landfill on Promontory Point, construction of the prison and airport in the North West Quadrant, and de-watering the Bear River due to the Bear River Project (220,000 acre/feet) and a water grab of Bear Lake runoff (400,000 acre/feet).

Citizen groups, including the Audubon Society and Utah Physicians for a Healthy Environment, are working to oppose inland port development or, as a last resort, to make sure public comment and environmental impact assessment is part of development.

Salt Lake City government has added a Northwest Quadrant website for updated information. You can also stay updated via the Facebook page “Community Coalition for Inland Port Reform” associated with the Center for Biological Diversity.

Salt Lake City Government: SLCCOUNCIL.COM/NORTHWEST-QUADRANT/; Community Coalition for Inland Port Reform (Facebook): BIT.LY/2QMJ8A4

State of Wasatch Front air, not so good The American Lung Association says the Salt Lake City-Provo-Orem metropolitan area is among the most polluted in the United States.

A report on State of the Air 2018 says that out of more than 200 cities, Wasatch Front cities ranked #8 for 24-hour particle pollution and #18 for high ozone days. The American Lung Association website has information about health risks and how to protect yourself from dirty air. See also Ashley Miller’s “Breathe” column in this issue.

American Lung Association State of the Air 2018: LUNG.ORG/OUR-INITIATIVES/HEALTHY-AIR/SOTA/

Stop the Inland Port land grab!

During the 2018 General Session, the Utah Legislature staged a surprise land grab of Salt Lake City’s North West Quadrant, 28,000 acres of largely undeveloped land in Great Salt Lake marshes near the airport.

Without holding public hearings or even warning City government what they were up to, the Utah Legislature passed a bill to create an unelected “Inland Port Authority,” overriding Salt Lake City’s own master plan for the area.

The inland port law limits environmental regulation of hazardous “natural resources”

Heat waves in the West: hotter, longer, more often Salt Lake City is in for some hot weather. Scientists from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Association say that by 2020 human-caused global warming will be the main driver of heat waves in the western U.S. (as opposed to natural climate variation). As the effects of climate change kick in, heat waves are expected to be hotter, longer lasting and more frequent than in the past. ◆ NOAA Study: bit.ly/2qnf7Yr

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EDITOR’S NOTEBOOK Tomatoes in the snow; CAT hacked by Russian love columnist; charismatic mini-fauna

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t’s a good bet that washing your car increases the chance of rain. In the same vein, early planting of tomatoes virtually assures snow.

Usually cautious in this regard, I walked on the wild side yesterday, April 29, and planted a threeft.-tall grape tomato, one of many that had hatched in my vermicomposting bin over the winter. I went out every half-hour or so, today, to knock off the snow.

The sun is out again, I think the plant looks refreshed. Ready for its new life outdoors. Enjoying the breezes! Time will tell. *** Today I came across a story on our website I could not recall ever having edited... and obviously no one else had, either. It was titled “Used to do Something Wrong And My Girlfriend Is Aggrieved With Me,” with David Habben’s byline. The work of Habben, a Utah artist, was featured on our cover years ago. Digging deeper, I found on our website a dozen advice columns pertaining to Russian dating and mail order brides that he’d written... or probably not.

I remain puzzled. Do Russians not have dogs to walk and gardens to plant? How bored are they?

At any rate, we took down the stories, and you will no longer be

BY GRETA DEJONG able to learn how to “Save Your Name on Singles Online dating services firms services For Getting Mingled.” *** Pollen piles up like snowdrifts in the gutter; wafts through open windows; drifts, sometimes races, through the air at all altitudes, like rush hour in a space village. It’s time for nettles, the neti pot and other allergy remedies.

It’s a theme in my life right now, pollen. I mean, pollination—pollinators and pollinator plants— have been occupying my thoughts of late, as we plan the 8th annual Bee Fest: A Celebration of Pollination (June 16—see back cover), formerly known as Slow Food Utah’s Honey Bee Festival.

Of course we’ll honor that charismatic little critter, the panda bear of the insect world.

Right now I’m engrossed in The Beekeeper’s Lament, a book about the beekeeping industry from the inside, by Colorado journalist Hannah Nordhaus. Honey bee health is a labyrinthian house of cards.

Thank goodness they’re not the only pollinators on the planet.

We’ll celebrate the efforts of native bees, butterflies and other pollinators as well. Join us. And bring the kids.

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BREATHE

What lies ahead

What you should know—and can do—about summertime air pollution

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pring is here, and mild temperatures and frequent rain showers keep the air along the Wasatch Front relatively clean for a couple of months before summer sets in.

We may even forget about what lies ahead: ozone pollution season.

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It’s the ozone Ozone is a gas composed of three atoms of oxygen. It occurs in the upper atmosphere where it’s essential in protecting us from the harmful ultraviolet rays of the sun.

It also occurs at ground level, forming when pollutants like NOx and VOCs emitted by cars, industry and household/consumer products chemically react with heat and sunlight. Basically, pollutants “bake” together in direct sunlight to form ozone. As the day grows hotter, so does the ozone level. In the air quality world we say “good up high, bad down low.” Ground level ozone is bad news for air quality and health.

harder to take deep breaths. It also causes coughing and a sore or scratchy throat, and can aggravate lung diseases such as asthma, emphysema, chronic bronchitis and COPD. Emergency room visits due to respiratory conditions increase in the summer during and after elevated ozone levels.

Where does ozone come from?

Emergency room visits due to respiratory conditions increase in the summer during and after elevated Even Last low levels ozone levels. summer, of ozone in

the the Wasatch Front experienced some of the worst air pollution we’ve seen in a decade, with the Division of Air Quality reporting the highest number of federal ozone standard exceedances in that time. Continual recordbreaking heat and wildfires throughout the west really hit us hard.

BY ASHLEY MILLER

Many sources of VOCs and NOx are local and manmade, but other sources contribute to the formation of local ozone pollution as well.

Ozone transport, the movement of ozone from one area to another, is the ozone in the air that isn’t from local sources. Utah is affected by ozone that comes from Asia and from wildfires outside the state.

Then there are biogenic VOC sources. Pine trees contribute to ozone formation. This is part of why some places in Southern Utah show elevated ozone even though they are far from the typical manmade sources.

There aren’t many options locally to address ozone transport, though the Division of Air Quality does work with other states to learn how ozone moves from place to place, hopefully resulting in ways to reduce the impact to our air shed. But there are numerous ways to reduce local emissions that contribute to the formation of ozone. And it starts with you.

A new gas-powered mower produces more VOCs and NOx in one hour than 11 new cars each being driven for one hour. Think of what an old gas-powered mower emits.

the air we breathe can harm our health, especially on hot sunny days. People within the “sensitive groups” — children, pregnant women, the elderly and people with pre-existing respiratory conditions—are more at risk. Children are especially vulnerable because their lungs are still developing, they are more likely to be active outdoors when ozone levels are high and because children breathe more frequently than adults.

Ozone exposure damages the lining of lung tissue, almost like a sunburn on your skin. It can cause the muscles in the airway to constrict, leading to wheezing and shortness of breath, and a burning sensation, making it

How to reduce emissions that lead ozone formation Start with making better choices as a consumer. Most VOCs found at home are usually emitted from consumer products like household cleaning products, fragrances and other aerosols, and building materials such as paints and carpets. Even felt-tip

pens are a source of VOCs. The smells coming from new products, like that fresh new car smell or a new shower curtain, are examples of VOCs. Start with making better choices as a consumer. Look for water-based products, natural carpet fibers like wool or cotton, ceramic tile and low- or no-VOC paints, which are more common and easier to find now than ever. (And consider just giving that old shower curtain a good washing, in lieu of buying a new one.)

Go electric, or go manual! Gas-powered landscaping equipment such as lawn mowers, trimmers and leaf blowers are major sources of the pollutants that lead to the formation of ozone. According to the EPA, a new gas-powered lawn mower produces more VOCs and NOx in one hour of operation than 11 new cars each being driven for one hour. Think of what an old gas-powered mower is emitting.

Consider the time of day. Mow your lawn in the evening when it’s not so hot and the sun is going down. That way all of those emissions won’t react with sunlight to form ozone.

If you must use gas-powered equipment, make sure you have an EPA-certified gas can.

These new cans have a better seal, preventing a considerable amount of gas evaporation and spills. The EPA estimates over 17 million gallons of fuel are spilled each year when refueling lawn equipment. That’s more than all of the oil spilled by the Exxon Valdez in the Gulf of Alaska.

Save the firewood for camping…outside of the non-attainment areas! It may be tempting to have a wood-burning fire pit in the backyard for summer get-togethers. But it’s better for the air, and the health of your family and neighbors, if you don’t.

If you must have a fire, use a gas-fired pit.

Burning wood, even in the summertime, leads to increased air pollution. Gas-fired barbeques are also a better choice for air quality than charcoal or wood.

Stay informed!

Check the ozone levels before you recreate or plan to spend extended periods of time outdoors. Health officials recommend exercising early in the morning before the heat of the day sets in, or wait until late evening.

Use the Division of Air Quality’s current conditions tool (AIR.UTAH.GOV ), or the UtahAirApp on your mobile device. Just as you’d check the weather forecast to decide if you need a jacket or umbrella, you can check the air quality forecast to help plan your outdoor activities and keep those lungs healthy. ◆ Ashley Miller, J.D., is the program and policy director for Breathe Utah.

She is a member of the state’s Air Quality Policy Advisory Board and is also on the Salt Lake County Health Department Environmental Quality Advisory Commission.

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CULTURAL SALT LAKE

Living Traditions Part 2, The food

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BY SOPHIE SILVERSTONE, JANE LYON, CYNTHIA COOMBS

ast month, we told the stories of the talented artists, crafters and dancers of Salt Lake City’s 33rd Annual Living Traditions Festival (happening this month May 18-20 at Library Square). This month, we take a spoon to the vanilla-looking exterior of Utah’s food culture and dig through to the flavorful, rich and diverse culinary heritage represented each May. These varied food cultures

(and the stories that accompany them) indeed represent what makes Utah, as a hub for refugee relocation, a delicious place to call home.

Congo

In four the short years of her presence at Living Traditions, West Valley City’s Mama Africa Grill proprietor Cathy Tshilombo-Lokemba, the woman called Mama Africa, became known for her Mama Africa Pili Pili hot sauce, beignets and goat dish (a celebratory dish in her native country, the Democratic Republic of the Congo).

Lokemba tells us that many working-class mothers and grandmothers in the Congo sell beignets, the fried balls of dough covered in powdered sugar, as street food, day after day, using the extra cash to give their children better opportunities. “Those beignets have sent so many children to Europe for education,” says Lokemba who now makes the beignets too. “I never knew I would do it, but it’s in my blood.”

Since the official lanCathy Tshilombo-Lokemba (from the Congo) & guage of the Congo is Yvonne Baraketse (from Rwanda)

French, as it was under Belgian rule from the late 1800s until 1960, Lokemba speaks with a French accent. She is a woman who laughs easily, and believes in showing people the beauty of Africa. Her other business is called Mama Africa Kitoko. Kitoko means “beauty” in Lingala, a Bantu language spoken in the Congo.

Lokemba grew up between the Congo, the U.S. and Europe. After studying fashion design in the Congo, she came to the United States in the 1990s during the first Congo War. “I was so scared, I told my parents, ‘I don’t want to stay here.’”

She made her way to Salt Lake City via Staten Island, Arizona and Dallas. Lokemba got a little lost at first. She learned that without a plan, you

are at the mercy of the needs of those around you. Becoming an entrepreneur empowered Lokemba to follow her own path and provide for herself.

While in Dallas, she had a successful wedding décor business, catering to wealthy Nigerian families and the like. There, she met her husband, who brought her to Utah. With the DIY style of Utah weddings, her wedding décor business in Utah did not have the same market

as in Dallas. “But what I did notice about Utahns is that they like to eat,” so she started cooking at the Spice Kitchen, and cooking at the Farmers Market. In early 2016 she opened up her own place, Mama Africa Grill in West Valley City.

She hopes to eventually move the location closer to SLC. “When people think of Africa, they often think, oh, poor people,” but Lokemba’s goal and the purpose of Mama Africa Kitoko is to focus on the beauty from her culture, the dancing, the smiling, and especially the food. “We have this vast culture that we want to share. It’s just amazing when people come together for food.

Food speaks only one language,” says Tshilombo. (SS)

Peru Edwin Romin and his wife Janderry Hurtado are no strangers to the Living Traditions Festival. Their family has been involved in sharing the culture of their home country, Peru, since 2000. The whole family has been dancing in the Peruvian Traditions group and playing music for the band Chakis. After not seeing any Peruvian food booths at the festival, they decided to take matters into their own hands. Hurtado went to culinary school in Peru and owns her own Peruvian food catering business, Antojitos Peruanos.

People love her traditional dishes, so it made sense to bring them to the festival.

Some of the dishes they plan to bring to Living Traditions include Arroz con Pollo (cooked chicken with cilantro rice), Anticucho (meat brochetas, potatoes and corn), Aji de Gallina (shredded chicken, Peruvian chili sauce, rice and potatoes), and Romin’s favorite, Papa a la huancaina (potatoes with a creamy Peruvian sauce, Peruvian olives and corn). “What makes Peruvian food stand out from other Latin American food is the Peruvian yellow pepper,” says Romin. “We put it in everything and it really gives the dishes a special flavor.” The family also plans to bring traditional Peruvian drinks like Chicha Morada (a drink made from boiled purple corn) and Inca Kola (a lemon verbena soda). (CC)

Cambodia Seng Hy Tang, a member of the Utah Cambodian Community Buddhist Temple, arrived in the US in 1981 from Bhattam Bang, Cambodia after her family fled the regime of dictator Pol Pot. Tang’s family bought a bunch of gas

stations in the Valley, and made their living running gas stations.

Tang began making and selling Cambodian food to raise money for the Cambodian Buddhist temple, which began construction in 2013. Their temple’s first big event was serving food at ComicCon, which turned out to be a raging success. Next they did the Living Traditions festival and since then the food booths have not only brought in plenty of funds for the temple, but have also strengthened the local Cambodian community. “The people who helped from the beginning are still the same people helping; now there are just more and more people,” says Tang. “Most every day of the week, we feed the monks at the temple; afterwards we eat.”

Their most popular dishes include pork fried spring rolls and chicken sticks. She says it is a ChineseCambodian fusion, as many Cambodians are also Chinese. “It’s important to me, wherever you come from, you should never forget. Teach the little ones that they are [Cambodian] so that they never forget. Some Cambodian kids don’t even know how to eat our traditional food. My kids, they eat everything.

Nowadays if you don’t keep up, all they will know is hamburgers and hotdogs,” says Tang.

(JL)

Basque The Basque Club has been a part of the Living Traditions since the festival’s 1986 beginnings at This is The Place State Monument.

The Basque people come from a region in Northern Spain and Southern France. The Salt Lake Basque community, which began immigrating to the state in the 1920s, now goes back five generations.( Boise, numerous places in Nevada, Wyoming, and northern California are main hubs of Basque immigrants). Utah’s community, like most in the U.S., started with a couple of sheepherders. They moved to boarding houses in Ogden and downtown SLC. As with many of these groups, the ones involved most with the performances, are also key players at representing the food of their heritage as well. Playing the accordion for the dancers, and also the head chef of the Utah

Basque Club booth, is second generation American Jean Flesher. Flesher grew up spending summers in the South of France, in the Pyrenees Mountain region of Basque country his mother is from.

The food most significant in meaning for him, Flesher says, is the chorizo. Chorizo has spiritual meaning in his culture, dating back to Medieval Europe, where preserved meat was crucial to the isolated Basque community’s survival. Back then the entire community would come together around the killing of the pigs belonging to individual families, sometimes in farmhouses in the middle of nowhere. The ritual, and the reverence around the meat on special occasions bonded the community together. It is still customary in Spanish culture to gift ham or celebratory chorizo on holidays and special occasions.

Flesher, who fondly remembers the town festivals in the Basque region, has participated in Living Traditions, over the past 30 or so years, whether cooking, dancing or playing the accordion, and watched it transform into what it is today. “Living Traditions became our own town festival,” he says. Around 100 members of the Utah Basque Club, young and old, each take shifts at the booth to bring all the churros, chorizo and nearly 2,500 croquetas to serve at the festival. “A lot of the first generation members are still heavily active in the group, but we don’t let them cook anymore, they come and boss us around,” says Cirbie Sangroniz. “It’s a big part of our lives. We hope to be part of Living Traditions another 35 to 40 years.” (SS) You may have to block out breakfast, lunch and dinner for the entire weekend to try all 20 of this year’s food booths. And what a treat, not only to enjoy centuries-old cooking traditions, but to also know your support helps keep those communities alive and well in Utah for many more years to come. ◆

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LEARNING FROM THE PAST

Life before air-conditioning How did Utahns of bygone days handle the summer heat?

BY ROYAL DELEGGE

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orthern Utah is experiencing hotter temperatures on average almost every year. The temperature in our region is increasing at twice the rate of global warming overall. We need to find ways to adjust to these changing conditions—to keep cool enough to function and live in relative comfort.

Air-conditioning has become a standard amenity of modern life. While the most popular method of providing comfortable and livable environments, air-conditioning systems consume a lot of energy and are relatively expensive to install. Many Utah homes rely on evaporative cooling systems (swamp coolers—see story, this issue), which cost significantly less to install and run, and work well in our dry climate.

In exploring alternative means of keeping cool, we can learn a thing or two by looking at practices from previous eras.

How climate control changed the world Modern air-conditioning was invented just after the turn of the 20th century. However, those systems were developed, not for homes but for workplaces, to improve various industrial processes. The comfort of the workers was an unintended outcome, albeit a beneficial, and welcomed, one. Eventually, the development of artificial climate control systems allowed us to make the world radically different from the one in which even our recent ancestors lived.

Climate control systems made the construction and operation of massive buildings and skyscrapers feasible. These could not have been successfully built if they had to rely on open windows and area fans to move air through massive spaces in an effort to ease the discomfort of heat build-up inside such structures.

Technology changed our expectations of comfort and brought about a rapid departure from tried-and-true architectural features and social customs that people had relied on for generations.

After World War II, residential air-conditioning became widely available to homebuilders and ushered in the development of suburban tract housing.

The new technology changed our expectations of comfort and brought about a rapid departure from tried-and-true architectural features and social customs that people had relied on for generations.

Cooling by design One of the oldest methods of securing a

livable home climate was to live underground. Prehistoric people used caves, rock overhangs and other such geologic opportunities for protection.

It was common for early settlers on the Great Plains to build dugout homes, often constructed with clods of sod, partially below the level of the ground. Even though they required a lot of labor to construct, they were inexpensive to build using locally available materials.

Best of all, they remained cool in the heat of the summer.

This idea survived in some modern houses in the form of deep, spacious basements, splitlevel homes, and houses built into a hillside.

With these modern architectural design features, the lower levels can stay much cooler than they would in buildings constructed entirely above ground level. The use of thick stone, adobe or traditional brick outer walls also helps to maintain a cooler environment inside of buildings. Combined with air-conditioning, these types of design also allow for the use of cheaper and lighter building materials.

Not that long ago it was unheard of to cancel school due to heat conditions. Even though it was uncommon for schools to have air-conditioning, buildings encorporated other methods of easing the effects of heat buildup. Schools were commonly built with thick brick walls, high ceilings, transoms above the doorways and ceiling fans. Trees planted on the premises helped cool the buildings, too, and may have provided shady areas in which to hold classes

when conditions made the indoor environment unbearable.

Each of these design features had a specific purpose in making the indoor environment comfortable. The high ceilings (often reaching 10 feet) allowed hot air to rise. Ceiling fans pulled hot air up during the summer, and pushed warmer air down in the winter.

Many older homes were two stories tall or more, taking advantage of the stack effect, in which open stairwells vented heat to the upstairs spaces. For this reason, upper floors were used only at night, with the windows open to vent the warmer air to the outside. Some

Skyscrapers would not have been built if occupants had to rely on opening windows. houses even had a tower or a turret to act as a heat exhaust vent, similar to a chimney.

Bedrooms were ideally designed with windows on opposite sides, which allowed for cross ventilation of cooler nighttime breezes.

Take it outside Outside design features also contributed to the purposes of cooling. Trees were planted on the east and west sides so they could provide shade to block the summer sun before it

warmed the exterior walls, preventing heat from radiating inside. The shade they provided also cooled down breezes slightly before they enter the porches—a common feature, where people could seek refuge from the indoor heat.

Porches, together with deep eaves, protected windows by keeping them out of the line of direct sunlight. Sitting on the front porch was an easy means of escaping the indoor heat, and became a defining means of social interaction. People would walk through their neighborhood and visit with other families sitting on their porches.

Awnings and window overhangs provided an effect similar to that of tree shade. And during the winter months when the sun was lower on the horizon, sunlight easily entered through the windows below the level of the awnings.

Changes in our lifestyles, including the widespread use of the automobile, television and air-conditioning, all reduced our face-to-face interactions and largely eliminated the front porch as a foundation of daily social interaction—and a means of respite from indoor heat.

When daytime temperatures would rise to uncomfortable levels in dry climates, people would hang wet sheets or laundry in doorways.

This would provide a cooling effect that mimics what evaporative coolers provide, albeit to a lesser degree of effectiveness.

Another way to deal with excessive midday heat was to rest during the hottest hours, and

resume work later in the afternoon. People shopped and socialized later in the evening when the air was cooler. Some cultures still practice this habit today.

In the mid-20th century, when household air-conditioners were available but still uncommon, one air-conditioned place was accessible to almost everyone: the movie theater. People would gather there and spend a summer afternoon enjoying the relief of the artificially cooled air. This developed into a social phenomenon which Hollywood eventually capitalized on, bringing us the now-traditional summer blockbuster movies.

Our cultural ancestors, even up to very recent times, did not enjoy the benefits we now take for granted. Some of us are still of an age where, faced with excessive heat, we applied the practices described here in attempt to make our lives more comfortable. The fact is that many of us didn’t have other options. We were used to dealing with what would be considered extreme conditions in today’s modern society, even as temperatures rise.

With or without air conditioning, many of these practices are still capable of providing alternative means of keeping cool when the dog days of summer are upon us. ◆ Royal DeLegge is Salt Lake County Health Department’s director of environmental health, an adjunct professor at Westminster College and Utah Clean Cities Coalition’s chairman of the board and CEO.

Old-school DIY ways to stay cool The CATALYST office building is old, with high ceilings. It’s an a/c-free zone. Our We finally got an evaporative cooler a few years ago (an excellent move—see Pax Rasmussen’s story in this issue and also last September on swamp coolers).

Interested in acclimatizing to a broader range of temperatures? Here’s what kept us tolerably comfortable during the previous 30 years, and which we continue (misnus the water pistols).

The first goal is to keep heat out.

• Window management: Open windows first thing in the morning (or at night, if you’re at home) to let in the cooler air. When outside temperatures are about to exceed inside temps (or you’re leaving for the day), close the windows and draw the shades—particularly those on the south and west sides.

• Upgrade your light bulbs. Even CFLs give off some heat. Invest in a box of LEDs. • Unplug chargers. Have you noticed how your various charging devices are warm when plugged in? Pull the plugs out of the

sockets when not in use. Or use power strips you can easily turn off.

• Weather-stripping. As it keeps the cold air outside in the winter, it helps keep the cooler air inside in the summer.

Most of the following suggestions will not lower your thermostat’s reading. They will, however, make you more comfortable.

• Ceiling fans. Great invention. Using a ceiling fan, which costs a lot less than an air conditioner to run, can make you feel up to 4° F cooler, according to Energy Star.

Choose a fan that fits the room (a fan with a 52-in. blade in a small room can feel like you’re in a hurricane).

If your ceilings are high, use a downrod; eight to nine feet is the ideal height, according to Consumer Reports.

Make sure the blades are set to pull the air up.

And turn off the fan when you leave the room.

• Box fan. When the air is hotter inside than

out, point it out the window, so it sucks the hot air out.

• Hydrate. Here at the CATALYST office, we’ve gone through countless jugs of Water Wellness water through the years, to good effect.

• Spray bottles (and occasionally water pistols, but that’s another story). I used to make the rounds a few times each day, misting my stalwart companions as they slaved over hot computers. Evaporative cooling comes in many forms.

• Ditch the formal dress code. As if we ever had one. Still, loose-fitting cotton has proved to be the fabric of choice in an a/c-free office.

• Dogs hang their heads out of the car window because it feels good. So does a desk fan. In the dog days of summer, the point is not to make your dwelling cooler, but to cool you. Desk fans fit the bill when you need them. ◆ — Greta Belanger deJong

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THE GREEN HOUSEHOLDER

Smart cooling for desert dwellers

Evaporative coolers, done right, are the way to go

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ndeniably, spring has arrived. It’s time to get your swamp cooler up and running for the season. If you don’t have a swamp cooler yet, and are still cooling your house with barbaric and energy-sucking A/C (or sweltering through a Utah summer without cooling at all), check out our story in last September’s issue about the economics of evaporative cooling. It really is the better option all around in our dry desert climate.

Not all swamp coolers are equal Don’t just rush out and buy the first one you see. They come in a variety of configurations, and install a couple of different ways, too.

The most common type of swamp cooler is the multiple-inlet padded-wall type. These are the sort of tan-colored ones you seen in windows or on rooftops around town. They are either side draft or down draft, with three pad walls in the former case, and four walls in the latter. There are also some more high-efficiency single-inlet types available now which use one very thick pad instead of multiple walls, and a much bigger blower and motor. They're also quite a bit more expensive.

Swamp coolers can be installed either on the roof or in a window. The roof installation is probably the best, since it makes bringing the cool air to a central location easier. The downside is that it requires a hole cut in the roof with ducting down through the attic to a vent in the ceiling. Window mounting is a lot cheaper and easier (something most homeowners, even

BY PAX RASMUSSEN renters, can do themselves, as long as they've got a couple people to hold the cooler in place while it's attached), but has the drawback of making the air inlet on one side of the house, and that door to the room in which it's installed

Aspen pads need replacing every year, unlike paper pads, but they are way more efficient in terms of cooling power, and they smell nicer. will need to remain open. If going the window-mount route, install the cooler on a north- or east-facing window, if possible. Keeping the cooler in the shade really helps.

If you have a forced-air heater, one of the best swamp cooler options is to interface the duct from the swamp cooler to the existing heating ducts in the house. This way, cool air is delivered to the entire house.

Maintenance and upkeep Unlike a/c units, swamp coolers do require a little bit of maintenance. They need to be decommissioned at the end of the season

and cleaned up and prepped at the beginning of hotter weather. They also need to be periodically checked on and possibly cleaned during the summer. To get your cooler running this spring: First take the cooler cover off and remove the damper (if your model has one). Store the damper somewhere you'll find it in the fall.

At this time, change the cooler pads (I like the aspen pads—they need replacing every year, unlike paper pads, but they are way more efficient in terms of cooling power, and they smell nicer).

Spray out the bottom pan and

replace the drain plug and stem.

Reconnect the water line to the float valve and turn on the water.

Wait for the pan to fill, making sure that the float valve shuts off the water before the level gets to the top of the drain stem.

Adjust or replace the valve if necessary.

Check the belt tension. You should be able to push the belt in with your finger about one inch using moderate effort. If there's too much play, slightly loosen the bolts holding the motor to the frame and push it out so more tension is on the belt. Retighten the motor mount bolts. If you can't move the motor out far enough to get proper tension, the belt needs replacing.

Oil the bearings. You should see little cups or holes just over where the blower connects to the frame of the cooler. Add a few drops of oil to both sides. (A special bottle of cooler oil can be purchased at most hardware stores—the bottles have special spouts that can be extended to make this easier—but any multipurpose oil, such as 3-in-1, can be used.)

Replace the walls of the cooler and you're done! Just check the cooler every couple of weeks during the season to make sure everything is running smoothly, that the pan isn't overflowing, etc. If you notice a funky smell

coming from the cooler, you can install a bleed-off tee between the water pump and the spider lines, but this will radically increase your water use (I have one which I crimp off normally, only opening it for a day or two whenever I notice any smells). There's also a chemical brick you can put in the water pan to inhibit bacterial growth.

Also recommended is an inline mineral remover—a canister that is installed between the water supply and the float valve inlet—that filters out much of the stuff that creates the crusty deposits in the cooler. This also helps keep bacterial growth down.

A matter of balance Whether you've gone the window or roof option, once you're up and running with a swamp cooler, it's important to operate it correctly. Unlike a/c, evaporative coolers require windows to be open in the house.

The air from the cooler is drawn in from outside and needs to pass through the house to the outside to work properly. Without open windows, the cooler can't bring air into the house at all.

You can't just open up all the windows, however. The air from the cooler will take ei-

ther the shortest route out of the house or the easiest (biggest opening)—or some ratio of the two. If you've got all the windows open, you'll actually end up creating a suction effect from the windows furthest from the air inlet, drawing hot air in from outside. Also, this makes it easier for hot air to blow in when it's windy out.

The easiest way to get the cooler working right is to balance' the airflow to where you want it.

For example, if the cooler is on the north side of the house and you want to cool the main areas, open just one window on the south side, and maybe slightly open a window in each bedroom.

Then, go around with a small piece of tissue and stick it in front of the window screens.

You want enough air to be going out any open window to hold the tissue firmly against the screen. Adjust which windows are open and how wide they're open until all windows can hold up the tissue.

Automation for efficiency One of the best things you can do to reduce the cost of cooling, whether you're using a swamp cooler or an a/c unit, is to let technol-

ogy handle keeping the temp steady. Instead of just using the standard dial to control a swamp cooler, invest in a thermostat cooler controller. These work just like the thermostat on your heater, and some are even programmable. This way, instead of having the cooler on all the time, it turns off when the desired temperature is met. It's important to buy a controller that's specifically for evaporative coolers, though, since it's necessary to run the water pump for a few minutes to get the pads wet bef o r e the blower kicks in. If the pads aren't wet, all you'll get is outside-temperature air coming in for several minutes.

Evaporative cooler-specific controllers turn the water pump on for about five minutes before engaging the blower. ◆ Pax Rasmussen is CATALYST’s techmeister. He also teaches creative writing at the University of Utah.

MORE ON THE WEB: See the online version of this story for even more info on how to get the most efficiency from your evaporative cooler.

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GARDEN LIKE A BOSS

Keeping bees healthy with fungi Science shows that fungi can boost the immune system of a hive

BY JAMES LOOMIS

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ungi are the original source of our antibiotics, and are providing some of our most reliable current anti-viral research.

Certain mushrooms are proving to be effective in combating a variety of cancers. What is of particular interest to me is the ability of some types of fungi to seriously boost our immune systems. When I traveled to the Caribbean last year to teach composting and biological teas, I skipped my immunizations in favor of taking twice-daily doses of immuneboosting mushroom extracts. (Please don’t ever take my actions as health advice, I’m of wickedly robust health and this strategy may not be appropriate for all global travelers.)

Old news to bees Here’s where things get interesting; the im-

mune-boosting power of fungi is old news to the bees. Over the last couple of decades, leading mycologist and entrepreneur Paul Stamets of Fungi Perfecti has been collecting compelling field research demonstrating the relationship between honey bees and certain types of fungi. Originally observed by Stamets in a patch of King Stropharia mushrooms at his home in Washington, convoys of bees were repeatedly seen sipping exudates from the fungi’s mycelium from dawn to dusk. (Fungi is the organism, a mushroom is its fruiting body, the mycelium is the fuzzy mass that makes up the fungi, and a hyphae are the individual strands of the mycelium).

While initially unsure what to make of these observations, Stamets later came up with a theory in response to the rise of Colony Col-

lapse Disorder in the early 2000s. Officially classified in 2006, Colony Collapse Disorder is responsible for annual hive losses of 30-40% each winter. Blamed on a number of factors from neonicotinoids and other pesticides, climate change, the spread of the Varoa mite and habitat loss, the underlying theme seemed to be a lack of resilience on the part of the bees.

Stamets theorized that the nutritional reinforcement the bees were gathering from their visits to the patches of fungi played a key role in maintaining hive health. With the devastating loss of habitat for beneficial fungi we’ve experienced over the last 50 years, mostly due to development and short-sighted agricultural practices, many of the world’s bees have lost access to the fungi that help keep them healthy. Once the hive’s immune system is

weak, the doors are wide open for an opportunistic infection.

Stamets teamed up in 2014 with the head of the Washington State University APIS Molecular Systematics Laboratory, Dr. Steve Sheppard, to conduct research trials to see if restoring the fungi + bee relationship could help to prevent colony collapse. “The preliminary results suggest that certain extracts of polypore mushrooms can increase worker bee longevity and reduce viral burden,” reports Fungi Perfecti. Of particular surprise to Dr. Sheppard was the significant increase

Many of the world’s bees have lost access to the fungi that help keep them healthy. in the worker bee’s lifespan, which results in a much more productive and resilient hive.

The use of fungi as a nutritional boost isn't unique to honey bees.

A recent discovery by Cristiano Menenzes of the Brazilian Agricultural Research Corporation found that bees were intentionally farming fungi within their hives. The Brazilian stingless bee, Scaptotrigona depilis, depends upon this fungi for the health of the hive, particularly in the developing brood cells. This fungi permeates the cerumen, the building material made of wax and resin that makes up the structure of the hive. After the bees deposit regurgitated food into the brood cells and lay an egg, the fungus starts growing. Once the egg hatches, the larvae then consume the fungi. This process was found to be crucial to the health of the brood, and when researchers tried to raise bees in the lab without the fungus, the results were devastating. The survival of the brood dropped from 72% to only 8%, a reproduction rate that spells near certain doom for the hive. ◆

How you can restore beneficial fungi to your own garden

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eneficial fungi are crucial to many functions in a healthy ecosystem, and fortunately are quite easy to encourage. Healthy populations will flourish when provided with the right conditions.

1. Never till again. Tillage and aggressive manipulation of soil are simply the most devastating activities to soil health a gardener can do. Fungi like it gentle, so be considerate.

2. Provide habitat. The fungi we want to cultivate are decomposers, and their favorite food sources are hard to digest materials like lignin, aka wood.

Use liberal amounts of wood chips in garden pathways and recreational areas of your yard.

Make it a boss move and lay down several layers of cardboard first, which fungi (and earthworms) go absolutely bonkers for. Logs, stumps, and other pieces of wood in contact with the soil will grow fungi quite quickly. Make some fungal habitat art pieces. These logs often then become habitat for solitary bee species, which like to burrow into them, and provide protected areas for ground-dwelling bees as well.

3. Avoid fungicides, even OMRI (Organic Materials Review Institute)-listed ones. Quit trying to kill pathogenic fungi; it’s a much more effective strategy to encourage beneficial ones.

4. Keep some wild areas of your garden. Resist the urge to overtidy, as fungi and many other garden allies thrive in undisturbed areas of the yard.

Make it a point to cultivate an appreciation for “wabi sabi,” the aesthetics of natural wear and randomness.

“Nature leads us to solutions if we connect the dots, are open minded, and think creatively.” — Paul Stamets ◆ James Loomis is the GreenTeam farm manager forWasatch Community Gardens.

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Bee positive

IN THE GARDEN

Changes in the gardening industry might be good for pollinators

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momentous thing happened this year, the first signs of a victory for the environment likely not seen since the EPA banned use of DDT in 1972. Neonicotinoids, one of the most widely utilized pesticides on the planet, are falling out of favor.

While we are far from an out-and-out ban, as with DDT, powerful forces, from government agencies to multinational companies, are beginning to es-

chew the chemicals known to weaken pollinator insects—creatures that enable plants to make fruits or seeds.

Neonicotinoids (neo-nicotineoid), a group of chemicals developed by Shell and Bayer in the mid-1990s, are powerful neurotoxins that easily penetrate and attack the central nervous system of insects but, according to the EPA, early tests demonstrated to be much less toxic to birds, mammals and other vertabrates. Almost always used as a seed treatment for commercial crops like corn and canola, this point-specific application eliminated the need for broadcast spraying of mature plants. As the treated plant grows, poison remains inside the plant and, hypothetically, only affects the pests that feed on the treated crops.

Within a decade of widespread use, however, signs showed that neonics were not as harmless as they first seemed.

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Passed on through pollen By 2006, neonicotinoid pesticides were widely considered to be a factor contributing to Colony Collapse Disorder, possibly by weakening the immune systems of beneficial pollinators. Yet by 2010, neonicotinoid use was continuing on an upward trajectory and represented some of the most popular and

widely used insecticides, accounting for 27% of the world’s total insecticide use ranging from urban landscaping to agricultural systems.

While we often acknowledge and understand the widespread use of neonics on crops like corn and canola (95% of these crops are treated with neonics in the U.S.), soybeans

Standard organic practices and Integrated Pest Management (IPM), where chemicals are used only as a last resort, offer alternatives to neonicotinoid use.

and sugar beets, research from the Yale School of Forestry and Environmental Studies shows more surprising applications on “the vast majority of fruit and vegetable crops, including apples, cherries, peaches, oranges, berries, leafy greens, tomatoes, and potatoes” as well as cereal grains, rice, nuts, and wine grapes.

For workers in the field, neonicotinoids are safer than other pesticides. In fact, neonics are a problem only in regard to trees and plants that produce blossoms pollinators like—and only when the treated plant is flowering. It’s the pollen that holds traces of neonics, which foraging pollinators ingest. This powerful neurotoxin can be detected at some level in the pollen of a treated plant or tree for several years.

A study reported last year by Science News shows that neonicotiniods are turning up in honey. The global survey tested 198 honey samples from all six continents and found that almost half the samples contained more than one type of the pesticide (86% of samples from North America contained measurable amounts). While the pesticide level for humans consuming honey is smaller than negligible, honey is the primary food of bees.

Neonics in the environment Even as use of neonics grows, research confirming their danger is also accumulating. A 2014 paper, published by the U.S. National Library of Medicine, by J.M. Bonmatin, a researcher of molecular biophysics, found that neonicotinoids often accumulated in soils and waterways and that the chemicals persisted in the environment for extended periods of time.

With a half-life in many cases of 1,000 days, these chemicals often persisted in soils for years. They further accumulated with repeated use.

Bonmatin and his team found clear evidence of neonicotinoids also being taken up by area pollinators. According to the study, “food stores in honey bee colonies from across the globe demonstrate that colonies are routinely and chronically exposed to neonicotinoids. Other nontarget organisms, particularly those inhabiting soils, aquatic habitats, or herbivorous in-

sects feeding on non-crop plants in farmland, will also inevitably receive exposure.”

While on the subject of degradation of neonics: Breakdown of neonics accumulated in soil depends on factors such as soil type, moisture, temperature and pH. According Bonmatin’s research, the half-life of neonics is almost 10 times longer under dry conditions and that breakdown is insignificant during the colder months. Sounds like Utah is not the place for neonicotinoids.

Common sense alternatives After much deliberation, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, at their 2017 national conference, banned neonicotinoid use on national wildlife refuges. This may be just the start. According to the National Wildlife Federation, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is reviewing the safety of five neonics, with draft risk assessments scheduled to be released this year and has already issued recommendations to reduce their use. The private sector is following suit with companies from Home Depot to Costco swiping neonic-treated plants from their landscaping products.

With the toll that neonics are taking on our pollinator populations, and considering the long-lasting presence of these chemicals in the environment, it’s nice to know that alternatives are being seriously considered. The most interesting suggestion might prove at once the easiest and the most difficult: Just stop using them. It seems that the need for neonics has been blown out of proportion. But other practices would need to be put in place, which are not immediately compatible with Big Ag. In 2009, the European Union adopted a compulsory approach called Integrated Pest Management.

The directive requires some common sense. Before deciding to use poison on crops, for example, the impact of predatory insects must be monitored; treatment with pesticides will only be recommended if and when “the assessment has found that [pest damage] levels are above predetermined economic thresholds for crop protection.” Additionally, if crops show significant stress and damage due to pests, the IPM plan calls for chemicals as a last resort.

The first line of defense is standard organic farming practices such as crop rotation—often sufficient for heading off large pest infestations.

In the U.S. additional IPM practices are making their way into regulatory language, if not actual practice. Last year, the EPA put out new guidelines designed to protect pollinators from pesticide exposure such as temporarily halting the approval of new outdoor neonicotinoid pesticide use.

Though pesticide use in Big Ag is something we should all be concerned about, home gardeners also need to be aware that neonicotinoids are the active ingredient in most pesticides you can buy in your local store. (See sidebar for details.)

Greenhouse solutions Luckily, some change is happening on the home front as well. The 2016 Greenhouse Grower’s State of the Industry report showed a big bump in the number of growers eliminating neonicotinoids.

According to the report, 64% of growers (who sell to garden retailers, nurseries and landscaping companies) reported no longer using neonics — up from 52% the year before. Since plants from these growers find their way onto store shelves, from mom and pop gardening centers to big chain stores, these changes are trickling into most companies. Two of the largest home improvement retailers in the world, Home Depot and Lowe’s, are now committed to phasing out neonics in their gardening centers by this or next year. Whole Foods, Walmart, Ace Hardware, True Value Hardware and Costco have also made similar commitments.

In Salt Lake City, many reputable garden centers carry plants and trees from Monrovia. The company has reduced its use of neonics by 80% since 2012 and is practicing Integrated Pest Management, using neonics as last resort and following “stringent and conservative guidelines.” A Dave Wilson Nursery spokesman says they, too, have significantly cut back on their use.

Local nurseries that grow their own plants, such as Lambert Growers, do not use neonics at all.

Still, if you want to rest assured that you are not buying plants or seeds treated with neonics, or any harmful chemical, buy organic.

While we’re on a roll with good news There might be a new little pollinator getting ready to do some heavy lifting for the gardening industry. Commercial greenhouses have long used bumble bees to pollinate their indoor plants, but like the honey bee, these little creatures (specifically the Bombus occidentalis) have recently been in decline.

Now researchers from Utah State University are looking at Bombus huntii (Hunt’s bumble bee), native to the Western U.S., as a promising new alternative for Western greenhouses. B. Huntii is a generalist pollinator, so he’s not a picky eater—an important trait for a bee whose job will have him bouncing around a warehouse of thousands of different plants.

There is always more that we can do for our pollinators. The Xerces Society for Invertebrate Conservation has called for increased federal regulation of neonicotinoids including a prohibition of neonic application on bee-attractive plants during bloom and strengthening pesticide warning labels. Yet much good work is already being done. With bee-advocating researchers like those at USU, and with a growing shift in industry practices, our pollinators might get a second chance. ◆ Katherine Pioli is CATALYST’s associate editor.

For the home gardener A philosophical approach Don’t freak out. Many trees and shrubs, including all conifers, are wind pollinated and are not usually visited by bees.

Because pollinators range widely, the presence of a neonicotinoid insecticide in one plant will be diluted when they feed on untreated plants.

Flowers bought in flats should be completely safe. Besides, bees don’t even much like petunias or marigolds.

The longterm benefit to pollinators from even treated perennial flowers and flowering shrubs and trees outweighs the harm.

A practical approach Avoid spraying insecticides in the yard and garden as much as possible, and never spray flower blossoms. If you have a problem with caterpillars chewing too many holes in the leaves of some plants, use a product containing Bacillus thuringensis (B.t.).

Another bee-friendly option is to use horticultural oil or an insecticidal soap.

Used properly, they are effective on most soft-bodied insects.

If you’ve acquired a bee-friendly perennial or flowering trees or shrub that was treated, you can remove the flowers during the first summer. Also, you can water it thoroughly, and continue to run the water for another 10 minutes. This will flush any neonicotinoid insecticide residue that is not tightly bound to the organic matter in the soil.

— Dave Smitley, entomologist Michigan State University * * * You won’t find the word “neonicotinoid” on any product label. The five specific neonic chemicals you may encounter are Imidacloprid, Clothianidin, Thiamethoxam, Acetamiprid and Dinotefuran. In general, avoid anything that sounds lethal: bugs B gon, insect killer, GrubZ out, systemic insect spray, etc. Bayer and Ortho make a long line of objectionable products. For a detailed list of specific products to avoid, check out Xerces Society’s “Neonicotinoids in your Garden” webpage.

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Grow your own habitat Transform your yard into a haven for bees, butterflies and hummingbirds with these Wasatch Front-friendly pollinator plants

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ost gardens support pollinators by providing some nectar and shelter.

You can make your garden more beneficial insect-friendly by adopting the following practices.

• Grow plants that bloom over long periods and are in flower when local native species are not blooming, such as butterfly bushes and agastaches.

• Include ornamental grasses and shrubs in your landscape to provide shelter for pollinators.

Agastache cana with hummingbird

BY FRITZ KOLLMANN • Remove faded flowers before they set seed.

This keeps many common garden plants blooming much longer, increasing the duration of availability of nectar and pollen.

• Leave your garden untrimmed for winter and early spring. This simple practice provides shelter to overwintering pollinators and their offspring.

• Mulching is good, but leave some bare soil open in the garden, as it accommodates small ground-nesting pollinators.

• Pollinators need fresh water— a birdbath or small pond is appreciated.

• Be informed of your plant’s growth habit and characteristics before you plant to ensure that it is not invasive and disruptive to local ecosystems or your garden.

Generally, the following plants require full sun (minimum six hours per day), unless indicated, and some prefer to be watered minimally during the summer. Many low-water-use and native plants are happiest when planted on a slope to improve drainage during the winter months.

The following are plants that I have observed to be stellar performers both ecologically and aesthetically in my work as a horticulturist at Red Butte Garden and as an independent garden designer and gardener.

Woody plants (trees and shrubs)

Fernbush (Chamaebatiaria millefolium) – Fernbush attracts the highest diversity of pollinators of any Utah native plant. Grows 5 ft. high x 6 ft. wide with fragrant, white flowers in summer • Include plants from the mint, carand requires no summer water after rot, sunflower, mallow and it’s established. rose families, as they are Bombus huntiii on generally beloved by Monardella odoratissima Hyssop (Hyssopus officinalis) pollinators.

-This low-growing medicinal herb offers a multitude of small dark purple flowers, which are loved by bees, over several months.

Water hyssop weekly to extend its flowering period.

Shear back after blooming.

Butterfly Bush (Buddleia sp.) – From 8-ft.tall giants to small mounding shrubs with new flower colors coming JASON BAKER, COURTESY RED BUTTE GARDEN on the market regularly, there is probably a butterfly bush for every garden. Favored by butterflies and moths but also visited by bees. Removing spent flowers will keep these blooming summer through fall.

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gooseberryleaf mallow w (S (S. gro rossularifo folia) a).

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strange pollinators as a well—so many that you may waant to set up a chair to watch the action. a They are short-lived biennials/perennials that bloom in thee second or third year of growth and a die aft fter flowering. But they leave behind a good crop of seeds to ensure future generations. Plant these two years in a row to ensure flowers every year.

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other mints in th he kitchen. The low-growing Mon nardella macrantha ‘Marion Sam mpson’ is a true stunner with red flowers that is worth seeking outt as well.

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– Asters fill a flow wering gap from latest summer thrrough fall, when little else is in bloom, providing crucial forage fo for bees and other insects.These mid dsized perennials (1-4 ft ft.) flower in co olors from white to dark purple and a are

Assclep epias sp.) – No poldly garden would be without at least one milkweed. These fam mous butterffly-attracting plants tend to look terrible in containers at the nursery, y, but don’t let that dissuade you u. Look for varieties that prefer yo our soil type, as they are somewhaat fussy. While milkweeds are slow to establish in the garden, they are well worth the wait. Standout choices for drier situations include A. speciosua ‘Davis’ and A. fa fasicularis. For the pond edge or wet garden try swamp milkweed (A (A. incarnata) a).

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GROW YOUR OWN HABITAT In sandy soils, plant the glorious orange-flowered native A. tuberosa.

Chamaebatiaria millefolium JANINE HUTCHINSON, COURTESY RED BUTTE GARDEN

Where to find pollinator plants

Beardtongues (Penstemon sp.) – These western US natives are beloved by many pollinators, especially bumblebees (Bombus sp.). The longest-blooming penstemon are the deep blue/ purple Rocky Mountain Penstemon (P. strictus aka strictiformis) and pineleaf penstemon (P. pinifolius) which is available in red, yellow and orange. With roughly 250 species of penstemon native to the western states, the choices are legion. Many species resent being watered in summer but are easy to grow in the dry garden.

Sacred Datura (Datura wrightii) – Sacred datura is a native perennial version of the popular garden annual. Its huge, purple-tinged, white, fragrant flowers perfume the evening air and attract the pollinating The milkweeds, datura, moon carrot and globemallow are all relatively easy denizens of the night. Large, all black bumblebees and sphinx moths particularly enjoy ethereal to grow from seed. Sow them directly into the garden. Many of these and other blooms as darkness falls. The flowers last only one pollinator plants are commonly available at local nurseries, including Millcreek night and are borne on 3-ft. plants from mid-sumGardens and Lambert Growers. The Red Butte Garden plant sale and the mer onward. Sacred datura is poisonous, so keep Wasatch Community Gardens plant sale, both children, livestock and curious pets away on May 11-12, will also have a good and don’t eat it!

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selection of pollinator plants.

(Opening day for each is members only.)

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There are so many wonderful garden plants that serve pollinators available to us today that simply keeping a garden with some plants that have not had the reproductive parts bred out of them will be of some benefit to the ecosystem. Dig a little deeper and you’ll find that there are lots of fantastic plants you can use to create pollinator-friendly gardens. Visit Red Butte Garden and your local nurseries to look for plants that are both attractive to you and to pollinators. ◆ Fritz Kollmann is the lead horticulturist for the Water Conservation Garden at Red Butte Garden. He designs gardens, works in his own garden and enjoys skateboarding in his spare time.

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May 26: Michael Ondaatje @ King’s English Books. Author of The English Patient reads from his new novel, Warlight 7p. Free.

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Vocal toning and singing bowls, along with the Big Mind/Big Heart process to explore ways of expressing our authentic voice. $200. BIGHEARTHEALING.COM May 19: “Art Hike” Art Fitness Training @ UMOCA. 2-4p. With an emphasis on close observation and easy-to-grasp principles, each two-hour Art Fitness workshop gives adult audiences the tools to muscle even the most difficult contemporary art. $15 suggested donation, RSVP. UTAHMOCA.ORG May 19: New World presents The Psychedelic Moon Party @ Switch SLC. 8p-3:30a. Experience live artists and synthesizers like never before. $15-25. 21+. NEWWORLDPRESENTS.COM May 19: Tycho @ The Complex. w/ Emmitt Fenn. 8p. $30. THECOMPLEXSLC.COM May 19: Great Salt Lake Bird Fest Dutch Oven Dinner and Keynote @ Davis County Legacy Events Center.

6-8p. Lecture: “My Life with Cranes.”

Vegetarian options available. $40.

151 S. 1100 W. Farmington. GREATSALTLAKEBIRDFEST.COM May 20-28: $10 Cat Adoptions @ Best Friends Sugar House. All pets spayed/neutered, vaccinated, microchipped. BESTFRIENDSUTAH.ORG

May 23: Maurizio Cattelan: Be Right Back (film) @ UMFA. 7p. Meet the art world’s enfant terrible, one of the most successful and controversial artists of our time. Free. UTAHFILMCENTER.ORG May 23: Jeff Metcalf reads @ King’s English Bookshop. U of U professor and author of essay collection Back Cast: Fly-Fishing and Other Such Matters. Free. KINGSENGLISH.COM May 26: Spring City Heritage Day Festival @ Spring City, 110 E. Center Street.

10a-4p. Tour the beautiful old homes and buildings of the best preserved pioneer village in the entire country– Spring City, Utah! $10/$5 children.

May 29: Full Moon Meditation @ Dancing Cranes. 5p. $9 donation.

DANCINGCRANESIMPORTS.COM May 30: Temple Grandin reading @ The City Library. From her new book, Calling All Minds: How to Think Like an Inventor. Free. KINGSENGLISH.COM May 31: “Topaz: Our Stories” with Kimi Kodani Hill and friends @ UMFA. 6:30p. Join descendants of Japanese American internees, as they share their families’ experiences at the Topaz War Relocation Center in Delta, Utah. Free. UMFA.UTAH.EDU May 31: Tickets for 6/17 The Bee I do / I don’t go on sale: @ THEBEESLC.ORG. 10a. Stories about engagements, weddings, marriage, break-ups, separation & divorce. $15. 21+.

Jun. 1: George Winston @ The State Room. 8p. Folk pianist from Montana. $35. 21+.

Jun. 2: 2nd Annual Utah Healthy Food Expo @ SLC and Gallivan Center Events. 10a-6p. Tons of food, samples, guest speaker, and a yoga session. $3. HEALTHYFOODUTAH.COM

Upcoming Free Film Screenings

HALF THE PICTURE

ALL THE QUEEN’S HORSES

Official Selection: 2018 Sundance Film Festival

A riveting investigation into the largest case of municipal fraud in American history where the comptroller of a small town stole $53 million of public funds over the course of 20 years.

Tuesday | May 1 | 7pm The City Library 210 E 400 S, SLC

Tuesday | May 15 | 7pm The City Library 210 E 400 S, SLC

At a pivotal moment for gender equality in Hollywood, successful women directors tell the stories of their art, lives, and careers.

Post-film panel

Dramatic

Members Only Screening

Private Members Screenings

A special members-only screening of a film that premiered at the 2018 Sundance Film Festival. RSVP required Become a member: utahfilmcenter.org/membership.

Thursday | May 3 | 7pm TBA

Post-film Q&A With director

THE WOUND

Brimming with sex and violence, The Wound is an exploration of tradition and sexuality set amid South Africa’s Xhosa culture.

Winner: Outstanding First Feature–2017 Frameline San Francisco LGBT Film Festival Thursday | May 17 | 7pm The City Library 210 E 400 S, SLC

Dramatic

NISE: The Heart Of Madness

The story of Dr. Nise da Silveira, a psychiatrist who treated patients with art instead of electroshock therapy.

Official Selection: 2015 Rio de Janeiro International Film Festival Tuesday | May 8 | 7pm The City Library 210 E 400 S, SLC

Post-film discussion

MINDING THE GAP

Coming-of-age saga of three skateboarding friends in a Rust Belt town hit hard by decades of recession.

Winner: Special Jury Award for Breakthrough Filmmaking–2018 Sundance Film Festival Wednesday | May 9 | 7pm Rose Wagner 138 W 300 S, SLC

Post-film Q&A With director

SUMMER IN THE FOREST

A captivating look at four people with intellectual disabilities who created L’Arche, a commune at the edge of a beautiful forest near Paris.

Tuesday | May 22 | 7pm The City Library 210 E 400 S, SLC

MAURIZIO CATTELAN:

Be Right Back Meet the art world’s enfant terrible, one of the most successful and controversial artists of our time.

Official Selection: 2016 Tribeca Film Festival Wednesday | May 23 | 7pm UMFA 410 Campus Center Dr, SLC

Dramatic

May 21: City Center Bird Walk w/ Bob Walters for the Great Salt Lake Bird Festival @ Memory Grove. 7a-

MUNE: Guardian of the Moon Mune, a tiny forest faun and newly-appointed moon guardian, must save the moon from the ruler of the underworld.

THE BLOOD IS AT THE DOORSTEP

Winner: Best Film–2015 Tokyo Anime Awards

An explosive look at Dontre Hamilton’s killing by police, as his family embarks on a quest for justice and reform.

Saturday | May 12 | 11am The City Library 210 E 400 S, SLC

Tuesday | May 29 | 7pm The City Library 210 E 400 S, SLC

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Practicing kindness

YOGA

Gratitude for your mentors

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n the past few months, I’ve been exploring metta (kindness) meditation in CATALYST. The first installment covered practicing kindness for an easy being: someone, human or animal, with whom you have an easy, uncomplicated relationship. The second installment covered kindness toward ourselves, an important foundational practice for extending kindness to others. If you haven’t read the previous posts on kindness, you might want to find them in the March and April issues of CATALYST online.

This month will focus on extending kindness

Narcissism is characterized by arrogance, entitlement, self-absorption and lack of empathy. Metta for oneself is the basis for being able to share metta with others. for your mentors. If you reflect on your life, you can probably remember one or more people who have gone out of their way to help you along your path. In Buddhist parlance, these people are called “benefactors.” A benefactor could be a mentor, teacher, clergy person, grandparent, parent, other family member or friend. In general, a benefactor is someone who has generously shared resources such as their wisdom, or emotional or material support.

BY CHARLOTTE BELL

Reflecting on these people and their generosity toward us is a way to develop gratitude.

We often tend to remember the big and little hurts in our lives and the people who have harmed us in some way. But there are many, many people who have helped us at various times along the way as well. It’s important to remember these people and reflect on our gratitude for their place in our lives.

Practicing kindness for your mentors increases gratitude. As spiritual practitioners know, gratitude, in itself, is very beneficial.

Even Forbes has reported that scientific research has found at least seven benefits to practicing gratitude: • Gratitude opens the doors to new relationships.

• Gratitude improves physical health.

• Gratitude improves psychological health.

• Gratitude enhances empathy and reduces aggression.

• Grateful people sleep better.

• Gratitude improves self-esteem.

• Gratitude increases mental strength.

How to practice kindness for your mentors There may be several people in your life you consider to be benefactors. Instead of trying to fit them all into your practice, start by focusing on a single person, at least for a few months.

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This helps deepen your practice.

1. Sit in a comfortable position. You can sit on a meditation cushion, meditation bench or in a chair. Make sure you’re comfortable. It’s hard to cultivate kindness when you’re struggling with your sitting position!

2. Place your right hand over your heart. You can also cross your left wrist across your right one so that you are practicing the “metta mudra.” In this mudra, your wrists are crossed at chest level and your hands are resting gently on your chest. This mudra is optional, of course, and if at any time your arms get tired, relax them and rest your hands on your thighs.

3. When we reflect on the people who have supported us in our lives, gratitude can arise naturally. So to begin your practice by inviting one of your mentors into your heart space. Reflect on this person—what you appreciate about them and how they have supported you.

4. To your benefactor, offer the following four sentiments, imagining your benefactor enjoying these qualities: 1. May you be safe.

2. May you be happy and peaceful.

3. May you be healthy and strong.

4. May you live with ease.

If you go back to the first column on metta, you’ll find alternate wordings for the phrases.

You can also make up your own phrases that express these sentiments. Practice as long as you like. Metta is a creative practice: you can fashion it to fit your life. Make sure you practice in a way that makes it easy. The point of practice is to develop the quality of kindness, so if working with your benefactor doesn’t resonate today, go back to yourself or your easy being. ◆ 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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ABODE AUTOMOTIVE Schneider Auto Karosserie 8/18

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

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DESIGN, CONSTRUCTION Ann Larsen Residential Design DA 10/18

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

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GREEN PRODUCTS Heritage Natural Finishes DA 11/18

888.526.3275. We are makers of fine, all natural penetrating oil wood finished for timber frames, log homes, furniture and more. Nontoxic, high performing and beautiful. Contact us for a free sample! Located in Escalante, UT but will ship anywhere.

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Underfoot Floors DA 11/18

801.467.6636, 1900 S. 300 W., SLC. We offer innovative & earth friendly floors

including bamboo, cork, marmoleum, hardwoods, natural fiber carpets as well as sand and finishing hardwood.

Free in-home estimates. Please visit our showroom. KE@UNDERFOOTFLOORS.COM WWW.UNDERFOOTFLOORS.NET

HOUSING Urban Utah Homes & Estates DA 9/18

801.595.8824, 380 West 200 South, #101, SLC. Founded in 2001 by Babs De Lay, Urban Utah Homes & Estates is an independent real estate brokerage. Our experienced realtors have skill sets to help first-time to last-time buyers and sellers with residential sales, estate liquidations of homes & property, land sales, new construction and small business sales. WWW.URBANUTAH.COM

PETS Best Friends - Utah DA 9/18

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

DINING Café Solstice DA 3/19

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

herbal smoothies in a relaxing atmosphere. WWW.CAFESOLSTICESLC.COM SOLCAFE999@GMAIL.COM

(NADA)-certified for treatment of addiction. Women’s health, menopausal syndromes. www.STEVENSACUCLINIC.COM

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Master Lu’s Health Center

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

Oasis Cafe DA 11/18

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

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HEALTH & BODYWORK ACUPUNCTURE Keith Stevens Acupuncture 3/19

801.255.7016, 209.617.7379 (c). Dr. Keith Stevens, OMD, 8728 S. 120 E. in old Sandy. Specializing in chronic pain treatment, stress-related insomnia, fatigue, headaches, sports medicine, traumatic injury and postoperative recovery. Board-certified for hep-c treatment. National Acupuncture Detox Association

801.463.1101. 3220 S. State St. TyeHao Lu, L.Ac, MAOM. Are you struggling with addiction? If so we can help at Master Lu’s Health Center, utilizing acupuncture and Chinese medicine.

We can help you or anyone you know with substance abuse and any other pain you may have. Call today to schedule an appointment! www.LUHEALTHCENTER.COM TYEHAO@LUHEALTHCENTER.COM 6/18

SLC Qi Community Acupuncture 12/18

801.521.3337, 242 S. 400 E. Suite B, SLC. Affordable Acupuncture! Sliding scale rates ($20-40). Open weekends.

Grab a recliner and relax in a safe, comfortable, and healing space. We help with pain, fertility, digestion, allergies, arthritis, sleep and stress disorders, cardiac/respiratory conditions, metabolism & more. WWW.SLCQI.COM

APOTHECARY Natural Law Apothecary 1/19

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

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

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

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ENERGY HEALING Kristen Dalzen, LMT 12/18

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

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SoulPathmaking with Lucia Gardner, LMT, BCC, PC 12/18 801.631.8915. 40+ years experience caring for the Soul.

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STRUCTURAL INTEGRATION Carol Lessinger, GCTP9/18--

801.580.9484, 1390 S. 1100 E., SLC. “Movement is Life, without Movement, Life is unthinkable,” Moshe Feldenkrais. Carol trained personally with Dr. Feldenkrais and has over 30 years experience. When you work with her, you can expect your movement to be more comfortable, less painful & more aware. Offering private sessions & classes.

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Open Hand Bodywork DA

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

Leighann Shelton, GCFP, CR, CPT, LMT

303.726.6667, 466 S. 500 E., SLC. Helping athletes, dancers, musicians, children and people of all types with chronic pain, autoimmune conditions, arthritis, injuries & stress. Leighann's 7 years of education make her the only practitioner in Utah certified in Feldenkrais®, Rolfing® Structural Integration and Pilates. Providing comprehensive care for lasting results.

WWW.LEIGHANNSHELTON.COM 6/18

MASSAGE

Agua Alma Aquatic Bodywork 5/18 801.891.5695. Mary Cain, LMT, MA

Psychology. Compassionate experienced Bodyworker: Transformational Neuromuscular Massage, Reiki, a massage paired with a yoga session/prescription addressing specific body balancing needs, Yoga, Pranayama, and Meditation: private & group sessions, Yoga Teacher Training. Agua Alma water massage pool. Call to schedule. www.FROMSOURCETOSOURCE.COM

Healing Mountain Massage School 11/18 801.355.6300, 363 S. 500 E., Ste. 210, SLC. (enter off 500 E.). All people seek balance in their lives…balance and meaningful expression. Massage is a

compassionate art. It helps find healing & peace for both the giver and receiver. Whether you seek a new vocation or balm for your wounded soul, you can find it here. DA www.HEALINGMOUNTAINSPA.COM

M.D. PHYSICIANS Todd Mangum, MD, Web of Life Wellness Center 801.531.8340, 34 S. 500 E., #103,

SLC. Integrative Family Practitioner utilizing functional medicine for treatment of conditions such as: fatigue, fibro-myalgia, digestion, adrenals, hormones and more. Dr. Mangum recommends diet, supplementation, HRT and other natural remedies in promoting a health-conscious lifestyle.

WWW.WEBOFLIFEWC.COM, THEPEOPLE@WEBOFLIFEWC.COM 2/19

NUTRITION Sustainable Diets 2/19

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

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

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YOGA THERAPY Deva Healing Center, A Sanctuary 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. 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 Utah Film Center 801.746.7000, 122

Main Street, SLC. A non-profit continually striving to bring community to-

gether through film. WWW.UTAHFILMCENTER.ORG A11/18

LEGAL ASSISTANCE Schumann Law, Penniann J. Schumann, J.D., LL.M 3/19 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 KRCL 90.9FM DA 801.363.1818, 1971 N. Temple, SLC.

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 2/19

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

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

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NON-PROFIT Local First 12/18 801.456.1456. A not-for-profit organi-

MOVEMENT & MEDITATION,

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.

WWW.HEALINGMOUNTAIN.EDU DA

SPACE FOR RENT Space available at Center for Transpersonal Therapy 3/19

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

DANCE RDT Dance Center Community School

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

WWW.RDTUTAH.ORG 6/18

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. Traditionalstyle training in the classical martial arts of T’ai Chi, Wing Chun Kung-Fu, and Qigong exercises). Located downstairs from Urgyen Samten Ling Tibetan Buddhist Temple. WWW.REDLOTUSSCHOOL.COM, REDLOTUS@REDLOTUS.CNC.NET

MEDITATION PRACTICES 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.

Visit our FB page or contact Anna by phone or text.

Rumi Teachings 5/18

Good poetry enriches our culture and nourishes our soul. Rumi Poetry Club (founded in 2007) celebrates spiritual poetry of Rumi and other masters as a form of meditation. Free meetings

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first Tuesday (7p) of month at Anderson-Foothill Library, 1135 S. 2100 E., SLC. WWW.RUMIPOETRYCLUB.COM

YOGA INSTRUCTORS Mindful Yoga: Charlotte Bell DA 1/19

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

WWW.CHARLOTTEBELLYOGA.COM

YOGA STUDIOS Centered City Yoga 12/18

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

Mountain Yoga—Sandy 3/19

801.501.YOGA [9642], 9343 S. 1300 E., SLC. Offering a variety of Hot and Not hot yoga classes for the past 13 years. The Mountain Yoga System is comprised of 5 Elemental Classes EARTH-FIRE-WIND-FLOW-WATER varying in heat, duration, intensity and sequence. The 5 classes work together, offering a balanced and sustainable yoga practice.

WWW.MOUNTAINYOGASANDY.COM

PSYCHIC ARTS & INTUITIVE SCIENCES ASTROLOGY Transformational Astrology FOG

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

INSTRUCTION 1/19 Living Light Institute of Energy Healing Arts Safety Consortium 400 W.

Lawndale, SLC. Offers classes on many topics related to crystals, crystal energy, personal energy management, self-awareness, metaphysics, intuitive development, Crystal Healer Certification, meditation and more.

WWW.LIVINGLIGHTSCHOOL.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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Suzanne Wagner DA 1/19

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

PSYCHOTHERAPY & PERSONAL GROWTH THERAPY/COUNSELING Big Heart Healing, Dr. Paul Thielking

801.413.8978. SLC. Helping people on the path of personal growth, healing, and self-discovery. Through workshops and retreats, Dr. Thielking utilizes what he has learned as a psychiatrist, Zen student, and Big Mind facilitator to help others to experience a deeper sense of meaning, fulfillment, and joy in life.

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issues. Focusing on clients’ innate capacity to heal and resolve past and current obstacles, rather than just cope. Modalities include EMDR, EFT, mindfulness, feminist/multicultural.

Individuals, couples, families.

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Marianne Felt, CMHC, MT-BC 12/18

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.

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

Transpersonal psychotherapy, Gestalt therapy, EMDR. Open gateways to change through experience of authentic contact. Integrate body, mind and spirit through creative exploration of losses, conflicts and relationships that challenge & inspire our lives. WWW.M OUNTAIN LOTUS COUNSELING . COM

Ed Peterson, LCSW, MBA 7/18

Mountain Lotus Counseling 6/18DA

Cynthia Kimberlin-Flanders, LPC 10/18

801.809.7990. 684 E. Vine St., SLC. Relationship problems? Addictions?

Anxiety or depression? Let me help.

Advanced training in Emotionally Focused Therapy (EFT), a scientifically proven approach to repair and restore distressed relationships. Over 15 years experience treating addictions and mood/anxiety disorders. Approaches: EFT, Jungian Therapy, DBT, CBT, Mindfulness, and Gestalt Therapy. WWW.PETERSONFAMILYTHERAPY.COM

Healing Pathways Therapy Center 2/19

435.248.2089. Clinical Director: Kristan Warnick, CMHC. 4665 S. 900 E. #150.

Integrated counseling and medical services for anxiety, depression, trauma, relationship, life adjustment

Mindfulness Meditation

With Diane Musho Hamilton Sensei

Sundays at Artspace Zendo 10:00 -11:30 am

801.524.0560. Theresa Holleran, LCSW, Marianne Felt, CMHC, & Sean Patrick McPeak, CSW. Learn yourself. Transform.

Depth psychotherapy and transformational services for individuals, relationships, groups and communities.

WWW.MOUNTAINLOTUSCOUNSELING.COM

Natalie Herndon, PhD, CMHC 7/18

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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Day of Zen With Michael Mugaku Zimmerman Sensei

Saturdays at Artspace Zendo May 12 & June 16

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

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The healing power of story A conversation with Kevin Kling

BY GIULIANA SERENA

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evin Kling grew up in rural Minnesota with “a lot of elbow room.” He was surrounded by wide open wild spaces and stories, so very many stories. In college, he and his friends had a saying that goes, “Your night before was only as good as your ability to tell about it.”

Born with a condition which resulted in his left arm being signifi-

cantly shorter than his right, and without a wrist or thumb, Kling was always embraced by his family. “I’d say the luckiest thing was my parents never treated me any differently because of it,” he said.

“I was always expected to pull my own weight. I was always just part of the mix.”

In fact, when his grandmother realized that the fairy tales she would read to him were ANN MARSDEN

troublesome, she made sure he knew that being different – his difference – wasn’t a detriment.

“In so many of Grimm’s tales,” Kling recounts, “if you didn’t fit into a prescribed look or way of being, you were ostracized. Disability was usually a sign of being an outsider, and my grandma was pretty clear that no, that’s not the way it is. She would tell me fairy tales and folk tales where being an outsider was actually a strength.” And so, he grew up with a strong sense of belonging.

He always loved telling and listening to stories but didn’t realize it was something he could do professionally, until one night in his mid-twenties when he found himself at a friend’s party.

“You know the best place to always be is the kitchen,” Kling remembers, “and I was just talking and telling stories like I always would in a kitchen, and little did I know there was a theater producer there. She asked, ‘Do you want to be part of our next season?’ and I said, ‘Doing what?’ and she said, ‘Just what you did in the kitchen.’ So she put me on stage and away I went. That was about 35 years ago and I’ve been doing it ever since.”

Now a prolific storyteller, author of numerous books, and playwright with critical acclaim, Kling travels around the globe telling stories, performing and facilitating storytelling workshops. He will be in Salt Lake City Thursday, May 10 at the Mountain West Arts Conference, giving a keynote on the Healing Power of Story.

Always an enthusiastic storyteller, Kling did not truly understand the healing power of stories until he survived a terrible motorcycle accident. As he’ll elaborate on in his talk, he experiences a significant difference in the disability he was born with and one he acquired later in life.

“I was born with a disability,” he noted, “but I never associated that with needing healing.

That was just who I was, and then in 2001 I was in a motorcycle accident and everything changed.

“When you do suffer loss, and it can be any kind of loss ― I lost the use of my right arm, but it could be a person, a relationship, a job, anything ― all of a sudden you’re a different person. But you haven’t grown into that person, and so you have to slowly grow into the new person you’ve become.”

After the accident, he went through a phase where he needed to know how he belonged in the world again. He sought the stories of others who had had similar experiences. As he found those stories, he found himself again; they were invaluable in helping him to come to terms with his injury, and they supported him to endure the challenges of growing into a new way of being in the world.

“When you heal, you really are changing your narrative. You’re changing your momentum, your trajectory, your perspective. We’re continually changing the narratives of our lives; we think in terms of story. We are stories, and so, when all of a sudden you change, your story changes. And when you can tell a story about something, it doesn’t control you any longer:

“When you can tell a story about something, it doesn’t control you any longer.” it’s in your vernacular, the way you see the world. It’s a way of going from point A to point B in your life.”

Kling appreciates the value of stories on a personal level and a communal one, believing the arts to be “as important as anything else in a community, as important as a plumber. Storytellers reflect on where we’ve been, and where we’re going as a society, as a community. Do we want to be going in this direction?

Do we want to be going in another one? They serve as a mirror, asking, ‘What is funny to us?

What is sacred to us? What are the issues of the day?’

“In the health of a community, I think that storytellers really do play a large role. And they always have. And as is said every year since time began, ‘especially in these days.’ ” ◆ Giuliana Serena is the Beekeeper and Founder of The Bee, lovingly competitive (and occasionally curated) storytelling in SLC. Visit THEBEESLC.ORG for more about The Bee’s monthly shows, workshops, and to listen to stories from the archive.

Event details & links: The Healing Power of Stories keynote with Kevin Kling will take place 1:45-2:45pm, Thursday, May 10, during the Mountain West Arts Conference at the Utah Cultural Celebration Center in West Valley. For details about attending the keynote and conference registration, visit HERITAGE.UTAH.GOV/ARTS-AND-MUSEUMS/ RESOURCES-PROFDEV-MWAC. Listen to a selection of Kevin’s stories and experience more of his work at KEVINKLING.COM.

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SWAMI BEYONDANANDA

Defying gravity

Using levity to uplift in unfunny times

BY STEVE BHAERMAN

“The world is in serious condition largely due to our conditioning to be serious. Seriously.”

—Swami Beyondananda

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f serious times have got you down, maybe levity can lift you up. Here are four ways that what Swami Beyondananda calls “cosmic comic consciousness” can heal your heart and free your mind:

1. Levity helps us see from a higher perspective. Here's a true story about the transformational power of humor. At the time of the Cuban missile crisis, American and Soviet delegates were meeting to discuss possible trade between the two countries. When news of the missile crisis hit, everything stopped. There was tremendous tension in the room. Finally one Soviet delegate suggested they each go around and tell a joke. He volunteered to start.

“What's the difference between capitalism and communism?”

“In capitalism, man exploits man. In communism, it's the other way around.”

The room exploded in laughter, and they were able to continue their business. Why? Because the joke simultaneously “busted” both “isms” and celebrated the human heart and spirit we all share.

2. Hearty laughter re-heartens the spirit. In his book, Man's Search for Meaning, Viktor Frankl wrote of his time in a Nazi death camp. He and a fellow inmate made a pact. Each day they would find something to laugh about, because as long they could laugh, their spirit could not be imprisoned. To give you an idea of the leverage—or,

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better word, “loverage”— humor provided in these dark and dire times, one joke that circulated among the inmates involved two Jewish guys who planned to assassinate Hitler. They knew his motorcade would be passing a certain intersection at 11a.m. and they were waiting. But 11a.m. came and went and Hitler never showed up.

11:15, 11:30 and still no Hitler. When he hadn't come by 11:45, one a assassin turned to the other and said, “Gee, I hope nothing has happened to him.”

Somehow extending that generosity of spirit to their oppressor gave those in the camps heart and hope.

3. Humor busts the trance of duality and shows us a “third” way. Ever wonder why jokes come in three's—a minister, a priest and a rabbi?

A minister, a priest and a rabbi are discussing their legacy, what they want the eulogist to say at their funerals. The minister says, “I want them to say he was a family man and a pillar of his community.”

The priest said, “I want them to say he was a holy man and a leader of his flock.” The rabbi said, “I want them to say LOOK—I think he's BREATHING!” Comedy and laughter can take us above and beyond this or that, and point us in a creative and constructive direction.

4. Comedy shines a light on the shadow, and illuminates truth. Isn't it interesting that in these toxic and divisive times, comedy is probably the

most effective delivery system for “news”? That's because both humor and laughter are “trancebusting.” When we laugh, two things happen.

First, since comedy usually involves a novel way of relating two or more otherwise unrelated ideas, it naturally sparks new ways of thinking. Second, laughter causes “breathing” (which we all know is the key to a long life!) ... meaning more oxygen to the brain, and more synapses “synapping.” Consider that when we are manipulated into fear, we go into fight or flight and the blood and energy goes from the viscera and the brain to the outer extremities. We become reactive.

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There is often an “aha” in the wake of the “ha-ha” and then an “aaaahhhh” as we leave the duality of the mind for the unity of the heart.

So ... here is the bottom line.

In times of stress, challenge, polarization and fear-mongering, levity lifts us to see from a higher view. The playfulness, joy and awakening in the wake of the laughter cheers us and nourishes our spirit. We become more resourceful and more creative. We break the trance of separation and experience the truth of unity. We are better able to deal with the challenges in our own lives, and we become a beacon for others, as we use levity to overcome gravity. ◆ Steve Bhaerman’s alter ego, Swami Beyondananda himself, will be in Salt Lake City for a special appearance on Wednesday, June 6.

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METAPHORS FOR THE MONTH

May 2018: The wakeup call

BY SUZANNE WAGNER

Osho Zen Tarot: The Rebel, Ordinariness, The Fool Medicine Cards: Blank Shield, Snake Mayan Oracle: Harmonic Resonance, Shadow Ancient Egyptian Tarot: 9 of Disks, 7 of Swords, The Hierophant, 4 of Swords Aleister Crowley Deck: Luxury, Knight of Disks, Strife Healing Earth Tarot: The Star, Three of Crystals, Four of Wands Words of Truth: Density, Sensitivity, Opportunity

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ou can’t sleep with vipers and not get bit. Sounds simple enough. But rarely do people take truisms to heart. It often takes experience, with consequences and learning curves, to ground in hard truths.

Even though it’s spring, and each day brings more sunshine, we are about to get some lessons in shadow from the hard hand of karma.

Astrologically, May is quite a ride. Uranus leaves the fiery intensity of Aries and enters the financial world of Taurus. Uranus is the planet of revolution, revelation and change. It tends to blow things up, revealing what has been festering underneath. I think of it in this context as a boil that is going to burst, and the toxicity becomes revealed in a rather unpleasant way.

Uranus changes signs only about every seven and a half years, so when it moves, it tends to do it in a dramatic way. Get ready, everyone: This is rarely a pleasant transition.

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Even as I write this article in April, the shifts are being felt in the stock market, the farming industries and potential trade wars with China. Over the next sevenand-a-half years, money systems worldwide will be reworked, dismantled, altered and regulated.

This month is the taste test for the next few years after which Uranus will retrograde out, reentering Taurus for the long haul on March 7, 2019.

Meanwhile, in the world of the cards: Several cards indicate that, metaphorically speaking, robbers at the door are waiting to take everything from you. Notice: Where is your line in the sand?

What will you give up willingly?

Where will you go numb and ignore the facts? Are you aware of those people, situations and circumstances in your life that are an infected boil of toxins ready to burst? The game is always about awareness and learning to pay attention when you need to.

You may feel overly sensitive in many areas of your life, due to so much density this month.

It’s a good time to learn more self-control, mental discipline and emotional restraint. Recognize that riling moments are designed to get you moving.

The cards indicate that there are those in power who have been using the tactic of inconsequential and non-substantive appeasement of certain groups rather than the more difficult route of standing up for truth and justice. Appeasement is always related to tricking the minds of those who hold certain prejudices. Appeasement is always an intellectual game where unpleasant or difficult truths are not faced and actively ignored.

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The cards indicate an abdication of personal responsibility in exchange for power. The cards show an army invading a walled city whose doors are wide open for the taking. They show a leader who wants to be venerated and feared.

They show a deep sorrow of the people because a majority of them know this shift is one toward dark power rather than light and that those who wish to bring shadow into the world seem to be winning.

Now, I extend the possibility that this is only a metaphor for a feeling that is overwhelming the world at this moment. As a psychic, I take the cards always as a metaphor for the emotional, mental, physical and spiritual challenges facing us. I believe that cards are an emergency broadcast signal intending to show the trend and that can allow us some time to shift the present trajectory.

This month, healing comes from the power of the Rebel card, which is the humanistic side of the Emperor card. When people of dogma and rigid beliefs attempt to co-opt power, the real power, then, is in the people. The real power is in the rebels, who refuse to pretend to not see the destruction of their world.

In a democracy, it is the power of the people who refuse to be ignored who become the masters of their own transformation. When enough people stand together in the light of being, willing to master their own destiny, things change for the better. Through repression we find our real power, discover our true nature and choose to live in accordance with our deepest soul and values.

You are discovering the power of the rebel within. He or she is more than ready to stand up for truth and is brave enough to face the fury of those who refuse to admit that we are not who we were or where we were 100 years ago. It is time for all of us to grow into a new form. That is always a difficult thing but one that is worth the effort in the long run. ◆ Suzanne Wagner is the author of books and CDs on the tarot and creator of the Wild Women app. She lives in California, but visits Utah frequently.

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May 2018

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

May 1 Sunrise: 6:26a.m. Sunset: 8:24p.m. Average high and low temperature 67, 44.

May 2 Vow to spend 24 hours not complaining, grousing or otherwise being grumpy. You are in training for tomorrow….

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

May 4 Now through midmonth: Plant asparagus, basil, beans, beets, broccoli, Brussels sprouts, cabbage, cauliflower, carrots, celery, chard, cucumber, endive, kohlrabi, lettuce, peas, potatoes, shallots and spinach.

May 5 Make a way station for pollinators in your yard where their daily meals are free of herbicides, pesticides and GMOs. Plant native milkweeds—monarch butterflies depend on it for their survival. Clean water is welcome, too.

May 6 Thistle, quackgrass, bindweed, common plantain and dandelion are all signs of compacted soil. To loosen things up, work in lots of organic

matter, or plant a deep-rooted cover crop, such as sudan grass. Plagued by bindweed?

Plant pumpkins. They hinder bindweed's growth by competing for root space.

May 7 May is for mushrooms. Go on a foraging excursion in Logan Canyon with mycologist Michael Piep. There are other fun nature excursions, too, such as Bird Watching and Firefly Tours. LOGANNATURE.ORG May 8 It’s time to feed fruit trees. The easiest way is to rake fertilizer into the ground and cover it with mulch. Or use pound-in spikes at 12 to 18-inch intervals. Either way, start a foot from the trunk and work your way to the drip line (the perimeter of the furthest reaching branches).

May 9 Harvest lettuce, spinach and other greens, in the morning, when the leaves' cells are full of water. Don't wash or dry; just store in a baggie in which you've poked a few holes.

Don't overfill the baggie, or seal it too tightly, and add a dry paper towel.

Store in the crisper.

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May 10 Take the 999 ride —tonight, or any Thursd a y . Arrive at the corner of 9th & 9th o n your welllit bike at 9pm. Be prepared to pedal at a leisurely pace up to five miles with untold hoards of happy cyclists. Beer stop

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May 11The spring songbird migration is peaking. This would be a great day to walk or bike the Jordan River Parkway and look for avian passersby.

May 12 Buying tomato plants for the patio?

Choose a determinate (bush) variety. Plant in a min.-five gallon container. Do not prune. Tomatoes will ripen all at once. (Vining “indeterminate” varieties grow 10 ft. or more and produce till killed by frost.)

May 13 Plant tomatoes in a bright, airy spot where they will get at least 10 hours of sunlight. Plant seedlings up to the first true leaves, add compost to the hole, and use stakes that suit your variety’s intended height. Water deeply once every five to seven days. lnterplant with basil, to improve the flavor of both.

May 14 It's time to plant eggplant, peppers, pumpkins, summer squash, tomatoes, winter squash and watermelon. Also cosmos, gladiolas, marigolds, mums, Shasta daisies, sunflowers, zinnias and other heat-loving flowers.

May 15 New Moon. Listen: Mourning doves are cooing, quail are pip! pip! pipping!, and the trees are alive with the squawking of voracious baby birds.

May 16 You are about to begin a NEW amazing hobby that is so fantastic, it STAGGERS THE IMAGINATION! With only water and the “crystals” in your Sea-Monkey® kit, you will create INSTANTLIFE®. Yes, it’s an ad for our very own Great Salt Lake brine shrimp. Today is Sea Monkey Day. May 17 If you planted your radishes a mere 21

days ago, they may be ready to eat. (And if you didn’t, plant some now!) Try them the French way: with good butter and s a l t .

Yum. May 18 Have you ever ridden your bike to work? Today may be the day to try it.

Dress for weather.

Engage a bus or Trax if necessary.

Give your seIf enough time.

Heads up, and enjoy the ride!

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May 19 Take a hike, and bring your binoculars and field guide: The spring songbird migration is reaching its peak.

May 20 This would be a good day to repair or replace window screens, before fly season really gets underway. Clean out the dryer vent while you’re at it.

May 21 lf you have an aquarium, dump the fishpoopy water on garden plants. Same thing if you have a scummy pond: That scum is loaded with nitrogen.

May 22 Going solar?

You may want more panels and an upgraded inverter if an electric car is in your future. And that may require an upgraded incoming electrical supply box. Don’t despair: These expenses are considered part of the cost of the solar install, and are eligible for tax credits.

May 23 Is the kale going off in your garden and you can’t consume enough green drinks? Make kale chips: Snap off stems, rinse and dry the leaves, spread them on a baking sheet, drizzle with olive oil (massage the oil into the leaves if you’re ambitious), salt, and bake at a low temperature until crisp.

May 24: Leftover wine or beer?

Pour it on your compost pile. It will activate the bacteria and give your garden a little extra push.

May 25 All (unsprayed) roses are edible, with flavor more p r o nounced in darker varieties.

First remove the white, bitter base.

Float the fragrant ones in drinks, scatter across desserts or use in jams.

May 26 Audubon Day: Some top birding spots near SLC: Antelope Island State Park, Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge, Mirror Lake, Big Cottonwood Canyon, Great Salt Lake Birding Trail.

May 27 Hug a tree today! Trees absorb carbon dioxide, sulfur dioxide and carbon monoxide from the air and release oxygen.

One large tree can produce a day's supply of oxygen for four people.

May 28 Going camping? Watch for fireflies! Yes, fireflies in Utah. They've been spotted in the wetlands south of Utah Lake, in Nibley, and around Moon Lake in the Uintas. There have even been sightings in Canyonlands.

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May 29 Reflective surfaces disorient aphids, moths and thrips, and prevent them from landing, so place a gazing ball or other reflective garden art near your favorite rosebushes.

May 30 Water lilies are blooming in backyard ponds. Water lilies are both bisexual and carnivorous.

May 31 Full Moon @ 6:36 am. Av. high and low temps: 78, 53. May, more than any other month of the year, wants us to feel most alive. — Fennel Hudson ◆

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