Green Living Magazine - March 2022

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GREEN LIVING March 2022

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The Fashion Issue The FUTURA of Jewelry Gucci Takes a Stand Dan Levy's Avant-Garde Eyewear Fashion for Good

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Healthy Water for Humanity Many people are making healthier choices in their lives. This includes exercising, getting more sleep, drinking water, eating balanced meals and eliminating sugar from their diet.

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CONTENTS

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March 2022

14 Avant-Garde Style 16 Advertising Carbon Footprint 18 Bumble Bee Seafood to the 20 Journey Center of the Earth D.L. Eyewear

Marketing sustainably

Investing in ocean regeneration

Exploring Son Doong in Vietnam

HEALTH & WELLNESS

24 Dr. Elvis Francois The singing surgeon

STYLE

28 Adaptable Clothing 30 Materials from Waste launches 32 Timberland Timberloop Meet Kim Warmack Fashion for Good

Kicking off 2022

34 Outdoor Fashion

From a guy’s perspective

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36 Objects make a room Decorating your home

SAVOR

50 Recipes 52 Cibo Restaurant

Gazpacho & Quinoa Tabouli A slice of Italy

FEATURES

38 FUTURA Jewelry 42 Gucci Takes a Stand 46 Words to Live By

Marci Zaroff on sustainability

The future of jewelry

Positive change for people and planet

About the cover: FUTURA Jewelry: An iconic pair of spiral earrings and a statement ring originally designed by legendary artist Man Ray. They are handcrafted in New York City with 18kt Fairmined Ecological gold. The Le trou ring was originally designed in 1970. “Le trou” meaning “the hole” in French.

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TRAVEL

54 Traveling by Motorcoach Useful Apps

DESIGN

56 Hospitality Now Gensler’s Tom Ito

TECHNOLOGY

60 Future of Fashion

Automating fashion design

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Editor’s Note Contributors On the Web What's Hot In the News Cool Outrageous Stuff She's Green-He's Green Green Scenes

WHO ARE ARIZONA’S WILDLIFE HEROES?

THE ANSWER MIGHT SURPRISE YOU.

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utdoor enthusiasts appreciate Arizona’s diverse environments – from the cactus-studded Sonoran Desert to the snowcapped San Francisco Peaks, Arizona is home to more than 800 wildlife species. It’s easy to take for granted that Arizona’s vibrant ecosystems will always be there, but there are wildlife heroes working on the ground daily to conserve and protect the wild, natural beauty of Arizona.

Arizona Game and Fish works throughout the state to improve habitats, maintain 3,000 lifesaving water catchments that hydrate wildlife year-round, and monitor and restore native populations. Their science-based management actions ensure that Arizona’s diverse wildlife population and their environments stay healthy for generations to come.

Flagstaff-based Mother Road Brewing Company has stepped up with an innovative way to support Arizona Game and Fish that also makes it easy for craft-brew lovers to do their part. In 2019, Mother Road released Conserve & Protect Golden Ale, donating a portion of the proceeds from every can sold to Arizona Game and Fish. The partnership helped fund two important wildlife conservation projects in Arizona: surveying Sonoran desert tortoises and endangered Mount Graham red squirrels.

With the funding received from Conserve & Protect sales, wildlife specialists from Arizona Game and Fish were able to survey additional tortoise habitat in 2020, collecting vital data that allows biologists to determine how the species is doing. Arizona Game and Fish also surveyed Mount Graham red squirrels, whose environment was almost completely destroyed by the 2017 Frye Fire in the Pinaleno Mountains.

Funding from Mother Road sales enabled biologists to better monitor the population of this endangered squirrel population as it rebounded after the fire.

The successful partnership between Arizona Game and Fish and Mother Road Brewing Company has inspired a special membership opportunity for supporters of Arizona’s wildlife. Individuals can become Conservation Members at azwildlifehero.com/join and receive exclusive Conserve & Protect merch along with other membership benefits.

The brewery has embraced the collaboration and is expanding distribution of Conserve & Protect Golden Ale. Craft-brew enthusiasts who want to enjoy the robust, flavorful ale can purchase it at a growing number of locations throughout the state, including grocery and beverage stores, bars and restaurants as well as various event venues. Starting in March 2022, the beer will be sold in 80% of Safeway and Albertsons stores, making it easy to join the ranks of Arizona’s wildlife heroes.

While Arizona Game and Fish generates revenue from hunting and fishing licenses, they do not receive any funding from the general state tax funds. Public donations help sustain their statewide, on-the-ground efforts.

Conserving and protecting over 800 species and their habitats requires financial support from individuals, as well as local businesses with a passion for the great outdoors.

The future of Arizona’s wildlife depends on all kinds of heroes. Join the mission to keep Arizona’s great outdoors great, by visiting azwildlifehero.com/join today.

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Contributors Happy Spring!

Welcome to Green Living’s Fashion issue.

Spring and fall are my favorite seasons.

Growing up on the east coast, and especially in North Carolina, spring blooms are the most beautiful I have ever witnessed. Dogwood trees, cherry blossoms and azaleas dot the landscape with bursts of color.

Out West, in the desert of Arizona, spring takes on its own rebirth showing colors of a different hue. The Palo Verde trees create a sea of yellow against the backdrop of a beautiful blue sky. It’s breathtaking.

Photo by Gary Glenn Photography

During the months of February and March, fashion design houses around the world are debuting their Fall/Winter fashion ensembles. I used to love reading the tomes of fashion magazines, flipping through the pages, dreaming of wearing Chanel.

Many years ago, I was fortunate to attend New York Fashion Week. I was invited to a Bridal Fashion Event at the Plaza Hotel in Manhattan as a guest of fashion icon Carolina Herrera, who was debuting her bridal line. There I sat, just a few feet away, watching models sashay down the runway in beautiful fabrics that swayed on their bodies. I was in awe. The vision has never left me and I have always admired Carolina Herrera’s haute couture.

Kathie May, writer Kathie May is past President of the Arizona Costume Institute Board of Directors. She is active in the community as a Fiesta Bowl Ambassador, Honor Hospital Patient/Family Advisory Council and Scottsdale Leadership Class XXV as a mentor. She specializes in storytelling and memoir writing.

It’s easy to see how one can get caught up in the alluring world of fashion.

It’s also wonderful to see just how many fashion houses are taking a stand to be more eco-conscious.

This month’s issue explores different ways designers are looking into sustainability.

From methods of creating new fabrics using waste from hemp, recycling programs created by Timberland, FUTURA Jewelry’s exclusive use of certified fair-mined ecological gold to Gucci’s Equilibrium. Gucci is committed to creating a culture with purpose through an initiative of protecting nature, supporting diversity and respecting one another.

Our “Green Champion Award” goes to Dr. Elvis Francois, who during the COVID-19 pandemic, reached millions around the world as he sang songs of inspiration healing others through music. Dr. Elvis Francois was in Sedona for the 28th Sedona International Film Festival where he performed in front of a live audience for the first time. He also debuted his new, original song, “Broken Pieces.”

I hope you will enjoy this month’s issue — it’s been fun exploring new ideas, concepts of visionaries and cutting edge innovations. We are thrilled to share it with you.

Until next month …

Carol

Carol Kahn Managing Editor

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Alena Jutilla, writer Alena Jutilla is a digital content strategist who enjoys writing so much that she also does it in her spare time. She is passionate about all things marketing and enjoys telling brand's stories to their target markets. She is passionate about nature, the environment and is a true desert girl, loving life amongst the cacti of Arizona. She has broad experience in social media management, film and video production, photography and web work. When she's not writing, you can find her hiking the Phoenix Mountain Preserve with her fiancé and German Shepherd rescue, Lorance.

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Ecolabo is an online marketplace that introduces artisans, designers and makers who have committed to eco-friendly, ethical and lowimpact manufacturing. In a world of increasingly fast consumption, they’re passionate about creating an easier way to shop sustainably without having to research before every purchase.

Carla Lalli Music is a chef, author and video-show host who lives and breathes cooking. Her YouTube videos are vibrant and full of character. It’s important to her to have items in the house that are chic while also being functional.

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Up to 59,000 tons of unsold clothes make their way from the U.S. and Europe to the Iquique Port in Northern Chile’s Atacama Desert every year. The idea is to sell the clothes in Latin America. But only about 20,000 tons of the clothes leave Chile. What’s left in the Zona Franca de Iquique, or tax-free import zone, winds up piled up in illegal desert landfills or burned.

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Friend of the Earth Sustainable fashion standard

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Twenty-five pesticides worldwide are used on cotton crops.

There is an undesirable side of the fashion industry, which centers on the misuse of resources, land contamination and social injustice.

Although progress is apparent with the slow fashion movement that brought ethical fashion shows to Paris, New York and London, challenges remain—as seen with the Rana Plaza textile factory disaster that killed 1,129 workers just eight years ago.

The commercial fashion industry accounts for up to 10% of global carbon emissions, equivalent to all flight and shipping combined.

Friend of the Earth recently launched its Sustainable Fashion certification standard to combat the emergence of greenwashing in the industry, as well as validate the claims of fashion companies through traceability of production processes.

“When we put on our clothes, we may forget we’re wearing the products of cotton plants, flax, sheep skins and so forth.

We wear agriculture, in essence,” explained Paolo Bray, director of Friend of the Earth.

The Sustainable Fashion Movement is one that fosters change within the fashion industry, addressing not only the ecological integrity and sustainability of fashion textiles and products, but also social justice from the perspective of producers and end-users.

The goal of Friend of the Earth’s Sustainable Fashion certification is to ensure the profit and growth of the industry while creating new value and deeper wealth for society, and therefore for the world economy. They believe that clothing companies should place environmental, social and ethical improvements by: • Prolonging the life cycle of materials • Reducing the amount of waste • Reducing harm to the environment created as a result of production and consumption

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There are currently 12 fashion brands from four continents that have collaborated with Friend of the Earth to contribute to meaningful change in the industry.

Two Brazilian companies, Dona Rufina and Carolina Bortolini, have both passed audits for Friend of the Earth Sustainable Fashion certification. They have jointly set a precedent by opting for alternative materials rather than conventional synthetics, with Dona Rufina exploring biodegradable raw wood felt and Carolina Bortolini washing with natural dyes.

Several brands have taken the necessary steps to ensure sustainable efforts in the production of their garments and social accountability of their workers. Others will undergo an audit for Friend of the Earth certification for a range of their products in 2022.

Nine fashion brands showcased their garments at WSO’s sustainable and ethical showroom, which coincided with Milan Fashion Week. The brands represented were Carolina Bartolini, CQ Corporate Fashion GmbH, Crina, Dona Rufina, Elemente Clemente, Kazo, KW Manufacturing, Miclott and Rico Bracco.

Overall, the Friend of the Earth fashion program aims to tangibly contribute to the slow fashion movement by ensuring credibility, abating greenwashing, permitting informed consumer choice and ultimately fostering the pathway towards achieving genuine sustainable fashion.

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Well Worn is Worn Well When it comes to sustainability, the best fashion is repurposed, for a purpose. Choosing secondhand items or products made from upcycled materials reduces waste, eliminates the need for new production and saves natural resources.

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REI Good and Used According to REI, a life outdoors is a life well lived. This recreation company attracts seasoned adventurers and enthusiasts alike with their quality, trail-tested gear. For a one-time fee of $20, shoppers can become lifetime REI Co-op members and gain access to their line of gently used gear. Explore camping and hiking supplies, jackets, shoes and more to keep quality products in use and out of landfills. Members can also turn in their used gear in exchange for REI gift cards. Rest assured that any used gear purchase is backed by REI’s 30-day satisfaction guarantee. Available for $39.01 (savings of 51%) at www.rei.com/used

2 Rareform Did you know the average lifespan of a billboard is only 4-8 weeks before it’s taken down? Rareform is a California based company that makes unique, one-of-a-kind bags out of recycled billboard vinyl.

Billboards are designed to be durable, weatherresistant and lightweight, making it the perfect material for travel accessories that can stand the test of time. This Zion Sling Bag is one of their best sellers, bold in design and versatile with construction to help carry all your essentials. When adventures get messy, the waterproof vinyl makes cleaning a breeze.

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Urban Exchange is a local consignment boutique in North Scottsdale. They specialize in “upscale resale,” focusing their inventory on luxury and designer brands. A browse through their catalog features brands such as Louis Vuitton, Prada, Gucci, Dolce & Gabbana, Saint Laurent, Dior and more. These classic Jimmy Choo red kitten heels are just a sample of the must-have accessories at a more attractive price than retail. Available for $139.99 at www.urbanexchangeclothing.com

4 Levi’s SecondHand Levi’s SecondHand is inviting everyone to play a part in a more sustainable future. Their broken-in French fringe trucker jacket offers this opportunity, representing their iconic jean jacket with an artful twist. Shoppers can still enjoy the brand they love while staying connected to timeless styles and keeping their clothes in circulation. Levi’s reminds us that if everyone bought just one used item this year, we could save an estimated 449 million pounds of waste. Shop reworn clothing and together we can help the planet, one small action at a time. Available for $239 at www.secondhand.levi.com

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Madewell wants shoppers to give their jeans a second life. In partnership with thredUP, Madewell launched Madewell Forever to help reduce the environmental impact of preloved denim by an estimated 82% per pair. While most used clothes are sent to a landfill or incinerated, a choice to thrift can divert waste and save precious resources such as water and electricity. By purchasing the jeans used instead of new, thredUP reports that it saves 319 gallons of water and prevents 16.9 pounds of CO2 emissions from entering the atmosphere. Madewell knows that the best jeans get better with time, and this effort gives their customers the opportunity to experience their brand in a new way.

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Dan Levy’s Avant-Garde Sense of Style and Eyewear to Match

BY CAROL KAHN

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It may be that smile — the coiffed hair — or his sense of style.

Whatever it is, Dan Levy has got it.

If you are a fan of Schitt’s Creek, you may know that it broke Emmy records by sweeping the comedy category and winning all four major acting awards.

You also may know that each character had their own fashion acumen and some of the outfits were just as epic and outrageous as the show itself.

If you’ve watched Schitt’s Creek, you get it.

Dan Levy, co-creator, actor, producer and writer of the sitcom, explained that each character’s fashion played a critical role in the show.

“Wardrobe is probably the most important element in storytelling outside of actually writing,” he said.

“We as people say so much about who we are and what we believe in and what we Photos courtesy D.L.Eyewear want and what we think of ourselves by the way that we dress. To me, wardrobe was like a huge focus, making sure that we thought through each of our characters and making sure the details were there.”

Whether it’s Dan Levy or David Rose, it seems like the real life person — and the character — are mirror images of one another. Throughout six seasons and 80 episodes it was the character, David Rose, who continuously broke gender norms with his couture style. Levy says that he used the

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show as “a Master Class in aspirational fashion.”

Levy’s fashion sense occurred long before Schitt’s Creek. The show gave him an outlet to experiment and try new things.

In 2013, long before Schitt’s Creek became an overnight sensation,Levy started his company, D.L. Eyewear.

“Eyewear is so personal. I started wearing glasses at the age of eight and pretty much ever since, I have loved how they can be a statement — a form of self-expression that extends beyond their function,” Levy stated.

Levy says that D.L. Eyewear is the result of decades of experimenting with his own eyewear. He believes that eyewear should be fun.

It’s the thrill of matching a frame to your mood, exploring your personal style and building an optical wardrobe. Levy wanted to create special, yet accessible frames that people would love to wear and collect.

Every frame that is created under the D.L. Eyewear brand is inscribed with “See with love,” a friendly reminder to do that everyday. It has been the company’s guiding motto since its inception. “We believe that seeing with love involves viewing others with compassion, empathy, inclusivity and a respect for the differences that may exist between us.”

D.L. Eyewear supports the Local Initiatives Support Corporation (LISC), which assists small businesses — prioritizing those owned by women, people of color, members of the LGBTQIA+ community and entrepreneurs located in historically disadvantaged communities. LISC also offers emergency relief to small businesses struggling to survive the COVID-19 pandemic.

D.L. Eyewear is upfront about their sustainable practices.

Their frames are designed in the U.S. and manufactured in China. Their manufacturing partner complies with ethical sourcing guidelines and has a longstanding reputation as a global supplier of quality frames.

The company uses eco-friendly materials where they can, but as of now, the options are limited within the global eyewear industry. The D.L. Eyewear development team is on the lookout for new ways to make their product more sustainable.

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The company says that they offer limited runs of most frames. If they produce fewer frames at a time, they are less likely to be left with an overabundance of materials and product. The smaller the carbon footprint of sourced materials, the better.

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In addition, D.L. Eyewear doesn’t follow a fashion calendar, but releases smaller curated collections only when they feel that they’ve perfected each frame.

If you’re a Schitt’s Creek trivia buff, you might like to know that Levy’s father, Eugene Levy [Johnny Rose], and Catherine O’Hara [Moira Rose] both wear frames designed by D.L. Eyewear on the show. The Rose, a cat-eye style, was named after O’Hara’s character. Levy’s favorite frame is the Beaumont.

Visit www.thisisdl.com for more information about D.L.Eyewear.

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How Advertising Gave Us the Carbon Footprint

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BY ADRIANA BACHMANN

“Advertising is based on one thing: Happiness. You know what happiness is? Happiness is [the] smell of a new car. It's freedom from fear. It's a billboard on the side of the road that screams with reassurance that whatever you're doing, it's okay. You are okay.”

Yes, this is a Don Draper quote from the 2007 hit series, “Mad Men,” on AMC. Are we mad about it? No. Why? Because, even though he’s a fictional character, the man is right. Time and time again, corporations have been able to numb the masses with good advertising and a catchy tagline.

In a poignant commercial from 1971, someone tosses a bag of trash from a moving car — right at the feet of a (stereotypical) Native American man. The man slowly faces the camera, a single tear running down his cheek, before we’re met with the catchline, “People start pollution.

People can stop it.” This public service announcement was created by the non-profit group, Keep America Beautiful, which was funded by the same companies that create plastic waste that ends up littering our lands.

According to a Keep America Beautiful representative, they believed litter was a behavioral problem. “It is not the product’s fault that it is misplaced in the environment — it is the carelessness of the user of that product.” Thus, the onus was placed on the everyday American consumer.

your carbon footprint?” Nobody knew the answer. But BP had a solution for us. In the same commercial, they suggest that “we all can do more to emit less,” and unveiled a carbon footprint calculator to help us lower our carbon footprints.

Sound familiar?

Now, let's circle back to the wise words of Don Draper.

Is this good advertising?

Unfortunately, this is very good advertising.

Both commercials present the viewer with a problem and a solution. There's plastic pollution littering the roadways and clogging up our waterways. Don't fear, just pick it up! Humans are producing an unnatural amount of carbon emissions and polluting the air. Don't fear, just use our carbon footprint calculator to see how you can lower your emissions. These advertisements are telling us that—as long as we follow their direction—we will be okay.

But remember, that was decades ago. It’s 2022 now, and we know better! We’re familiar with greenwashing tactics, and understand that our private actions don’t affect the same amount of change as collective action can. We're not falling for those old tricks anymore. Right?

Fast forward three decades later to British Petroleum (BP), the second largest non-state-owned oil company in the world at the time, winning awards for their latest public relations campaign, “Beyond Petroleum.”

This campaign made a similar statement, blaming the everincreasing carbon pollution on the American public rather than the multi-billion dollar oil companies that profit off of the carbonaceous fuels they drill from the earth.

Individual and collective action don’t have to be pitted against each other. The main difference between then and now is that we have control over the narrative. Even though the term ‘carbon footprint’ was made popular by a shady public relations campaign promoting a giant oil company, it’s still a good tool to have at our disposal.

In fact, BP is credited for popularizing the term ‘carbon footprint’ during this campaign. In a commercial that aired in 2003, passersby on the street were asked, “What size is

So continue to turn off the lights when you leave a room, but also petition your local government for renewable energy while you’re at it.

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Bumble Bee Seafood Investing in ocean regeneration

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Ocean regenerative practices are those that restore and regenerate the ocean ecosystem and simultaneously sequester carbon for positive climate impact.

According to Bumble Bee Seafood Company’s CEO, Jan Tharp, “Despite many challenges, we never lost sight of our sustainability and social impact commitments and were able to meet and even accelerate many of our goals. I am extremely proud of the progress we have made. Yet, there is more to be done. The events [of 2021] have reinforced the reality that we are living in a world where we are inextricably linked both to each other and with nature. It is essential that we all nurture this wonderful planet that feeds us.”

As a part of their sustainable initiative, Bumble Bee has partnered with SeaTrees, an organization working with communities around the world to plant and protect “blue carbon” coastal ecosystems like mangrove and kelp forests, seagrass and coral reefs.

“The ocean has the superpower to reverse climate change, but we need to help it happen by protecting and restoring bluecarbon (the carbon stored in coastal and marine ecosystems),” Michael Stewart, co-founder of SeaTrees, stated.

Together, SeaTrees and Bumble Bee aim to fill an important gap. Ocean health has long been neglected—despite its

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role as a regulator of global climate, a source of protein for hundreds of millions, and a repository of rich biodiversity.

Human impacts and unsustainable exploitation have resulted in millions of tons of plastic in waterways, the degradation of coral reefs and seagrass ecosystems, and the strain on fisheries to feed a growing population.

SeaTrees measures their impact with the UN Sustainable Development Goals, protecting and regenerating ecosystems that provide critical habitat for countless species, long-term employment for local communities and defending those communities from storm surges and sea-level rise.

In the last decade, 80% of kelp forests have disappeared from the coast of Southern California, and 95% is gone from the northern part of the state. To help combat this loss of vital ecosystems, Bumble Bee has pledged to restore the kelp square footage — equivalent to three Olympic-size swimming pools — to the coast of Los Angeles (just south of their canning facility in Santa Fe Springs). In doing so, they joined forces with one of the largest and most successful ongoing kelp restoration projects in the world, supported

by SeaTrees in direct partnership with The Bay Foundation.

Additionally, the company is helping SeaTrees plant 15,000 mangrove trees off Biak Island in Indonesia.

Bumble Bee has also invested in the Oyster Recovery Partnership’s mission to restore oyster reefs, replanting 500,000 oysters in the Chesapeake Bay. The Oyster Recovery Partnership (ORP) is the nonprofit expert in Chesapeake Bay oyster restoration. They’re restoring the Bay’s native oyster population by building sanctuary reefs, rebuilding public fishery reefs, supporting the aquaculture (oyster farming) industry, recycling oyster shells and getting the public involved through hands-on volunteering and events.

Since their founding in 1994, and with the support of major partners like the Maryland Department of Natural Resources and the University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science Horn Point Lab, ORP has planted more than nine billion oysters on 3,000 acres of reef and recycled more than 250,000 bushels of shell.

Oyster shell is the best, most natural material used to rebuild oyster reefs, but it’s also in very short supply. To save this ecologically important byproduct, ORP created the Shell Recycling Alliance in 2010 to reclaim shells, free of charge, from restaurants and other seafood businesses. Shell that otherwise would be dumped in landfills is now recycled, cleaned, treated with baby oysters and put back into the waters of the Chesapeake Bay.

In fact, ORP is now the nation’s largest shell recycling network, annually collecting 20,000 bushels of shell from approximately 200 restaurants and 70 public drop sites in the mid-Atlantic region. Since the Alliance’s launch, ORP has reclaimed 246,523 bushels of shell, which equates to 9,400 tons kept out of area landfills, more than $350,000 saved by local businesses in waste collection fees, and enough substrate to support the planting of more than one billion oysters in local waters.

“We will continue to aggressively tackle the challenges of sustainable fishing, safe and fair labor practices and plastic waste. We are also adding support to our Seafood Future platform to include organizations doing incredible work restoring crucial ocean ecosystems through regenerative ocean practices,” Tharp states.

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Documentary

A Journey to the Center of the Earth

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Deep in the jungle of Central Vietnam lies a magnificent underground paradise—a hidden treasure filled with rainforests, rivers, waterfalls, vegetation — even its own weather system. The few who have seen it say, ‘it’s a beauty that is hard to describe.’

Hang Son Doong, which translates to “a cave of the mountain river,” in Vietnamese, is located in the Phong NhaKẻ Bàng National Park in Quảng Bình Province in Vietnam.

The national park is also a UNESCO World Heritage site.

Son Doong was discovered, by accident, by a local Vietnamese farmer in 1990 who was roaming the jungle. He found a crack in the mountain and sought shelter from an oncoming storm. He didn’t fully know what he discovered until several years later, in 2005, when he was introduced to a British caving team on an expedition. They had paid the farmer to help them locate caves in the area. It wasn’t until 2009 — four years later— that he was able to locate the cave

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because of the overgrowth of the jungle. That crack in the mountain led a team of cave explorers on a journey to the center of the Earth.

Hang Son Doong is the largest cave in the world and a place of spectacular beauty measuring four miles long, over 650 feet high and 450 feet wide. More people have climbed Mt. Everest than visited Son Doong. Its pristine charm has remained undisturbed for millions of years.

Alastair Evans, a filmmaker, says that Son Doong is truly one of the most awe-inspiring and amazing places on this planet. “To visit Son Doong is like stepping back in time,

to a pre-historic world. It is Jules Verne’s, “Journey to the Center of the Earth,” manifested in real life.”

Evans’s film, “A Crack in the Mountain,” is the first featurelength documentary to tell the story of Son Doong and the audience in Sedona, Arizona was the first in the world to have the opportunity to experience it at the Sedona International Film Festival, where it debuted February 23.

“When approaching the story of Son Doong Cave, I knew from early on that I wanted this film to be more that just a pretty nature documentary,” Evans stated. “Son Doong is an extraordinary place. Of that there is no doubt. But alongside capturing the cave’s beauty, I wanted to tell a human story.”

At its core, “A Crack in the Mountain” is a lens through which the challenges modern day Vietnam faces. As people around the world struggle to find that optimum balance point between environmental sustainability and economic growth, Vietnam is no different.

In 2014, Son Doong’s future was thrown into doubt when plans were announced to build a cable car into the cave.

Many argued that this would destroy its delicate eco-system and the local community divided over the benefits this development would bring. The film follows those caught up in the unfolding events.

The film broaches the subject of the Vietnamese government—a government that does not approve of those who go up against them and retaliates. Those who do, are arrested, beaten and put into prison swiftly.

“A Crack in the Mountain,” uncovers how both good and bad intentions can lead to one of the world’s greatest natural wonders being trampled for money as well as inspired those who care enough about the environment to fight to protect it.

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Evans says that he was surprised that the discovery of Son Doong received little or no attention when it was first discovered. He said that the London Times wrote a 73-word blurb and buried 27 pages deep.

For those who have visited Son Doong, many have described it as a spiritual experience. “It sort of a hero's journey. Pop in one side, pop out the other and it’s transformative,” Evans said. “There is a degree of spirituality about the place and it's so pristine that the people feel a profound connection with the natural elements.

Currently, only 1000 people get to visit this enchanted paradise each year by permit only. As of 2017, only Oxalis Adventure Tours have permission to enter the cave for tourism purposes — the cost is $3000 for a four-day trek.

Evans noted that it takes three days just getting to the mountain. The terrain is not easy to maneuver, there are boulders to climb once you get into the cave and the road out is a bit treacherous. One slip and it will become a messy experience, he says.

Many say that a natural wonder like Son Doong needs to be preserved for our future generations. There are others who believe that humankind, once they discover something that is unique and wonderful, they will desecrate it.

Through his film, Evans leaves us with this thought that does not only affect Son Doong, but how all of us collectively should consider protecting our planet. “It would be easy to simply say that places like Son Doong should be protected and preserved, no matter what,” Evans said. “But to what lengths should we go to protect a beautiful place? When does the cost to the local people become too high a price to pay? Is nature there to serve us or are we merely custodians of something, which is far bigger than ourselves?”

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Dr. Elvis Francois The story beyond the song

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Medicine is for the body, but music is for the soul. That is how Dr. Elvis Francois describes the healing powers of music. He frequently belts out powerful melodies—whether in between surgeries in the operating room, in the lobby of the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minn., where he previously work or occasionally in waiting rooms, fielding patients requests and making them smile.

Wearing hospital scrubs, Dr. Elvis Francois and Dr. William Robinson, both orthopedic surgeons, began giving impromptu concerts during their breaks at the Mayo Clinic where they had their residencies. Robinson played piano while Francois sang.

“We finished up a long shift and he [Robinson] plays piano and I dabble on the piano, but he actually plays piano. I was singing some songs just for fun and all of a sudden people started coming in, nurses were leaving from their shifts or patients who were coming in the hospital,” Francois said. “It

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was kind of amazing to see music bringing people together who were in a hospital, which is a very heavy setting—but seeing people come together around music and see how that inspired people was the first phase.”

Francois posted his rendition of “Alright” by Mike Yung, which was the first song that he resonated with and with others. “It’s a simple song and the lyrics are essentially, everything will be alright. It talks about someone going through a difficult time. Sometimes the simplest thing you can offer to someone is hope.”

In 2017, as Francois was finishing up at the clinic and getting ready to drive home, one of the secretaries from the hospital called and said that she had a producer from Inside Edition on the other line. “I thought it was a joke — I was waiting for the laughter. But she never started laughing. And that's when I realized the extent of it. A few days later, I got a call from the folks of the Ellen DeGeneres show and that's when I had to pinch myself a few times because I thought this is the longest dream ever,” Francois said. “It was a really, really cool experience.”

Francois explains that the experience on Ellen was very surreal. He says that he has never aspired to do music in a serious sense, and while performing on a stage in front of a live audience while being broadcast, he felt like a deer in headlights. “But it was absolutely incredible. She [Ellen DeGeneres] was awesome. The experience was great. And you know, coming back to the hospital and seeing the reaction that my colleagues had and how all of us can kind of poke fun at it and enjoy the moment was definitely the best part of it.”

impact with music was his new motivation to share more and as much music as possible with people.

However, Francois’ 15 minutes of fame continued. In addition to Inside Edition and the Ellen DeGeneres Show, he has appeared on Good Morning America, CNN, Rolling Stone Magazine, interviewed by Ryan Seacrest, the Today Show, the View and countless other mainstream media.

Francois also appeared on Fox Network’s The Masked Singer, dressed in a serpent’s costume and was praised by a tearful Dr. Ken Jeong complimenting his efforts during these trying times. Francois was also named to People Magazine’s Sexiest Men Alive in 2020.

“To be honest, I have no idea what happened. If someone would walk up to me, and say, ‘Hey, in a few months, you'll be wearing a seven foot serpent costume, singing on the top

In 2020, COVID happened and the doctors kept playing music for the hospital. “It was amazing because as the world was shutting down and there was so much uncertainty, it just seemed to us that music was an incredible healing property. And, that's sort of how it started with COVID, but ultimately, someone recorded us playing the piano and singing and I posted it on social media and then social media did its thing,” Francois stated.

One of Francois’ most powerful songs was a rendition of John Lennon’s Imagine. It was especially pertinent because in life, there are so many things that divide us. Religion, race, politics, social status—but today’s global pandemic brings us all together as one. Francois wrote on his social media page: “Many lives will be lost. Health care providers will be under an incredible amount of stress to save thousands of people. But when times are dark as they are today, nothing shines brighter than the human spirit. There is something beautiful about a collective struggle. And the beauty in what we are facing today is that the only way to overcome this pandemic is for us to all come together as one.”

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of your lungs and you will be performing during a broadcast for millions of people across America.’ I would look at them and I'd say you’re definitely in need of some sort of help because you're a crazy person. But I've just got to the point now where I literally have no idea where this incredible roller coaster is going. I think the best thing is to just enjoy the ride. So I don't know what will happen, but I'm sure it's going to be pretty amazing either way,” he said.

Even with all this fame, Francois considers himself a doctor first. He is the son of Haitian immigrants, and lived with his father in Miami while his mother lived in New York City. When he graduated from high school, Francois attended Oberlin College in Ohio, where he finished his undergraduate degree before getting his medical degree at

Meharry Medical College in Nashville, Tenn. He completed his residency at The Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minn., did a spine surgery fellowship at Harvard Medical School, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center in Boston, Mass., and is currently at Resurgens Orthopaedics in Atlanta.

“Music has always been sort of the heartbeat of a lot of my life. I didn't grow up in a musical family. My dad is actually a pretty terrible singer. He's tone-deaf, but he loves to sing,” Francois said. “So he would always sing—good days or bad days. So music was always something that he just played and listened to. And it would be a mood shifter for him.”

Francois says his father was a single dad and was instrumental in keeping him on the straight path. “I would get in trouble, be mischievous and he was always the one person who believed in me.

If it weren’t for him, I wouldn’t be here today … My dad raised me—he raised both my brother and I in Miami. (I saw my) mother off and on. She spent a lot of time in Haiti. My dad was a cab driver in Miami and had five or six odd jobs. When he was in Haiti, he was an educator and teacher. He would always point us in the direction of education.”

Francois says that medicine was always a calling. On trips to Haiti to visit family, he spent time with his uncle who was a doctor. “My uncle actually worked at one of the local hospitals in the center of the city. I got a chance to shadow him while he was making rounds at the hospital.

There were lines and lines of people who would walk for miles or travel days across the island to get there to finally find someone who could help them. I felt like I wanted to aspire to do that. It wasn't until the earthquake happened about 10 years ago, that I realized that I really wanted to help. I had the opportunity to visit the island and see people who were just like you and me the day before, walking around taking care of their families and after the earthquake they had broken bones, unable to do their day-to-day activities. That's what made me want to help broken people, is how I say it, with surgery and that’s what brought me towards orthopedic surgery, specifically within the field of medicine.”

“Doctors have to realize that there are people attached to a diagnosis and that person is someone's mother… someone's aunt. And so for me, music was this whole experience—and changed the way that I view [things] and how I can connect with

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and impact people,” Francois said.

“And for me, it's with music—I think it was a reminder that humanity is really what connects us all and music truly brings people together.”

As Francois enjoys his moment in the spotlight, his father is beginning to understand his son’s fame. However, it wasn’t until he appeared on the Ellen DeGeneres Show that he began to realize his son’s popularity.

His mother quite possibly knew he would be famous. After all, he is named after Elvis Presley. “My mom was planning on naming me Gregory, until she had a dream, [or a premonition], and several signs that she was supposed to name me after Elvis Presley— whom she was a huge fan of.”

Currently, Dr. Elvis is recording and writing his own music, with a brand new single, Broken Pieces, which he debuted live for the first time during the Sedona International Film Festival’s opening night. “Broken Pieces is a compilation of emotions or thoughts that I've had. And for me, the song

really embodies the idea of what it feels like to be in a space, in a relationship, it can be at any point of your life where you feel like you may be broken and you may be shattered, but holistically, you're still there,” Francois said. “It is the first song that I'd ever written and I hope that when people listen to it, it moves them. There's a little bit of mystery around it. But I think the song itself speaks to a part of life that I think any person who has ever lived and felt what it means to love has felt before.”

And what has Francois learned from this whole experience so far? “I think the biggest change is just realizing that the things we do can truly impact millions of people. We may never meet those people and we may not even realize the impact that you have had on people, but you know, it's the butterfly effect. If you help one person, that person may be in a position to help another. And for me, it just opened my eyes to that—and if it changed me in any way, it was to have a better appreciation for that.”

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Adaptable

Phoenix Fashion Designer Creates Clothing That Is Adaptable

BY MAJA PEIRCE

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Kim Warmack always looks ravishing. Right before a fashion show was about to take place, she took a seat near the runway, in a gorgeous ankle-length scarlet dress with large puffy sleeves. It was impossible not to notice her. Standing out is Warmack’s specialty and she has her heart set on helping others do the same.

When Warmack was young, she had over 25 hip replacement surgeries that stemmed from an ice skating injury. It was her hope that she could walk again. Twelve years ago, she was given the news that she was going to be wheelchair bound.

Ever since, Warmack has been rolling around in her wheelchair, wearing the most fabulous outfits designed by none other than herself.

Her fashion brand, “Adaptability,” grew out of her struggle to find clothing that fit the way she wanted it to as well as her love of fashion. As a kid, Warmack was teased for not having a school uniform that fit her because of her disability.

Since she couldn’t go outside to play with her siblings, she spent her time redesigning her Catholic school uniform using her mother’s sewing machine and her sister's old skirts.

Warmack’s love of fashion blossomed. She worked at a highfashion retail store in Chicago before moving across the country to Arizona to attend ASU School of Fashion. Afterward, she decided to settle down and became a substitute grade school teacher. However, in her free time, she meets with clients about her fashion brand and has also been an integral part of Phoenix Fashion Week’s team for eight years. Warmack says that she has met a lot of clientele working the red carpet during Phoenix Fashion Week, especially.

Warmack is very passionate about the fashion community in Phoenix and creating a space where women who are differently abled can feel powerful and stylish. She typically meets with clients one-on-one to get a feel for their style and what they have in their closet.

“Your disability becomes a mirror.

They're looking at you. You have to realize you want people to say, ‘Wow, she's in a wheelchair and she's handling it.’ That's how I go about it every day. I gotta make sure I'm presentable because I know the eyes are on me,” Warmack said.

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The shopping experience for Warmack and her clients is usually not an easy one. Going from location to location and trying things on in dressing rooms is nearly impossible. Warmack, as well as her peers, usually purchase a garment in multiple sizes so they can find the one that fits the best. She says the whole experience can be a hassle.

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This is where Warmack offers a much needed service. She assesses what her clients have in their own closet and offers to alter the clothing to fit better, adding snaps or velcro, so that it is easier for them to get dressed. Sometimes they will shop for other unique styles — clothing that Warmack can redesign to fit her client’s needs and personality.

Warmack hopes that one day her garments can be sold in retail stores across the country so that this type of clothing is more accessible and adaptable for people with disabilities.

It’s a business that has huge growth potential and is much needed in the fashion industry.

Keep an eye out for Warmack and her designs. She is not participating in this year’s Phoenix Fashion Week, but when she does, you will definitely know it’s her.

For more information about Kim Warmack, visit her on Instagram @kimwarmack_adaptability.

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The Next Generation of Materials From Waste Fashion for Good’s latest project transforms agricultural waste into fiber

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Fashion is stuck in a pattern of ‘take-make-waste’, which causes devastating environmental impacts, not to mention huge economic losses. On average, we buy 60% more clothing than we did 15 years ago — but we keep each item only half as long. Plus, it is estimated that nearly 60% of all clothing produced ends up being burned or in landfills within one year of being made.

It doesn’t need to be this way. The fashion industry can transform from the linear ‘take-make-waste’ model to a circular Good Fashion approach that is restorative and regenerative by design.

Good Economy: Growing, circular, shared and benefiting everyone

Fashion for Good is a global platform for innovation, made possible through industry-wide collaboration and a global movement of change-makers.

Good Water: Clean and available to all

At the core of Fashion for Good is their innovation platform. Based in Amsterdam with a satellite program in Asia, the global accelerator program gives promising start-up innovators the expertise and access to funding they need to grow. The platform also supports innovators through its scaling program and foundational projects, driving pilots and supply chain implementation with partner organizations.

“We believe that good fashion is not only possible, it is within reach — what the industry lacks are the resources, tools and incentives to put it into relentless practice. Our mission at Fashion for Good is to bring together the entire fashion ecosystem through our Innovation Platform and as a convener for change.”

As a convener for change, Fashion for Good houses the world’s first interactive museum dedicated to sustainable fashion and innovation, a Circular Apparel Community co-working space, and creates open-source resources and reports.

Good fashion is not fashion that simply looks good or is mostly good. It is good in five important ways: Good Materials: Safe, healthy and designed for reuse and recycling

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Good Energy: Renewable and clean

Good Lives: Living and working conditions that are just, safe and dignified “The Five Goods represent an aspirational framework we can all use to work towards a world in which we do not simply take, make, waste, but rather take, make, renew, restore,” William McDonough, cofounder of Fashion for Good stated.

UNTAPPED AGRICULTURAL WASTE PROJECT On February 22, Fashion for Good launched the ‘Untapped Agricultural Waste Project’ to validate and scale technologies that can successfully transform agricultural waste into sustainable textile fibers. With catalytic funding provided by Laudes Foundation, Fashion for Good partners adidas, BESTSELLER, Vivobarefoot and Birla Cellulose, and six innovators. The consortium project will assess the technical feasibility of natural fibers created by the selected innovators using agricultural waste such as rice husks, hemp, wheat straw, banana and pineapple.

“This ambitious project explores a new source of feedstock for the fashion industry that, if scaled, will help drive both the agriculture and textile industry towards net-zero. We see great potential for these various agriculture waste streams that would otherwise have few secondary uses. By applying innovative technologies to develop natural fibers, we can diminish the pressure on existing natural fibers and shift

away from unsustainable materials and sources,” Katrin Ley, managing director of Fashion for Good stated.

The six fiber innovators, AltMat, Bananatex, Chlorohemp, Agraloop by Circular Systems, HempTex India and 9Fiber, will be further developing a variety of different natural fibers and fiber blends with a focus on trialing the highest percentage of agricultural waste, while also achieving the necessary performance requirements.

Birla Cellulose will work closely with the innovators providing expertise to develop and prepare their new materials for wider adoption in the fashion supply chain, with the participating project brand partners supporting the testing and eventual scaling of these fibers.

“We are thrilled to be part of this project. As an innovator focused on the U.S. market, it has helped us communicate the value proposition of using available agri-waste resources for multiple applications,” 9Fiber CEO Adin Alai, stated.

“Through working with the brand partners and Fashion for Good's industrial partners, we hope to learn the specifics of how our engineered material could be used in textile, footwear and apparel applications.”

TOWARDS FURTHER IMPACT This first phase of the project concludes in December 2022.

To further drive supply chain adoption and move beyond lab scale, the next phase of the project will pilot the agri-waste

fibers from selected innovators in collaboration with partner brands and supply chain players in commercial facilities to produce larger quantities. This next phase ultimately aims to further enable brand offtake agreements and financing to facilitate scaling.

Fashion for Good’s programs are supported by founding partner Laudes Foundation, co-founder William McDonough and corporate partners adidas, C&A, CHANEL, BESTSELLER, Kering, Levi Strauss & Co., Otto Group, PVH Corp., Stella McCartney, Target and Zalando, and affiliate and regional partners Arvind, Birla Cellulose, HSBC, Norrøna, Pangaia, Reformation, Teijin Frontier, Vivobarefoot, Welspun and W. L. Gore & Associates.

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Timberland Kicks Off the Year With the Launch of Timberloop Timberland has been taking on the outdoors since 1973

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As their company mission states: “A greener future is a better future. That’s why we plant trees, 50 million by 2025, on top of the millions we’ve already planted.” Timberland is eco-innovating, so that the things they make will have a lower impact on the environment. Their goal is to build stronger communities—caring is no longer enough.

Timberland says that they aren’t just planting trees; they are planting hope, jobs, clean air and unity around the world. They have always tried to lessen the environmental impact. But they know that they can do more: Leave nature better than they found it. One way, they acknowledge, is to pull more carbon out of the air than is emitted. “We can also improve biodiversity (think plants, animals and insects), water quality and farmer well-being.”

Timberland kicked off 2022 with the launch of Timberloop, a take-back program to keep the brand’s shoes and apparel out of landfills.

The Timberloop take-back program rolled out online and at all 85 Timberland stores and outlets across the U.S. Timberloop enables Timberland and its community to work together to keep products and materials in circulation for as long as possible — critical to the company’s goal for 100% of its products to be designed for full circularity by 2030.

Customers can now return any used Timberland footwear, clothing or accessories so they can be given a new life. Returned products will either be disassembled — for as many parts as possible to be reused, recycled/ upcycled into new products—or refurbished for sale on a dedicated website launching later this spring.

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I believe our community will be as excited about the Timberloop program as we are. This is a huge step as we work toward our vision of a more equitable and green future.”

Clearly marked donation boxes will be installed in each Timberland store and outlet complemented by a convenient digital ship-from-home option. For the digital option, visit timberland.com/timberloop, print the free shipping label, and mail back your worn products to begin their recycling journey. In addition to the feel-good element of helping keep valuable materials in use for longer, Timberloop participants will receive a 10% discount toward their next purchase.

Disassembling used products and putting materials back into their respective recycling streams translates into reduced waste and environmental impact.

“Timberland products are already designed to be durable and long-lasting, and I love the idea of extending that even further with a second life outside the landfill,” says Global Brand President Susie Mulder. “With the growing awareness of environmental issues and personal consumption choices,

Next in Timberland’s push for 100% circularity will be the unveiling of the Timberloop Trekker City Hiker boot available this Earth Day (April 22). This boot is designed with a sneaker-like comfort and a more urban outdoor look.

It features a unique sole construction whereby the outsoles can be easily removed and disassembled for recycling through the Timberloop platform—which the company says will roll out in April in Europe, and later this year in the Middle East and Asia Pacific markets.

The Timberland company states: “With a great passion for nature, comes great responsibility to create responsible products and protect nature for generations to come.

Together, we can make a difference.”

Visit: www.timberland.com for more information about Timberland and Timberloop.

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Outdoors

Fashion Goes Outdoors From a guy’s perspective

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When Mike Crowe talks about what he wore on his first nature adventure, he sounds like a pioneer.

In Ohio in the 1970s, he dressed in tight polyester shirts, boated in cheap swimming trunks and walked in uncomfortable flip-flops. “Sweating like crazy,” he and his friends wore tube socks and lathered in baby oil, walking without sunglasses or a hat, boots, poles or a backpack.

Step aside, pioneers: The trails of nature are becoming fashion runways. A revolution in gear and apparel is completely changing the experience for exercisers and explorers. Instead of getting in the way of the fun, outdoor couture is facilitating it.

HOW IS IT HAPPENING? First, stores founded by outdoor lovers—L.L.Bean, Eastern Mountain Sports and REI, the co-op—have expanded

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to serve the market for adventure. Got a compass? You might need one to navigate the enormous Cabella’s & Bass Outdoors stores serving those who hunt and fish. Besides clothing and gear, they offer clinics, books and good advice.

These stores include brands launched by outdoor entrepreneurs. Kahtoola MICROspikes made in Flagstaff, AZ, Buff tubular bandanas, and the simple canvas Tilley hat were created by founders to cover their own outdoor needs.

Today, their users swear by them.

Apparel like this is proving that there’s no such thing as bad weather, only bad clothing. Hi-tech and environmentally safe accessories such as insulated sleeping bags, tents, bug repellents and sun lotions are making the outdoors feel like

home. The food tastes better, too; Clif Bars, dehydrated meals and insulated tumblers have replaced O’Henry’s, military rations and surplus canteens.

Modern, sophisticated fabrics not only work better, but look better. Fifty-something Kent Tewel, who has upgraded his apparel, has a practical rationale for doing so. “The cheap stuff smells when you sweat in it, even after you launder it.”

Now he’s migrating to Lululemon. Tewel acknowledges that the retailer became known for women’s yogawear, but insists their odor-resistant, moisture-wicking clothes work great outdoors. And if it looks good, he doesn’t mind.

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What about you? Ready to wear fashionable colors that attract the eye, without scaring off the wildlife? Here are my three tips for your next shopping run: 1. Test and buy components together. Many companies offer demos—the chance to try new equipment before buying it, and generous return policies. So give those new hiking boots a try, but do so with the right pair of socks to make sure it fits..

2. Seek sustainability and a guarantee. Caring for clothes that take care of you combats clutter and pollution.

Seek clothing that will last. Beyond return policies, consider lifetime guarantees, the kind offered by firms such as Outdoor Research.

3. Check the weather… and the label. Consider your habits to determine if you need rain gear for running, or footwear to hike among cacti. Take note that many outdoor-friendly silks and knits require a gentle washing cycle, and should not be put in the dryer.

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Will it cost slightly more to become an outdoor fashionista?

In the short-run, yes. But the well-being from entering nature, and perhaps, staying longer, will make it an investment with a high rate of return.

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Objects Can Make a Room Singularly Yours

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When decorating a home, it is good to see what is already in place and what can be redesigned or salvaged.

Recently, while working with client, together, we created a small sitting area in her kitchen. We took a chair and ottoman, and added some color, to give the area a little oomph. My client fell in love with the wonderful fabric we used to make a pillow for the chair.

Later, the client called saying that the pillow needed to be restuffed. While having the pillow repaired and restuffed,

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the client called once again, this time saying how much she missed her pillow. The energy of the room had changed and without the pillow, everything felt different.

This is a good example of how small objects can change the feel of a room. Conversely, we also experience a shift when something new is added. This often happens when new furniture and accessories are installed in a client’s home. It

seems that we become accustomed to what we have around us, that it is noticeable when new things are introduced into our spaces.

Clients will often say, “I’m not sure how I like this new look.”

I usually respond by telling them to live with it and see how you feel in a day or two. It may take time to welcome something new into your home and “bond” with it.

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Many times I will ask clients to show me some of their treasured items. Invariably, they will have to hunt for them— they may be packed away in a drawer, or stuffed in the closet or garage. In any case, these objects d’arte could possibly add a special touch or enhance a new energy into the home— something that was unexpected.

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A picture can be framed. An old chair reupholstered. A scarf or a tie can be incorporated into the design of a pillow. A piece of jewelry, such as a pin, can adorn a pillow and taken off when needed to accessorize an outfit.

No one else can pick these pieces for you. These special objects create a feeling that only you understand. This is your signature, your monogram for the world to see.

What is fun about decorating is that you can create and recreate displays that have a special significance to you and you alone. It’s yours and only yours—signature statement— that you get to share with others in your own unique way.

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People.

Planet.

Prosperity.

Passion.

Purpose.

Words Marci Zaroff lives by

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Marci Zaroff grew up in South Florida, and was born an entrepreneur. She was the kid with the lemonade stand and had business cards by the time she turned 11.

Zaroff gravitated towards art and fashion and was awarded "best dressed" in high school. At 16, she met a friend who introduced her to the AVEDA brand. They both learned about the philosophies of plant wisdom, indigenous cultures and ancient healing traditions. Those were the early days. "I have been living an eco-lifestyle for over three decades, and yet I am still learning something new every day," Zaroff stated.

Zaroff pioneered the market for "ECOfashion" and is an internationally recognized ECOlifestyle entrepreneur, educator and expert who keynotes globally on organic/ sustainable textiles, strategic creative vision, social innovation, green business/design and the rise of the millennial generation. Zaroff believes millennials are behind the rapidly growing sustainable and ethical fashion movement.

"I coined and trademarked the term, "eco-fashion" in 1995, and people thought I was crazy. The sentiment was that these are two dichotomous worlds — people into fashion were not into the environment, sustainability and social justice, and people into being more conscious were not into fashion. And I was like, 'Well, I'm that person. I'm both.’ So, how do I roll up my sleeves and style the world of change while changing the world of style — to bridge the tree hugger and the fashionista?" Zaroff said.

Zaroff had an "aha" moment when she realized that the fashion world was primarily excluded from sustainability conversations. Her company, YesAnd is her vision — bringing together both style and sustainability.

Zaroff is also the founder and CEO of MetaWear Organic, the engine of her company, offering design and product development, sourcing, production, inspections, quality control, sustainability and certification oversight, and marketing and communication strategy. Their turnkey, customized private-label manufacturing platform makes sustainability "easy" for their countless brand and retail partners — from basics like T-shirts to full contemporary fashion collections.

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And if this isn’t enough, Zaroff is also the founder of Under the Canopy, a sustainable fashion and home brand, she has produced two documentaries, "THREAD" and "Driving Fashion Forward," with Amber Valletta, exposing the human and environmental impacts of the fashion industry, and is the co-founder of the Institute for Integrative Nutrition, Good Catch Foods and BeyondBrands.

Zaroff has appeared in major television and print media, including Newsweek, The New York Times, USA TODAY, InStyle, Lucky, Bloomberg, ELLE, Vanity Fair, CNN, E! Entertainment Television, the Discovery Channel and others.

Zaroff has been active in the world of ethical fashion and sustainable supply chain for the last 30 years. She says that she started her career in the food industry in the 1990s.

She co-founded the Institute for Integrative Nutrition, the world's largest holistic nutrition school that has certified over 150,000 people as health coaches. Afterward, Zaroff segued into clean beauty with the founder of AVEDA. Horst Rechelbacher was also looking to expand AVEDA.

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Together, they connected the dots between healthy food and clean beauty and opened AVEDA’s first concept salon at her school in New York City. "Our partnership was a divine example of synchronicity, and for over 25 years," Zaroff stated.

In her first book, “ECOrenaissance, Co-Creating a Stylish, Sexy and Sustainable World," the premise is that we can change the world through the lens of design. “If we appeal to people at a visceral and aesthetic level — through style, color, fit, high quality, value and everything consumers want—and then layer in the how, what and where, the question shifts from, "Why would I buy sustainable fashion?" to "Why wouldn't I?" she stated.

Zaroff provides inspiring tips describing how to live and shop in harmony with nature without sacrificing style or luxury. She elaborates on how to benefit from the current renaissance—a global rebirth of sustainable economics, progressive ethics and green culture—through the wisdom of eco-entrepreneurs, green fashion designers, organic food purveyors and innovative leaders of this new movement.

"Gone are the days of boxy hemp shirts and gritty granola — cutting-edge innovation has made ecology as stylish and sexy as red carpet fashion, and everyday people are leading the charge with the choices they make."

Zaroff embraces sustainable living as both a celebration of style and a necessary strategy for maintaining everyday comforts despite increasingly limited resources. From global warming to drought, genetically modified foods to harmful chemicals in our beauty products, commerce has ignored the health of our planet and our bodies for too long. But now, a new age is dawning—one that is uplifting and accessible.

As a proponent of regenerative agriculture, Zaroff says that she is a “soil junkie and organic advocate.” “A third of the world’s textiles are made from cotton; it’s one of the most important crops in agriculture, and 60% of the crop actually goes back into the food stream as feed for dairy or cottonseed oil in mainstream breads, snacks and other products. From agriculture to popular culture, food and fiber are inextricably interconnected.”

Zaroff also points out that, “Cotton is one of the most heavily sprayed industries in the world, using GMO seeds and toxic chemical cocktails. Conventional cotton agriculture has destroyed and depleted soil all over the world. We call it ‘the pesticide treadmill.’ The cotton

agriculture system is broken socially and environmentally.

And, of course, the more we destroy the soil, the less resilient the crops are to climate change. Regenerating our planet’s soil can be our greatest single solution to climate change,” Zaroff says.

People, planet, prosperity, passion and purpose are her fundamental principles. "In today's world, where the Internet has changed the game and transparency is paramount, businesses need to incorporate environmental and social accountability into their products and services to stay relevant," she said.

Zaroff feels that the time is now. She says that we are in the middle of a renaissance or rebirth of humanity. Through the lens of design, she believes that we can change the world. "We are all part of a collaborative ecosystem held up by five pillars that I call the 5Cs: Creativity, Connection, Collaboration, Community and Consciousness.”

Zaroff is a doer, a visionary and a creator. Her mission is to be the change that she wishes to see in the world. "If we can commit to living the change, we can collectively design a healthier and better reality for all of humanity.”

Visit www.marcharoff.com for more information about Marci Zaroff or follow her on Instagram @marcizaroff.

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Eliminating Mercury Emissions O N E P I E C E AT A T I M E FUTURA Jewelry takes the future of artisanal gold mining into their own hands

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They say you are what you eat. Well, you’re also what you wear.

Your fashion choices are not just representative of your style, they represent your values.

As people across the globe experience the challenges of climate change, it is becoming increasingly difficult to ignore the impending future of our planet. Now more than ever, consumers can use the power of their dollars to empower sustainable initiatives and support brands that are committed to making a difference. These brands sit at the crossroads of beauty and sustainability; they act on an altruistic sense of purpose to manifest the cleaner world we all hope to leave for our grandchildren.

One of the companies leading this charge in the space of high-end jewelry is FUTURA.

FUTURA Jewelry was founded by Bob Donofrio, a veteran of the jewelry industry. After an incredible career, including time at Bulgari and Roberto Cavalli, Donofrio discovered the horrible truth of artisanal gold mining. Small-scale mines have a detrimental impact on the environment, yet provide most of the gold for the jewelry industry. The more Bob looked, the less he wanted to see.

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emissions come from small-scale gold mines. The next largest source is the stationary combustion of coal, which is responsible for 21% of emissions.

Mercury emissions are dangerous because mercury is highly mobile. It can travel across entire countries in the air and return to the planet’s surface through precipitation.

Contaminated water infiltrates groundwater, waterways and the oceans, eventually ending up in the raw fish at Saturday night sushi. There is always an impact to environmental damage, no matter how far removed we may feel from the source.

From environmental harm across the world to direct health effects on the miners and their families working with these poisonous mixtures in their very own homes, mercury emissions have dire consequences. Donofrio was determined to find another way.

FUTURA embodies the luxury jewelry industry that Donofrio knows so well and embraces a new way to move forward: Mercury-free gold.

“As a jewelry industry leader, once I discovered the truth about mercury emissions and smallscale gold mining, I was overcome with an overwhelming desire to get involved and contribute to solving the problem.”

Donofrio’s vision is changing the rulebook for gold jewelry standards. Every product from FUTURA is handcrafted with 18-karat Fairmined-certified eco-friendly gold.

All FUTURA gold is sourced from three mines that have the Fairmined Ecological stamp of approval. Currently, these certified mines are located in Colombia and Peru.

Miners are protected by this assurance label, ecosystem rehabilitation and biodiversity are prioritized, and most importantly, toxic chemicals like mercury and cyanide are not used. Now, customers can feel beautiful in gold that has a true positive impact.

FUTURA is a proud partner of the United Nations in the quest to eliminate global mercury emissions. The UNEP Global Mercury Partnership is a worldwide initiative to protect both human and environmental health from the severe effects of mercury.

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Transparency is a key pillar of FUTURA business model. They are backed by the Alliance for Responsible Mining’s Standard and Certification department and even feature their certificate/licensee information online for all to see.

In a world where it is easier to simply look the other way, FUTURA challenges the “right-to-exploit” paradigm of the natural world and of people.

As stewards of this planet, it is an organization’s responsibility to invest in better practices now, so we can leave future generations a home that they deserve.

FUTURA doesn’t stop there. All of their gold pieces arrive in handcrafted boxes made from sustainably harvested rimu and beech wood from New Zealand. To protect the ecosystem and biodiversity of the region, these trees are harvested under very strict management systems and FUTURA supports these landscape regenerative efforts.

FUTURA hires jewelry historians from around the world to find timeless yet unique designs that have survived thousands of years. This is the foundation of their Legends Collection. FUTURA makes a point to honor the past while working toward a better future.

In addition to Legends, FUTURA has developed their Essentials, Wedding and Forever FUTURA collections. The brand designs timeless rings, wedding bands, necklaces, bracelets and earrings. Their style is classic and refined, yet distinctive enough that you’ll stand out from the crowd.

FUTURA has been featured in a number of prominent fashion publications and worn by model Gisele Bündchen.

At the end of the day, FUTURA is more than jewelry; it’s a mission. It’s more than a brand; it’s a platform to raise awareness on artisanal gold mining practices and motivate change from both customers and fellow brands. The industry can do better and FUTURA is here to show us it’s possible.

For more information, visit www.futurajewelry.com.

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TA K I N G A STA N D Gucci is generating positive change for people and our planet

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Influential, innovative and progressive, Gucci is reinventing a modern approach to fashion. Under the new vision of creative director Alessandro Michele, the House of Gucci has redefined luxury for the 21st century, further reinforcing its position as one of the world’s most desirable fashion houses. Eclectic, contemporary, romantic—Gucci products represent the pinnacle of Italian craftsmanship and are unsurpassed in quality and attention to detail.

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Gucci is part of global luxury group, Kering, that manages the development of renowned houses of fashion, leather goods, jewelry and watches.

“Gucci is committed to a culture of purpose, putting environmental and social impact at the heart of the brand,” says Gucci President and CEO, Marco Bizzarri.

GUCCI EQUILIBRIUM Gucci Equilibrium is the company’s commitment to generate positive change for people and our planet.

According to Gucci, “We are powered by creativity and collaboration and are reducing our environmental impact and protecting nature, while also prioritizing inclusivity and respect, so that everyone in our global #GucciCommunity is free to express their authentic, diverse selves. As we celebrate our 100th anniversary, we are moving forward into the coming decades with an ongoing commitment to reinforce our culture of purpose, demonstrating our values through innovative pathways towards social and environmental sustainability. Gucci Equilibrium unifies the principles we uphold and the actions we pursue to treat our world and each other better, for our collective future.”

“Everyone talks about sustainability these days. We read about it every day in the papers and on the web and hear about it on TV. However, not many players are fully

transparent nor turn these good intentions into facts,” Bizzarri stated. “This is the main reason why the ecoconscious, social impact Gucci Equilibrium platform came to fruition—to give consumers a choice and know more about sustainability practices at Gucci.”

GUCCI-UP In 2018, the company’s commitment to reduce their impact on nature led them to launch “Gucci-Up,” a project dedicated to the recovery and creative reuse of leftover materials to help safeguard natural resources. Their contribution to the circular economy has strengthened in recent years and, with Gucci-Up, it is being incorporated more and more through new collaborations.

"Up" stands for "upcycling", which technically means "giving value" to items that are traditionally considered as waste and turning them into resources—raw materials that can be used again and again in new production cycles. In upcycling, waste is transformed through repurposing, repairing and remanufacturing in a way that increases their value, giving it a second life or a virtuous recovery because it makes the most of natural resources and avoids waste going to landfill.

With Gucci-Up, obsolete or out-of-collection materials, scraps and waste generated by their production processes become a precious resource that triggers a new process of regeneration—a process that contributes to the reduction of

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environmental impacts but also in the creation of positive impacts for the community through the involvement of social enterprises.

No pesticides, insecticides or hazardous chemicals are used in the farming and production of the fibers and they uphold the highest standards for working conditions and animal welfare.

COLOR VIVI Through Gucci-Up, the company supports "Color Vivi", a creative lab where migrant women from different countries around the world are employed, creating an impactful sharing between different cultural universes.

As an example, cotton is an important raw material for Gucci and they have been busy replacing conventional cotton with organic alternatives. “We are committed to continue increasing the quantity of certified organic fibers across our collections, ensuring that we are sourcing from supply chains where environmentally and socially responsible criteria have been adhered to every step of the way.”

The women are trained by professional seamstresses and volunteers based on an experiential hands-on approach to learning. Through their work, a message of diversity, cultural coexistence and eco-consciousness is conveyed.

In 2019, Gucci committed to a plan of action to further increase diversity and inclusion across the company with a focus on management roles, while continuing to build on their strong foundation of gender diversity and female leadership.

Gucci says that they look at the world in a holistic way and believe that it is their duty to be sustainable, responsible and accountable in everything they do.

“We are dedicated to seriously reduce our footprint along our entire supply chain and embrace climate-smart

“I really believe that creativity and diversity are inextricably linked in our industry. And, the more you are exposed to different views and experiences, the more you fuel the company’s creativity, culture and growth,” Bizzarri explained.

POSITIVE CLIMATE STRATEGY Gucci has been carbon neutral in their operations and entire supply chain since 2018.

In 2021, they went beyond carbon neutrality towards a naturepositive approach that protects and restores critical forests and mangroves, while also investing in regenerative agriculture within their supply chains.

Gucci is committed to: 1. Conserving critical forests and biodiversity 2. Restoring and protecting mangroves 3. Improving land management through regenerative agriculture Gucci has been exploring the ways to reduce its environmental impacts to the very end of the supply chain.

Through a careful selection of their cotton, silk and wool, they support production systems that do not deteriorate natural ecosystems and local biodiversity; rather they promote soil health restoration and increase water and biodiversity conservation overall.

strategies to help protect and restore nature for the future. What we can’t reduce ourselves, we translate into conserving biodiversity and forests that lessen the impacts of climate change. To share the progress we are making with our community, we are transparent about all the metrics that underpin our ambitious targets that we are striving to achieve by 2025. These goals drive us forward every day to develop eco-friendly sourcing solutions, lowimpact materials, manufacturing efficiencies and circular innovations so that we can act for a better tomorrow.”

Visit www.equilibrium.gucci.com for more information about Gucci Equilibrium.

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Recipes

Gazpacho

RECIPE & PHOTO BY DON CROSSLAND WWW.SHOOTWHATYOUEAT.COM

6 tomatoes 1 clove of garlic 1/2 red onion diced (1 cup) 1/2 cucumber seeded & diced (1 cup) 1/4 cup chopped basil 1/2 jalapeño 1 avocado for garnish Salt & pepper to taste Cut the tomatoes in half and remove seeds. Use a large-hole, flat cheese grater to grate the tomatoes, over a bowl, down to the skin. Combine the garlic, onion, cucumber, basil and jalapeño in a food processor. Pulse a few times until blended into small chunks. Add mixture to the grated tomatoes and mix together thoroughly. Salt and pepper to taste.

Cover and refrigerate for at least an hour to let the flavors blend. This is one of those things that gets better over time and will keep for at least a few days.

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Quinoa Tabouli

RECIPE & PHOTO BY DON CROSSLAND WWW.SHOOTWHATYOUEAT.COM

2 bunches of parsley (4 cups) 2 tomatoes seeded (2 cups) 1 cucumber seeded (2 cups) 2 cups cooked quinoa 2 cloves of garlic 1/4 cup olive oil 2 lemons (juiced) Salt to taste (Tbsp to start) Finely chop the parsley. Dice the seeded tomatoes and cucumber into small cubes about ¼ inch. Mince the garlic cloves and mix it all together with the quinoa. Add the olive oil and lemon juice and finally salt it to taste. Cover and refrigerate for an hour or two to let the flavors marry.

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Restaurant

Cibo Restaurant Photos by Tiffany Candelaria

A little slice of Italy in Arizona

BY TIFFANY CANDELARIA

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Since the summer of 2005, Cibo has been serving wood-fired pizzas, homemade pastas, antipasti and other Italian comfort food favorites in a charming historical house in downtown Phoenix.

The bungalow-style home dates back to 1913 and features a large brick patio out front with twinkling lights and heat lamps in the cooler months. It’s not in the touristy area of downtown, or even a populated area, but for years this little gem has consistently stayed open and earned great reviews, which highlight their (gluten-free) pizzas, attentive, friendly service and the overall ambience.

While there are many parts to a successful business, the food needs to be delicious and consistent, and head chef and co-owner Guido Saccone delivers. Growing up in Napoli, one of the great food cities in Italy, he worked in kitchens with his brothers and learned how to cook the staples of Southern Italy. In 2005, Guido and wife Michelle opened Cibo, bringing the essence of those Napoli Italian pizzerias here to Phoenix. “We've had a wonderful relationship with our team from the beginning, raising our families together.

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Michael Krassner. “Cibo is our only restaurant, we've been tempted to open elsewhere but we still haven't figured out how we would keep the same quality we have at our current location in a second location.” Their authentic family restaurant really is one of a kind, and their diners are savvy and can feel that.

Speaking of the diners, co-owner and front of house manager Krassner credits their “incredible clientele” for the longevity of their restaurant. “The local downtown community has been our bread and butter since day one.

We have many of the same customers we had since the beginning, and the same goes for the staff. We are so lucky to have them all.”

Giving back to their customers and community is important to them. Over the past few years, they’ve provided daily meals for thousands of needy people at the nonprofit

organization, Andre House in downtown Phoenix. They also love helping their customers directly with things like setting up marriage proposals, memorials and events. Every day it’s something and we're always happy to do it, it’s why we chose to be in this business in the first place,” says Krassner. “I believe the restaurant industry in general has really grown more valuable to the community in the recent decades with the rise of technology. For many people, a restaurant might be the only time that day they interact with others in a real and meaningful way. Because generally speaking, it's a time when most put their phones away and have authentic, human interaction.”

Cibo also thinks about its impact on the environment and has taken steps to incorporate sustainable practices. Over 95% of their produce is locally sourced and you’ll find plenty of vegetarian and vegan options on their menu, including vegan cheese and dough. Although the city of Phoenix stopped its recycling service, the staff looks for creative ways to recycle; all to-go containers are made of non-bleached, recycled paper, and they personally try to recycle any cardboard and wine bottles. They’re proud to report there is virtually no waste from their kitchen!

Cibo is based on classic Southern Italian dishes so the menu doesn’t change all that much. However, they do have pasta and pizza specials, as well as a Market Salad that changes each month featuring their fresh, local produce. The most popular menu items include the classic Margherita pizza, the Tartufata pizza, the Linguine Cacio e Pepe, Tagliatelle Bolognese, and to finish, one of their Nutella crepes really hits the spot. Pair your meal with a glass of wine from their ever-evolving wine list or a crisp cocktail and you’ve got a fantastic meal in store. Take a look at their menu online and see for yourself—mouth-watering photos of nearly every item on the menu.

Cibo’s Arancini

by Guido Saccone MAKES 10 ARANCINI, FOR ABOUT 4 SERVINGS

Ingredients: 1 lb Arborio rice ¼ lb ground beef ¼ bag (4 oz) frozen peas ½ onion, chopped 1 small can (10 oz) tomato sauce 1 (16 oz) ball of fresh mozzarella, cubed 1 Tbsp extra-virgin olive oil 1 ½ cups bread crumbs 2 cups canola oil Sea salt to taste Directions: Cook rice in boiling water for 20 minutes, or until soft. While rice is boiling, cook ground beef in a pan with no oil until the juice has evaporated. In another pan, warm tomato sauce for 10 minutes on medium heat, adding salt to taste.

Chop onion and sauté in a pan in some of the canola oil with frozen peas. Drain the rice and let it cool. Add beef to the sauté pan with peas and onion. Add enough tomato sauce to the cooled rice to give it a light red color. Add the rest of the sauce to the ground beef combination.

Cibo is located at 603 North 5th Ave. Phoenix, AZ 85003 and is open Tuesday - Friday for lunch and dinner, Saturday and Sunday dinner only. www.cibophoenix.com

Take a half a handful of rice and press it into the palm of your hand, making a cup-like shape. Add some ground beef filling and cubed mozzarella pieces to the middle of the rice.

Take another half handful of rice to close the rice ball.

Shape the ball, pressing firmly with your hands. Roll the ball in breadcrumbs and fry in 350° oil until the arancini has a nice brown color.

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How a Camping Adventure Begins With a Couple of Useful Tools

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Traveling across the country in a motorcoach takes some ingenuity.

Tasked with figuring out navigation and destinations, I had no idea where to start. Two years later, I have some things figured out.

Did you know there are custom RV routing GPS systems?

The clever settings on the Garmin GPS allows the input of height, width, weight of the recreational vehicle, what is being towed and the addition of a propane tank. This allows for the best destination including avoiding lowclearance bridges. You can input multiple destinations, and it also includes features like upcoming rest stops, towns, campgrounds and so much more. We use this exclusively for our trips.

Harvest Hosts is a fun, inexpensive yearly membership for RVs accessed via the web or app. It lists everything from a driveway to golf courses, farms, open land, wineries, breweries and museums to safely rest your head. It is a wonderful way to support local businesses across the U.S. and Canada.

We stayed overnight at the Permian Basin Petroleum Museum in Texas and it was such fun. We enjoyed a wonderful home-cooked meal in the parking lot watching the sun set over the historic machines. We raised our glass of wine, purchased from our stay in an Anthony, New Mexico vineyard, paying homage to petroleum. Without it, we would not be parked enjoying the moment.

After being crammed in like sardines at a few RV parks, where your neighbor watches your TV through their window, I suddenly realized how much I was willing to pay for wilderness. Hipcamp is a free web or mobile app for every type of camping including glamping and cabins in Australia, Canada and the U.S. Think of it as Mother Nature’s Airbnb; it is a collection of private landowners sharing their slice of heaven with others.

Other free apps such as RV Parky and Campendium are perfect for all types of camping. Both compile a list of paid parks, rest stops and free places to park for the night like Walmart and Pro Bass Shops. Campendium includes state and national parks and forests as well as Bureau of Land Management (BLM). BLM manages forests, mountains, rangelands, arctic tundra and deserts across the U.S. We are also paid members of Good Sam, Passport America and Thousand Trails—all of which have a searchable database of parks. Thousand Trails is exclusive to RVs. I

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find it is too saturated, too many restrictions and not accessible across the country. American Passport and Good Sam are for all types of camping. Passport America gives a 50% discount at participating campgrounds, however, I found it difficult to take advantage because of blackout dates and other restrictions. It is a benefit for overnight stays. Good Sam offers 10% savings and is worth the investment. There are no blackout dates, and many campsites will apply the discount for weekly and monthly stays, unlike Passport America.

You are probably wondering how the heck do I put it all together? Easily, with RV Trip Wizard. The yearly paid program is like Google Maps for the camping enthusiast.

Input dimensions of the type of vehicle, routing options, type of fuel, current fuel level, average speed, driving time, and the program will provide the best route across North America. It will tell you when you need to refuel, and when you have reached your daily driving limit. It has integrated camping memberships, and includes all types of camping, rest stops, dump stations and so much more including sending my trip route to Garmin. Now if it could only let me know when I need my next caffeine fix.

I do read campground reviews. I look for an overall theme; if I see numerous people talking about the upkeep or the sites are too narrow, I move on. Once I have narrowed my list to a couple, I zoom into a 3D satellite on Google Maps and get a layout of the campground and look for railroad tracks. We have stayed at some beautiful campgrounds, but when the train comes through—leaning on its horn all hours of the night—it makes for sleepless nights and grumpy days.

Once we have a destination in mind, I will put it into Google Maps and then zoom in and see what comes up.

When we were coming back to Arizona from West Virginia, I came across a little town called Truth or Consequences.

The adventurous part of me had to include it on our travel plans. In fact, I bet you are Googling this now, am I right?

Apparently, this little town renamed itself after the Truth or Consequences radio show. Now that is an intriguing place for an Instagram-worthy conversation, don’t you think?

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Hospitality Now: Trends for the Resurgence of Travel Converstation with Tom Ito, Gensler’s Global Hospitality Leader

BY DIANA VASQUEZ

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During the pandemic one of the most affected industries was travel. In 2019, before the pandemic stopped travel in its tracks, the travel and tourism sector generated nearly $9.2 trillion to the global economy.

However, in 2020, the pandemic brought the sector to an almost complete standstill, causing a massive 49.1% drop, representing a severe loss of nearly $4.5 trillion.

more conducive to people who can work remotely. We’re also seeing an extension of the longer stay and branded residences as people are looking to live and work in beautiful places.

According to major new research from the World Travel & Tourism Council, the global travel and tourism sector’s contribution to the global economy could reach $8.6 trillion this year, just 6.4% behind pre-pandemic levels.

Are travelers looking for anything different in the hotel brands they’re considering?

The zest for experience is still key. We’re integrating art and culture into our projects to make them more meaningful. It’s important that we create unique experiences for hotels that are embedded in the locality. So, a hotel in Arizona might be different from a project in Costa Rica or London because each locale has its own unique character, history, available materials and textures.

2022 is poised for a strong recovery if governments continue to open up and remove restrictions to travel.

In the world of hospitality, Gensler’s Tom Ito has his finger on the pulse. Ito launched Gensler’s Hospitality practice in the late 1990s with the renovation of the Beverly Hills Hotel.

He has since expanded his practice to an international scale, leading complex mixed use, entertainment, master-planning and hotel projects across the U.S. and throughout the world.

Ito has a comprehensive understanding of complex lifestyle projects and an ability to deliver outstanding guest experiences. His work includes the 18-million-square-foot CityCenter in Las Vegas; the award-winning Shore Hotel, a LEED-certified luxury oceanfront resort in Santa Monica; and the Westin Denver International Airport — the first Platinum LEED-certified airport hotel in the U.S. Additionally, Ito’s other notable projects include Metropolis, a mixed-use development consisting of a hotel, residences, office and retail spaces in the heart of downtown Los Angeles and the Waldorf Astoria, Beverly Hills.

What are the biggest trends impacting hospitality operators over the next five years?

The leisure segment is going to foster the rebound, along with local destination travel. Hotels will accommodate our changing lifestyles as people have the ability to be in resort locations while working. We’re seeing spaces that are a lot

We’re also seeing some great local ecotourism. This whole notion of glamping—being in nice places, and being outdoors, but also being very comfortable—that’s a new type of destination-driven experience that we’re seeing moving forward.

What changes or practices have hotels incorporated as a result of the pandemic? And do you think those practices will stay or change as people resume travel?

Hotels were already using technology, but they’re embracing it even more to respond to guests' desire for more frictionless devices to navigate their journey. Among the important challenges that operators are facing are staff shortages. It’s important for a hotel to have the right proportion of staff to guests. Technology is being used to bridge that gap by offering solutions that can create a more personalized, enhanced guest experience while improving efficiency by allowing staff to better use their time to connect with guests.

How is Gensler working with hospitality brands to address issues around sustainability and climate change?

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reduce a hotel’s carbon footprint, such as sustainable materials and construction technologies. We also like to design spaces with passive solutions, such as daylighting and access to the outdoors. We’re also looking at ways to mitigate the use of plastic and use more environmentally-friendly amenities.

Another key sustainability strategy is adaptive reuse and repositioning. That’s playing out in developments that are underutilized or not in high demand, such as office space, department stores, or retail centers being converted to hotels, residential, or mixed-use developments. Repurposing buildings helps maximize the use of a project and mitigate any other long-term effects in constructability, because you’re utilizing an existing structure and repurposing it.

What are the top amenities travelers are looking for in hotels today?

One of the biggest amenities is food and beverage. You can have great dining experiences in various places in a hotel— not necessarily in a sit-down restaurant, but in a nice lounge setting, outdoor spaces, and even in your room. The whole notion of guest room dining has changed.

Health and wellness amenities are also huge. Not only eating healthy, but feeling healthy and fit in areas that provide you with healthy activities. We’re also seeing integration of technology or products that guests can use to exercise in their room.

The other thing we’re going to see is the elevated role of hotels in the community. We often think of hotels now as a third place where people will go to work, and that’s spurring new types of guest demands. Hotels are not only servicing guests who are transient, but also those who are going to do an overnight stay or have a great meal, meet with people or socialize. It raises another revenue stream for our clients because they can rely on that local travel, on that community, to engender a lot more business.

Post-pandemic, where do you see the next wave for hotels?

I believe the greatest growth opportunity in hospitality is embracing technology even further. It’s not only about efficiency, but driving better social and guest interactions.

The idea of connected experiences—the convergence of the physical and digital together along with the total guest journey—is where we’re headed.

A great example is the new Atari Hotels project launching in Las Vegas. We’re using the building’s façade to play a game on. Guests can create their own personal avatar as they enter the building. It’s a way of moving the Atari brand forward to create a new experience. That’s the ultimate way of integrating technology and digital to interact with guests.

SurfSimply Hotel in Costa Rica. Photo by Andres Garcia Lachne

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The Future of Fashion

BY KATHIE MAY

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In an effort to meet the needs of an industry shift toward personalization and sustainability, apparel manufacturing is innovating. From 3D printing to sew-bots, automated cutting to VR mirrors in dressing rooms, tech is automating the fashion designer.

One of the more recent innovations in fashion tech is digital, on-demand printing. This apparel manufacturing solution has zero water waste compared to traditional printing. It allows for small-to-large sized apparel brands to compete on the global fashion stage by providing just-in-time product runs and on-demand, inexpensive customization.

A couple of apparel entrepreneurs are leading the charge to sustainably innovate the fashion industry and democratize fashion for brands nationwide, right here in Arizona.

FABRIC Co-founders Sherri Barry and Angela Johnson have created FABRIC — a non-profit fashion incubator located in Tempe, Arizona. FABRIC is also a business accelerator, design studio academy and manufacturer that is sustainably disrupting, redefining and reshoring the fashion industry for the modern apparel entrepreneur.

FABRIC provides guidance, no-minimum manufacturing, business resources, product development, education and studio space to apparel entrepreneurs. It’s a one-stop shop for fashion brands, created by experienced apparel entrepreneurs who wanted to make manufacturing and owning a brand more accessible and less challenging for others.

Since their inception in 2016, FABRIC has helped over 800 fashion entrepreneurs bring their designs to market.

THE FASHIONEER Barry went one step further and created The Fashioneer, a sustainable, technology-driven alternative to the traditional manufacturing model that shortens the sewn product lifecycle.

This apparel manufacturing solution allows for apparel brands to compete on the global fashion stage by providing just-in-time product runs and on-demand, inexpensive customization.

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The Fashioneer is the future of fashion. It’s a multi-line fullservice apparel manufacturer offering design, print, cut, sew and ship services both on-demand and using more traditional manufacturing options with low minimum order quantities.

FASHION, ART AND TECHNOLOGY The link between fashion and fabric printing is quite strong.

The technologies at the heart of this industry revolution include the Kornit Presto single-step, direct-to-fabric printer and the Gerber Z1 cutter with ContourVision.

Kornit Digital is an Israeli-American international manufacturing company that produces high-speed industrial inkjet printers, as well as pigmented ink and

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chemical products for the garment and apparel, home goods and textile industry.

A unique personalized print is engineered and dropped directly into a digital pattern file using Gerber’s Acumark CAD program. The garment pattern is virtually stitched together and displayed as a 3D rendering that includes the engineered print prior to being physically cut and sewn.

This step reduces the number of prototypes required to perfect a design. The ContourVision camera of the Gerber Z cutter then scans the printed fabric before swiftly autocutting the pieces of the garment from the fabric. The garment is then sewn in the Tempe factory.

Investing in digital printing allows The Fashioneer and FABRIC to meet demands for customizable fashion while still being eco-conscious. “We want to provide the best sustainable technology to our designers so they can fully realize their design potential and offer truly unique personalized products to their customers,” Barry explains.

WHAT IS SUSTAINABLE FASHION? Sustainable fashion brands create fashion in a way which is most considerate of humanity and the environment, reducing the environmental impact where possible. The ultimate goal is to have a system that works without leaving a negative footprint.

Sustainable fashion saves natural resources, reduces carbon footprint, requires less water and is healthier for people and the planet.

The Fashioneer and FABRIC can meet demands for customizable fashion while still being eco-conscious. The Kornit NeoPigment Robusto water-based pigment ink, according to Barry, is “highly UV-resistant, has durable wash and rub results, has soft hand feel, and employs zero water waste.”

Fashions are made to order according to the customer’s wishes. All jobs are completed in one location. Barry notes that this service is unique and rare in the fashion industry today, placing Arizona on the national fashion design and implementation stage.

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She’s GREEN He’s GREEN

BY JENNIFER & JOHN BURKHART

With all the stressors of daily life nowadays, sometimes you just need a moment. A timeout. Some peace and reflection. That's hard to do when you have two kids, but hey, we take what we can get, right? Even if that means just taking five minutes to write, five minutes to deep breathe, or five minutes to enjoy some sips of coffee you won't finish and end up reheating three more times (just me?). It's the little pleasures in life that matter sometimes, and maybe you'll find a few new ones to try after reading.

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He Said: Well, it's no Love Potion No. 9, but it was a pretty tasty fermented green tea drink. I don't know if it was just me, but I didn't taste the lavender or chamomile flavors at all. Just a nice tart fruit and vinegary bite that I've come to love about kombucha.

He Said: We moved out of Arizona about eight years ago and just happened to be back for a visit while we tested this product. I had forgotten just how drying the arid desert can be. The backs of my hands felt like sandpaper and this butter did a great job rehydrating them. It took a bit of time to absorb and made my hands slightly greasy while it did.

She Said: Hmm, perfect if you like kombucha, but tend to not like flavored stuff. It definitely had that signature bite and light sweetness, but I just couldn't detect any of the herbal or floral notes listed on the bottle. Well, at least it was good for my gut, right? I'll just choose something more flavorful next time.

She Said: It says, “whipped” on the jar, but unless they used an actual whip to make this, it really was more of a body butter – thick and creamy. It felt luxurious though and left my skin looking dewy and refreshed. The light lavender scent was just right, and it came in a cute giftable metal tin, too!

He Said: Being a product reviewer definitely has its highs and lows. We have had to endure some awful products, but getting paid to drink beer and eat ice cream (not at the same time) makes it all worth it. This strawberry ice cream was ultra-smooth and light with a sweet strawberry flavor that was highlighted beautifully with pieces of real strawberries. De-lish!

She Said: I'm not kidding when I say I licked the bowl – I have no shame when it comes to ice cream. How they got this to be so remarkably creamy, I'll never know, but it was delicious! Admittedly, strawberry isn't the most exciting or creative flavor, but you won't care once you bite into sweet-tart berries that are generously blended in.

52-Week Mental Health Journal Cynthia Catching He Said: This is a well-thought-out tool that asks simple questions to help with a multitude of beneficial life aspects. The questions will help you think about things like your mind-body connection, staying in the moment, connections you have to the people around you, and setting goals that are attainable. It will also allow you to telepathically control the minds of people around you... wait, nope, I might be wrong about that. It won't make you a superhero, but it might make you feel super.

She Said: This journal was so cool. No worrying about what to write – just open, read a prompt and write! I looked forward to taking a breather from my hectic schedule and reading the next interesting question in the book. It was a great way to slow down, to take a moment for myself – away from screens – and really bring the focus to the present and what's important. Love.

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March Events Throughout Arizona

CENTRAL ARIZONA March 5 Rhiba Farms Tour Learn more about sustainable farming in Arizona by taking a tour of Rhiba Farms. They are passionate about providing the Phoenix area with access to naturally grown, nutrient-dense produce. Please remember to wear closed-toe shoes and appropriate outdoor clothing. This is a real-life, working farm with animals, bugs and temperatures that can reach over 100 degrees depending on the season. To learn more about the tour and purchase tickets, visit www.rhibafarms.com/local-farm-tours-in-arizona.

March 6

March 19

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Environmental Excellence Awards Gala

Shae Leonard is a Physician Assistant, speaker, functional medicine practitioner, online health coach, gym owner and a mental health/gut/hormone expert. Shae was introduced to functional medicine at a young age while struggling with a variety of severe personal health issues. After seeing countless specialists and trying a myriad of medications that led to side effects and worsening symptoms, she began to advocate and research for herself. This passion ultimately led her to pursue medicine as a career in order to help those with a similar story.

She will be presenting at Sunday School in Sante Restaurant on March 6, at 9 a.m. For more information on her consulting services, visit https://shaeleonard.aspirebuilder.com.

This prestigious awards program has served as Arizona’s signature sustainability recognition event for over 40 years.

Initiated in 1980, the Environmental Excellence Award program is a benchmark for economic and environmental accomplishment.

Leaders and teams are taking their vision for a better Arizona and turning it into action. Arizona Forward is pleased to honor all of the 2020-21 award finalists. Each month, leading up to the awards gala on March 19, they are highlighting finalists in each category. Award nominations address sustainability issues and highlight projects across the state, and serve as inspiration for us all as we move forward together. For more information, visit www.arizonaforward.org/events-programs/environmentalexcellence-awards.

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March 25-27

Phoenix Vegan Market

Integrative Wellness Expo and Conference

Phoenix Vegan Market is a monthly all-vegan, open-air market that is free and open to the public. The market runs every second Saturday evening of each month, 6 p.m. to 10 p.m., with a break June through August. There will be 50+ vegan and veganfriendly vendors each month offering food, produce, drinks and essentials. More vendors will be added as the event continues to grow. For more information visit www.localfirstaz.com/ community-events#!event/2022/3/12/phx-vegan-market.

As we move into greater awareness about our holistic health as a community, Stephanie Bucklin Consulting, LLC, in partnership with Seeds to Inspire Foundation, MAA Global Group, and One Love Fest, are excited to co-create a conscious wellness event! The goal of our conscious wellness event is to promote awareness about integrative, holistic and quantum wellness therapies and strategies in order to create greater access to health equity in our community. For more information about the expo, visit www.stephaniebucklin.com/integrative-wellnessexpo-conference.

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March 19-20

March 16

Grand Opening of Camp Verde Archeological Center

Tucson Business Mixer

Explore Camp Verde’s new archeological center dedicated to the indigenious cultures of Northern Arizona. The Camp Verde Archeological Center is ready to fully open to members and the community. Celebrate CVAC with the following activities: Ribbon cutting ceremony, Native American art show, Native American Traditional Use Garden, lectures, Dance of the Sacred Hoop and Grand Ole Opry Benefit Concert. Learn about what archeologists uncovered in the Verde Valley. For more information, visit www.verdevalleyarchaeology.org.

March 19 & 20 Pecan & Wine Festival The Pecan and Wine Festival is an annual celebration of Camp Verde’s pecan growers and wineries. Enjoy a wine tasting with 13 of Arizona’s finest wineries. Sample wines, meet the winemakers and purchase bottles to take home, all while listening to live music. Food trucks and local artisan vendors will be in attendance to complete the day.The festival includes nut and wine tastings, vendors, and music. Saturday hours are 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. and Sunday 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Pecan and Wine Festival is not a pet friendly event. For tickets visit: www.visitcampverde.com/ pecan-and-wine-festival.

March’s Tucson Business Mixer is hosted by Exo Roast Co., a beloved Tucson staple. Join Local First Arizona on March 16 for a night of networking with Tucson’s local business community. business mixers are held on a monthly basis for our Local First Arizona members. They know that different ideas and perspectives help fuel innovation, helping their members create stronger networking connections, become more business savvy and remain competitive. Even if you’re not a member, we encourage you to stop in and see what LFA has to offer! For more information, visit www.localfirstaz.com/events/tucsonbusiness-mixer-1.

Through March 20 University of Arizona Museum of Art presents: The Art of Food The University of Arizona Museum of Art will be open to inperson visits with a new exhibition. Featuring more than 100 works in a variety of media from the renowned collections of Jordan D. Schnitzer Family Foundation, The Art of Food showcases how some of the most prominent artists of the 20th and 21st centuries have considered this universal subject.

Organized thematically, this exhibition uses an artistic lens to examine food beyond its purpose as body fuel. For more information, visit www.visittucson.org/event/ua-museum-ofart%3a-the-art-of-food/11281.

Through August 31 "Seeing the Invisible" Exhibition at Tucson Botanical Gardens

March 26 Sedona Food Truck Festival If fantastic grub, brews and tunes are on your list of favorite things, then the Sedona Food Truck Festival at Posse Grounds Park on Saturday, March 26, is for you. The event is from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m.. A mouthwatering food truck lineup will be on site, each offering a $5 sampler item in addition to a complete menu. Craft beer, hard seltzer and wine will be for sale, courtesy of Red Rocks Rotary. Musical entertainment will be provided by The Invincible Grins and DJ Pablo. For more information, visit www. sedonachamber.com/attractions-and-entertainment-listing/ sedona-food-truck-festival.

The most ambitious and expansive exhibition to date of contemporary artworks created with augmented reality (AR) technology at Tucson Botanical Gardens as one of 12 participating gardens across six countries. Seeing the Invisible features works by more than a dozen international artists such as Ai Weiwei, Refik Anadol, El Anatsui, Isaac Julien CBE, Mohammed Kazem, Sigalit Landau, Sarah Meyohas, Pamela Rosenkranz, and Timur Si-Qin—including several artists' first work in AR. Visitors will engage with “Seeing the Invisible” via an app designed for the exhibition, downloadable to smartphones and tablets. Forging new links between botanical gardens located in diverse biomes around the globe, the exhibition fosters collaboration between institutions, artists and audiences, highlighting the power of art to connect people around the world. For more information, visit www.visittucson.org/event/seeing-the-invisible-exhibition-attucson-botanical-gardens/10839.

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