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Looking forward

or many of us, each new year marks a chance for renewal, and 2017 is no exception. Every story in this issue speaks to challenge, opportunity, and the transformative power of hope. Right up front, find out how and why panda numbers are improving, then learn firsthand about the power of bringing together multiple partners and a host of communities to protect Nepalâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s wildly diverse wildlife, habitats, and people in a fastchanging world. Find out how businesses and utilities are driving renewable energy forward, or channel the spirit of a woman who ran a half-marathon for WWF because she wanted to put her commitment to nature to the test. Each of these stories speaks to our faith in the future, and Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m excited to share them with you. Please keep your eyes on this magazine in the coming year for other signs of resilience and renewal. Because whatever changes 2017 may hold, one thing remains constant: our commitment to this planet we share. Let's get to work. Thanks,

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How Christian Siriano Turned His Fashion House Into a

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and Taylor Swift, realized that he was in a position to help. He had closed his atelier a week earlier, as the outbreak in New York City was accelerating. But his team of eight sewers had brought their machines with them. Siriano had intended to keep them busy—and on the payroll—with client orders for wedding dresses and gowns for fall galas. At noon, he tweeted at the governor: “If @ NYGovCuomo says we need masks my team will help make some. I have a full sewing team still on staff working from home that can help.” Within an hour, a representative from Cuomo’s office had slid into Siriano’s direct messages and accepted his offer. The New Yorker’s coronavirus news coverage and analysis are free for all readers.

n the morning of March 20th, the thirty-fouryear-old fashion designer Christian Siriano sat in the living room of his country house, in Danbury, Connecticut, watching the must-see TV of the moment: the daily press briefings of Andrew Cuomo, the governor of New York, about the state’s battle against the coronavirus p a n d e m i c . C u o m o wa s asked, by one reporter, whether he wished that President Trump would invoke the Defense Production Act, which would allow him to force companies in other industries to begin manufacturing desperately needed medical supplies, including ventilators and P.P.E., or personal protective equipment, like masks and goggles. “Look, if I had a New York State Defense Production Act I would use it,” Cuomo answered, adding, “If you’re making clothing, figure out if you can make masks. I’ll fund it.” Siriano, a former “Project Runway” winner who has dressed the likes of Michelle Obama

The governor’s office sent Siriano a stock pattern. The mask was not a medical-grade N-95, which requires special materials, such as non-woven polypropylene, to filter microscopic particles. It was a cloth surgical mask, with three pleats, elastic ear bands, and a small metal strip that could be molded to fit the nose. Siriano had a suitable polyblend fabric in his atelier, which he had delivered to each sewer’s home. For two days, the team worked remotely. (Siriano, who does not have a sewing machine in Connecticut, served as a kind of virtual Rosie the Riveter.) But, with each sewer working on her own, they were only able to make around fifty masks a day. So Siriano asked Cuomo’s office for permission to reopen his atelier as an “essential” business. He returned to the city and gathered the team

HIS FASHION HOUSE

IN TO A MASK FACTOORY

The New Yorker’s coronavirus news coverage and analysis are free for all readers. The governor’s office sent Siriano a stock pattern. The mask was not a medical-grade N-95, which requires special materials, such as non-woven polypropylene, to filter microscopic particles. It was a cloth surgical mask, with three pleats, elastic ear bands, and a small metal strip that could be molded to fit the nose. Siriano had a suitable polyblend fabric in his atelier, which he had delivered to each sewer’s home. For two days, the team worked remotely. (Siriano, who does not have a sewing machine in Connecticut, served as a kind of virtual Rosie the Riveter.) But, with each sewer working on her own, they were only able to make around fifty masks a day. So Siriano asked Cuomo’s office for permission to reopen his atelier as an “essential” business. He returned to the city and gathered the team under one roof (six feet apart, of course), where they could form

an assembly line. In the first week, they produced almost two thousand masks. The first box they shipped went directly to the new field hospital at the Javits Center. On March 25th, as the mask-making was in full swing, Siriano took me on a FaceTime tour of his atelier, which occupies a prewar Beaux-Arts town house on Fifty-fourth Street and Fifth Avenue. It sits on what, during New York’s Gilded Age, was the site of St. Luke’s Hospital, and in the nineteenforties served as an office for the Victory Clothing Collection for Overseas Relief, a service that gathered warm clothes from civilians to send to soldiers in need. “At one point, I’m sure similar things were being made here,” he said. A willowy sprite with a shiny acorn cap of black hair and chunky glasses, Siriano was wearing a tight black T-shirt and slim black jeans. In a hallway on the third floor, he squeezed past a rack of several dozen sequinned ball gowns. He entered a bright, airy room full of white sewing tables that looked much like a set from

The designer Christian Siriano realized that he was in a position to help with the shortage of face masks. Photograph Courtesy Christian Siriano

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FOOD

Succulent s pearspacked with goodness

and flavor, asparagus is a versatile vegetable. It was the wonder of ancient times where the Greeks relished wild asparagus. It was the Romans who first cultivated these tasty spears, while Ancient Egyptians regarded asparagus as the â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;food of the godsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;. These days it has lost none of its appeal, as our

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asparagus is the young shoot of a plant of the lily family and it comes in green, white and purple varieties. White asparagus is produced by earthing up the asparagus bed to cover the growing shoots to prevent them from greening. Green asparagus comes in various thicknesses, purple is fatter and white fatter again. Because the pigment that gives purple asparagus its color is soluble, the stalks turn green as they cook - brief cooking will minimize this. All varieties have a delicate, earthy aroma and flavor, though purple is the sweetest and white the mildest.

1 Make chervil vinaigrette. 2 Trim asparagus; refrigerate. 3 Sift dry ingredients into a large bowl, stir in egg and soda water until just combined. The batter will still have lumps. 4 Heat oil in a large saucepan or wok. Dip asparagus in batter, in batches; drain excess batter. Deep-fry asparagus, in batches, until browned lightly and crisp.

Remove the woody ends of each stalk by bending

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the stalk near the bottom so it snaps at its natural breaking point - where the woodiness turns to

CHERVIL VINAIGRETTE Whisk

crispness. If the skin towards the broken end still

ingredients Ina Small bowl until combined.

seems tough, it should be trimmed off with a

Season to taste.

vegetable peeler; white asparagus usually requires peeling almost to the tip.

Tip Mizung is a Jananess leafy green.

FOOD

Zucchihi

WHITE it begins with ‘Z’, the Aucchini earns an ‘A-PLUS’ for VERSATILITY. Sometimes known as COURGETTE, zucchini is a member of the squash family and it is are of our favorite summer vegetables. Long and tapered, and wit a mild and refreshing flavor, zucchini can be eaten raw or cooked and can be an ingredient in everything from savory dishes to . Even its loverly flower can be eaten and the famous stuffed.

SWEET CAKES

ZUCCHINI FLOWERS dish has become a gourmet classic.

It is believed that Italy was the first country to cultivate modern varieties of zucchini after encountering squash in the explorations of the Americas. ‘ZUCCA’ IS THE ITALIAN WORLD FOR SQUASH, hence the name zucchini. Word quickly spread about this gorgeously green and healthy veg and zucchini was quick to find a place in many of the world’s cuisines. It finally arrived in Australia back in the 1950s with post-WWII Italian migrants and now it is well entrenched in the AUSTRALLAN diet.

WHITE it begins with ‘Z’, the Aucchini earns an ‘A-PLUS’ for VERSATILITY.

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