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Breaking the Wall of Silence Around Unintended Pregnancy with the Audio Play, “P.G. Anon”

February 11, 2021

Julie Jensen’s latest play, “P.G. Anon,” opens Plan-B Theatre’s 2021 Audio-Only Subscription Series, streaming February 25-March 7. One day a friend of mine was complaining,

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Utah Bioregional Reader #4: Where Does Our Garbage Go?

January 19, 2021

If you’ve got pollution, we’ve got the solution Just ship it to Utah, we’ll keep it for you. We’ll take plutonium, depleted uranium. It’s a

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Now it’s time to leap: Greta says goodbye (1982-2020)

December 1, 2020

“You can type. You can get a job with the phone company!” My dad, troubled that his almost-40-year-old daughter was making minimum wage at a

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One last (print) run: reader comments on the news of Greta’s retirement and the end of CATALYST in print

December 1, 2020

In mid-October we launched our campaign inviting you, the reader, to help us financially to bring this final issue to print. We also invited readers

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Soul sisters: Greta Belanger deJong and Kate Edwards

December 1, 2020

Greta and I have certainly been soul sisters since before time began, but in terms of this particular lifetime, we actually did manage to find

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Sacred places and protected land: The Utah Bioregional Reader series, Part Three

November 30, 2020

I came to realize that one factor in particular—the search for something beyond normal experience—characterizes life in the Great Basin. Many people don’t just find

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Obituary for Great Salt Lake: Even lakes are not immortal.

November 30, 2020

Great Salt Lake experienced her final glimmering sunset today, succumbing to a long struggle with chronic diversions exacerbated by climate change. She was born 13,000

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What we have in common: Laying the groundwork for exploring our differences

November 30, 2020

Talking about our differences is urgent, exciting, and even dangerous. But our commonalities appear to be so numerous as to be beside the point, part

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Our millennial speaks: What feels like the end is really a beginning

November 30, 2020

The last time I took a giant leap like this, I was 23 years old and had just started working for CATALYST. This was seven

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Catalyst art director’s farewell: 28 years behind the mouse

November 30, 2020

In 1992 when my years working in the adventure travel world came to a close, my Aunt Greta hired me to help CATALYST with ad

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Whispers of wonderful melodies: Community radio DJ Sohrab Mafi hopes to elevate human consciousness through music

November 30, 2020

The door to the former bank vault is slightly ajar. In the adjoining, low-ceilinged room, Sohrab Mafi stands below a pair of light-box pictures of

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Why are some communities still struggling? Tax rates, climate gentrification and affordability

November 30, 2020

In the two previous articles in this series we discussed how environmental justice is geographically driven and how redlining established some of these disparities. In

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Stress Less, Accomplish More: Emily Fletcher’s meditation technique built for stressed-out, high-performing overachievers

November 30, 2020

I was heading out for some quick exercise, scanning the library audio books for something good when I saw it: Stress Less Accomplish More, Meditation

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Your brain on gardening: Nature’s way of boosting those feel-good chemicals

November 30, 2020

There has been no better teacher during my time as a human on planet Earth than the garden. To be fully immersed, connected and involved

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A writer’s home

November 30, 2020

The story of how I became a writer starts with Greta deJong and the first time I walked through the door of a big pink

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Breaking the Wall of Silence Around Unintended Pregnancy with the Audio Play, “P.G. Anon”

Julie Jensen February 11, 2021

Julie Jensen’s latest play, “P.G. Anon,” opens Plan-B Theatre’s 2021 Audio-Only Subscription Series, streaming February 25-March 7. One day a friend of mine was complaining,

Read More »

Utah Bioregional Reader #4: Where Does Our Garbage Go?

Amy Brunvand January 19, 2021

If you’ve got pollution, we’ve got the solution Just ship it to Utah, we’ll keep it for you. We’ll take plutonium, depleted uranium. It’s a

Read More »

Now it’s time to leap: Greta says goodbye (1982-2020)

Greta Belanger deJong December 1, 2020

“You can type. You can get a job with the phone company!” My dad, troubled that his almost-40-year-old daughter was making minimum wage at a

Read More »

One last (print) run: reader comments on the news of Greta’s retirement and the end of CATALYST in print

John deJong December 1, 2020

In mid-October we launched our campaign inviting you, the reader, to help us financially to bring this final issue to print. We also invited readers

Read More »

Soul sisters: Greta Belanger deJong and Kate Edwards

Kate Edwards December 1, 2020

Greta and I have certainly been soul sisters since before time began, but in terms of this particular lifetime, we actually did manage to find

Read More »

Sacred places and protected land: The Utah Bioregional Reader series, Part Three

Amy Brunvand November 30, 2020

I came to realize that one factor in particular—the search for something beyond normal experience—characterizes life in the Great Basin. Many people don’t just find

Read More »

Aquarium Age

Aquarium Age: February 24-March 2, 2021

Aquarium Age: February 17-February 23, 2021

Aquarium Age: February 10-16, 2021

Aquarium Age: February 3-February 9, 2021

Aquarium Age: January 27-February 2, 2021

Aquarium Age: January 20-January 26, 2021

EnviroNews

Sacred places and protected land: The Utah Bioregional Reader series, Part Three

Environews

Welcome to the Utah Bioregional Reader: Getting to know the place you call home

Environews: Trailhead or development?

Environews: New recycling facility in SLC

Environews: DAQ gets “good” grade on state legislative audit

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