Articles
Culture, Garden, Live
Bee Fest: A celebration of pollination!
June 17-23 , 2019 is “Pollinator Week” and CATALYST leads the way with Bee Fest Saturday, June 15th, 9am – 2pm, at the Green Team Farm 622 W. 100 S. By now, you probably know we ne …
Environmental Politics
Editor’s Notebook
At the Intermountain Sustainability Summit, a third grade school teacher asked Paul Hawken, editor of Drawdown, how she should teach her young students about climate science. “I wo …
Environmental Politics
Support the yay-sayers: Seeds of reversing global warming are here in our own communities
We (almost) never have covers that relate to specific stories or themes beyond seasonal. This month is different. The cover relates to “The Living Building Challenge” (p. 12)—a Moa …
Eat, Food & Health
The kamut economy: Bob Quinn is on a quest to restore health to farmland soil, rural economies and the food we eat
My wife says I can’t have any more new projects. She didn’t say I can’t have any more ideas. I just need to find other people to do them,” said Bob Quinn. We were at the Utah Farm …
Community, Connect
A day at the fair!
The CATALYST Clean Air Solutions Fair, January 19, was one of the most engaging yet. A huge thank you to all of our exhibitors, donors and volunteers (see next page). And thanks to …
Enjoy, Entertainment
Sundance 2019: The Biggest Little Farm
My stereotyped Sundance film-goer is not much interested in farming. Nature (theoretically), maybe. And of course good directing and camera skills, and a compelling story. The Frid …
Live
Like farting under the covers
On a clear day, Salt Lake City is a beautiful place, with vistas in all directions that can’t be beat—weather and human activity permitting, of course. On December 28, 2016, two w …
Creativity, DIY, Home
LIVE VS. FAKE (OR NONE): CHOOSE THE REAL
If scruples about cutting down a living tree were the main reason driving you skip buying a Christmas tree this year, relax. While cutting down a conifer from somebody’s front yard …
Community, Connect, Gender Equality
#MeToo musings & a feast
The #MeToo phenomenon has sparked a lot of intimate conversations around the country. Women of all ages are sharing stories with their friends—stories they may have never told anyo …
Eat, Food & Health
Editor’s notebook: Our family table
Food tastes better when you know where it came from September 2015: Eating is a practical matter. We all need, in some fashion, to do it. Under the guise of family management, it a …
Culture, Gender Equality, Mindfulness, Relationships
The Burning Bride Project
Marriage, at least in romance-based societies such as ours, is an act of hope, a commitment for the future. A belief in love. With (and certainly without) the best efforts, hope ma …
Think
Editor’s Notebook: Arthur and Me
Remembering a friend who showed me a bigger world. I met Arthur Spanjar one snowy Wisconsin morning in 1972, a month before my 21st birthday. I was on my way to Nick’s restaurant, …
Connect
Editor’s Notebook: A time for awards
Air Quality Ally, Best Magazine and more. In May, Salt Lake County Mayor Ben McAdams presented CATALYST Magazine with the first-ever Salt Lake County Board of Health Air Quality Al …
Community
Editor’s Notebook: June 2018
I first met Lynne Olson in 1990 when she came by the office with an idea for a story: Kids Organized to Protect the Environment (the KOPE Kids Club). We followed KOPE for several y …
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"A recent trip through Dreamscapes, the Utah Arts Alliance’s (UAA) newest pop-up immersive art exhibit in the former home of The Gap in The Gateway Mall, left me with some hopeful reminders that the nightmares of reality can (and need to) be addressed by the delights and desires of our dreams."
Read more about the success of Dreamscapes, and its ongoing aspects of resourcefulness and sustainability:Utah Arts Alliance's Dreamscapes | Catalyst Magazine
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Utah artists and volunteers practice recycling/repurposing for art’s sake Dreams rarely make sense. But frankly, reality doesn’t always make much...
