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Astrology
Aquarium Age: March 13 – 19, 2019
There’s a slight lessening of intensity this week—slight, but nonetheless felt. Uranus, the planet of shift, spent the last several weeks turning up the heat under the collective c …
Politics, Spirituality & Mysticism
Hindu community leader Rajan Zed to open Utah congressional sessions with Hindu invocation
On March 13 and 14, Hindu chaplain and statesman Rajan Zed will open Utah’s congressional sessions with Hindu prayer in the House and Senate, respectively. Both original Sanskrit a …
Enjoy, Entertainment
Desert-loving author gives a reading at King’s English
Bruce Berger is many things. He is a Yale graduate, a professional pianist and a world traveler. What he’s best known for is his writing: essays and poetry aimed at exploring the r …
Entertainment, Gender Equality
THE CAKE: How a Simple Slice Could Save a Life
Two cups of instant mashed potatoes, three tablespoons of sexual politics, a heaping teaspoon of Christian not-so-hospitality, and a sprinkle of occasional nudity is the perfect re …
Environmental Politics, Think
Environews: Friends of Cedar Mesa opposes BLM leases
Friends of Cedar Mesa has filed a lawsuit to block oil and gas leasing of BLM lands in Alkali Ridge and Montezuma Canyon. “A total of 1,346 ancient sites have been recorded in the …
Environmental Politics, Think
Environews: San Juan County government calls to restore Bears Ears
In February, the San Juan County Commission passed two resolutions to condemn President Donald Trump for illegally reducing the size of Bears Ears National Monument and to restore …
Environmental Politics, Think
Environews: Oil lobbyist nominated for interior secretary
On February 4. President Trump nominated deputy interior secretary and former oil industry lobbyist David Bernhardt to replace the ethically challenged Ryan Zinke as Secretary of t …
Environmental Politics, Think
Environews: Trump ‘energy dominance’ unpopular in the West
President Trump’s “energy dominance” agenda for Western public lands is deeply unpopular among Western voters, according to the 2019 “Conservation in the West” poll from Colorado C …
Environmental Politics, Think
Environews: More controversy over Inland Port
Another conflict of interest has developed over plans to build a massive ”inland port” in Salt Lake City’s Northwest Quadrant. Envision Utah, which refers to itself as a neutral fa …
Environmental Politics, Think
Environews: Utah public lands get a pretty good bill
Just last year things were looking desperate for conservation of Utah’s public lands. The Republican-controlled U.S. Congress had allowed the Land and Water Conservation Fund (LWCF …
Home, Urban Planning
On the cover: March 2019
Kristen O’Brien finishing the ’truth window’ in home number 5 in Moab, Utah – Spring 2013. The ’truth window’ shows you what is inside your walls and has turned into an artistic tr …
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 …
Environmental Politics
Environews for March 2019
We turn a tap and expect the water to flow. Where water comes from and how it’s delivered is “hidden” to us. Somehow, it crosses a jumble of political divisions and property lines …
Community, Environmental Politics, Urban Planning
A legacy worth keeping
Legacy Parkway residents are fighting to protect a cherished Utah roadway. In the face of opposing forces they’re not giving up. When North Salt Lake resident Angie Keeton recently …
Community, Environmental Politics, Resources
Reasons to love your library: Think of them as “resilience centers”
In his book Palaces for the People, sociologist Eric Klinenberg describes how a group of planners met to discuss ways to restore resiliency to 21st century cities. Someone proposed …
