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Your conscious life
M A G A Z I N E
August 2015
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GREEN IS THE NEW
BLACKQ&A WITH ACTRESS
ALYSIA REINER
TREASURES 4 TEACHERS NONPROFIT
TIPS FOR A GREENER
SCHOOL YEAR
ALSO INSIDE:Desert Ark Brings Desert to Classroom
Local School Makes Healthy Changes
Tips For Trash And Monsoon Season
Wildly Sustainable Arizona Zoos
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ArizonaAdvancedMedicine.com • 480-240-2600 • 10200 N. 92nd St. Suite 120, Scottsdale
Nic Peters, MD
Dr. Nic works with children, young adults, and their families coping with chronic health issues. By using science, clinical wisdom, and innovative tools, Dr. Peters can identify the underlying causes of chronic
diseases and treat using safe and effective, complementary evidence-based treatments, behavior and dietary changes to re-establish optimum health.
Martha M. Grout, MD, MD(H), Founder
Martha Grout, MD, MD(H) leads a holistic medical practice in Scottsdale, Arizona. Dr. Grout has 25 years in emergency medicine, and for the last decade, she has been
a homeopathic physician. Dr. Grout and her team are dedicated to the natural treatment and reversal of chronic disease.
Debi Murphy, PA-C
Debi Murphy, PA-C, supports the team at the Center and enables them to work more effi ciently with patients. She tries to learn as much as she can about each unique patient’s condition. She is especially interested
in treating female hormone issues and patients affl icted with Lyme disease.
Rekha Shah, MD, MD(H)
Rekha Shah, MD, MD(H) is board certifi ed in Gastroenterology and Internal Medicine, as well as in Medical Acupuncture. She has been practicing medicine for over 30 years, with experience in
allopathic medicine, acupuncture, homeopathy, and training in functional medicine.
Brent R. Korn, D.O.
Brent R. Korn, D.O. has been board certifi ed in Internal Medicine and practicing medicine for 14 years, the last 5 of which have been devoted principally to the practice of integrative medicine. He is also
an adherent and proponent of orthomolecular and “life extension” medicine.
Trea
ting the Whole Patient
Mentale.g., cognitive
function, perceptual patterns)
Emotionale.g., emotional regulation, grief, sadness, anger
Spirituale.g., meaning &
purpose, relationship with something greater than self
Physicale.g., assimilation,structural integrity,communication,transport, energy
Dr. Grout tested me for sensitivity to certain
foods. After deleting those offending foods from
my diet, and following a healthy diet my health
has improved dramatically. Thank you Dr. Grout,
and thanks also to a friendly and caring staff!
- O.P., Scottsdale, AZ
“”
Truly Integrative Healthcare
The Arizona Center for Advanced Medicine is the Southwest’s most diversifi ed integrative medical center. We integrate the best of alternative and traditional medicine to educate and empower you on the road to health. Led by Medical Director Martha Grout, MD, MD(H), the center is dedicated to the reversal of chronic illness.
Your conscious life
M A G A Z I N E
August 2015
greenlivingaz.comGreen Living magazine is printed by a Forest Stewardship Council certified printer.
GREEN IS THE NEW
BLACKQ&A WITH ACTRESS
ALYSIA REINER
TREASURES 4 TEACHERS NONPROFIT
TIPS FOR A GREENER
SCHOOL YEAR
ALSO INSIDE:Desert Ark Brings Desert to Classroom
Local School Makes Healthy Changes
Tips For Trash And Monsoon Season
Wildly Sustainable Arizona Zoos
August 2015
14 Learning to Live with Less Water
15 Bringing the Desert into the Classroom
16 Tips for a Greener School Year
18 Goodwill’s Zero Waste Efforts
20 A Different Type of Green for Arizona Casinos
22 The Sharing Economy Part 3
Work Green
ON THE COVER
In anticipation for our September 5-year anniversary issue, we present a throwback white background cover as homage to Green Living’s earlier style.
Alysia Reiner, star of the Emmy award winning show “Orange is the New Black,” graces our cover and tells us about being an eco-conscious mom in her Q&A on page 8.
Live GreenTreasures 4 Teachers Helps Arizona Educators 4
Local School Boosts Students’ Health and Wellness 6Q&A with Actress Alysia Reiner 8
Arizona Zoos Go Wild with Sustainability Efforts 10Tips From Don’t Trash Arizona 12
30Play Green
24 Exploring the Culture of the Mexican Baja
26 Book Review
28 Eco Staycation at Cat Mountain Lodge
30 Growing a Sustainable Future
31 Recipes
34 Green Scenes
38 He’s Green, She’s Green
40 Cool & Outrageous Stuff
20
10
departments
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ArizonaAdvancedMedicine.com • 480-240-2600 • 10200 N. 92nd St. Suite 120, Scottsdale
Nic Peters, MD
Dr. Nic works with children, young adults, and their families coping with chronic health issues. By using science, clinical wisdom, and innovative tools, Dr. Peters can identify the underlying causes of chronic
diseases and treat using safe and effective, complementary evidence-based treatments, behavior and dietary changes to re-establish optimum health.
Martha M. Grout, MD, MD(H), Founder
Martha Grout, MD, MD(H) leads a holistic medical practice in Scottsdale, Arizona. Dr. Grout has 25 years in emergency medicine, and for the last decade, she has been
a homeopathic physician. Dr. Grout and her team are dedicated to the natural treatment and reversal of chronic disease.
Debi Murphy, PA-C
Debi Murphy, PA-C, supports the team at the Center and enables them to work more efficiently with patients. She tries to learn as much as she can about each unique patient’s condition. She is especially interested
in treating female hormone issues and patients afflicted with Lyme disease.
Rekha Shah, MD, MD(H)
Rekha Shah, MD, MD(H) is board certified in Gastroenterology and Internal Medicine, as well as in Medical Acupuncture. She has been practicing medicine for over 30 years, with experience in
allopathic medicine, acupuncture, homeopathy, and training in functional medicine.
Brent R. Korn, D.O.
Brent R. Korn, D.O. has been board certified in Internal Medicine and practicing medicine for 14 years, the last 5 of which have been devoted principally to the practice of integrative medicine. He is also
an adherent and proponent of orthomolecular and “life extension” medicine.
Trea
ting the Whole Patient
Mentale.g., cognitive
function, perceptualpatterns)
Emotionale.g., emotionalregulation, grief,sadness, anger
Spirituale.g., meaning &
purpose, relationshipwith somethinggreater than self
Physicale.g., assimilation,structural integrity,communication,transport, energy
Dr. Grout tested me for sensitivity to certain
foods. After deleting those offending foods from
my diet, and following a healthy diet my health
has improved dramatically. Thank you Dr. Grout,
and thanks also to a friendly and caring staff!
- O.P., Scottsdale, AZ
“”
Truly Integrative Healthcare
The Arizona Center for Advanced Medicine is the Southwest’s most diversified integrative medical center. We integrate the best of alternative and traditional medicine to educate and empower you on the road to health. Led by Medical Director Martha Grout, MD, MD(H), the center is dedicated to the reversal of chronic illness.
Your conscious life
M A G A Z I N E
August2015
greenlivingaz.comGreen Living magazine is printed by a Forest Stewardship Council certifi ed printer.
GREEN IS THE NEW
BLACKQ&A WITH ACTRESS
ALYSIA REINER
TREASURES 4 TEACHERS NONPROFIT
TIPS FOR A GREENER
SCHOOL YEAR
ALSO INSIDE:Desert Ark Brings Desert to Classroom
Local School Makes Healthy Changes
Tips For Trash And Monsoon Season
Wildly Sustainable Arizona Zoos
August2015
14 LearningtoLivewithLessWater
15 BringingtheDesertintotheClassroom
16 Goodwill’sZeroWasteEfforts
18 TipsforaGreenerSchoolYear
20 ADifferentTypeofGreenforArizonaCasinos
22 TheSharingEconomyPart3
Work Green
ON THE COVER
InanticipationforourSeptember5-yearanniversaryissue,wepresentathrowbackwhitebackgroundcoverashomagetoGreenLiving’searlierstyle.
AlysiaReiner,staroftheEmmyawardwinningshow“OrangeistheNewBlack,”gracesourcoverandtellsusaboutbeinganeco-consciousmominherQ&Aonpage8.
Live GreenTreasures4TeachersHelpsArizonaEducators 4
LocalSchoolBoostsStudents’HealthandWellness 6Q&AwithActressAlysiaReiner 8
ArizonaZoosGoWildwithSustainabilityEfforts 10TipsFromDon’tTrashArizona 12
28Play Green
24 ExploringtheCultureoftheMexicanBaja
26 BookReview
28 GrowingaSustainableFuture
30 Recipes
33Cool&OutrageousStuff
34 GreenScenes
38 He’sGreen,She’sGreen
40TributetoLaurelMayBond
20
10
departments
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PUBLISHER/EDITOR-IN-CHIEF Dorie MoralesASSOCIATE EDITOR Amanda Harvey CREATIVE DIRECTOR Crista AlveyDIRECTOR OF OPERATIONS Jeffrey E. SteinCOPY EDITOR Rachel Luman
ADVISORY BOARDVince Alfaro Anton Camarota, Ph.D. Valerie Crosby William Janhonen Jon Kitchell Derrick Mains Mary McCormick Natalie Morris Eric Olsen Cecilia Rosales Lori Singleton
CONTRIBUTORSJennifer Burkhart John BurkhartAnton Camarota Rodric Hurdle-Bradford Jim Lane, Scottsdale Mayor Jim Miller Alysia Reiner David Schaller Terri Schlichenmeyer Danna Spackeen Jenna Spackeen
MEDIA CONSULTANTSAlisha “Bee” Forrester-Scott Tom Hencz Franchesca Lane Gary Moss
CREATIVE INTERNSKyle Gannon Kara GoodFred Lee
EDITORIAL INTERNSRoxanne Bowers Megan Goodwin Rachel Gossen Cara PencakMaria Fabiola Portillo Kourtney SeatonAmber Starr Daisy VargasSara Weber
PHOTOGRAPHY INTERN Kristen Stowe
SALES/MARKETING INTERNS Rachel Angulo Sierra BourneJeff Dionot Adam MunsonNicole Vaughn
SOCIAL MEDIA INTERN Michael Kelleher
Green Living magazine is a monthly publication by Traditional Media Group, LLC. Periodical rate postage paid at Scottsdale, AZ. Publisher assumes no responsibility for unsolicited or contributed manuscripts, photographs, artwork or advertisements. Entire contents © 2015 Traditional Media Group. All rights reserved. Reproduction or use of content in any manner without permission by the publisher is strictly prohibited. Opinions expressed in signed columns and articles do not necessarily refl ect the views of the publisher. Submissions will not be returned unless arranged to do so in writing. One print subscription is $39 per year or digital subscription is $12 per year. Canadian orders please add $13 per year for shipping and handling. International orders add $22 per year for shipping and handling. Bulk and/or corporate rates available. No representation is made as to the accuracy hereof and is printed subject to errors and omissions. Green Living magazine is printed on recycled paper.
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The idea of leaving the world a better place for our children is not a new concept. Theodore Roosevelt shared the aforementioned quote during the
Seventh Annual Message to Congress in 1907. Educators, lawmakers, celebrities and others have all shared their wisdom on the subject throughout the years, and the human race continues to slowly make progress in baby steps, while occasionally taking two steps forward and one step back. For our August Back to School issue of Green Living magazine, we focus on several local schools that are doing what they can to make a difference both for the lives of children and the livelihood of the environment.
We’re featuring a spotlight on southern Arizona school Stanfield Elementary’s green efforts and the inspiring story of the principal who suffered a heart attack and then decided to get in shape and share the same healthy habits with his students. We also covered Banner Children’s Academy, a private school in Tempe that teaches important lessons through its ECO program. Also included in this issue are tips from local school district officials on how to effectively green your school year; a roundup of eco zoos; Treasures 4 Teachers nonprofit; tips from Don’t Trash Arizona on how to minimize highway litter this monsoon season; Goodwill’s zero waste efforts; the Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum’s Desert Ark educational outreach program; and much more!
As you also may have noticed, we have the talented and stunning Alysia Reiner on this month’s cover. You probably know her as Fig the Assistant Warden from “Orange is the New Black,” or from her role in the critically-acclaimed film “Sideways.” But what you may not know is that she’s a true eco-conscious mama and takes sustainability and conservation very seriously. It’s no secret that many celebrities live a green lifestyle or are invested in the conservation of planet Earth – Bill Gates recently invested $2 billion in renewable energy projects and Leonardo DiCaprio has donated millions to ocean conservation efforts.
Reiner is another eco-conscious celebrity who aims to make the best decisions for her family and for the planet. Read her Q&A in this issue to learn more about her and her family. We also featured her husband and fellow actor, David Alan Basche, in our June issue. If you haven’t read his story yet, be sure to check it out online or in print.
I hope you enjoy these stories in our Back to School issue, and I hope you learn something too.
I’d also like to make the bittersweet announcement that our talented Creative Director, Crista Alvey, is leaving the Green Living team. Her efforts and dedication these past three years have been amazing. Her husband recently earned his Doctorate degree from Arizona State University and we wish them both great success and happiness in their future endeavors, wherever it may take them.
August 2015
Editor’s Note
Amanda HarveyAssociate Editor
Follow Green Living magazine
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PUBLISHER/EDITOR-IN-CHIEF Dorie MoralesASSOCIATE EDITOR Amanda Harvey CREATIVE DIRECTOR Crista AlveyDIRECTOR OF OPERATIONS Jeffrey E. SteinCOPY EDITOR Rachel Luman
ADVISORY BOARDVince Alfaro Anton Camarota, Ph.D. Valerie Crosby William Janhonen Jon Kitchell Derrick Mains Mary McCormick Natalie Morris Eric Olsen Cecilia Rosales Lori Singleton
CONTRIBUTORSJennifer Burkhart John BurkhartAnton Camarota Rodric Hurdle-Bradford Jim Lane, Scottsdale Mayor Jim Miller Alysia Reiner David Schaller Terri Schlichenmeyer Danna Spackeen Jenna Spackeen
MEDIA CONSULTANTSAlisha “Bee” Forrester-Scott Tom Hencz Franchesca Lane Gary Moss
CREATIVE INTERNSKyle Gannon Kara GoodFred Lee
EDITORIAL INTERNSRoxanne Bowers Megan Goodwin Rachel Gossen Cara PencakMaria Fabiola Portillo Kourtney SeatonAmber Starr Daisy VargasSara Weber
PHOTOGRAPHY INTERN Kristen Stowe
SALES/MARKETING INTERNSRachel Angulo Sierra BourneJeff Dionot Adam MunsonNicole Vaughn
SOCIAL MEDIA INTERN Michael Kelleher
Green Living magazine is a monthly publication by Traditional Media Group, LLC. Periodical rate postage paid at Scottsdale, AZ. Publisher assumes no responsibility for unsolicited or contributed manuscripts, photographs, artwork or advertisements. Entire contents © 2015 Traditional Media Group. All rights reserved. Reproduction or use of content in any manner without permission by the publisher is strictly prohibited. Opinions expressed in signed columns and articles do not necessarily reflect the views of the publisher. Submissions will not be returned unless arranged to do so in writing. One print subscription is $39 per year or digital subscription is $12 per year. Canadian orders please add $13 per year for shipping and handling. International orders add $22 per year for shipping and handling. Bulk and/or corporate rates available. No representation is made as to the accuracy hereof and is printed subject to errors and omissions. Green Living magazine is printed on recycled paper.
Please recycle this magazine
CONTACT US AT:Main: [email protected]: [email protected]: [email protected]
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The idea of leaving the world a better place for our children is not a new concept. Theodore Roosevelt shared the aforementioned quote during the
Seventh Annual Message to Congress in 1907. Educators, lawmakers, celebrities and others have all shared their wisdom on the subject throughout the years, and the human race continues to slowly make progress in baby steps, while occasionally taking two steps forward and one step back. For our August Back to School issue of Green Living magazine, we focus on several local schools that are doing what they can to make a difference both for the lives of children and the livelihood of the environment.
We’re featuring a spotlight on southern Arizona school Stanfi eld Elementary’s green efforts and the inspiring story of the principal who suffered a heart attack and then decided to get in shape and share the same healthy habits with his students. We also covered Banner Children’s Academy, a private school in Tempe that teaches important lessons through its ECO program. Also included in this issue are tips from local school district offi cials on how to effectively green your school year; a roundup of eco zoos; Treasures 4 Teachers nonprofi t; tips from Don’t Trash Arizona on how to minimize highway litter this monsoon season; Goodwill’s zero waste efforts; the Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum’s Desert Ark educational outreach program; and much more!
As you also may have noticed, we have the talented and stunning Alysia Reiner on this month’s cover. You probably know her as Fig the Assistant Warden from “Orange is the New Black,” or from her role in the critically-acclaimed fi lm “Sideways.” But what you may not know is that she’s a true eco-conscious mama and takes sustainability and conservation very seriously. It’s no secret that many celebrities live a green lifestyle or are invested in the conservation of planet Earth – Bill Gates recently invested $2 billion in renewable energy projects and Leonardo DiCaprio has donated millions to ocean conservation efforts.
Reiner is another eco-conscious celebrity who aims to make the best decisions for her family and for the planet. Read her Q&A in this issue to learn more about her and her family. We also featured her husband and fellow actor, David Alan Basche, in our June issue. If you haven’t read his story yet, be sure to check it out online or in print.
I hope you enjoy these stories in our Back to School issue, and I hope you learn something too.
I’d also like to make the bittersweet announcement that our talented Creative Director, Crista Alvey, is leaving the Green Living team. Her efforts and dedication these past three years have been amazing. Her husband recently earned his Doctorate degree from Arizona State University and we wish them both great success and happiness in their future endeavors, wherever it may take them.
August2015
Editor’s Note
Amanda HarveyAssociate Editor
Follow Green Living magazine
and stay in touch with the
newest topics on sustainability!
/greenlivingazmag
@greenlivingaz
/company/green-living-az-magazine
/greenlivingaz
/greenlivingaz
Dorie and Amanda met Alysia Reiner and her husband David Alan Basche at Natural Products Expo West
To waste, to destroy our natural resources, to skin and exhaust the land instead of using it so as to increase its usefulness, will result in undermining in the days of our children the very prosperity which we ought by right to hand down to them amplifi ed and developed.– Theodore Roosevelt
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Barbara Blalock looks happily upon the aisles filled with recycled office supplies at her warehouse, as educators search for
materials they need for their classrooms. Once a project started in her garage seven years ago, now Blalock has grown her nonprofit, Treasures 4 Teachers, into a successful organization that aims to provide Arizona teachers with reused school supplies at little to no cost. For a low annual membership fee of $35.00, anyone who works directly with students in an educational capacity has access to the “free zone,” $5.00 bags full of supplies, other priced-as-marked items and die cut and laminating machines for use.
On average, Arizona teachers spend $1,000.00 out of pocket annually on school supplies for their students. Upon learning this, Blalock began the challenge of creating Treasures 4 Teachers. “The idea came from finding out that teachers don’t have the supplies they need, but companies and businesses have an abundance of supplies that they don’t use,” she said.
Blalock first reached out to Intel, asking for any surplus office supplies. She quickly received shipments of various items that she would store in her garage and give to teachers. Soon, other corporations began doing the same, and Blalock’s garage began to overfill. In 2010, she relocated the project to a warehouse and officially became a registered nonprofit. By repurposing supplies that would otherwise be left in storage or thrown away, Treasures 4 Teachers to-date has saved 2.1 million cubic feet of waste from entering landfills.
Everything within the warehouse has been donated to Treasures 4 Teachers, including the shopping carts teachers use to gather items. Blalock, her staff and 50 Treasures 4 Teachers volunteers recently moved from a 4,000-square-foot space to a 12,000-square-foot warehouse in Tempe to accommodate the growing amount of donations.
Educators can find not only basic supplies, such as markers and binders, but also some recycled materials that have been turned into innovative kits by Blalock’s team. One example Blalock is very proud of is a wooden marker holder. “A screen door company was donating a bunch of wood to us. One of our volunteers made it into a rectangular shape, drilled holes in it, and now it can be a marker holder. So now,
what was once something that they didn’t know what to do with, is being used for the classroom,” she said. They also have DVD cases they have turned into personal dry-erase boards for students and iced tea bottles converted into colored pencil holders, with the sharpener glued to the bottle cap so it never gets lost.
Treasures 4 Teachers is about to get busy as the school season approaches, but Blalock is ready. A school supply drive by Progressive Insurance, as well as the donations she receives from several corporations, has the organization stocked. Blalock often finds that people want to help, but aren’t sure how. She suggests buying a membership for a teacher in need. While the $35.00 fee isn’t a major hardship for most teachers, there are some first-year teachers who do need the help.
Blalock knows the organization will only grow from here. With word of mouth spreading the news of Treasures 4 Teachers among educators and a mobile program bringing supplies to teachers during the school year, Blalock is seeing an influx in both donations and memberships. The nonprofit currently has 3,000 members, which has resulted in 120,000 students impacted through the program. Treasures 4 Teachers has also expanded to Tucson through an affiliate program. Blalock hopes to someday have more affiliate locations around Arizona, and possibly even nationally. “The beauty of it is that you’re able to generate the donations within your own community,” she said. “The word spreads so quickly, and when people hear that they have a place to take their stuff that’s going into the hands of teachers and students in addition to preserving the environment, they’re like, ‘I’m in’.”
For more information or to find out how you can get involved, visit treasures4teachers.org.
Rachel Gossen is currently pursuing a journalism degree at Chapman University in California.
Photos by Mackenzie Cushine
BY RACHEL GOSSEN
TREASURES 4 TEACHERS
Barbara Blalock, founder of Treasures 4 Teachers
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HELPS ARIZONA EDUCATORS
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GivinG Back
Barbara Blalock looks happily upon the aisles fi lled with recycled offi ce supplies at her warehouse, as educators search for
materials they need for their classrooms. Once a project started in her garage seven years ago, now Blalock has grown her nonprofi t, Treasures 4 Teachers, into a successful organization that aims to provide Arizona teachers with reused school supplies at little to no cost. For a low annual membership fee of $35.00, anyone who works directly with students in an educational capacity has access to the “free zone,” $5.00 bags full of supplies, other priced-as-marked items and die cut and laminating machines for use.
On average, Arizona teachers spend $1,000.00 out of pocket annually on school supplies for their students. Upon learning this, Blalock began the challenge of creating Treasures 4 Teachers. “The idea came from fi nding out that teachers don’t have the supplies they need, but companies and businesses have an abundance of supplies that they don’t use,” she said.
Blalock fi rst reached out to Intel, asking for any surplus offi ce supplies. She quickly received shipments of various items that she would store in her garage and give to teachers. Soon, other corporations began doing the same, and Blalock’s garage began to overfi ll. In 2010, she relocated the project to a warehouse and offi cially became a registered nonprofi t. By repurposing supplies that would otherwise be left in storage or thrown away, Treasures 4 Teachers to-date has saved 2.1 million cubic feet of waste from entering landfi lls.
Everything within the warehouse has been donated to Treasures 4 Teachers, including the shopping carts teachers use to gather items. Blalock, her staff and 50 Treasures 4 Teachers volunteers recently moved from a 4,000-square-foot space to a 12,000-square-foot warehouse in Tempe to accommodate the growing amount of donations.
Educators can fi nd not only basic supplies, such as markers and binders, but also some recycled materials that have been turned into innovative kits by Blalock’s team. One example Blalock is very proud of is a wooden marker holder. “A screen door company was donating a bunch of wood to us. One of our volunteers made it into a rectangular shape, drilled holes in it, and now it can be a marker holder. So now,
what was once something that they didn’t know what to do with, is being used for the classroom,” she said. They also have DVD cases they have turned into personal dry-erase boards for students and iced tea bottles converted into colored pencil holders, with the sharpener glued to the bottle cap so it never gets lost.
Treasures 4 Teachers is about to get busy as the school season approaches, but Blalock is ready. A school supply drive by Progressive Insurance, as well as the donations she receives from several corporations, has the organization stocked. Blalock often fi nds that people want to help, but aren’t sure how. She suggests buying a membership for a teacher in need. While the $35.00 fee isn’t a major hardship for most teachers, there are some fi rst-year teachers who do need the help.
Blalock knows the organization will only grow from here. With word of mouth spreading the news of Treasures 4 Teachers among educators and a mobile program bringing supplies to teachers during the school year, Blalock is seeing an infl ux in both donations and memberships. The nonprofi t currently has 3,000 members, which has resulted in 120,000 students impacted through the program. Treasures 4 Teachers has also expanded to Tucson through an affi liate program. Blalock hopes to someday have more affi liate locations around Arizona, and possibly even nationally. “The beauty of it is that you’re able to generate the donations within your own community,” she said. “The word spreads so quickly, and when people hear that they have a place to take their stuff that’s going into the hands of teachers and students in addition to preserving the environment, they’re like, ‘I’m in’.”
Formoreinformationortofindouthowyoucangetinvolved,visittreasures4teachers.org.
RachelGosseniscurrentlypursuingajournalismdegreeatChapmanUniversityinCalifornia.
PhotosbyMackenzieCushine
BY RACHEL GOSSEN
TREASURES4TEACHERS
BarbaraBlalock,founderofTreasures4Teachers
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HELPSARIZONAEDUCATORS
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HealtH & Wellness
In 2003, the Surgeon General of the United States released a statement addressing our nation’s obesity crisis: “It’s the fastest-growing cause of disease and death in America.
And it’s completely preventable.”For Stanfi eld Elementary School principal Dr. Chris
Lineberry, implementing a health and wellness program for his students was a top priority to improve the lives of children academically, physically and emotionally.
Lineberry’s passion to promote wellness started in 2006, after he suffered a minor heart attack at school as a principal in North Carolina. He was overweight and out of shape. This eye-opening experience was a catalyst for change in Lineberry’s life, and he set out to improve not only his health, but the overall health of his school staff and students.
The health and wellness program at Stanfi eld Elementary, located in Southern Arizona, began with the elimination of sugary, high-calorie foods. It then continued through the planting of school gardens and increased physical activity on campus. Part of the school’s efforts stem from the nonprofi t Shape Up U.S. and their Hip Hop Healthy Heart Program for Children, a “K-6th grade comprehensive wellness FIGHTING OBESITY
BY KOURTNEY SEATON
LOCAL SCHOOL BOOSTS STUDENTS’ HEALTH AND WELLNESS
curriculum...to integrate a full-spectrum of self-discovery and self-esteem techniques in addition to health and wellness information,” according to their website. The techniques include stress reduction, creativity building, positive group dynamics, critical thinking, character development and community involvement.
The challenge is how to find time to integrate health and wellness into the curriculum without adding time to the schedule. “It doesn’t have to be major change in order to bring about significant results,” Lineberry said.
Soon after Lineberry started at Stanfield, the students planted a garden with a large community involvement,
including donations from local companies for labor and soil. The result was 22 seedbeds of corn, cucumbers, zucchini, squash, tomatoes, melons, lemons, and native gourds grown by the Native American club. During the summer, community members are able to pick from the garden that is estimated to feed up to 20 families a month.
Daily physical activity is also part of the classroom curriculum. “We do a lot of movement throughout the school day. I encourage my teachers to integrate kinesthetic learning as often as they possibly can [in addition to P.E. class],” Lineberry said.
In the cafeteria, the school feeds 65 percent of the students breakfast and 97 percent of them lunch every day. By educating students on the impact of the food they eat, they are given the choice to make a change, Lineberry said.
In 2014, Stanfield was recognized as the first school in Arizona to receive the Gold Award of Distinction from the USDA-FNS (Food and Nutrition Services) for health and wellness initiatives. Future plans for Stanfield include expanding the garden to include fall crops and a pumpkin patch along with a partnership with the University of Arizona to begin a composting project.
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In 2003, the Surgeon General of the United States released a statement addressing our nation’s obesity crisis: “It’s the fastest-growing cause of disease and death in America.
And it’s completely preventable.”For Stanfield Elementary School principal Dr. Chris
Lineberry, implementing a health and wellness program for his students was a top priority to improve the lives of children academically, physically and emotionally.
Lineberry’s passion to promote wellness started in 2006, after he suffered a minor heart attack at school as a principal in North Carolina. He was overweight and out of shape. This eye-opening experience was a catalyst for change in Lineberry’s life, and he set out to improve not only his health, but the overall health of his school staff and students.
The health and wellness program at Stanfield Elementary, located in Southern Arizona, began with the elimination of sugary, high-calorie foods. It then continued through the planting of school gardens and increased physical activity on campus. Part of the school’s efforts stem from the nonprofit Shape Up U.S. and their Hip Hop Healthy Heart Program for Children, a “K-6th grade comprehensive wellness FIGHTINGOBESITY
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LOCALSCHOOLBOOSTSSTUDENTS’HEALTHANDWELLNESS
curriculum...to integrate a full-spectrum of self-discovery and self-esteem techniques in addition to health and wellness information,” according to their website. The techniques include stress reduction, creativity building, positive group dynamics, critical thinking, character development and community involvement.
The challenge is how to fi nd time to integrate health and wellness into the curriculum without adding time to the schedule. “It doesn’t have to be major change in order to bring about signifi cant results,” Lineberry said.
Soon after Lineberry started at Stanfi eld, the students planted a garden with a large community involvement,
including donations from local companies for labor and soil. The result was 22 seedbeds of corn, cucumbers, zucchini, squash, tomatoes, melons, lemons, and native gourds grown by the Native American club. During the summer, community members are able to pick from the garden that is estimated to feed up to 20 families a month.
Daily physical activity is also part of the classroom curriculum. “We do a lot of movement throughout the school day. I encourage my teachers to integrate kinesthetic learning as often as they possibly can [in addition to P.E. class],” Lineberry said.
In the cafeteria, the school feeds 65 percent of the students breakfast and 97 percent of them lunch every day. By educating students on the impact of the food they eat, they are given the choice to make a change, Lineberry said.
In 2014, Stanfi eld was recognized as the fi rst school in Arizona to receive the Gold Award of Distinction from the USDA-FNS (Food and Nutrition Services) for health and wellness initiatives. Future plans for Stanfi eld include expanding the garden to include fall crops and a pumpkin patch along with a partnership with the University of Arizona to begin a composting project.
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KourtneySeatoniscurrentlypursuingajournalismdegreeattheASUWalterCronkiteSchoolofJournalismandMassCommunication.
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The Green Living team had the pleasure of meeting Alysia Reiner at the Natural Products Expo West in
Anaheim this March. There we connected with the TV star and her actor husband, David Alan Basche, whom we featured in our June guy’s issue. This green power couple are a true inspiration to everyone interested in or already passionate about living more sustainably. We spoke to Alysia about her journey in motherhood and how she keeps her family healthy and eco-friendly. Also, don’t miss her delicious organic salmon sushi hand roll recipe on page 30!
WHAT LED YOU TO EAT ORGANICALLY AND USE NATURAL PRODUCTS?I think I became more and more conscious about food and product choices as I was making more decisions for myself, as opposed to what my parents were doing. And then, of course, when I was trying to conceive and literally “be a home” for a human, I became even more aware. Having had friends who had trouble conceiving, I was very aware that pregnancy is such a gift, and being the healthiest nest you can be is so key.
YOU HAVE BEEN WORKING WITH THE WOMEN’S PRISON ASSOCIATION, AND LAST SEPTEMBER YOU BROUGHT YOUR 6-YEAR-OLD DAUGHTER LIV TO HELP STUFF BACKPACKS FOR KIDS WHOSE MOTHERS ARE INCARCERATED. CAN YOU TELL OUR READERS MORE?I love volunteering with Liv, and teaching her to be of service is a huge part of parenting to me. We do everything from cooking at our local Food Bank For New York City to working with the Women’s Prison Association. I was humbled when they awarded me the Sarah Powell Huntington Leadership Award recently.
NOW THAT LIV IS GETTING OLDER, WHAT ARE SOME THINGS YOU HAVE LEARNED ABOUT KEEPING KIDS HEALTHY AND TEACHING THEM TO MAKE ECO-CONSCIOUS DECISIONS?I think it’s so important to empower children to make their own decisions – to educate them about how and why you make your decisions about food or cleaning products, or any eco choice. We don’t talk about “good” or “bad,” but instead we look at “loving” and “healthy” choices, both for our bodies and for the planet.
Q&A WITH ORANGE IS THE NEW BLACK STAR AND ECO MAMA ALYSIA REINER
is the new BLACKGREEN WHAT ARE SOME OF THE OBSTACLES OF SENDING YOUR
CHILD TO SCHOOL WHERE YOU NO LONGER HAVE FULL SUPERVISION OVER WHAT SHE’S EATING OR BEING EXPOSED TO?I think it’s tricky. For example, Liv’s teacher in Los Angeles uses jelly beans as a reward when kids are good. But again, I think it comes down to instilling good habits and trust [in children]. It’s about lovingly educating kids so they make choices out of self respect and love for themselves, not out of guilt or to make you – the adult – happy. It’s all about moderation. One jelly bean, not 100!
WHY DO YOU THINK IT’S SO IMPORTANT TO TEACH YOUNG CHILDREN ABOUT CONSERVATION AND MAKING ECO-CONSCIOUS DECISIONS? Our children are our future. They will be the guardians of our planet, and they need to have a sense of what that responsibility entails as early as possible. And kids need to have that sense of responsibility ingrained, so it’s not something they question but is just a given. Earth is in jeopardy, our water supply is limited, and our children have to know how to save us.
ARE LIV’S FRIENDS ADOPTING THE SAME THOUGHTS AND PHILOSOPHIES ON SUSTAINABILITY AND HEALTHY EATING? A lot of them are, yes, and they teach each other!
CAN YOU TELL OUR READERS MORE ABOUT THE GREEN COMMITTEE AND YOUR INVOLVEMENT AT LIV’S SCHOOL? We do great work and I’m so excited about all the changes we’re making. It’s a team effort, and I love that our school, Bank Street School for Children, is so willing to embrace change. We started recycling and composting in the
classrooms, and the amount of waste decreased by 95 percent! We sell composters for the home, reusable snack bags and BPA-free water bottles. We changed the soap from that yucky pink stuff to a non-toxic biodegradable one in Liv’s classroom and at the Lower School, and we’re hoping to roll it out to the whole school soon. We’re currently doing a food audit – seeing how we can improve the quality of our food for both the health of the kids and the planet. We are now looking at our next projects and dreaming of a community garden at the school. My best friend Erin Schrode started Teens Turning Green, which has amazing resources and inspiration.
CAN YOU TELL US MORE ABOUT HOW YOU ARE TEACHING THE KIDS AT YOUR DAUGHTER’S SCHOOL TO MEDITATE AND DO YOGA? It’s actually a funny story – I did a pilot show for Amazon called “Down Dog” where I played a healer and yoga teacher. I was telling Liv’s teacher about it, and I think she thought I was an actual yoga teacher, so she asked me to come teach the class – of course I said yes! I have taught stretch and meditation in the past, and it was a joy to be able to bring it to Liv’s class. We had one class that had a yoga animal theme, one that focused on fun breathing exercises and how breathing can calm or energize you, and recently I read them the book “Moody Cow” and taught them to make a mindfulness jar.
WHAT DO YOU BELIEVE IS THE BIGGEST SUSTAINABILITY CHANGE WE CAN ALL MAKE IN THE WORLD? WATER, WATER, WATER! Awareness and conservation of this precious resource is key.
For more on Alysia Reiner, visit alysiareiner.com.
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Alysia, David and Liv at the Food Bank for New York CityAlysia and Liv stuffi ng backpacks at the Women’s Prison Association
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The Green Living team had the pleasure of meeting Alysia Reiner at the Natural Products Expo West in
Anaheim this March. There we connected with the TV star and her actor husband, David Alan Basche, whom we featured in our June guy’s issue. This green power couple are a true inspiration to everyone interested in or already passionate about living more sustainably. We spoke to Alysia about her journey in motherhood and how she keeps her family healthy and eco-friendly. Also, don’t miss her delicious organic salmon sushi hand roll recipe on page 30!
WHAT LED YOU TO EAT ORGANICALLY AND USE NATURAL PRODUCTS?I think I became more and more conscious about food and product choices as I was making more decisions for myself, as opposed to what my parents were doing. And then, of course, when I was trying to conceive and literally “be a home” for a human, I became even more aware. Having had friends who had trouble conceiving, I was very aware that pregnancy is such a gift, and being the healthiest nest you can be is so key.
YOU HAVE BEEN WORKING WITH THE WOMEN’S PRISON ASSOCIATION, AND LAST SEPTEMBER YOU BROUGHT YOUR 6-YEAR-OLD DAUGHTER LIV TO HELP STUFF BACKPACKS FOR KIDS WHOSE MOTHERS ARE INCARCERATED. CAN YOU TELL OUR READERS MORE?I love volunteering with Liv, and teaching her to be of service is a huge part of parenting to me. We do everything from cooking at our local Food Bank For New York City to working with the Women’s Prison Association. I was humbled when they awarded me the Sarah Powell Huntington Leadership Award recently.
NOW THAT LIV IS GETTING OLDER, WHAT ARE SOME THINGS YOU HAVE LEARNED ABOUT KEEPING KIDS HEALTHY AND TEACHING THEM TO MAKE ECO-CONSCIOUS DECISIONS?I think it’s so important to empower children to make their own decisions – to educate them about how and why you make your decisions about food or cleaning products, or any eco choice. We don’t talk about “good” or “bad,” but instead we look at “loving” and “healthy” choices, both for our bodies and for the planet.
Q&AWITHORANGEISTHENEWBLACKSTARANDECOMAMAALYSIAREINER
is the new BLACKGREEN WHAT ARE SOME OF THE OBSTACLES OF SENDING YOUR
CHILD TO SCHOOL WHERE YOU NO LONGER HAVE FULL SUPERVISION OVER WHAT SHE’S EATING OR BEING EXPOSED TO?I think it’s tricky. For example, Liv’s teacher in Los Angeles uses jelly beans as a reward when kids are good. But again, I think it comes down to instilling good habits and trust [in children]. It’s about lovingly educating kids so they make choices out of self respect and love for themselves, not out of guilt or to make you – the adult – happy. It’s all about moderation. One jelly bean, not 100!
WHY DO YOU THINK IT’S SO IMPORTANT TO TEACH YOUNG CHILDREN ABOUT CONSERVATION AND MAKING ECO-CONSCIOUS DECISIONS? Our children are our future. They will be the guardians of our planet, and they need to have a sense of what that responsibility entails as early as possible. And kids need to have that sense of responsibility ingrained, so it’s not something they question but is just a given. Earth is in jeopardy, our water supply is limited, and our children have to know how to save us.
ARE LIV’S FRIENDS ADOPTING THE SAME THOUGHTS AND PHILOSOPHIES ON SUSTAINABILITY AND HEALTHY EATING? A lot of them are, yes, and they teach each other!
CAN YOU TELL OUR READERS MORE ABOUT THE GREEN COMMITTEE AND YOUR INVOLVEMENT AT LIV’S SCHOOL? We do great work and I’m so excited about all the changes we’re making. It’s a team effort, and I love that our school, Bank Street School for Children, is so willing to embrace change. We started recycling and composting in the
classrooms, and the amount of waste decreased by 95 percent! We sell composters for the home, reusable snack bags and BPA-free water bottles. We changed the soap from that yucky pink stuff to a non-toxic biodegradable one in Liv’s classroom and at the Lower School, and we’re hoping to roll it out to the whole school soon. We’re currently doing a food audit – seeing how we can improve the quality of our food for both the health of the kids and the planet. We are now looking at our next projects and dreaming of a community garden at the school. My best friend Erin Schrode started Teens Turning Green, which has amazing resources and inspiration.
CAN YOU TELL US MORE ABOUT HOW YOU ARE TEACHING THE KIDS AT YOUR DAUGHTER’S SCHOOL TO MEDITATE AND DO YOGA? It’s actually a funny story – I did a pilot show for Amazon called “Down Dog” where I played a healer and yoga teacher. I was telling Liv’s teacher about it, and I think she thought I was an actual yoga teacher, so she asked me to come teach the class – of course I said yes! I have taught stretch and meditation in the past, and it was a joy to be able to bring it to Liv’s class. We had one class that had a yoga animal theme, one that focused on fun breathing exercises and how breathing can calm or energize you, and recently I read them the book “Moody Cow” and taught them to make a mindfulness jar.
WHAT DO YOU BELIEVE IS THE BIGGEST SUSTAINABILITY CHANGE WE CAN ALL MAKE IN THE WORLD? WATER, WATER, WATER! Awareness and conservation of this precious resource is key.
FormoreonAlysiaReiner,visitalysiareiner.com.
For more green life ideas visit greenlivingaz.com/greenlife
Alysia,DavidandLivattheFoodBankforNewYorkCityAlysiaandLivstuffingbackpacksattheWomen’sPrisonAssociation
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animals
Arizona’s zoos are a go-to source of entertainment for people of all ages, but what visitors
don’t often notice are the efforts that go on behind the scenes, including sustainability initiatives. These zoos work hard to educate visitors on the importance of the conservation of both animals and the environment.
OUT OF AFRICA WILDLIFEPARK – CAMP VERDEOut of Africa participates in the Jeans for Giraffes program, where visitors to the wildlife park can donate
their unwanted denim to be reused and made into insulation, preventing 23.8 billion pounds of clothing from being dumped into landfi lls each year. Profi ts benefi t giraffe conservation efforts. Out of Africa also actively recycles
and reuses by repurposing building materials and fencing used for animal enclosures and other building projects in the park. outofafricapark.com
PHOENIX ZOO – PHOENIX The Phoenix Zoo offers multiple programs to conserve the environment, such as the Recycle Your Cell Phone and Ink Cartridges programs as well as the Green Team group, comprised of zoo staff, who introduce projects and ideas to make the zoo more sustainable. The Phoenix Zoo also recently began a partnership with the City of Tempe, allowing Tempe to donate tree branches from landscaping projects to the zoo that can later be turned into mulch and donated back to the city once the animals are done with them.
As you walk through the Phoenix Zoo, you may also notice the various plants and gardens located around the animal exhibits. These herbs,
BY ROXANNE BOWERS
ARIZONA ZOOS GO WILD WITH SUSTAINABILITY EFFORTS
fruits and vegetables are not just for decoration – they’re used as treats and extra food for the animals as behavior incentives. Additionally, the zoo’s hard work in water conservation has helped to decrease their water usage by 20 percent. phoenixzoo.org
REID PARK ZOO – TUCSON Reid Park Zoo in Tucson is another example of a community leader in
sustainable energy, with various programs dedicated to both animals and the environment. Educational conservation programs include the Seafood Watch Program, which promotes sustainable fishing and farming practices.
Tucson Electric Power has worked with the zoo for more than 20 years on numerous building projects, including animal enclosures and the Conservation Learning Center, which was the first building in southern Arizona to be awarded the LEED Platinum Certification from the U.S. Green Building Council. The solar-operated Learning Center is made from recycled construction materials and is home to the zoo’s many conservation education programs.
The zoo also introduced a graywater system in 2008, which collects rainwater that can be used for irrigation and utilities. The Reid Park Zoo’s café,
Zoofari, uses paper plates, napkins and other materials made from recycled plants.reidparkzoo.org
Roxanne Bowers is currently a candidate for a bachelor’s degree at Arizona State University’s School of Liberal Arts and Sciences. She is a local writer passionate about sustainable living.
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animals
Arizona’s zoos are a go-to source of entertainment for people of all ages, but what visitors
don’t often notice are the efforts that go on behind the scenes, including sustainability initiatives. These zoos work hard to educate visitors on the importance of the conservation of both animals and the environment.
OUT OF AFRICA WILDLIFEPARK – CAMP VERDEOut of Africa participates in the Jeans for Giraffes program, where visitors to the wildlife park can donate
their unwanted denim to be reused and made into insulation, preventing 23.8 billion pounds of clothing from being dumped into landfills each year. Profits benefit giraffe conservation efforts. Out of Africa also actively recycles
and reuses by repurposing building materials and fencing used for animal enclosures and other building projects in the park. outofafricapark.com
PHOENIX ZOO – PHOENIX The Phoenix Zoo offers multiple programs to conserve the environment, such as the Recycle Your Cell Phone and Ink Cartridges programs as well as the Green Team group, comprised of zoo staff, who introduce projects and ideas to make the zoo more sustainable. The Phoenix Zoo also recently began a partnership with the City of Tempe, allowing Tempe to donate tree branches from landscaping projects to the zoo that can later be turned into mulch and donated back to the city once the animals are done with them.
As you walk through the Phoenix Zoo, you may also notice the various plants and gardens located around the animal exhibits. These herbs,
BY ROXANNE BOWERS
ARIZONAZOOSGOWILDWITHSUSTAINABILITYEFFORTS
fruits and vegetables are not just for decoration – they’re used as treats and extra food for the animals as behavior incentives. Additionally, the zoo’s hard work in water conservation has helped to decrease their water usage by 20 percent. phoenixzoo.org
REID PARK ZOO – TUCSON Reid Park Zoo in Tucson is another example of a community leader in
sustainable energy, with various programs dedicated to both animals and the environment. Educational conservation programs include the Seafood Watch Program, which promotes sustainable fi shing and farming practices.
Tucson Electric Power has worked with the zoo for more than 20 years on numerous building projects, including animal enclosures and the Conservation Learning Center, which was the fi rst building in southern Arizona to be awarded the LEED Platinum Certifi cation from the U.S. Green Building Council. The solar-operated Learning Center is made from recycled construction materials and is home to the zoo’s many conservation education programs.
The zoo also introduced a graywater system in 2008, which collects rainwater that can be used for irrigation and utilities. The Reid Park Zoo’s café,
Zoofari, uses paper plates, napkins and other materials made from recycled plants. reidparkzoo.org
RoxanneBowersiscurrentlyacandidateforabachelor’sdegreeatArizonaStateUniversity’sSchoolofLiberalArtsandSciences.Sheisalocalwriterpassionateaboutsustainableliving.
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The rain is pelting the windshield. The wind is blowing so hard you fi ght with your steering wheel. In the middle of it all, you try to dodge the cardboard box
that just tumbled in front of your car and struggle to see around the plastic grocery bag that just latched onto your windshield wipers.
Summer storms that occur during Arizona’s monsoon season introduce a new layer of peril for Valley drivers, particularly when litter fi nds its way into the mix. Don’t Trash Arizona, a joint effort of the Maricopa Association of Governments (MAG) and the Arizona Department of Transportation (ADOT), is reminding Valley drivers that our seasonal storms pack enough of a punch to send litter airborne, which increases the risk of car accidents during an already dangerous time of year.
Making matters worse, litter left on our roadways can clog storm drains during heavy downpours. The toxic chemicals found in commonly littered items, such as cigarette butts and plastic packaging, can seep into our water supply when mixed with heavy rains.
While the Transportation Research Board estimates that about 45 percent of highway litter is unintentional, litter is always preventable. The litter found on Valley highways is enough to fi ll 9,250 trash bags each month, or about 1.2 million pounds each year. It costs taxpayers about $3 million to clean up roadside litter each year, in Maricopa County alone.
There is a bright side. You can be part of the solution.To avoid being the source of trashed highways, signifi cant
traffi c delays or even devastating accidents, Don’t Trash Arizona has three helpful tips for staying safe on the roads this monsoon season:
• USE LITTER BAGS. Summer is a great time to hit the openroad with the family. With road trips come snacks that caneasily become litter. Instead of throwing your empty chipbag out the window, toss it in a free, reusable litter bagprovided by Don’t Trash Arizona. With the help of theselitter bags, you can keep our desert litter-free and safe thismonsoon season.
• SECURE YOUR LOAD. Before heading out, be sure to usebungee cords, straps, heavy rope or tarps to secure any loadyou may be pulling. Check the bed of your truck for anyloose trash before getting on the road, and keep the insideof your car clear of empty bags and loose papers so theydon’t fl y out if you open your windows.
• SEE A HABOOB? PULL ASIDE AND STAY ALIVE. Heavy duststorms and torrential downpour can reduce visibility. Inthese situations, check traffi c around you and then safelypull off the roadway. If you are parked alongside the road,turn off all lights, including emergency fl ashers, and takeyour foot off the brake pedal, setting the emergency brakein place. Be sure to have all passengers remain in the vehiclewith their seat belts fastened while waiting for the stormto pass.
Don’t Trash Arizona offers more information on the hazards of unsecured loads on their website, donttrashaz.com.
W.J. “Jim” Lane is the mayor of Scottsdale and the chair of the Maricopa Association of Governments (MAG). MAG, in cooperation with the Arizona Department of Transportation, implements the Don’t Trash Arizona program in the greater Phoenix region. Don’t Trash Arizona is a litter education program designed to address the environmental, economic, safety and health effects of roadway litter.
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The rain is pelting the windshield. The wind is blowing so hard you fight with your steering wheel. In the middle of it all, you try to dodge the cardboard box
that just tumbled in front of your car and struggle to see around the plastic grocery bag that just latched onto your windshield wipers.
Summer storms that occur during Arizona’s monsoon season introduce a new layer of peril for Valley drivers, particularly when litter finds its way into the mix. Don’t Trash Arizona, a joint effort of the Maricopa Association of Governments (MAG) and the Arizona Department of Transportation (ADOT), is reminding Valley drivers that our seasonal storms pack enough of a punch to send litter airborne, which increases the risk of car accidents during an already dangerous time of year.
Making matters worse, litter left on our roadways can clog storm drains during heavy downpours. The toxic chemicals found in commonly littered items, such as cigarette butts and plastic packaging, can seep into our water supply when mixed with heavy rains.
While the Transportation Research Board estimates that about 45 percent of highway litter is unintentional, litter is always preventable. The litter found on Valley highways is enough to fill 9,250 trash bags each month, or about 1.2 million pounds each year. It costs taxpayers about $3 million to clean up roadside litter each year, in Maricopa County alone.
There is a bright side. You can be part of the solution.To avoid being the source of trashed highways, significant
traffic delays or even devastating accidents, Don’t Trash Arizona has three helpful tips for staying safe on the roads this monsoon season:
• USELITTERBAGS. Summer is a great time to hit the open road with the family. With road trips come snacks that can easily become litter. Instead of throwing your empty chip bag out the window, toss it in a free, reusable litter bag provided by Don’t Trash Arizona. With the help of these litter bags, you can keep our desert litter-free and safe this monsoon season.
• SECUREYOURLOAD. Before heading out, be sure to use bungee cords, straps, heavy rope or tarps to secure any load you may be pulling. Check the bed of your truck for any loose trash before getting on the road, and keep the inside of your car clear of empty bags and loose papers so they don’t fly out if you open your windows.
• SEEAHABOOB?PULLASIDEANDSTAYALIVE. Heavy dust storms and torrential downpour can reduce visibility. In these situations, check traffic around you and then safely pull off the roadway. If you are parked alongside the road, turn off all lights, including emergency flashers, and take your foot off the brake pedal, setting the emergency brake in place. Be sure to have all passengers remain in the vehicle with their seat belts fastened while waiting for the storm to pass.
Don’tTrashArizonaoffersmoreinformationonthehazardsofunsecuredloadsontheirwebsite,donttrashaz.com.
W.J.“Jim”LaneisthemayorofScottsdaleandthechairoftheMaricopaAssociationofGovernments(MAG).MAG,incooperationwiththeArizonaDepartmentofTransportation,implementstheDon’tTrashArizonaprograminthegreaterPhoenixregion.Don’tTrashArizonaisalittereducationprogramdesignedtoaddresstheenvironmental,economic,safetyandhealtheffectsofroadwaylitter.
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water
Learning to live with less water can be more diffi cult for some than for others. While the key to living with less water is to make certain we capture and make
the highest benefi cial use of all that nature offers us, it is not always intuitive how best to proceed.
For some, learning to live with less water may require a considerable amount of unlearning. For newcomer or native, it can be naively believed that water, even in Arizona, is plentiful, that the desert can be made to mirror much wetter places, and that whatever inconveniences bubble up as supplies get stretched will be soon overcome by advances in technology. None of this is true, and yet the awareness that we are facing the need to live with less water isn’t matched by a set of operating instructions on just how to do this. Most of us have never had to live with less water. The barriers to learning are thus higher when there is more to unlearn.
Children, however, are generally quick to absorb new topics, and they benefi t from having far less to unlearn than adults. We know that the young are best reached by educational material and approaches that correspond to their current developmental stage, rather than a one-size-fi ts-all curriculum or metric.
In Tucson, thousands of elementary school students have received age-appropriate water conservation education fl owing from a partnership between Tucson Water and the Environmental Education Exchange. The goal: to create the building blocks of water awareness in young people before habits of an earlier era can take hold.
Showing how this is done, the partnership delivered three unique programs to almost 17,000 students during the 2014-2015 school year. For fi rst-time water learners (fi rst through third graders), “Da Drops” combines classroom learning on
the water cycle and water supply concepts along with at-home activities appropriate for their ages. Students in the next three grades received a combination of interdisciplinary lessons on urban water supply and water as a limited resource, as well as at-home activities in a program called Our Water, Our Future. Finally, sixth through eighth graders wade into the intricacies of Tucson’s unique water situation, water use, recycling and conservation through the El Tour de Agua education program. Since 1983, the three programs have reached more than 200,000 students in school districts across the Tucson region. Teachers can schedule presentations and download related materials at outreach-scheduling.org.
Even more water learning is underway in Arizona through the efforts of organizations like the Watershed Management Group. From its beginnings in southern Arizona, the group’s successes now reach the north, including projects in Prescott and Flagstaff that showcase water harvesting, stormwater retention and erosion control practices. Watershed Management recognizes the instructional power of demonstration projects, and its venues now include high traffi c areas like the Lake Havasu Aquatic Center, the Adult Center of Prescott and Ponderosa High School. For smart water management practices to become mainstream, many more examples will be needed.
While learning is never easy, there is a lot at stake as we seek out ways to live in a place with less water. Classroom learning and demonstration projects are moving toward mainstream instructional tools. Implementation is the crucial fi nal stage and, as in all learning moments, is left as an exercise for us all.
David Schaller is a retired environmental scientist living in Tucson where he writes on climate, water and energy security.
For more articles about water visit greenlivingaz.com/water
LEARNING TO LIVE WITH LESS WATERBY DAVID SCHALLER
Photo courtesy of Watershed Management Group
Photo courtesy of Environmental Education Exchange
Apart from a traditional school, museums and zoos provide a unique opportunity for learning, unmatched by anything taking place in a formal classroom.
Museums and zoos encourage Free Choice Learning, where students are exposed to an unstructured environment that piques their curiosity, allowing them to learn at their own pace, in their own way, according to their own interests. Not only does this type of environment provide a broad range of learning opportunities, but the experience itself can be more indelible. For a place like the Desert Museum, the difficulty with this type of learning is location; not every school can bring its students to the Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum “campus.”
This prompted the museum to create the Desert Ark Outreach Program, which effectively brings the museum to the classroom, giving students a firsthand look at what the museum – and the Sonoran Desert – has to offer. The Desert Ark program started more than 50 years ago, and has brought live javelina, bobcats, snakes and other animals to local schools, giving students the opportunity to get up close and personal with the unique desert inhabitants that populate our
region. One of the early Desert “Arks,” a 1963 Studebaker station wagon, still greets visitors at the museum entrance.
Since 2002, the current Ark has sailed to schools, libraries, Boys & Girls Clubs and senior centers across southern Arizona, reaching about 200 schools and 14,000 students of all ages per year. The chance for a young student or older adult to observe a skunk, ringtail, porcupine, military macaw, Gambel’s quail or gopher snake can become a life-changing experience. Extending the museum’s message about ecology, conservation and the unique nature of the Sonoran Desert to a new audience can instill a lifelong curiosity – not just about the desert, but about the natural world and our place in it.
Curious teachers who would like to experience the entire Desert Museum have an opportunity to do so this summer. As a special thank you to teachers everywhere, the Cool Summer Nights program on Saturday, August 22 celebrates Teacher Appreciation Night. Any pre-K to 12th grade teacher with a valid school ID receives free admission to the museum, a Sonoran Desert poster and a 10 percent discount at the museum gift shops.
The Desert Ark program is only one of the many outreach programs the Desert Museum has used since it opened to spread the word about this unique environment, not just to people in Tucson, but all across southern Arizona. The Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum’s goal is expressed in its mission statement: To inspire people to live in harmony with the natural world by fostering love, appreciation and understanding of the Sonoran Desert. If they learn something about themselves along the way, that’s even better.
Jim Miller has been a professional writer for more than 40 years and has been published in dozens of magazines in both the U.S. and Europe. He has been a docent at the Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum since 2005.
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BRINGING THE DESERT INTO THE CLASSROOM
THE
DeSertarKBY JIM MILLER
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education
Learning to live with less water can be more difficult for some than for others. While the key to living with less water is to make certain we capture and make
the highest beneficial use of all that nature offers us, it is not always intuitive how best to proceed.
For some, learning to live with less water may require a considerable amount of unlearning. For newcomer or native, it can be naively believed that water, even in Arizona, is plentiful, that the desert can be made to mirror much wetter places, and that whatever inconveniences bubble up as supplies get stretched will be soon overcome by advances in technology. None of this is true, and yet the awareness that we are facing the need to live with less water isn’t matched by a set of operating instructions on just how to do this. Most of us have never had to live with less water. The barriers to learning are thus higher when there is more to unlearn.
Children, however, are generally quick to absorb new topics, and they benefit from having far less to unlearn than adults. We know that the young are best reached by educational material and approaches that correspond to their current developmental stage, rather than a one-size-fits-all curriculum or metric.
In Tucson, thousands of elementary school students have received age-appropriate water conservation education flowing from a partnership between Tucson Water and the Environmental Education Exchange. The goal: to create the building blocks of water awareness in young people before habits of an earlier era can take hold.
Showing how this is done, the partnership delivered three unique programs to almost 17,000 students during the 2014-2015 school year. For first-time water learners (first through third graders), “Da Drops” combines classroom learning on
the water cycle and water supply concepts along with at-home activities appropriate for their ages. Students in the next three grades received a combination of interdisciplinary lessons on urban water supply and water as a limited resource, as well as at-home activities in a program called Our Water, Our Future. Finally, sixth through eighth graders wade into the intricacies of Tucson’s unique water situation, water use, recycling and conservation through the El Tour de Agua education program. Since 1983, the three programs have reached more than 200,000 students in school districts across the Tucson region. Teachers can schedule presentations and download related materials at outreach-scheduling.org.
Even more water learning is underway in Arizona through the efforts of organizations like the Watershed Management Group. From its beginnings in southern Arizona, the group’s successes now reach the north, including projects in Prescott and Flagstaff that showcase water harvesting, stormwater retention and erosion control practices. Watershed Management recognizes the instructional power of demonstration projects, and its venues now include high traffic areas like the Lake Havasu Aquatic Center, the Adult Center of Prescott and Ponderosa High School. For smart water management practices to become mainstream, many more examples will be needed.
While learning is never easy, there is a lot at stake as we seek out ways to live in a place with less water. Classroom learning and demonstration projects are moving toward mainstream instructional tools. Implementation is the crucial final stage and, as in all learning moments, is left as an exercise for us all.
DavidSchallerisaretiredenvironmentalscientistlivinginTucsonwherehewritesonclimate,waterandenergysecurity.
For more articles about water visit greenlivingaz.com/water
LEARNINGTOLIVEWITHLESSWATERBY DAVID SCHALLER
PhotocourtesyofWatershedManagementGroup
PhotocourtesyofEnvironmentalEducationExchange
Apart from a traditional school, museums and zoos provide a unique opportunity for learning, unmatched by anything taking place in a formal classroom.
Museums and zoos encourage Free Choice Learning, where students are exposed to an unstructured environment that piques their curiosity, allowing them to learn at their own pace, in their own way, according to their own interests. Not only does this type of environment provide a broad range of learning opportunities, but the experience itself can be more indelible. For a place like the Desert Museum, the diffi culty with this type of learning is location; not every school can bring its students to the Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum “campus.”
This prompted the museum to create the Desert Ark Outreach Program, which effectively brings the museum to the classroom, giving students a fi rsthand look at what the museum – and the Sonoran Desert – has to offer. The Desert Ark program started more than 50 years ago, and has brought live javelina, bobcats, snakes and other animals to local schools, giving students the opportunity to get up close and personal with the unique desert inhabitants that populate our
region. One of the early Desert “Arks,” a 1963 Studebaker station wagon, still greets visitors at the museum entrance.
Since 2002, the current Ark has sailed to schools, libraries, Boys & Girls Clubs and senior centers across southern Arizona, reaching about 200 schools and 14,000 students of all ages per year. The chance for a young student or older adult to observe a skunk, ringtail, porcupine, military macaw, Gambel’s quail or gopher snake can become a life-changing experience. Extending the museum’s message about ecology, conservation and the unique nature of the Sonoran Desert to a new audience can instill a lifelong curiosity – not just about the desert, but about the natural world and our place in it.
Curious teachers who would like to experience the entire Desert Museum have an opportunity to do so this summer. As a special thank you to teachers everywhere, the Cool Summer Nights program on Saturday, August 22 celebrates Teacher Appreciation Night. Any pre-K to 12th grade teacher with a valid school ID receives free admission to the museum, a Sonoran Desert poster and a 10 percent discount at the museum gift shops.
The Desert Ark program is only one of the many outreach programs the Desert Museum has used since it opened to spread the word about this unique environment, not just to people in Tucson, but all across southern Arizona. The Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum’s goal is expressed in its mission statement: To inspire people to live in harmony with the natural world by fostering love, appreciation and understanding of the Sonoran Desert. If they learn something about themselves along the way, that’s even better.
JimMillerhasbeenaprofessionalwriterformorethan40yearsandhasbeenpublishedindozensofmagazinesinboththeU.S.andEurope.HehasbeenadocentattheArizona-SonoraDesertMuseumsince2005.
Read more articles about education at greenlivingaz.com/education
BRINGINGTHEDESERTINTOTHECLASSROOM
THE
deSeRtaRKBY JIM MILLER
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GOODWILL’S ZERO WASTE EFFORTSBY AMANDA HARVEY
Have you ever wondered what happened to that t-shirt with a hole in it or that book with the missing pages that you donated to Goodwill? Fear not – it most
likely did not end up in the landfi ll, thanks to the efforts of Mike Dizinno and the Retail Operations Center (ROC) in Phoenix.
If a product in stores does not sell after fi ve weeks it gets transferred to the ROC. The ROC acts as a resource center for extremely marked down items on one side, and as a processing warehouse and sorting facility on the other, which is operated 24/7, 365 days per year.
The goal is to not send anything to the landfi ll, says Dizinno, the Director of Logistics for the Goodwill ROC.
As we toured the facility, a line of people waited outside to be let in the retail area. Most of these patrons buy items to then repurpose for their own use or to resell. Many of these items are sold by the pound at rock-bottom prices in hopes that someone will get use out of them. If items do not sell, they get transferred to the warehouse and are sorted by like item to be sold off to brokers, and mainly get shipped overseas. Donated computers, cell phones, printers and other electronics are collected and sent back to Dell – which Goodwill has a
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GOODWILL’S ZERO WASTE EFFORTSBY AMANDA HARVEY
Have you ever wondered what happened to that t-shirt with a hole in it or that book with the missing pages that you donated to Goodwill? Fear not – it most
likely did not end up in the landfill, thanks to the efforts of Mike Dizinno and the Retail Operations Center (ROC) in Phoenix.
If a product in stores does not sell after five weeks it gets transferred to the ROC. The ROC acts as a resource center for extremely marked down items on one side, and as a processing warehouse and sorting facility on the other, which is operated 24/7, 365 days per year.
The goal is to not send anything to the landfill, says Dizinno, the Director of Logistics for the Goodwill ROC.
As we toured the facility, a line of people waited outside to be let in the retail area. Most of these patrons buy items to then repurpose for their own use or to resell. Many of these items are sold by the pound at rock-bottom prices in hopes that someone will get use out of them. If items do not sell, they get transferred to the warehouse and are sorted by like item to be sold off to brokers, and mainly get shipped overseas. Donated computers, cell phones, printers and other electronics are collected and sent back to Dell – which Goodwill has a
partnership with – to be refurbished or stripped for parts. Stuffed animals, linens, belts, purses and clothes are bundled in huge bails and are sometimes shipped off to developing countries to be used as-is or even taken apart for other use, such as rags and insulation. If the quality of the clothing is good enough, it may even end up in a department store somewhere overseas. Even single shoes get batched and sold. The point is – everything gets sold and used for some purpose.
Goodwill also has plastic bag collection sites in their stores, which are transferred to the ROC and sold in bails to Trex, a company that mixes melted plastic bags and sawdust together
to make faux wood for decking and benches. “We’re doing about 35,000 pounds of plastic bags per month. It’s done better than ever expected,” said Dizinno.
Last year, Goodwill diverted 1.7 million pounds from the landfi ll. Instead of throwing it out, the next time you think an item is not fi t for donation, drop it off to Goodwill. You never know – someone may see the shabby-chic potential in those tattered novels or someone across the ocean may desperately need that old t-shirt.
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TIPS FOR A GREENER SCHOOL YEAR BY SARA WEBER
With the upcoming school year comes the potential for a serious environmental conundrum: How can faculty, students and families work together
to reduce their school’s environmental impact? A school is obviously a place in which lights, paper, pencils, water bottles, trash and other green-fi end nightmares run rampant. To help placate some of these fears, Green Living magazine asked local education experts to share some advice on how they’ve encouraged faculty, students and parents to contribute.
MESA UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT (MUSD) MUSD recently obtained 90 propane school busses and is steadily working toward becoming a paperless district. Jeanne Vandemark, director of transportation at MUSD, spoke about what their district has implemented and seen success with in the past few years. Some of their most successful endeavors include the following:• Reduce idle time for busses by encouraging drivers to turn
off the engine whenever stopped for extended periods of time. Parents are also encouraged to do this when picking up or dropping off their students.
• Work to make the school district paperless by using electronic forms whenever possible.
• Enable and encourage families to organize a carpooling system.
FLAGSTAFF UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT (FUSD)Science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) programs play a vital role in environmental studies at FUSD. One of the ways they encourage students interested in one of these fi elds is through hands-on gardening and water programs. FUSD’s district relations coordinator Karin Eberhard said many of the food grown in these gardens helps feed neighboring communities. She also had some tips and tricks for schools looking to take on a similar goal:• Implement a Walk or Bike to School Day.• Build gardens and greenhouses that involve students in
the process.• Utilize the community assets and programs. This
is particularly true when partnering with city and county programs.
• Support the teachers in their efforts. Parents are great resources, and when they know their skills can be used by the teachers to enhance their teaching it is a win-win for everyone.
Students participate in the FUSD Water Festival
MUSD uses propane-powered school busses
TUCSON UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT (TUSD) Moses Thompson, the school garden and sustainability program coordinator for TUSD encourages students to get their hands dirty and familiarize themselves with the process of growing plants and food. He has some other tips to get kids involved with their school’s green initiatives: • Empower students to support and monitor energy usage by
turning off lights when leaving the classroom and keeping doors and windows closed while heating and cooling is turned on.
• Work with students to set up a classroom recycling program, or an energy patrol to monitor school-wide energy use and recycling.
• Introduce potted herb gardens to the classroom or outside the classroom door as a simple way to connect students with plant life and food production.
• Be agents of change in making schools more sustainable! Meet with teachers and administrators to talk about what’s possible and explore ways to bring the community in for support.
• Do your homework and see what other schools are doing in the realm of sustainability, talk to your school staff about feasible entry points and organize your friends to help make it happen!
THE ARIZONA DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY (ADEQ) In addition to the school districts, ADEQ is working to reduce impact and raise awareness among residents. Their efforts range from air quality awareness to advanced recycling techniques, and almost everything in between. Julie Ann Finke, Caroline Oppleman and J.B. Shaw shared tips for how schools can educate students and parents, while providing creative solutions:• Use contests to inspire students and parents to recycle.• Get creative with recycling by looking beyond paper and
plastic water bottles. Things like technology (or “e-waste”) and extra food can be recycled, and other material can be upcycled or repurposed.
• Let students participate in the process. There are many opportunities for projects, online classes and other interactive ways to get students involved.These certainly aren’t the only ways schools and students
can make the classroom greener, but they’re a good start in the right direction. Projects, both big and small, can improve a school’s environmental standing and inspire students to take their attempts and apply them to other areas in life.
Sara Weber is a master’s candidate at the Walter Cronkite School of Journalism and Mass Communication studying both print and digital platforms. She has written for other Arizona magazines and recently reported on the sustainability of construction plans in Nicaragua.
Read more articles about education at greenlivingaz.com/education
Get creative with recycling by looking beyond paper and plastic
TUSD teaches students how to grow plants and food
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TIPSFORAGREENERSCHOOLYEARBYSARAWEBER
With the upcoming school year comes the potential for a serious environmental conundrum: How can faculty, students and families work together
to reduce their school’s environmental impact? A school is obviously a place in which lights, paper, pencils, water bottles, trash and other green-fiend nightmares run rampant. To help placate some of these fears, Green Living magazine asked local education experts to share some advice on how they’ve encouraged faculty, students and parents to contribute.
MESA UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT (MUSD) MUSD recently obtained 90 propane school busses and is steadily working toward becoming a paperless district. Jeanne Vandemark, director of transportation at MUSD, spoke about what their district has implemented and seen success with in the past few years. Some of their most successful endeavors include the following:• Reduce idle time for busses by encouraging drivers to turn
off the engine whenever stopped for extended periods of time. Parents are also encouraged to do this when picking up or dropping off their students.
• Work to make the school district paperless by using electronic forms whenever possible.
• Enable and encourage families to organize a carpooling system.
FLAGSTAFF UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT (FUSD)Science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) programs play a vital role in environmental studies at FUSD. One of the ways they encourage students interested in one of these fields is through hands-on gardening and water programs. FUSD’s district relations coordinator Karin Eberhard said many of the food grown in these gardens helps feed neighboring communities. She also had some tips and tricks for schools looking to take on a similar goal:• Implement a Walk or Bike to School Day.• Build gardens and greenhouses that involve students in
the process.• Utilize the community assets and programs. This
is particularly true when partnering with city and county programs.
• Support the teachers in their efforts. Parents are great resources, and when they know their skills can be used by the teachers to enhance their teaching it is a win-win for everyone.
StudentsparticipateintheFUSDWaterFestival
MUSDusespropane-poweredschoolbusses
TUCSON UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT (TUSD) Moses Thompson, the school garden and sustainability program coordinator for TUSD encourages students to get their hands dirty and familiarize themselves with the process of growing plants and food. He has some other tips to get kids involved with their school’s green initiatives: • Empower students to support and monitor energy usage by
turning off lights when leaving the classroom and keepingdoors and windows closed while heating and cooling isturned on.
• Work with students to set up a classroom recycling program,or an energy patrol to monitor school-wide energy useand recycling.
• Introduce potted herb gardens to the classroom or outsidethe classroom door as a simple way to connect students withplant life and food production.
• Be agents of change in making schools more sustainable!Meet with teachers and administrators to talk about what’spossible and explore ways to bring the community infor support.
• Do your homework and see what other schools are doingin the realm of sustainability, talk to your school staff aboutfeasible entry points and organize your friends to help makeit happen!
THE ARIZONA DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY (ADEQ) In addition to the school districts, ADEQ is working to reduce impact and raise awareness among residents. Their efforts range from air quality awareness to advanced recycling techniques, and almost everything in between. Julie Ann Finke, Caroline Oppleman and J.B. Shaw shared tips for how schools can educate students and parents, while providing creative solutions:• Use contests to inspire students and parents to recycle.• Get creative with recycling by looking beyond paper and
plastic water bottles. Things like technology (or “e-waste”)and extra food can be recycled, and other material can beupcycled or repurposed.
• Let students participate in the process. There are manyopportunities for projects, online classes and otherinteractive ways to get students involved.These certainly aren’t the only ways schools and students
can make the classroom greener, but they’re a good start in the right direction. Projects, both big and small, can improve a school’s environmental standing and inspire students to take their attempts and apply them to other areas in life.
SaraWeberisamaster’scandidateattheWalterCronkiteSchoolofJournalismandMassCommunicationstudyingbothprintanddigitalplatforms.ShehaswrittenforotherArizonamagazinesandrecentlyreportedonthesustainabilityofconstructionplansinNicaragua.
Read more articles about education at greenlivingaz.com/education
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TUSDteachesstudentshowtogrowplantsandfood
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Well, there’s a new kind of “green” on the table.Casinos across Arizona have made a commitment to green
building practices in various ways, from on-site recycling at Wild Horse Pass Hotel and Casino in Chandler to Casino Del Sol’s Sustainability Education Empowerment Development (SEED) initiative in Tucson.
Casino Del Sol has become the state’s leading example of how a casino property can develop and expand with the environment in mind. SEED has implemented standards across Casino Del Sol to conserve natural resources, reduce waste, decrease pollution and conserve energy. As part of the SEED implementation, Casino Del Sol installed energy-effi cient LED and compact fl uorescent lights, composting services and occupancy sensors for lighting.
“Our goal is to provide Arizona hotels with the tools and incentives to be as ‘green’ as possible, and to communicate
that Arizona has a surplus of options for environmentally conscious visitors,” said Debbie Johnson, president and chief executive offi cer of the Arizona Tourism and Lodging Association. “With their continuous and ongoing sustainability efforts, the Casino Del Sol resort, spa and conference center is a shining beacon in our efforts to put Arizona on the map.”
Another resort putting Arizona on the “green” map is the We-Ko-Pa Resort, which includes the popular Fort McDowell Casino. The We-Ko-Pa was the fi rst full-destination resort in Arizona to be recognized as LEED registered in 2011 with the U.S. Green Building Council.
When guests arrive at the We-Ko-Pa, they immediately experience many of the LEED features, including a smoke-free facility and the use of environmentally safe cleaning products to maintain the indoor environmental quality. Behind the scenes, the commitment to a great workplace is equally strong, as kitchen waste is recycled into compost for organic farming and water is conserved for a stormwater management and irrigation system.
The resort also works with specifi c vendors that practice green initiatives. These practices have been successfully implemented across the property, from the We-Ko-Pa golf course, several restaurants and, of course, the popular casino.
So, the next time you walk into a casino and think about “green,” take time to appreciate the eco-friendly efforts before grabbing your wallet!
Rodric J. Hurdle-Bradford is a freelance writer based in Arizona and Nevada. He covers casinos, energy, entertainment and real estate. He can be contacted at [email protected].
Photos courtesy of Casino Del Sol
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When the word “green” is mentioned in the same sentence as casinos, you might think of cash, credit cards, credit lines and ATM machines.
Well, there’s a new kind of “green” on the table.Casinos across Arizona have made a commitment to green
building practices in various ways, from on-site recycling at Wild Horse Pass Hotel and Casino in Chandler to Casino Del Sol’s Sustainability Education Empowerment Development (SEED) initiative in Tucson.
Casino Del Sol has become the state’s leading example of how a casino property can develop and expand with the environment in mind. SEED has implemented standards across Casino Del Sol to conserve natural resources, reduce waste, decrease pollution and conserve energy. As part of the SEED implementation, Casino Del Sol installed energy-efficient LED and compact fluorescent lights, composting services and occupancy sensors for lighting.
“Our goal is to provide Arizona hotels with the tools and incentives to be as ‘green’ as possible, and to communicate
that Arizona has a surplus of options for environmentally conscious visitors,” said Debbie Johnson, president and chief executive officer of the Arizona Tourism and Lodging Association. “With their continuous and ongoing sustainability efforts, the Casino Del Sol resort, spa and conference center is a shining beacon in our efforts to put Arizona on the map.”
Another resort putting Arizona on the “green” map is the We-Ko-Pa Resort, which includes the popular Fort McDowell Casino. The We-Ko-Pa was the first full-destination resort in Arizona to be recognized as LEED registered in 2011 with the U.S. Green Building Council.
When guests arrive at the We-Ko-Pa, they immediately experience many of the LEED features, including a smoke-free facility and the use of environmentally safe cleaning products to maintain the indoor environmental quality. Behind the scenes, the commitment to a great workplace is equally strong, as kitchen waste is recycled into compost for organic farming and water is conserved for a stormwater management and irrigation system.
The resort also works with specific vendors that practice green initiatives. These practices have been successfully implemented across the property, from the We-Ko-Pa golf course, several restaurants and, of course, the popular casino.
So, the next time you walk into a casino and think about “green,” take time to appreciate the eco-friendly efforts before grabbing your wallet!
Rodric J. Hurdle-Bradford is a freelance writer based in Arizona and Nevada. He covers casinos, energy, entertainment and real estate. He can be contacted at [email protected].
Photos courtesy of Casino Del Sol
For more green energy sector articles visitgreenlivingaz.com/energy sector
A DIFFERENT TYPE OF GREEN FOR ARIZONA CASINOSBY RODRIC J. HURDLE-BRADFORD
U.S. PATENT 7665459 – ADDITIONAL U.S. AND FOREIGN PATENTS PENDING
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business
One of the most important aspects of the sharing economy is that many emerging business models are well suited to starting a green business. These
business models fall into two general categories: those which facilitate transactions that result in greater access to a product or service instead of ownership, and those which enable peer-to-peer transactions that connect the unused capacity of individuals with demand arising from their peers. Renting and reselling goods are examples in the fi rst category, and carpooling and Wi-Fi hotspot sharing are examples in the second.
One of the budding areas for green business in the sharing economy is solar electricity and hot water. The potential market for this form of business is in the billions of dollars annually. The two most feasible sharing models are solar gardens, where a community of 50 to 100 homes shares the power generated by a local solar array, and has onsite shared solar for a multi-unit building. These arrangements are the least expensive use of solar photovoltaic technology, and economies of scale drive the per-watt price down to the minimum possible. The limiting factor for the growth of this sector of the sharing economy is the plethora of confusing and sometimes confl icting regulations in the U.S.
Another emerging green business model with extremely high potential is in health care, and is exemplifi ed by companies like Heal in Los Angeles and Pager in New York City. These businesses are taking advantage of the fact that there is an average 20-day wait to see a primary care physician across the U.S., and demand for non-emergency home visits is increasing due to an aging population. The business model is similar to Uber, but instead of calling for rides, users call for in-home visits by board certifi ed doctors.
Heal and Pager doctors are on-call from 8:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m. seven days a week. The customers download a smartphone app, register for the service, and then send a request for a house call for a non-emergency situation. The doctor and their assistant arrive in 60 minutes or less for a fl at fee of $99.00 for Heal and $50.00 for Pager. Users obtain prompt treatment and avoid a trip to the doctor’s offi ce or to the hospital. Doctors get a better understanding of lifestyle choices that may be affecting a patient’s health as well as the ability to treat patients holistically in a more relaxed, non-clinical environment.
A third green business model is based on peer-to-peer lending, which offers high interest rates for investors and has the potential to completely usurp the traditional banking model. In 2014, according to The Business Insider, $6.6 billion in peer-to-peer loans were made. This form of lending is especially attractive for renewable energy facility construction and operation, as many traditional lenders view these projects as too high a risk, especially at the local level. The Abundance Company, which made more than $12 million in loans last year, lends specifi cally to renewable energy projects worldwide. Its most recent project is a solar garden installation in Scotland that promises investors a 7.5 percent return for 20 years.
Next time: The Sharing Economy and the Promise of Green Living.
Dr. Camarota is Executive Director of Tellari, an Arizona-based research and educational organization dedicated to helping business leaders build sustainable companies. [email protected] tellari.com
Illustration by Fred Lee
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BY ANTON G. CAMAROTA, PHD
THE SHARING ECONOMY PART 3
FINDING GREEN BUSINESS OPPORTUNITIES
Heal in Los Angeles offers users in-home visits by board certifi ed doctors. Doctors get a better understanding of lifestyle choices that may be affecting a patient’s health as well as the ability to treat patients holistically in a more relaxed, non-clinical environment.
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One of the most important aspects of the sharing economy is that many emerging business models are well suited to starting a green business. These
business models fall into two general categories: those which facilitate transactions that result in greater access to a product or service instead of ownership, and those which enable peer-to-peer transactions that connect the unused capacity of individuals with demand arising from their peers. Renting and reselling goods are examples in the first category, and carpooling and Wi-Fi hotspot sharing are examples in the second.
One of the budding areas for green business in the sharing economy is solar electricity and hot water. The potential market for this form of business is in the billions of dollars annually. The two most feasible sharing models are solar gardens, where a community of 50 to 100 homes shares the power generated by a local solar array, and has onsite shared solar for a multi-unit building. These arrangements are the least expensive use of solar photovoltaic technology, and economies of scale drive the per-watt price down to the minimum possible. The limiting factor for the growth of this sector of the sharing economy is the plethora of confusing and sometimes conflicting regulations in the U.S.
Another emerging green business model with extremely high potential is in health care, and is exemplified by companies like Heal in Los Angeles and Pager in New York City. These businesses are taking advantage of the fact that there is an average 20-day wait to see a primary care physician across the U.S., and demand for non-emergency home visits is increasing due to an aging population. The business model is similar to Uber, but instead of calling for rides, users call for in-home visits by board certified doctors.
Heal and Pager doctors are on-call from 8:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m. seven days a week. The customers download a smartphone app, register for the service, and then send a request for a house call for a non-emergency situation. The doctor and their assistant arrive in 60 minutes or less for a flat fee of $99.00 for Heal and $50.00 for Pager. Users obtain prompt treatment and avoid a trip to the doctor’s office or to the hospital. Doctors get a better understanding of lifestyle choices that may be affecting a patient’s health as well as the ability to treat patients holistically in a more relaxed, non-clinical environment.
A third green business model is based on peer-to-peer lending, which offers high interest rates for investors and has the potential to completely usurp the traditional banking model. In 2014, according to The Business Insider, $6.6 billion in peer-to-peer loans were made. This form of lending is especially attractive for renewable energy facility construction and operation, as many traditional lenders view these projects as too high a risk, especially at the local level. The Abundance Company, which made more than $12 million in loans last year, lends specifically to renewable energy projects worldwide. Its most recent project is a solar garden installation in Scotland that promises investors a 7.5 percent return for 20 years.
Nexttime:TheSharingEconomyandthePromiseofGreenLiving.
Dr.CamarotaisExecutiveDirectorofTellari,anArizona-basedresearchandeducationalorganizationdedicatedtohelpingbusinessleadersbuildsustainablecompanies.anton@tellari.comtellari.com
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We hope that last month’s article about traveling the Baja peninsula has inspired you to start packing your bags and mapping out your route! In this follow-up we intend to leave you hungry and thirsty for the local
‘comida’ (food) and ‘bebidas’ (drink) that the Baja has to offer. First stop…Tecate, a charming city situated just 40 miles southeast of San Diego.
As the name implies, this town is home to Tecate beer, one of the most popular ‘cervezas’ in California and Mexico. Production of this beer began in 1943, and touring the Tecate brewery and enjoying a cold one in the beer garden is a must.
EXPLORING THE CULTURE OF THE MEXICAN BAJA EAT, DRINK AND BE MERRYBY DANNA AND JENNA SPACKEEN
You may notice that the beer tastes better than the Tecate that comes from your fridge. Well, you are right! The Tecate imported into the U.S. is actually brewed in Monterrey, Mexico, so it is made with different water and it contains less alcohol than the beer that is brewed in the town of Tecate.
After enjoying cervezas in Tecate, be sure to continue your Baja journey by heading south on Route 3 into the Valle de Guadalupe. Welcome to Mexico’s very own ‘Ruta Del Vino’ wine country. This majestic landscape full of rolling hills and grapevines is home to dozens of vineyards. While wine tasting in the Baja may come as a surprise, the art of wine making was introduced to Mexico in the 16th century with the arrival of the conquistadors. Whether you are a wine connoisseur or simply want to enjoy some Mexican vino, there are many wine tasting opportunities to be found. Some of the wineries are reminiscent of California’s Napa Valley with their chic architecture and modern methods of production, while other wineries are no more than simple, rudimentary structures located off the beaten path down a dusty, unpaved road. Two of the most accessible wineries that are clearly visible from Route 3 are L.A. Cetto and Domecq. Another great aspect to tasting wine in the Baja is that some of the wineries have adopted organic methods of production and it is possible to fi nd wines that are sulfi te-free.
Whether your Baja adventure takes you to the tranquil Sea of Cortez or the wild Pacifi c Ocean, be sure to sample the local cuisine. For seafood lovers this region is a gastronomic paradise. While seafood is prepared in a variety of ways, you’ll be sure to fi nd fi sh tacos on every menu. Baja stakes claim as the birthplace of the fi sh taco, and there is nothing more satisfying to the palette than a soft tortilla wrapped around fi llets of fresh fi sh, shrimp or lobster that slept in the ocean the night before. If seafood is not your pleasure, you can always feast on tacos made with beef carne asada, rotisserie pork or chicken, where the meat is likely free of hormones.
Sipping and sampling your way through the Baja will defi nitely add fl avor to your adventure and satiate your taste buds. We wish you the best on your exploration of the wondrous Baja!
Danna Spackeen is a home maker who divides her time between her house in Sandy, Utah and her casa in Puerto Peñasco, Mexico. She is an avid ocean-lover and her favorite place to explore is the Baja.
Jenna Spackeen, Danna’s daughter, is a marine scientist working on her PhD at the Virginia Institute of Marine Science, where she is studying the impacts of climate change on phytoplankton.
Photo by Jenna Spackeen
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travel
We hope that last month’s article about traveling the Baja peninsula has inspired you to start packing your bags and mapping out your route! In this follow-up we intend to leave you hungry and thirsty for the local
‘comida’ (food) and ‘bebidas’ (drink) that the Baja has to offer. First stop…Tecate, a charming city situated just 40 miles southeast of San Diego.
As the name implies, this town is home to Tecate beer, one of the most popular ‘cervezas’ in California and Mexico. Production of this beer began in 1943, and touring the Tecate brewery and enjoying a cold one in the beer garden is a must.
EXPLORINGTHECULTUREOFTHEMEXICANBAJAEAT,DRINKANDBEMERRYBYDANNAANDJENNASPACKEEN
You may notice that the beer tastes better than the Tecate that comes from your fridge. Well, you are right! The Tecate imported into the U.S. is actually brewed in Monterrey, Mexico, so it is made with different water and it contains less alcohol than the beer that is brewed in the town of Tecate.
After enjoying cervezas in Tecate, be sure to continue your Baja journey by heading south on Route 3 into the Valle de Guadalupe. Welcome to Mexico’s very own ‘Ruta Del Vino’ wine country. This majestic landscape full of rolling hills and grapevines is home to dozens of vineyards. While wine tasting in the Baja may come as a surprise, the art of wine making was introduced to Mexico in the 16th century with the arrival of the conquistadors. Whether you are a wine connoisseur or simply want to enjoy some Mexican vino, there are many wine tasting opportunities to be found. Some of the wineries are reminiscent of California’s Napa Valley with their chic architecture and modern methods of production, while other wineries are no more than simple, rudimentary structures located off the beaten path down a dusty, unpaved road. Two of the most accessible wineries that are clearly visible from Route 3 are L.A. Cetto and Domecq. Another great aspect to tasting wine in the Baja is that some of the wineries have adopted organic methods of production and it is possible to fi nd wines that are sulfi te-free.
Whether your Baja adventure takes you to the tranquil Sea of Cortez or the wild Pacifi c Ocean, be sure to sample the local cuisine. For seafood lovers this region is a gastronomic paradise. While seafood is prepared in a variety of ways, you’ll be sure to fi nd fi sh tacos on every menu. Baja stakes claim as the birthplace of the fi sh taco, and there is nothing more satisfying to the palette than a soft tortilla wrapped around fi llets of fresh fi sh, shrimp or lobster that slept in the ocean the night before. If seafood is not your pleasure, you can always feast on tacos made with beef carne asada, rotisserie pork or chicken, where the meat is likely free of hormones.
Sipping and sampling your way through the Baja will defi nitely add fl avor to your adventure and satiate your taste buds. We wish you the best on your exploration of the wondrous Baja!
DannaSpackeenisahomemakerwhodivideshertimebetweenherhouseinSandy,UtahandhercasainPuertoPeñasco,Mexico.Sheisanavidocean-loverandherfavoriteplacetoexploreistheBaja.
JennaSpackeen,Danna’sdaughter,isamarinescientistworkingonherPhDattheVirginiaInstituteofMarineScience,wheresheisstudyingtheimpactsofclimatechangeonphytoplankton.
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Borborygmus.That’s the technical term for what you’re experiencing now: great big rumbles from ‘neath your navel. Snarls from your stomach; a reminder that it’s
snack time. Aside from sugary-salty goodness, though, and a feeling of satisfaction, what will you consume? To fi nd out, read “This is What You Just Put in Your Mouth?” by Patrick Di Justo, and hang on to your gut…
The coffee pot is close, so let’s start out with a cuppa joe, which includes an ingredient that “helps give real butter its fl avor” and one that actually keeps bacteria off your teeth.
So far, so good. Real good, in fact, so you might follow it up with something sweet to get you through your day, complete with “artifi cial human salivary enzymes,” perhaps topped with a product that contains “a high percentage of air.”
Uhhh, or maybe not. How ‘bout something cheesy – some “cheese, processed cheese, cheese food, [or] cheese spread” – each of which are different, says Di Justo. Or salty, which might contain three ingredients that cause addiction in lab rats. If you’re watching your weight, though, beware: federal regulations state that a serving size is generally based on what a 4-year-old can consume. And expiration dates?
Nope. There’s “no federal regulation to date food at all,” according to DiJusto.
Well, now your appetite is gone; in fact, you might want to lie down somewhere…Or maybe you just need to be with friends, so put in your contacts (the solution for which may contain a product used with anticancer drugs) and mascara (which you defi nitely do not want to wear near a magnet!) and
head down for your favorite libation (which could cause irregular heartbeat). Or maybe you’ll just skip it all to spend time with the dog (and feed him something that’s “deliberately stinky”) or the kids (and give them what “attempts to artifi cially re-create something that already exists…”). Bon appétit!
“If you’re looking for shocking stories of the gigantic corporate conspiracy to poison America…you’re reading the wrong book,” said the author. Without intending to scare, he says he looked at various products with curiosity and the notion that knowing what’s in our products is better than not knowing. It can’t be an accident that he also entertains readers, then, can it?
I don’t think it is: in this collection of Wired magazine articles, Di Justo is hilarious, as he explains how he learned what’s inside everyday products, not just food. What he fi nds may surprise and delight you (and disgust you).
For sure, you’ll read ingredient labels a whole lot closer. Depending on how you look at it, this is a consumer’s dream, or a nightmare. Either way, it’s a twisted, fun and very eye-opening book to have. “This is What You Just Put in Your Mouth?” will give you food for thought – and it may make you growl.
Terri Schlichenmeyer, also known as The Bookworm, is a professional book reviewer. Terri has been reading since she was 3 years old and she never goes anywhere without a book. She lives in Wisconsin with her two dogs and 14,000 books.
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Borborygmus.That’s the technical term for what you’re experiencing now: great big rumbles from ‘neath your navel. Snarls from your stomach; a reminder that it’s
snack time. Aside from sugary-salty goodness, though, and a feeling of satisfaction, what will you consume? To find out, read “This is What You Just Put in Your Mouth?” by Patrick Di Justo, and hang on to your gut…
The coffee pot is close, so let’s start out with a cuppa joe, which includes an ingredient that “helps give real butter its flavor” and one that actually keeps bacteria off your teeth.
So far, so good. Real good, in fact, so you might follow it up with something sweet to get you through your day, complete with “artificial human salivary enzymes,” perhaps topped with a product that contains “a high percentage of air.”
Uhhh, or maybe not. How ‘bout something cheesy – some “cheese, processed cheese, cheese food, [or] cheese spread” – each of which are different, says Di Justo. Or salty, which might contain three ingredients that cause addiction in lab rats. If you’re watching your weight, though, beware: federal regulations state that a serving size is generally based on what a 4-year-old can consume. And expiration dates?
Nope. There’s “no federal regulation to date food at all,” according to DiJusto.
Well, now your appetite is gone; in fact, you might want to lie down somewhere…Or maybe you just need to be with friends, so put in your contacts (the solution for which may contain a product used with anticancer drugs) and mascara (which you definitely do not want to wear near a magnet!) and
head down for your favorite libation (which could cause irregular heartbeat). Or maybe you’ll just skip it all to spend time with the dog (and feed him something that’s “deliberately stinky”) or the kids (and give them what “attempts to artificially re-create something that already exists…”). Bon appétit!
“If you’re looking for shocking stories of the gigantic corporate conspiracy to poison America…you’re reading the wrong book,” said the author. Without intending to scare, he says he looked at various products with curiosity and the notion that knowing what’s in our products is better than not knowing. It can’t be an accident that he also entertains readers, then, can it?
I don’t think it is: in this collection of Wired magazine articles, Di Justo is hilarious, as he explains how he learned what’s inside everyday products, not just food. What he finds may surprise and delight you (and disgust you).
For sure, you’ll read ingredient labels a whole lot closer. Depending on how you look at it, this is a consumer’s dream, or a nightmare. Either way, it’s a twisted, fun and very eye-opening book to have. “This is What You Just Put in Your Mouth?” will give you food for thought – and it may make you growl.
Terri Schlichenmeyer, also known as The Bookworm, is a professional book reviewer. Terri has been reading since she was 3 years old and she never goes anywhere without a book. She lives in Wisconsin with her two dogs and 14,000 books.
For more book reviews visit greenlivingaz.com/bookreviews
THIS IS WHAT YOU JUST PUT IN YOUR MOUTH?BOOK BY PATRICK DI JUSTO
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green kids
What did you learn in grade school? Most likely, you learned how to read the food pyramid and the reasons behind our Thanksgiving celebration, but
did you learn how to grow your own food? Students at Banner Children’s Academy of Education and Development – a private school for students experiencing academic and emotional diffi culties, including Autism and Asperger’s syndrome – are learning exactly that. In a program called the Environmental Conservation Outdoor Education class (ECO for short), students are taught how to live sustainably by maintaining an onsite garden and using the harvested veggies to prepare meals to share with their classmates.
In 2009, Sue Cullumber created the ECO class; she was inspired by her time spent in the Galapagos Islands, teaching students in a program that “was all about recycling and reusing,” she said. When Cullumber returned to the States, she planted salsa gardens with her students and grew tomatoes, cilantro, peppers and garlic. Since then, the garden has expanded to fi t more veggies; for example, students recently grew mint to make mint-chocolate-chip ice cream and lemon balm for tea. The program has grown by adopting
other sustainable practices, like recycling and composting, as well as creating recycled art projects.
At fi rst, the ECO class was held inside a small room at Banner Behavioral Hospital, where the academy was originally located. The tight space made it challenging for Cullumber and her students to prepare their meals: “When I fi rst started cooking with the students…we did not have a stove,” she said. With just “a one-burner hotplate, as well as just a toaster oven we did the fi rst Taste of the Garden [event].” To prepare for the event, ECO students used the veggies in the garden to make pico de gallo for everyone in attendance. Now, students have more space to cook, as the school relocated to Tempe last August. “When we fi rst moved here, we were amazed because the rooms are so much bigger,” said Thomas Dean, a 10th grade student at the academy. “I got down here and I was ready to jump in.”
Teaching students to grow and prepare their own food encourages them to stay away from processed food. “We make stuff that is fresh so [the students] realize that you don’t have to just buy packaged stuff and make it in the microwave,” Cullumber said. “My favorite part is using the items from the garden and learning you don’t need everything that’s store bought,” said Dean. “[You can] make food that tastes good and still keep it healthy.”
Everything growing in the garden is seasonal, including the recently planted watermelon and cantaloupe. Melons grow fast in Arizona’s warm and sunny months and, according to Cullumber, the melons in the garden have “really gone crazy.” Before the melons grew, they were just tiny seeds buried underneath a pile of dirt, but with time comes great things: “I really like seeing that,” exclaimed Jon Wong, an 11th grade student at the academy. “One day, you see the garden and you’re like, ‘I’m never going to get it like the farmers do.’ And over the weekend, we come back and we’re like, ‘It’s a jungle!’” Wong’s enthusiasm shows that students in the program learn other virtues as well, including patience.
Cara Pencak is a local writer with a strong connection to our natural world. In December, she will graduate from Arizona State University with an English degree and a technical communication certifi cate.
Photos by Heather Santella.
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What did you learn in grade school? Most likely, you learned how to read the food pyramid and the reasons behind our Thanksgiving celebration, but
did you learn how to grow your own food? Students at Banner Children’s Academy of Education and Development – a private school for students experiencing academic and emotional difficulties, including Autism and Asperger’s syndrome – are learning exactly that. In a program called the Environmental Conservation Outdoor Education class (ECO for short), students are taught how to live sustainably by maintaining an onsite garden and using the harvested veggies to prepare meals to share with their classmates.
In 2009, Sue Cullumber created the ECO class; she was inspired by her time spent in the Galapagos Islands, teaching students in a program that “was all about recycling and reusing,” she said. When Cullumber returned to the States, she planted salsa gardens with her students and grew tomatoes, cilantro, peppers and garlic. Since then, the garden has expanded to fit more veggies; for example, students recently grew mint to make mint-chocolate-chip ice cream and lemon balm for tea. The program has grown by adopting
other sustainable practices, like recycling and composting, as well as creating recycled art projects.
At first, the ECO class was held inside a small room at Banner Behavioral Hospital, where the academy was originally located. The tight space made it challenging for Cullumber and her students to prepare their meals: “When I first started cooking with the students…we did not have a stove,” she said. With just “a one-burner hotplate, as well as just a toaster oven we did the first Taste of the Garden [event].” To prepare for the event, ECO students used the veggies in the garden to make pico de gallo for everyone in attendance. Now, students have more space to cook, as the school relocated to Tempe last August. “When we first moved here, we were amazed because the rooms are so much bigger,” said Thomas Dean, a 10th grade student at the academy. “I got down here and I was ready to jump in.”
Teaching students to grow and prepare their own food encourages them to stay away from processed food. “We make stuff that is fresh so [the students] realize that you don’t have to just buy packaged stuff and make it in the microwave,” Cullumber said. “My favorite part is using the items from the garden and learning you don’t need everything that’s store bought,” said Dean. “[You can] make food that tastes good and still keep it healthy.”
Everything growing in the garden is seasonal, including the recently planted watermelon and cantaloupe. Melons grow fast in Arizona’s warm and sunny months and, according to Cullumber, the melons in the garden have “really gone crazy.” Before the melons grew, they were just tiny seeds buried underneath a pile of dirt, but with time comes great things: “I really like seeing that,” exclaimed Jon Wong, an 11th grade student at the academy. “One day, you see the garden and you’re like, ‘I’m never going to get it like the farmers do.’ And over the weekend, we come back and we’re like, ‘It’s a jungle!’” Wong’s enthusiasm shows that students in the program learn other virtues as well, including patience.
Cara Pencak is a local writer with a strong connection to our natural world. In December, she will graduate from Arizona State University with an English degree and a technical communication certificate.
Photos by Heather Santella.
Find more green kids articles at greenlivingaz.com/greenkids
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Icedteaisarefreshingstapleinsummertime,butthesedeliciousteacocktailandmocktailrecipesfromChinaMistwillhaveyouwishingforendlesssummernights.
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OrganicgomasioorsesameseedsOrganiclow-salttamari(soysauce)Smallsheetsofseaweed
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PineappleLycheeIcedBlackTea3fluidouncesguavajuice
2fluidouncesorangejuiceSlicedpineappleforgarnish
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1. Warmthespinachandtherice,chopthesalmon,andputtogetherinalarge
servingbowl.
2. Addsesameoil,tamariandtheseedstotaste,andmixalltogether.Youcan
serveeachpersonascoopontheirplateorbowl.
3. Placetheseaweedsheetsonaplate,aswellasoptionalsliveredcucumbers,
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4. Layertheingredientsasyoulikeontheseaweedandroll.Noweveryonecan
maketheirownhandrolls!Kidsloveit,andit’smadeofdelicious“superfoods!”
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August 1DOG DAYS OF SUMMER7:00 a.m.-10:00 a.m.Historic Downtown Glendale7010 N. 58th Ave., GlendaleAnnual canine celebration features complimentary treats and massages for your pup. Attend educational seminars and meet with local pet vendors. Mobile vaccinations and microchips will be available for dogs and cats from Dr. Kit’s Mobile Vet. You may also donate pet items to Sun Valley Animal Shelter.visitglendale.com
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August 7SUNSET TOUR6:30 p.m.-7:30 p.m.ASU Deer Valley Petroglyph Preserve3711 W. Deer Valley Rd., PhoenixExperience more than 1,500 Native American petroglyphs in a stroll hidden through the historic Hedgpeth Hills. Encounter a variety of wildlife and learn about the ancient cultures associated with the site. Cost of admission is $7.00 for adults, $3.00 for kids and $4.00 for seniors. Reservations required.shesc.asu.edu/dvpp
August 15COMMUNITY YOGA PROJECT8:30 a.m.Civic Space Park424 N. Central Ave., PhoenixA free event hosted by the Lincoln Family Downtown YMCA featuring Ashtanga-style yoga in a scenic park. Bring a water bottle and mat.dtphx.org/events
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August1DOG DAYS OF SUMMER7:00a.m.-10:00a.m.HistoricDowntownGlendale7010N.58thAve.,GlendaleAnnualcaninecelebrationfeaturescomplimentarytreatsandmassagesforyourpup.Attendeducationalseminarsandmeetwithlocalpetvendors.MobilevaccinationsandmicrochipswillbeavailablefordogsandcatsfromDr.Kit’sMobileVetareavailable.YoumayalsodonatepetitemstoSunValleyAnimalShelter.visitglendale.com
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August 12METEOR MANIA!10:00 p.m.-3:00 a.m.Kitt Peak National Observatory, TucsonTake a trip away from the city lights to enjoy a spectacular meteor shower from Mother Nature. The program features information about meteors, comets and an actual asteroid. Admission is $45.00 for adults and $25.00 for youth. Members receive a discount on admission.noao.edu
August 12-16TUCSON BIRD & WILDLIFE FESTIVALVarious times300 E. University Blvd., #120, TucsonTucson Audubon Society invites you to attend their 5th annual Bird and Wildlife Festival. Meet the local birding and conservation community while exploring an array of watchable wildlife. A $15.00 registration fee is required for all festival participants. tucsonaudubon.org/festival
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August means the return of the school year, and while the kids are groaning, parents everywhere are breathing a sigh of relief. But if you’re dreading the daily routine of preparing school lunches, you can keep things interesting with these ideas for good-for-them lunchbox fare. We did some sampling to fi nd out which lunch items are worthy of the little brown bag.
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GO GOURMET | ORGANIC SLAMMERS
HE SAID: These Organic Slammers were delicious and packed full of healthy fruits, and they even snuck in some butternut squash. Fast and conveniently packaged, these are great snacks for a busy day. This might not be suitable for older kids, though. As a grown man, I felt a little weird nursing it out of the squeeze tube like a baby.
SHE SAID: Yum! This creamy, banana-berry snack satisfi ed my sweet tooth and added important vitamin C and iron to my lunch. On-the-go kids will love the fun squeeze pouch. Even adults could sip these in the car or while hiding in a cubicle – or own it and proudly enjoy this dessert-like snack in front of your co-workers. Who am I to judge? These are too tasty to hide.
He gave it: She gave it:
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SHE SAID: If you’re looking for a creative way to get protein and whole grains in your lunch, look no further. This sweet and salty, almost too-crunchy snack takes care of both, using all-natural ingredients. I never thought to eat quinoa this way, but I’m glad someone did! And thanks to the silly spelling of the business name, we all know how to pronounce “keen-wah.”
O ORGANICS | MOZZARELLA STRING CHEESE
HE SAID: Whoever coined the term “string cheese” is a genius. Because we all know these are just tubes of mozzarella cheese, but it somehow becomes fun and tastes better because we pull it apart like string. Kids are sure to love these tasty strings of salty mozzarella from O Organics.
SHE SAID: Just what you’d expect a mozzarella string cheese to be – mild salty fl avor, and a teensy bit dry. Who doesn’t love the fun of peeling the stick into perfect strings? It’s food and a toy! A great protein and dairy snack for any lunch.
He gave it: She gave it:
TRUE STORY | ORGANIC THICK CUT OVEN ROASTED CHICKEN BREAST
HE SAID: A long time ago in a land far, far away, a man made a sandwich out of pre-packaged organic chicken breast. The delicious chicken he had selected was tender and fl avored with black pepper, but slightly dry. Alas, the man did not need a drink. He was happy with the sandwich he had made, and it gave him energy to complete his day.
SHE SAID: Though the package was only enough for three sandwiches, it’s still a deal for a healthy organic lunch option. The thick cuts of chicken were fl avorful and peppery right out of the package. It would be great on salad, too. Defi nitely a winner, even for picky eaters!
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HORIZON | ORGANIC FRUIT SNACKS, BERRY MEDLEY
HE SAID: Berry catastrophe would have been a more appropriate name. These fruit snacks are covered in oil to prevent sticking. After squeezing one out to avoid getting oil all over my hands, I popped a hunk of berry-fl avored tapioca syrup gel in my mouth – which I immediately regretted because it turned into a clumpy mush.
SHE SAID: Like no fruit snack you’ve ever tasted! At least, I hope you haven’t. Horizon makes fantastic mac & cheese, but this was bizarre. Even our fruit snack loving 3-year-old said these were “weird.” They look delicious and cute, but after one whiff of the berry-plastic smell and one taste of the slippery gelatinous texture, you’ll think “weird” is an understatement.
He gave it: She gave it:
I HEART KEENWAH | CASHEW CRANBERRY
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HE SAID: Wow. I have to admit, this snack was making me start to love quinoa. These snack bites balance out the earthy fl avor of the protein-packed grain with smooth cashews and tart cranberries. They are a sweet, delicious treat that will keep you going between meals.
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Augustmeansthereturnoftheschoolyear,andwhilethekidsaregroaning,parentseverywherearebreathingasighofrelief.Butifyou’redreadingthedailyroutineofpreparingschoollunches,youcankeepthingsinterestingwiththeseideasforgood-for-themlunchboxfare.Wedidsomesamplingtofindoutwhichlunchitemsareworthyofthelittlebrownbag.
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GO GOURMET | ORGANIC SLAMMERS
HE SAID: TheseOrganicSlammersweredeliciousandpackedfullofhealthyfruits,andtheyevensnuckinsomebutternutsquash.Fastandconvenientlypackaged,thesearegreatsnacksforabusyday.Thismightnotbesuitableforolderkids,though.Asagrownman,Ifeltalittleweirdnursingitoutofthesqueezetubelikeababy.
SHE SAID: Yum!Thiscreamy,banana-berrysnacksatisfiedmysweettoothandaddedimportantvitaminCandirontomylunch.On-the-gokidswilllovethefunsqueezepouch.Evenadultscouldsiptheseinthecarorwhilehidinginacubicle–orownitandproudlyenjoythisdessert-likesnackinfrontofyourco-workers.WhoamItojudge?Thesearetootastytohide.
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SHE SAID: Ifyou’relookingforacreativewaytogetproteinandwholegrainsinyourlunch,looknofurther.Thissweetandsalty,almosttoo-crunchysnacktakescareofboth,usingall-naturalingredients.Ineverthoughttoeatquinoathisway,butI’mgladsomeonedid!Andthankstothesillyspellingofthebusinessname,weallknowhowtopronounce“keen-wah.”
O ORGANICS | MOZZARELLA STRING CHEESE
HE SAID: Whoevercoinedtheterm“stringcheese”isagenius.Becauseweallknowthesearejusttubesofmozzarellacheese,butitsomehowbecomesfunandtastesbetterbecausewepullitapartlikestring.KidsaresuretolovethesetastystringsofsaltymozzarellafromOOrganics.
SHE SAID: Justwhatyou’dexpectamozzarellastringcheesetobe–mildsaltyflavor,andateensybitdry.Whodoesn’tlovethefunofpeelingthestickintoperfectstrings?It’sfoodandatoy!Agreatproteinanddairysnackforanylunch.
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TRUE STORY | ORGANIC THICK CUT OVEN ROASTED CHICKEN BREAST
HE SAID: Alongtimeagoinalandfar,faraway,amanmadeasandwichoutofpre-packagedorganicchickenbreast.Thedeliciouschickenhehadselectedwastenderandflavoredwithblackpepper,butslightlydry.Alas,themandidnotneedadrink.Hewashappywiththesandwichhehadmade,anditgavehimenergytocompletehisday.
SHE SAID: Thoughthepackagewasonlyenoughforthreesandwiches,it’sstilladealforahealthyorganiclunchoption.Thethickcutsofchickenwereflavorfulandpepperyrightoutofthepackage.Itwouldbegreatonsalad,too.Definitelyawinner,evenforpickyeaters!
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HORIZON | ORGANIC FRUIT SNACKS, BERRY MEDLEY
HE SAID: Berrycatastrophewouldhavebeenamoreappropriatename.Thesefruitsnacksarecoveredinoiltopreventsticking.Aftersqueezingoneouttoavoidgettingoilallovermyhands,Ipoppedahunkofberry-flavoredtapiocasyrupgelinmymouth–whichIimmediatelyregrettedbecauseitturnedintoaclumpymush.
SHE SAID: Likenofruitsnackyou’veevertasted!Atleast,Ihopeyouhaven’t.Horizonmakesfantasticmac&cheese,butthiswasbizarre.Evenourfruitsnackloving3-year-oldsaidthesewere“weird.”Theylookdeliciousandcute,butafteronewhiffoftheberry-plasticsmellandonetasteoftheslipperygelatinoustexture,you’llthink“weird”isanunderstatement.
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I HEART KEENWAH | CASHEW CRANBERRY
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HE SAID: Wow.Ihavetoadmit,thissnackwasmakingmestarttolovequinoa.Thesesnackbitesbalanceouttheearthyflavoroftheprotein-packedgrainwithsmoothcashewsandtartcranberries.Theyareasweet,delicioustreatthatwillkeepyougoingbetweenmeals.
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I am so thankful and grateful to have the moments I shared with Laurel May Bond as cherished memories. She was an amazing woman who celebrated and loved life each
and every day. Everyone who was fortunate to have Laurel in their life knew that she had a radiant smile and exuded love, warmth, humor, caring and spunkiness. She had a hippy chic vibe and was a creative mogul who loved art, punk rock and the natural world.
Laurel was diagnosed with stage IV breast cancer in 2012. She fought the cancer every day with a beautiful smile on her face.
She lived in a desert oasis in Paradise Valley, Arizona with her devoted husband Brett. She was a lover of nature and birds – especially peach-faced lovebirds and hummingbirds. She built a hummingbird sanctuary in her backyard and loved to make nests for them. On the day of her service there were dragonfl ies and hummingbirds visiting to say their goodbyes.
Brett and Laurel made the decision to have a child via surrogate. Unfortunately, Laurel never got to meet her daughter, Kirsa Dare Bond, who was born this July. Although
they never met in this lifetime, I believe Laurel’s spirit will always be there for her daughter, and she left precious notes to Kirsa for her to read as she grows up. Laurel’s spirit will live on through her beautiful daughter and Brett will have a reminder of her.
Laurel was a huge believer in random acts of kindness, which friends and family call “random acts of Laurel.” For example, she would go on a trip and send a postcard to someone that she picked out of the phone book. She was a talented, whimsical writer and had been an editor of 944 magazine. Laurel had a huge passion for the digital realm and enjoyed sharing her thoughts with the world via her blog, canceristhenewblack.com.
Please cherish each day to fullest, and join our Random Acts of Laurel social media campaign by using the hashtag #randomactsofl aurel. Katie Cummings (a close friend of Laurel’s) and I will also be starting a Women’s Network Group in her honor. If you feel inspired to make a gift in Laurel’s name they can be made to: Mayo Clinic Arizona Cancer Research, 13400 E. Shea Blvd., Scottsdale, AZ 85259.
TRIBUTE TO LAUREL MAY BONDDECEMBER 30, 1967 - JULY 5, 2015
FROM DORIE MORALES
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We are so thankful and grateful to have the moments we shared with Laurel May Bond as cherished memories. She was an amazing woman who
celebrated and loved life each and every day. Everyone who was fortunate to have Laurel in their life knew that she had a radiant smile and exuded love, warmth, humor, caring and spunkiness. She had a hippy chic vibe and was a creative mogul who loved art, punk rock and the natural world.
Laurel was diagnosed with stage IV breast cancer in 2012. She fought the cancer every day.
She lived in a desert oasis in Paradise Valley, Arizona with her devoted husband Brett. She was a lover of nature and birds – especially hummingbirds. She built a hummingbird sanctuary in her backyard and loved to make nests for them. On the day of her service there were dragonflies and hummingbirds visiting to say their goodbyes.
Brett and Laurel made the decision to have a child via surrogate after she learned of her diagnosis. Unfortunately, Laurel never got to meet her daughter, Kirsa Dare Bond, who was born this July. Although they never met in this lifetime,
I believe Laurel’s spirit will always be there for her daughter, and she left precious notes to Kirsa for her to read as she grows up. Laurel’s spirit will live on through her beautiful daughter and Brett will have a reminder of her.
Laurel was a huge believer in random acts of kindness, which friends and family call “random acts of Laurel.” For example, she would go on a trip and send a postcard to someone that she picked out of the phone book. She was an amazing writer and had been an editor of 944 magazine, and I always wanted her to write an article for Green Living. Laurel had a huge passion for the digital realm and enjoyed sharing her thoughts with the world via her blog, canceristhenewblack.com.
Please cherish each day to fullest, and join our Random Acts of Laurel social media campaign by using the hashtag #randomactsoflaurel. Katie Cummings (another close friend of Laurel’s) and I will also be starting a Women’s Network Group in her honor. If you feel inspired to make a gift in Laurel’s name they can be made to: Mayo Clinic Arizona Cancer Research, 13400 E. Shea Blvd., Scottsdale, AZ 85259.
TRIBUTE TO LAUREL MAY BONDFROM DORIE MORALES AND THE GREEN LIVING TEAM
DECEMBER 30, 1967-JULY 5, 2015
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