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Now, the previously overlooked food choices. Healthy ingredients Dining al fresco on a porch or in
front porch became a safe view to became the focus for teas and your backyard, brought fresh air
the world. People sought outdoor smoothies—turmeric, ginger, and an opportunity to disconnect
furniture, rugs, and flowers to black pepper—all immunity from work, school, and video
create safe-distance spaces boosting powerhouses. And the calls. With travel bans in place,
outside. People transformed their Spice scents were homey and people searched for comfort
backyards into open-air living nourishing. Dana Hunnes, PhD, a closer to home. We sought the
rooms, investing in vented tents, senior dietitian at the University outdoors—hiking a mountain,
outdoor heaters, fire pits and of California Los Angeles kayaking a river, soaking in the
patio pizza ovens. With fitness Medical Center, believes that the peace of the Woodland. “To
centers closed, walking (with increased interest in plant-based many of us, camping seemed
masks) became another way to protein is tied to the fact that like a relatively safe way to
connect via social distancing, and people are at home more, and reclaim some sense of normalcy
a way to fight off the stress and many have been cooking more, and perhaps even socialize
fatigue of sitting all day. Exercise so they have become more open- with a friend or two (six feet
helped boost our immune minded to trying out new flavors apart), with a campfire between
systems. As did rethinking our that are also healthier for them. everyone.”
—Sierra Club Jessi Phillips
reflected.
SPICE The stars rewarded our hearty
outdoor lifestyles with this year’s
WARM, DESATURATED Great Conjunction of Jupiter
MEDIUM BROWN WITH and Saturn, a phenomenon that
SUBTLE SHIFT USING had not happened at
BLUE/RED 280WRS
night for 800 years.
WOODLAND SILVER LINING
HIGH SPARKLE GREEN
TONED DOWN WITH Remote Services Have Reduced Our
DARK FLOP USING Carbon Footprint: A big perk of telework
GOLD/SILVER 180 WRS seems to be a reduction of carbon
emissions. 28% of all US greenhouse
gas emissions come from the
transportation sector, and commutes
account for a big percentage of these
THIS TIME OF UNCERTAINTY emissions. The average American
REVEALED THAT LIFE IS FRAGILE. spends 52 minutes commuting to
SO, WE LEARN TO EMBRACE and from work every day and a sharp
reduction in commute hours would take
THE EPHEMERAL NATURE OF ALL
cars off the road, decrease the demand
THINGS. IN THIS PROCESS, WE for public transportation, and reduce
TURNED OUR GAZE BEHIND US. our overall carbon footprint. 11
