Re-Imaginers

2022 Award Winners

ART

• Lauren Strohacker, Eco-Political Visual Artist whose work emphasizes the non-human in an increasingly human-centric world.

• Lauren Hayes, Sound Artist a musician and improviser who builds and performs with hybrid analogue/digital instruments.

FOOD SYSTEMS

• Justin Rohner, Agriscaping Technologies + has been helping people around the world grow their own healthy, fresh foods at home for more than 25 years.

• Jared Lupin, Executive Chef of Cherish plus runs a traveling ramen "shop-up" that helps the community and people understand the gastronomy around them, including local and vegan foods.

• Kim Haasarud, Garden Bar + features local ingredients in her neighborhood "garden to glass" cocktail bar located in an adapted 1914 California bungalow in the Roosevelt South neighborhood.

• Jennifer Jenkin, Desert Seed Resource Center a nonprofit organization that is creating a thriving, regionally appropriate native plant market for the desert southwest.

• Zach Brooks, The Arizona Worm Farm provides educational workshops about how to plants in the desert avoiding biocides and toxic chemicals to create life-filled, healthy soil.

• The Farm at Castle Hot Springs, cultivates and harvests over 150 crops on 3 acres to feed guests and share information about growing food in a unique, closed-loop ecosystem.

LAW AND GOVERNMENT

• Katie Callaway, Partner at Fennemore Craig who practices estate planning and probate law and is collaborating on creating new legal pathways to facilitate animal property ownership.

• Isaac Kort Meade, President of Environmental Law Society at ASU Sandra Day O’Connor College of Law leads a dedicated group of future attorneys in exploring topics centered on the nexus of human activities, social and environmental justice, and the law through topics including urban farming.

• Casey Clowes, Candidate for Tempe City Council an attorney and community organizer running on a platform to increase the city’s sustainability efforts and combat the climate crisis on the local levels.

CONSERVATION

• Devon Suarez, Suarez Forestry, LLC owner of a family-owned business focused on promoting the health, management, and sustainability of forests in Northern Arizona through time-honored stewardship.

• Liberty Wildlife Rescue envisions a time when wildlife is recognized as an integral part of our natural worl through wildlife rehabilitation, natural history education, and community conservation services.

WRITING

• Ron Brolgio, Professor at Arizona State University + who writes books and essays on nonhuman phenomenology and animal studies, including the recent book Animal Revolution.

• Environmental Desk, The Arizona Republic provides award-winning coverage of state environmental issues, including the environmental effects of the border wall and resurgence of jaguars in Arizona.

EDUCATION

• The Sustainability Committee, Phoenix Country Day School promotes multifaceted sustainability education and initiatives such as eliminating single-use water bottles and growing school gardens.

• Flora Tromelin, FCT Strategies LLC the former Chief of Protocol to the U.S. Ambassador to France and Monaco, a role in which she facilitated meetings between the French and American Secretaries of Energy and Environment during the Paris Climate Agreement (COP21).

• Tara Denzin, GinZen Yoga, connects people with themselves, their communities, and the natural environment through innovative yoga practices.

2022 Award Finalists

ART

• Amery Bohling, Amery Bohling Fine Art inspires her viewers to cherish and preserve our natural landscape, and its animal inhabitants, by reflecting the beauty of the American West.

FOOD SYSTEMS

• Kaylee Colter, Eight Eight Acres is a landscape architecture who models natural systems to create colorful residential landscapes focusing on landscapes incorporating native plants and wildlife needs.

• Flower Street Urban Gardens simplifies and demystifies the process of organic growing for home gardeners by providing vertical gardens that address the issues of growing in Phoenix summer heat.

• Clint Culbertson, Galaxy Gardens incorporates gray water systems into residential landscaping to create sustainable yards filled with wildlife-friendly yards featuring native plants.

LAW AND GOVERNMENT

• Rana Lashgari, Arizona Municipal Strategies, a municipal lobbyist who leverages her relationship and experience to advocate for animals and a greener, more sustainable future.

CONSERVATION

• Chris Parish, President & CEO of The Peregin Fund works to save the California Condor through partnerships with a wide range of constituents to represent the need of birds, many of whom he knows personally.

• Southwestern Wildlife Conservation Center provides native wildlife who lose their homes to development, or are found injured or abandoned, a space to recover and grow where their wildness is nurtured and encouraged.

• Salt River Wild Horse Management Group gives iconic wild horses a voice through a mix of public engagement and legal action, making it illegal to harass wild horses and requiring humane management.

• Desert Botanical Garden helps people learn about the beauty of the desert by showcasing 50,000 + plants in beautiful outdoor exhibits across 140 acres.