Green Living’s third-annual Best of Arizona 2024, held on October 14 at SRP’s Pera Club in Tempe, brought up Arizona’s leaders in the green community to honor excellence in sustainability, wellness, and eco-conscious living. Additionally, the evening featured vibrant performances and Aboriginal artists ‘ artistic talent in honor of Indigenous Peoples ‘ Day. Sarita Marquez Eto gave a water blessing, Shikeyah Torres hoop danced, and Jim Covarrubias performed a life painting. Significant moments of the live awards ceremony were punctuated by live drumming from Ken Koshio, which furthered the evening’s mystery.
For the second year in a row, Phoenix Mayor Kate Gallego and natural realtor Tammy Bossee were present, accepting awards for Best Green Leader in Public Service and Best Green Realtor, both. The evening even spotlighted beautiful artistic works from Indigenous fashion designers and their lines, including Ruby Farias Designs, Mayume, DaWoozhii Designs, Devennsew, Calandra Etsitty, Norma Baker-Flyinghorse, and Loren Aragon.
Photos by Brett Prince
designer Deven Tso of Forge.
The evening recognized winners across 30 Best of Arizona categories, recognizing their extraordinary contributions to sustainability, wellness and eco-conscious living across the state. Special thanks to event vendors and sponsors SRP, Denali, Urban Farming Education, Creating Cash from Trash, Green Light Solutions, Sustainability Advisors, PBC, Full Time to Travel Time Podcast, and RDT Worldwide for making this event feasible.
