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"It's Gonna Be Fine" -- A Song of Hope for Post-Pandemic Life

Gia Mora playing guitar in Los Angeles for her new song "It's Gonna Be Fine"

It’s Gonna Be Fine — A Song of Hope for Post-Pandemic Life

15 June 2021

LA DCA's Reimagine Public Art Exhibition

Gia Awarded Grant from LA’s Department of Cultural Affairs

01 June 2021

What's an ecofashionista to wear?

A Doll’s House

05 May 2021

A stack of DVD screeners sent to me for the SAG Awards

The SAG Awards & Plastic Screeners: An Actor’s Dilemma

05 April 2021

Disney Karaoke with the Colorado Childrens Chorale

Disney Karaoke with Colorado Children’s Chorale Alumni

22 February 2021

“The Night” Premieres on IFC Midnight

15 January 2021

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Meet Ricki. You’ve already met Macca (my bass) a

Meet Ricki. You’ve already met Macca (my bass) and Dakota (my piano), but I’ve neglected to introduce Ricki, my nylon string #guitar. 🎶🎸🎵My dad bequeathed her to me in April, and I wrote this song on it. I hadn’t played guitar in 20 years, and I was still very much in the throes of rehabbing my broken fingers on my left hand. It’s only recently that my hand feels good enough to really start practicing again, so here goes nothing! Listen to the whole song at link in bio. And remember — it’s gonna be fine. #getvaccinated
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#hotvaxsummer #LApublichealth #publichealth #covid19 #coronavirus #pandemiclife #singersongwriter #originalsong #originalmusic #quarantineqreativity #makemusic #singer #vocalist

I’m a Treehugger! 🌳🤗🌴 An old boyfriend

Boredom. Acedia. Listlessness. Ennui. 😑😑😑

Boredom. Acedia. Listlessness. Ennui. 😑😑😑 Whatever you call it, on this week’s episode of my buddy @heyfeifer’s fabulous podcast #BuildForTomorrow, he explores the (very much not boring) history and science of boredom. I absolutely love performing all these historical voices with my old pal @brentdangerrose. Subscribe today wherever you listen to podcasts! 💚🌿♻️ #GiasConsciousCloset Info
Blouse and shoes purchased #secondhand from @poshmark. Leggings from @startrescueresale, a local high-end thrift shop whose proceeds help save the lives of homeless animals. Win-win!
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#boredom #bored #boring #ennui #smartissexy #smartisthenewsexy #curiosity #staycurious #alwayslearning #lifeofanactor #actorsofinstagram #actorlifestyle #actorslifestyle #actorslife🎬 #actorlife #workingactor #voiceover #voiceoveractor

Everyday is #NationalThriftShopDay in our house. ♻️👚♻️ Today’s #thriftedOOTD comes from @thredup (vegan leather jacket) and @swapsociety (jumper). Every time you #buysecondhand, you prevent textile waste from ending up in landfills to the tune of about 17 million tons *per year*, according to the EPA. But thrifting doesn’t have to stop with clothes — you can find all kinds of hidden treasure including: 🎨 A 19th-century oil painting signed by Venetian artist Luigi Lanza (Sotheby’s sells similar Lanza works for ~$1500)
✌️ A WWII artillery box with empty shells (my Mom and I call this the Peace Box)
🪡 Remnant vintage fabric I’ve turned into pillowcases and a piano cover (Wamba was not included in the purchase) What’s more, recent research indicates that happier countries recycle more and meet more of their sustainability goals than unhappy countries, even when accommodating for social and political factors. So give yourself and the planet a happiness boost — go thrifting today!
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#secondhandfashion #buyused #circulareconomy #ecofashionista #sustainablefashion #fashionrevolution #actonclimate #climatescience #womenleadclimate #climatesolutions #intersectionalenvironmentalism #goingzerowaste #zerowastelife #zerowasteliving #myzerowastelife #reducereuserecycle #veganlife #LAlife #LAlifestyle #LAliving #mydayinLA #ethicalootd #whenthriftersthrift #sustainableclothes #shopsustainably #nonewclothes

Celebrating #TravelTuesday with a song I wrote in

Celebrating #TravelTuesday with a song I wrote in Tampa last month for my sweet sister-in-law, Nicki. One evening during the Marcotte family reunion festivities (the occasion for which we were in Florida), the Rivas clan broke away to spread the ashes of Mama Casey and Babalu into Tampa Bay. We couldn’t have asked for a better ocean sunset. Behind us, silent lightning storms lit the cloudy inland skies. The water licked the sand, and all was peaceful. On the way back to the hotel, the sea air turned stale. We plodded our way through the remaining tide pools, nearly gagging from the stench—not exactly a picturesque ending to a rather picturesque celebration of life. Denny shrugged and (like a true stoic) said, “Well, seagulls gotta poop.” Hence this song was born. What a perfect phrase to encapsulate this one beautiful, fragile lifetime of ours. Sometimes you’re the seagull. Sometimes you’re the poop. Either way, we all return to the ocean to be born anew.
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#floridalife #tampabay #sunset #celebrationoflife #seagulls #originalmusic #originalsong #singersongwriter #pianist #womenmakingmusic #singersofinstagram

Yes, we’re those people—bringing old take out

Yes, we’re those people—bringing old take out containers and lunch boxes to pack up these deeeeeelish leftovers from @gokokuvegetarian’s giant #vegan ramen and sushi menu. Week 5️⃣: Plastic Free Date Night 👩‍❤️‍💋‍👩👩‍❤️‍💋‍👨👨‍❤️‍💋‍👨 🥡 Going plastic free admittedly requires preparation, so we keep a leftovers kit in the car or in our backpacks if we’re on bike. Pre-pandemic, dining in almost guaranteed you wouldn’t get plastic, but COVID threw a wrench in that default. Now—in addition to remembering to say out loud to the server what I don’t eat, I now also have to ask for no plastic. It’s a process! And I don’t always remember. But we do the best we can. 🦠 Restaurants aren’t solely to blame that they can’t offer reusable options (I’m looking at you, nearly every coffee shop I’ve tried to refill my reusable mug at). The plastics industry lobbied hard for the use of disposables at the beginning of the pandemic. Science at the time backed the behavior because there was legitimate concern over virus transmission via fomites—touchable surfaces that could be contaminated with virus. ❌ But as early as June 2020, 125 health experts from around the world signed a statement noting that “single-use plastic is not inherently safer than reusables, and causes additional public health concerns once it is discarded.” They refer to research showing that basic hygiene (soap and disinfectant) and common sense (let people touch their own reusables) can keep unnecessary plastic out of landfills while keeping employees safe AND preserving plastic waste for totally unavoidable and necessary uses like in medicine. 👩‍🍳 Where are you headed to dine this weekend? And will you join us in bringing your own doggy (dare I say kitty) bags?
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#plasticfreeliving #plasticfreejuly #sustainablesaturday #actonclimate #womenleadclimate #climatesolutions #plasticpollution #plasticfreelife #intersectionalenvironmentalism #goingzerowaste #zerowastelife #zerowasteliving #myzerowastelife #eatvegan #eatsustainably #reducereuserecycle #veganlifestyle

I’m back this week celebrating #PlasticFreeJuly

I’m back this week celebrating #PlasticFreeJuly in my bathroom. Since last Saturday I was soaking up family goodness, I’ve got two tips for you today. Week 3️⃣ & 4️⃣: Plastic Free Hair & Laundry 💆‍♀️💦🧺 🧼 Thanks to James Hamblin’s book “Clean,” I only use soap on my hands and twice a week on my hair. I’ve tried no-poo, hair bars, DIY dry shampoo, and expensive clean beauty dry shampoo… it all leaves my baby fine hair looking as limp and oily as freshly boiled pot of capellini. Now I use @superzeronow. Woman owned. Plastic free. And it works! Even after sweaty yoga or cycling sessions. Your better soap choices also keep petroleum derivatives, parabens, and phthalates out of our water systems while keeping your skin’s microbiome balanced. And if you wanna wash your face, or remove makeup, or shave, a little dab of bulk purchased coconut oil will do the trick. Need some exfoliation? Just scrub gently with baking soda (you can see my jars in the shower). 🩲 Everytime you wash and dry your clothes, tiny plastic #microfibers float off your gear and find their way into our bodies. That’s where @guppyfriend comes in and catches all of that fuzz so it can be properly disposed of (in the trash… where it will languish for millennia in a landfill). We’ve ditched hot water and soap for laundry, too. Soap nuts, which are neither soap nor nuts, are berry husks with a natural cleaning agent called saponin. Toss them in little muslin bags, along with a little baking soda and essential oil, and you’re in business. Just activate the soap nuts in a bit of hot water before you toss them in the cold wash. BONUS TIP: We don’t have a dryer, but even if we did, line drying can extend the life of your clothes and is way better for the environment. The average person produces up to 1400 lbs. of carbon per year from dryers alone!
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#plasticfreeliving #plasticfreejuly #sustainablesaturday #bioplastic #composting #actonclimate #climatescience #womenleadclimate #climatesolutions #plasticpollution #plasticfreelife #intersectionalenvironmentalism #goingzerowaste #zerowastelife #zerowasteliving #myzerowastelife #superzero #cleanbeauty #microplastic

Happy #PlasticFreeJuly from Ballona Creek where I

Happy #PlasticFreeJuly from Ballona Creek where I joined @lawaterkeeper and @ballonafriends for a trash pickup! 🪣 Week 2️⃣: Plastic Free Wetlands 🦆💦🌿 🧽 Wetlands are nature’s sponges. They absorb surface water, rain, snowmelt, groundwater and flood waters, as well as help control floods and prevent erosion. Marshes and bogs are home to many plants and animals and serve a crucial role in the global water cycle. 🗑 When litter like tiny bits of styrofoam, food wrappers, spillproof coffee stoppers, cigarette filters, water bottle lids, and condoms (all of which, among many other things, I cleaned up along the creek), they break down into microplastics and eventually end up in our water supply. No bueno. FACT: We are eating a credit card’s worth of plastic every week. In our drinking water. 🪣 We came here today, armed with gloves and buckets, to pick up as much trash as we could in two hours. You’ll see my bucket isn’t very full. That’s because I spent a lot of time combing through the flora picking up tiny pieces of plastic… and it took forever. Because the closer we looked, the more we saw tiny bits of styrofoam and slips of plastic film everywhere—so small it’s nearly undetectable. Still, we tracked every piece we could using the @litterati app so that researchers can identify the worst culprits of pollution, then hold manufacturers responsible for creating the plastic waste choking our wetlands. 🧹 So what’s my #plasticfreelife tip for the week? Make your world cleaner than how you found it. See a piece of trash? Pick it up! But cleanup alone won’t stop the problem. Hold companies accountable not just to recycle their plastics but to stop producing them.
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#plasticfreeliving #sustainablesaturday #actonclimate #climatescience #womenleadclimate #climatesolutions #plasticpollution #plasticcleanup #intersectionalenvironmentalism #microplastics #stoplasticpollution #thereisnoplanetb

I love talking about ways to live like a movie sta

I love talking about ways to live like a movie star while treating Mother Earth like a queen, so this #PlasticFreeJuly I’ll be sharing a tip each Saturday on easy, chic swaps to reduce your plastic footprint. Week 1️⃣: Plastic Free Dishes 🍽🚰 🧽 Natural, cellulose sponges and pot brush with replaceable brush head
-Much better than plastic sponges that disintegrate and end up in our drinking water. 🧂Refillable baking soda for scrubbing power
-No need for harsh chemicals. This kitchen staple works like magic, even on this ancient, porous ceramic sink! 🧼 Dish soap block for washing by hand
-I’ve tried a ton of alternatives in this category, including making my on soap from soap nuts, but I dig this bar and tray (and the pot brush) from @notoxlife. 💦 Under-counter water filter
-Just one #CuZn cylinder can filter all your cold water for *five years* and be returned to the manufacturer for recycling after that. Bye bye, Brita! 🧴Refillable Castile hand soap
-I stock up on this #greenliving essential at @sustain_la. In most situations, I prefer bar soap, but it’s always good to have a liquid on hand. ❔ Ask away! 🌿#GiasConsciousCloset Hot Vax Summer Edition
👚 from Oxfam shop in Cambridge, UK
🩳 are #30Wears… or 300. They’re five+ years old. I will wear them until they are threadbare. What summer wardrobe piece can’t you part with?
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#plasticfreeliving #sustainablesaturday #actonclimate #womenleadclimate #climatesolutions #plasticpollution #plasticfreelife #intersectionalenvironmentalism #goingzerowaste #zerowastelife #zerowasteliving #myzerowastelife #zerowastecollective

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