“With health politics raising more questions than answers and with tech- nology changing the healthcare land- scape, there’s never been a more ripe time for health innovation and acceler- ating a shift toward what works for most doctors,” remarks Maskell, who also recently collaborated with the Institute for Functional Medicine to live-stream Genomics and Functional Medicine, the most cutting-edge clinical Function- al Forum to date. Andrew Brandeis, a licensed naturopathic doctor in San Francisco, developed a challenging new skill set in creating the easy-to-use, mobile Share Practice app, launched 18 months ago and now also available on the Internet. It’s already used by 15,000 doctors na- tionwide to rate and review the effective- ness of drugs, herbs and supplements. They also ask questions and receive quick feedback about patient treatments. Brandeis sees an even bigger future


opportunity. “As we spot trends and see what is working where and why, we can direct research dollars. There are all kinds of off-label uses for drugs, herbs and supplements that we’ll support when we see that 10,000 doctors are using them in the same way for the same thing,” says Brandeis, who enjoys the meaningfulness of this collective contribution. Gery Juleff, of Hopewell, New Jer-


sey, reinvented himself and his career to serve a greater good. Seeking to inspire change through intelligent discussion on


The only ethical decision is to take responsibility for our own existence and that of our children.


~Bill Mollison, Permaculture: A Designer’s Manual


environmental issues he founded and hosts the Green Radio Hour broadcast on GreenHourRadio.com. He was formerly a member of the British Foreign Service, serving for 25 years as a diplo- mat, mostly in Africa and Brazil. In Juleff’s last London foreign office assignment, he dealt with policies on cli- mate change, renewable energy technolo- gy and energy security. “My love of Africa, the continent likely to be affected the most by climate change, quickened my sense of needing to do whatever I could to limit any negative effects,” he says. Even though he was innocent about the scope of such an undertaking, “When the station owner suggested I use my knowl- edge to host a radio show, I said yes.” In What Then Must We Do?


Straight Talk About the Next Amer- ican Revolution, economist and co-founder of the Democracy Collab- orative Gar Alperovitz provides many examples of successful community wealth building. He’s been part of a team partnering with others in cities that include Cleveland, Ohio; Jackson, Mississippi; Rochester, New York; and Washington, D.C. As co- chair of The Next System Project, he’s dealing with the bigger picture


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of long-term systemic change. “The economics of sustainability fo- cus on partnerships with local assets like universities, hospitals and cultural institu- tions to facilitate broad-based economic security for the entire community,” says Alperovitz. He’s deeply committed to the concept of an ecologically sustainable society, where problem-solving activities nurture democracy.


Waking Up This small sampling of individuals whose actions are affirming their heart’s directives is not random and signals a larger move- ment. It represents author Anodea Judith’s explanation for the evolution of our human journey, captured in the title and essence of her book Waking the Global Heart: Humanity’s Rite of Passage from the Love of Power to the Power of Love. James O’Dea, author of The


Conscious Activist, says, “As we evolve, we recognize that it’s the heart which holds the great key to our collective healing, to real civility, the courage to face our own shadow and true progress.”


Linda Sechrist is a senior staff writer for Natural Awakenings. Visit ItsAllAbout We.com for the recorded interviews.


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