Trathen Heckmam: Daily Acts

John La Puma, M.D., an internationally recognized authority on nutrition, weight management, and the prevention of chronic disease. He is a board certified specialist in Internal Medicine, and Director of the Santa Barbara Institute for Medical Nutrition and Healthy Weight. He is formerly a Clinical Associate Professor of Medicine at the University of Chicago Hospitals and Clinics, and Professor of Nutrition at Kendall College of Culinary Arts.

Dr. La Puma is also the Director and Founder of Chef Clinic, a wellness and disease management consulting group, founder and inventor of GlutenFreeQuiz.com, a screening program for celiac disease, and cofounder of ChefMD, a health and media company. A New York Times best-selling author and weekly television host on Lifetime TV, he sees patients in Santa Barbara, California.

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Trathen Heckman is the founding executive director of Daily Acts Organization, publisher of Ripples, an award-winning journal and a backyard farmer. He is the former executive director of Green Sangha Organization and is on the board of directors for Transition US. Seeking to inspire the engagement of hearts, minds and senses, Trathen educates and works with community, business and municipal leaders to create programs, policy and models which harness the power of nature and inspired action to restore the health of our lives and communities.

Trathen has given oodles of presentations on Sustainability, Ecological Design and the power of our daily actions to renew the world. He lives in the Petaluma River Watershed where he grows food, medicine and wonder while working to compost apathy and lack.