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INSPIRES CAREER HELPING CHILDREN THRIVE

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Rethinking How We See Our World Changes Everything

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s I read this month’s feature article on transformative education by Linda Sechrist, I was reminded of my early experiences with the American educational system. I lived abroad during elementary and middle school, and moved to Milwaukee just after eighth grade. That summer, I took exams to determine my high school track placement. I had never before taken a multiple choice test. Until then, every test I had taken involved composing essay-format responses to questions, through which we were encouraged to explain our reasoning. Instead of a single right or wrong answer, the teacher considered how effectively we presented our ideas.

So that’s what I did, assuming the evaluator would read and review my responses. For some questions, I chose more than one answer and explained why both made sense to me. If I didn’t know or wasn’t sure, instead of picking one of the choices, I wrote comments. When I handed in the test and explained what I had done, the teacher replied, “If you don’t know the answer, you should just guess at the best option. Unfortunately, you are out of time.”

I clearly recall my 13-year-old self responding with incredulity, “That doesn’t make sense. It’s not going to show you what I know.” Needless to say, I didn’t do well on the test. I had been in the top of my class and was hoping to be placed in the honors track; instead I was placed in a lower track that I found dull and unchallenging. Fortunately, within the first month of school, my teachers recognized my abilities and recommended moving me to more advanced classes.

Sechrist’s article gave me hope that childhood and adult academic instructional approaches focused on teaching and developing creative and critical thinking skills are expanding. Yet, a question lingers: “Why aren’t all of our schools doing this?”

My son will be starting fifth grade this fall. He has had many amazing and well-intentioned teachers that strive to ensure students achieve the requisite educational standards, while still keeping the learning experience fun and inspired.

Yet precious weeks of each school year must be dedicated to determining each child’s exact level of achievement using standardized testing, while time for lunch, socializing, daily recess and creative arts wanes and homework increases. It seems children are overloaded with information at earlier ages based on the notion that in the future, this will help both them and our country excel in an increasingly globalized and competitive economy. But how can our youth succeed as adults if they are not taught to think critically and independently? How can we raise a generation of visionaries and innovators if there is only one correct answer and they are not allowed to express different and imaginative views?

There must be a better way. Education and the acquisition of knowledge surely should include sharing opinions and thoughts and discussing new ideas that arise from ongoing learning. Unencumbered by right versus wrong, we can foster originality, discovery and creation by finding the value in any answer, including novel ones.

As Plato said, “Do not train a child to learn by force or harshness; but direct them to it by what amuses their minds, so that you may be better able to discover with accuracy the peculiar bent of the genius of each.”

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newsbriefs Enrollment Open at New World Montessori School

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ew World Montessori School, located inside the Indian Hill Elementary School building, in River Hills, is accepting enrollment of children from 18 months to 10 years old. The Montessori teaching philosophy, founded by Maria Montessori, is characterized by mixed-age classroom settings that promote independence, freedom within limits and respect for the child’s psychological, social and physical development.

“A Montessori education is a lifelong gift that instills confidence and the love of learning,” explains New World Head of School Priscilla Bovee. “Montessori children love school and see it as their home away from home. Children are allowed to proceed at their own pace without the stress of tests and grades. They flourish with the stimulation, challenge and encouragement that the Montessori classroom provides.”

Location: 1101 W. Brown Deer Rd., River Hills. For more information, call 414351-6000 or visit nwms.info. See ad, page 21.

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“I have developed this line specifically for pets, eliminating toxic chemicals and using meat-based ingredients in treats instead of excess starches,” says Gruenstern, who graduated from UW-Madison’s School of Veterinary Medicine in 1987 and was certified in veterinary acupuncture by the Chi Institute of Traditional Chinese Veterinary Medicine, in Florida.

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ew Wind Folk School’s spiritual and Earth-based event, Pilgrimage, will take place in Port Washington from August 15 to 17. People can attend all or part of the event.

Friday’s schedule begins with a water ceremony and symposium, followed by a wine-and-cheese reception and a local fish fry dinner (preregistration and payment required). The evening closes with a discussion by author Joy Ipsen, who explains the model of folk school education and its impact on the environment.

Saturday starts with a guided, daylong pilgrimage along the Milwaukee River, with stops at the Thiensville Dam Removal Effort, the River Restoration Site, the Grafton Artist Mill and the Newburg Dam Removal Site. The final destination is Wellspring Education and Retreat Center and Organic Farm, where dinner will be available (preregistration and payment required). Bill Mueller, director of the Western Great Lakes Bird and Bat Observatory, will speak about his journey across Wisconsin to raise awareness and money for bird causes.

Sunday’s lineup includes a discussion about climate change, followed by music, poetry and a closing ceremony.

New Wind Folk School, founded in 2011 by June Eastvold, focuses on climate and environmental challenges, as well as the personal quest for spiritual integration and meaning.

Members include scientists, writers, artists, historians, farmers and riverkeepers.

Cost: $20 per day; meals priced separately. Location: 420 W. Whitefish Rd., Port Washington. For more information, call 262-416-7732 or visit NewWindFolkSchool.org.

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Candy Barone Attendees will learn how to enhance their toolbox, get out of their own way and develop strategies to help others empower themselves or make a transition in their own lives. In addition, CCFcertified coaches can expand their professional development through a continuing education program presented in free bimonthly teleseminar tutorials. All CCF graduates can elect to register for one-on-one mentoring with a CCF master coach.

Voted Best Life Coach Training Course four years in a row by The Healthy Wealthy and Wise Corporation, CCF has certified more than 9,300 life coaches and executive coaches since 2006. Certification programs for both paths are offered in 100 cities worldwide.

“This coaching program has been endorsed by thousands of companies, associations, authors and self-improvement experts worldwide,” says CCF Certified Master Coach Candy Barone. “We believe that one of the primary criteria for becoming a life coach is leveraging the value of life lessons learned from successes, failures, frustrations and all of the events that enhance a person’s ability to empathize with what another is experiencing.”

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Also credited for water quality improvements are Milwaukee Riverkeeper and Southeastern Wisconsin Watersheds Trust, Inc. “The report is a vital tool for developing best practices to conserve our most valuable natural resource and enhance the health and beauty of our local watersheds for the use and enjoyment of all Milwaukee residents,” comments Barrett.

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iny Green Trees, an eco-conscious child care center located on the edge of Milwaukee’s Three Bridges Park, will host Nature Kindergarten from 8:30 to 11:30 a.m., Tuesdays and Wednesdays, beginning September 9. The program will provide young children the opportunity to explore the Menomonee River that runs through Three Bridges Park, work on nature-oriented projects and visit the nearby Urban Ecology Center. Healthy snacks are provided.

“Research shows that children who experience extensive time in nature grow up to be healthier and happier and to develop a deep love for the Earth,” notes Lori Barian, the center director. “Tiny Green Trees’ Nature Kindergarten provides young children ages 3 to 6 with this important foundation.”

Location: 717 S. 37 St., Milwaukee. For more information, call 414-645-9929, email Info@TinyGreenTrees.com or visit TinyGreenTrees.com. See ad, page 7.

Victory Garden Initiative Seeks Future Food Leaders

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n October, Victory Garden Initiative will launch the third session of its successful Food Leader Certificate program, which trains two dozen people in community organizing and leadership skills and strategies and how to grow food. Students attend gardening classes and retreats and learn to start seeds and cook healthy meals. Each participant will orchestrate an independent or community project.

Gretchen Mead, executive director of Victory Garden Initiative, co-teaches the course. Accomplishments of past groups include the construction of a prototype for a handicapped-accessible raised bed garden, fundraising to build UW-Milwaukee’s first hoop house, planting an orchard in Tippecanoe Park, launching a microgreens business and helping create a composting system for a large workplace.

For more information or to register for the program, call 414-431-0888 or visit VictoryGardenInitiative.org. See ad, page 2.

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kudos More than 25 home and small business owners in Milwaukee’s Bay View neighborhood will add solar to their rooftops this summer, thanks to Milwaukee Shines’ second neighborhood group purchasing program, Solar Bay View. The opportunity allowed property owners to take advantage of record low solar pricing through a group purchasing plan.

The deadline for the Bay View program has passed, with the count for installations available made final on August 1, but others are planned for the fall. The group programs are led through a partnership of the city of Milwaukee Solar Program, Milwaukee Shines, Riverwest Cooperative Alliance and Midwest Renewable Energy Association.

For more information about upcoming programs or to find out how a neighborhood association can host a program, email Solar@Milwaukee.gov.

City leaders have completed the Ezekiel Gillespie Park, a former vacant lot on the corner of 14th and Wright streets that was transformed into a vibrant community park featuring an underground rainwater cistern, porous pavers, a rain garden, fruit trees and berry bushes. It pays tribute to African-American civil rights leader and community advocate Ezekiel Gillespie, who won a landmark case in 1866 to secure voting rights in Wisconsin.

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With These Hands—Wonder Carol Allen Anfinsen Thanks to Carol Allen Anfinsen’s grandfather, a former biologist and teacher; her uncle, a former professor of entomology at the University of California, Berkeley; and father, a fly fisherman of great renown, she has always been an environmentalist and lover of nature’s remarkable handiwork.

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hen Princeton University researchers analyzed data from a representative sample of 40 African-American boys enrolled in the Fragile Families and Child Wellbeing Study that followed children born in major U.S. cities between 1998 and 2000, they determined that those that lived through 9 years of age with less-stable families, such as parents with multiple partners and harsh or hostile parenting styles, had a higher probability of having shorter telomeres compared with other children. Telomeres were, on average, 40 percent longer among children from stable families.

Telomeres are the segments of DNA at either end of a chromosome that protect the ends from deterioration or fusion with neighboring chromosomes. Shorter telomeres can decrease life expectancy by reducing the number of times our cells can divide, and scientists are discovering that a person’s living environment may lead to the condition.

Using large cohort (age group) study data from the Netherlands Study of Depression and Anxiety, another group of researchers from Amsterdam’s Vrije University found significantly shorter telomere length among those with higher stress markers; the shorter length was also associated with aging approximately 10 years faster. In addition, the scientists observed significantly shorter telomere length among people with depressive symptoms lasting longer than four years; the shorter length correlated with both longer and more severe depression.

Parents’ Smoking Linked to Artery Damage in Children

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esearchers from Australia’s University of Tasmania have found that children exposed to the secondhand smoke of their parents will likely face abnormally thickened carotid arteries later in life.

The finding, published in the European Heart Journal, followed 3,776 children that participated in the Cardiovascular Risk in Young Finns Study and the Childhood Determinants of Adult Health Study.

The children were divided into groups according to whether neither parent smoked, one parent smoked or both parents smoked. Questionnaire results were combined with ultrasound testing to correlate exposure during childhood with the health of carotid arteries, and researchers concluded that the effects are pervasive even 25 years later.

Those exposed to two parental smokers as children had significantly greater thickness of inner carotid artery walls than did children with non-smoking parents.

Their arteries also showed signs of premature aging of more than three years compared to children of nonsmokers. The researchers wrote, “There must be continued efforts to reduce smoking among adults to protect young people and to reduce the burden of cardiovascular disease across the population.”

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HEELLESS SHOES MAY HELP PREVENT RUNNERS’ INJURIES

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British study published in Footwear Science analyzed the effects of running in experimental heelless footwear compared with conventional running shoes with reinforced heels. The objective was to see if the heelless footwear would reduce the risk of chronic injury related to the habitual rear-foot strike pattern associated with conventional heeled shoes.

Using eight cameras with optoelectric running motion capture technology,12 male runners were tracked at four meters per second. The heelless running shoe resulted in less impact, greater plantar flexion and greater ankle eversion (rolling outward). The researchers concluded that the heelless shoes decreased the risk of chronic running foot injuries linked to excessive impact forces, but concede they may increase injury potential associated with excessive ankle eversion.

FLAXSEED LOWERS BLOOD PRESSURE

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ating flaxseed reduces blood pressure, according to researchers from Canada’s St. Boniface Hospital Research Center. They attribute the effect to its omega-3 fatty acids, lignans and fiber.

The researchers examined the effects of flaxseed on systolic and diastolic blood pressure in patients with peripheral artery disease, a condition typically marked by hypertension.

Patients consumed a variety of foods that collectively contained 30 grams of milled flaxseed or a placebo each day for six months. The flaxseed group experienced significantly increased plasma levels of certain omega-3 fatty acids and lower average systolic blood pressure (by 10 mmHg) and diastolic blood pressure (by 7 mm Hg). Those in the flaxseed group with initial systolic blood pressure levels over 140 mmHg saw reductions averaging 15 mmHg.

actionalert Dangerous Influx Gas Pipeline Pumps Radioactive Radon into Homes

In New York City, the Spectra gas pipeline that went online in 2013 is delivering more than just energyefficient, clean-burning natural gas from Pennsylvania’s Marcellus Shale. It’s also piping radioactive radon gas that’s contaminating commercial and residential boilers, ovens, stoves, dryers and water heaters at 30 to 80 times baseline levels—well above the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency safe level for radiation exposure.

According to Dr. Sheila Bushkin-Bedient, with the University of Albany, New York, “While it may be possible to remove other components of raw natural gas such as ethane, propane, butane and pentanes at natural gas processing centers, it’s not possible to remove radioactive substances such as radon. Radon is the leading cause

of lung cancer among nonsmokers and the second-leading cause among smokers and indirect (secondhand) smokers.”

The Spectra conduit is one of hundreds of pipelines and fossil fuel infrastructure projects across the country being quickly approved by the Federal Energy and Regulatory Commission. Citizens should demand that elected officials connect the dots and halt the uncontrolled rush to drill new sites regardless of safety concerns and let them know people are alarmed by the possibility of radioactive gas entering their communities.

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Trenton to Chicago via Eco-Outrigger Margo Pellegrino, a homemaker, mother of two and healthy oceans advocate from Medford Lakes, New Jersey, will begin a 1,600-mile journey from nearby Trenton to Chicago, Illinois, by outrigger canoe on August 13 as part of Blue Frontier Campaign’s ocean explorers project. During her two-month trip, she’ll meet with local environmental groups and the media to raise awareness of the urgent need to clean America’s waterways.

“All water and everything in it ends up in the ocean,” Pellegrino says. “Plastics and chemicals are particular problems, but soil runoff during floods and heavy rains also impact the ocean and marine life.” During previous paddles, Pellegrino saw firsthand the effects of dumped industrial waste in the waterways she traversed. She notes that nationally, oil rig operators have federal permits to dump 9 billion gallons of hydraulic fracturing, or fracking, waste into the ocean each year.

On Pellegrino’s first trip in 2007, she paddled nearly 2,000 miles up the Atlantic Coast, from Miami, Florida, to Maine. In 2009, she partnered with the Natural Resources Defense Council to go from Miami to New Orleans, Louisiana, to build support for a Healthy Oceans Act (OnEarth.org/author/healthyoceanspaddle). In 2010, she canoed along the Pacific coastline from Seattle, Washington, to San Diego, California. Next summer, Pellegrino plans to paddle down the Mississippi River.

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The American College of Sports Medicine’s (ACSM) seventh annual American Fitness Index (AFI) ranks Washington, D.C., at the top with a score of 77.3 (out of 100), followed by MinneapolisSt. Paul (73.5), Portland, Oregon (72.1) Denver (71.7) and San Francisco (71).

Overall, metro areas in 25 states scored 50 or above; the two lowest-ranking hovered near 25 points.

“The AFI data report is a snapshot of the state of health in the community and an evaluation of the infrastructure, community assets and policies that encourage healthy and fit lifestyles.

These measures directly affect quality of life in our country’s urban areas,” says Walter Thompson, Ph.D., chair of the AFI advisory board.

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Cycling Rx

Doctors Order Up a Bike for Patients The Prescribe-a-Bike program (Tinyurl.com/Prescription Bikes) allows doctors at Boston Medical Center, in Massachusetts, to write low-income patients prescriptions for a one-year membership to Hubway, the city’s bike-sharing system, for $5, which is $80 less than the regular charge. A free helmet is part of the deal.

According to The Boston Globe, one in four Boston residents is obese, and Kate Walsh, chief executive of Boston Medical Center, believes the program can help.

“Regular exercise is key to combating this [obesity] trend, and Prescribe-a-Bike,” she says, “is one important way our caregivers can help patients get the exercise they need to be healthy.”

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Airports Establish Bee-Friendly Acres The Common Acre is a nonprofit partnering with the airport serving Seattle, Washington, and the Urban Bee Company (UrbanBee.com) to reclaim 50 acres of vacant land to plant native wildflowers as pollinator habitat for hummingbirds, butterflies and disease-resistant bee colonies. A GMO-free (no genetic modification) wildflower seed farm is also in the works. Bees present no threat to air traffic and the hives discourage birds that do pose a danger to planes.

Beekeeper Jim Robins, of Robins Apiaries, in St. Louis, Missouri, rents an area with a plentiful supply of white Dutch clover, and Lambert Airport views his enterprise as part of its sustainability program. O’Hare Airport, in Chicago, the first in the U.S. to install hives, is rebuilding to its full complement of 50 hives after losing about half of them to 2014’s extreme winter. It’s a project that could be a model for airports everywhere—using inaccessible scrubland to do something revolutionary, like supporting a local food system. One hundred foods make up 90 percent of a human diet, and bees pollinate 71 of them.

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The towers, inspired by the native warka tree, are a vertical bamboo system that harvests potable, clean water from the air through condensation, using a fog-harvesting fabric that can collect up to 25 gallons of safe drinking water per day. Each tower costs about $550, and can be built in a few days by village residents using locally available materials.

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Why Persistence Counts Some educators believe that improvements in instruction, curriculum and school environments are not enough to raise the achievement levels of all students, especially disadvantaged children.

Also necessary is a quality called “grit”, loosely defined as persistence over time to overcome challenges and accomplish big goals. Grit comprises a suite of traits and behaviors that include goal-directedness (knowing where to go and how to get there); motivation (having a strong will to achieve identified goals); self-control (avoiding distractions and focusing on the task at hand); and a positive mindset (embracing challenges and viewing failure as a learning opportunity).

A meta-study of 25 years of research by John Hattie and Helen Timperley, professors at the University of Aukland, New Zealand, has shown that giving students challenging goals encourages greater effort and persistence than providing vague or no direction. Students aren’t hardwired for these qualities, but grit can be developed through an emerging battery of evidence-based techniques that give educators a powerful new set of tools to support student success.

A famous example of the power of self-regulation was observed when preschoolers that were able to withstand the temptation of eating a marshmallow for 15 minutes to receive a second one were more successful in high school and scored about 210 points higher on their SATs later in life than those with less willpower (Tinyurl.com/Stanford MarshallowStudy).

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Montessori Inspires Career Helping Children Thrive

by Sheila Julson

W

hen innovative teaching method founded by Italian educator and physician Maria Montessori took root in Milwaukee during the 1970s, Priscilla Bovee, now head of school at New World Montessori School, in River Hills, knew she could have a rewarding career helping children grow and learn naturally.

Born in New York, Bovee moved to Milwaukee when she was a young girl. As the oldest of six children, she was often in charge of supervising her younger siblings while her father taught journalism at Marquette University. She later attended Marquette, where she received her Bachelor of Arts degree in Philosophy and learned about Montessori’s work.

However, Bovee didn’t enter the teaching profession immediately after college. For three years, she edited literature for American Appraisal Company, but she was not happy in that line of work. “It’s always good to have a job that you don’t enjoy, and then you realize the difference when you do find the right thing,” she observes.

Bovee recalled how inspired she was by the Montessori teaching methods she had studied, which encourage children to think independently and

nourish responsibility. “It all just fit together,” she observes. “I went to a university to learn how to think and how to learn, and I realized that’s what Montessori is all about.

It teaches children how to love learning and how to think independently.

It is the way education should be,” she affirms.

Bovee pursued Montessori training under Hildegard Solzbacher, founder of the Midwest Montessori Institute, who Bovee credits with bringing Montessori education to Milwaukee. In 1975, Bovee achieved primary Montessori certification. The same year, Solzbacher started New World Montessori School.

Bovee promptly started teaching there, and her son and daughter, now grown, attended the school. In 1992, when Solzbacher retired as head of school, Bovee stepped into the position.

“Montessori fits the way children grow and develop,” Bovee comments. “It respects children and encourages their capabilities.” A Montessori classroom, called the Casa dei Bambini, Italian for “children’s house”, is set up at a child’s level; a prepared environment designed to be the ideal place for children to learn and interact with each other. Teachers allow the children to explore the environment in constructive ways.

Rather than classes with individual grades, Montessori education groups kids together in age ranges: 3 to 6 years old, 6 to 9 years old, and 9 to 12 years old. The arrangement resembles a family setting and encourages children to be patient and better deal with other people. “It’s not a competitive system,” Bovee notes.

“We encourage children to cooperate and support each other. It’s a very

harmonious atmosphere and a peaceful little community. It’s the way we all wish the world could be.” There is no grading system, and testing is minimal.

New World is located in the west wing of the Indian Hill Elementary School building. The property includes a large prairie and a pond, an ideal setting for incorporating Montessori principles of nature study and outdoor learning.

Montessori teachings strictly encourage good behavior, but mistakes are not punished, nor are successes rewarded. “The joy of accomplishment is the reward,” Bovee says. “If we never made mistakes, we’d never learn anything. Mistakes are our friends, our guideposts to try something else that will work. It’s a friendly approach to just being human.”

New World is accredited by the worldwide certifying organization Association Montessori Internationale.

Bovee points out that because the term Montessori is not copyrighted, some schools use the name without staying true to the actual Montessori teachings.

New World has approximately 50 students, with some from other countries. Bovee reports that the Montessori program brings positive student achievement and is sought by parents that value education and a sense of community. Friendships grow among like-minded parents that appreciate the value of providing a creative learning environment for their children.

“At the end of the day, the kids often don’t want to leave,” Bovee says. “The school is their home away from home, a place where they’re nurtured and stimulated, a place where they thrive.”

New World Montessori School is located at 1101 W. Brown Deer Rd., in River Hills. For more information, call 414-351-6000 or visit nwms.info. See ad, page 21.

Sheila Julson is a freelance writer in Milwaukee. Connect with her at SJulson@wi.rr.com.

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Learning that Transforms Hearts and Minds Rethinking How We See Our World Changes Everything

by Linda Sechrist

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n the 30 years since Harrison Owen introduced Open Space Technology (OST), it has been used hundreds of thousands of times by three-quarters of the world’s countries. Whether a few people gather in a circle to share ideas and brainstorm personal issues or thousands discuss a bulletin board of topics around tables, OST is a safe, informal venue for transformative learning.

Guided by purpose-based, shared leadership, it allows individuals focused on a specific task to freely speak their thoughts and be heard. It also encourages breakout groups to mine for more information—learning individually, as well as collectively, and self-organizing in order to concentrate on more complex topics. “Boeing engineers used OST to learn how to redesign airplane doors and young Egyptians used it to strategize for their Arab Spring,” as examples, comments Owen.

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Café, learning is transformation, the keystone of life, and the essence of meaningful education. “The circle principle contains the predictability of fresh, emerging thoughts and learning that never occurred previously,” explains Owen.

He points to an experiment regarding children’s capacity for selflearning initiated by Sugata Mitra, Ph.D., the former science director of an educational technology firm in India.

On the outside wall of the building where he worked, Mitra installed a computer facing a New Delhi slum where most children were unschooled and illiterate and had never seen a computer. He turned it on and told children they could play with it.

Via a noninvasive video camera, he watched 7-to-13-year-olds discover how to use the computer and teach each other how to play music and games and draw using Microsoft’s Paint program. Repetition of the experiment in other impoverished sections of India yielded similar results. Wherever he established an Internet connection, children that could not read English, the Internet’s default language, taught themselves how to use the Web to ob-

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tain information through their interactions with each other and the computer.

“I agree with what Mitra surmised from his experiment—learning is emergent, which is another word for selforganizing,” remarks Owen. Like Freire, Owen likens traditional education to the “banking” method of learning, whereby the teacher passes information to students that become dependent on someone else rather than learning how to think on their own.

Suzanne Daigle, a Sarasota, Florida-based consultant with a Canadian multidisciplinary consulting firm, explains how the OST learning environment changed her life: “My personal transformation began in 2009. Even though I was a leader in my corporate career, I doubted myself and often believed that what others had to say was more significant and interesting than what I could express.”

Now she says she has shed her people-pleasing tendencies and former attempts to control other people’s agendas and discovered the freedom and courage of her own voice. “As an OST facilitator, my life work now occurs in the moments I am collaboratively learning and listening for opportunities to enter into meaningful conversations that can lead to actions,” says Daigle. “I invite others to do the same.”

Co-Learning

In a compulsory two-year Theory of Learning class for an International Baccalaureate degree at California’s Granadas Hill Charter High School, math and science educator Anais Arteaga helps students apply two major elements of transformative learning: self-reflection to critique one’s own assumptions and discourse through which they question or validate their judgments. She focuses on the roles that perception, language, reason and emotion play in a student’s learning and decision-making abilities.

“Questions and lively discussions are the basis of the class,” Arteaga says.

“We begin with a question and explore what we know, how we know it and any conclusions drawn from the process.”

Using a democratic model in which the teacher welcomes critical discussion, Arteaga and her students have mutually discovered that knowl-

edge is not static, but has a history and changes over time. “When we first started the class, it was challenging to accept that in many situations there is no right or wrong, just relativity and a matter of perception. We don’t really know anything for certain,” she remarks.

Worldview Explorations

Katia Petersen, Ph.D., is the executive director of education at the Institute of Noetic Sciences (IONS), headquartered in Petaluma, California. She codeveloped the tools, practices and 22 lessons in the pioneering organization’s Worldview Explorations (WE) project.

Founded on 40 years of IONS research, WE engages everyone in age-appropriate ways in reflecting upon long-held assumptions and how beliefs create the lens they see through, ultimately improving how they understand and respond to the world.

“When individuals understand the power of offering their story and are open to the worldview stories of others, they no longer focus attention on differences and limitations,” says Petersen. “They realize that everyone has their own truth.

“WE’s transformative learning experiences draw from the heart and soul of individuals, rather than stuffing heads with ideas and perspectives, which serves them well as they embody and apply these tools and practices in their daily lives.”

She cites a particularly powerful moment for a group of young people she worked with. “A student was killed in a drive-by shooting two weeks before their certification. The transformative moment came when they said that their new awareness and capacity for compassion and understanding would not allow them to seek revenge. Instead, they chose to save lives in their communities using their new skills.”

World Café

Like OST, the World Café, co-created

by Brown and David Isaacs, of Burns-

ville, North Carolina, creates a transformative learning environment for individuals of all ages. Its primary principles are: set the context, create hospitable space, explore questions that matter, encourage everyone’s contributions, connect diverse perspectives, listen together for patterns and insights and share collective discoveries. Webs of conversation created around actual or occasionally virtual tables resemble those found in coffeehouses.

“Conversation is a core meaningmaking process, and people get to experience how the collective intelligence of a small or large group can become apparent,” says Brown. After several rounds of conversation on one or more topics, participants offer their harvest of key insights, learning and opportunities for action with the full group gathered to reflect together on their discoveries.

“World Café provides an environment in which you are comfortably drawn forward by the questions you are asking together. When enough diversity is present, varied perspectives are offered and people feel listened to and free to make their contribution,” observes Brown.

What participants learn in this setting creates the climate of conditions that support the kinds of transformations that can change lives. Brown remarks, “When it happens to me, I feel like my brain cells have been rearranged. I know something in the collective, as well as the individual, has been evoked, so that something never before imagined becomes present and available.”

Transformative learning has been compared to a sea journey without landmarks. Adventurous individuals that are open to traversing its highly engaging processes can emerge as autonomous thinkers, capable of contributing fresh, new ideas that just might transform the world we live in.

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

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Children at Wisconsin’s Montessori School of Waukesha learn to baste; spoon beans or rice from bowls; cut paper, draw, paint or paste cutouts; and sew or embroider using a three-finger grip.

It strengthens the muscles they will need later to practice writing skills.

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Schools that Rock Innovators Blaze Creative Paths

by Sandra Murphy

Creative educational initiatives offer more flexible programs of study than traditional institutions. First introduced into the United States in the latter part of the 20th century, today there are thousands of such facilities operating according to their own lights. Yet many share certain distinguishing characteristics including emphasis on close studentteacher relationships, diverse experiential learning and development of student decision-making skills aided by peer and parental support.

All aim to prepare and equip students for future success both inside and outside the classroom.

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At age 3, kids at the Baltimore Montessori Public Charter School, in Maryland, are gaining early math and motor skills, plus an appreciation for healthy foods, in unique and innovative ways. “The children roll out a long mat containing 1,000 beads that they use to learn to count by twos, fours and 10s,” says Jenny Smolen, development coordinator and grant writer for the school. “When it’s time for multiplication and division, they’re prepared.”

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seeds to grow in pots until it’s time to transplant them to the garden. “Before the seed-to-table program, the kids didn’t know what fresh tasted like. Now they go home and ask for vegetables for dinner,” says Smolen.

The school also has six chickens that supply fresh eggs, and two beehives produced 100 pounds of honey last year that was sold to raise funds. The school is free of charge to Baltimore city students chosen by lottery. Currently, 330 students from diverse backgrounds ages 3 through 13 attend, with 1,000 names on the waiting list.

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Waldorf School alumna Jocelyn Miller, an account manager at Matter Communications, drives 45 minutes from Newburyport, Massachusetts, to take her three children to The Waldorf School at Moraine Farms, in Beverly.

“On bad weather days, I wonder why I make the drive, but the smiles when we arrive are worth it,” she says. There, her children spend time outdoors regardless of the weather. Indoors, they draw illustrations to bolster lessons on history and geography.

Second-graders work in three-hour blocks of time, rather than the traditional 45 minutes. Fifth-grade students recently spent three weeks studying Greek mythology. Older students play in an orchestra and learn German and Spanish.

They also knit; the craft builds manual dexterity and helps children learn to plan, correct mistakes, be creative, visualize the finished product and mindfully create something useful or decorative.

Middle school and high school students at the Waldorf School of Garden City, in New York, universally participate in seasonal sports—baseball, softball, basketball and soccer. The emphasis on the values of teamwork and sportsmanship complement development of skills. The school’s policy is, “You don’t have to be a superstar to get playing time,” noting that the quality of athletic teams is consistently strong.

The school also brings some green into the city with a horticultural program that fully cultivates a quarteracre field. Its steady harvest of fruits,

vegetables, herbs and grains includes lettuce, beans, spinach, broccoli, kale, corn, oregano, thyme, rosemary, strawberries, blueberries and raspberries. A new greenhouse keeps produce growing through winter months.

Students at Conservatory Prep High School, in Davie, Florida, were tasked with finding a way to walk on water in order to explore principles of flotation and buoyancy. After researching and experimenting with each of a series of materials, they analyzed what went wrong, worked to fix it and then tried again. “We did the testing at our onsite pool,” says Wendy Weiner, Ed.D., the school’s founder and principal and a Waldorf alumna. “We saw some pretty funny results, but they eventually invented a pair of shoes that worked. Of course, they were pretty big shoes.”

Homeschooling

Homeschooling provides another option. Parents don’t need to know all about a subject with organizations like Bridgeway Academy’s homeschool curricula at hand. This Lehigh Valley, Pennsylvania, institution provides easy access to tools and support for families

nationwide. “We’re a kindergartento-12th-grade provider,” says Jessica Parnell, academy president. “Teachers in a school setting have to teach standardized subjects, in certain ways, to the whole class. We use customized learning to inspire and excite children individually. We help parents discover their child’s learning style, personality and ideal learning environment.”

Materials provided include instructor guides, user-friendly websites and interactive games and other activities.

“It gives kids the freedom to explore, learn and discover,” Parnell adds. “This is how you grow a lifelong learner.”

Un-Schooling

Un-schooling, another pioneering approach, is a method of homeschooling in which children pursue areas that interest them, eat foods they enjoy, rest when needed, choose friends of all ages or none at all and engage their world in unique, powerful and self-directed ways. Suzanne Strisower, a life and career coach in Oroville, California, has written a commoncore, standards-based curriculum for un-schoolers. “It’s a yearlong program for ages 15 and up designed to enable

a student to realize his career path and life’s purpose,” she says.

Online Tutorials

“There’s an explosion in online learning, too,” observes Bob Bowdon, executive director of nonprofit Choice Media, an education news service at ChoiceMedia.tv, produced in New York City. School kids in some states are able to opt out of a class at school if they feel the teaching style is holding them back, instead tapping online teachers available in a virtual school setting.

Louisiana’s Department of Education’s Jump Start program partners high schools and local companies to offer students one-day-a-week internships apprenticing in trades. “It’s real-world, on-the-job training,” says Bowdon.

Thanks to such innovative approaches to school curricula and technology, parents and children have more options than ever before for learning. Instead of memorizing information until the next test and then forgetting it, more learning is customized and hands-on, because children that learn by doing, remember.

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Raising Children in Harmony with Mother Nature

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verse often recited in Waldorf schools goes like this: “The Earth is firm beneath my feet. The sun shines bright above. And here stand I so straight and strong, all things to know and love.”

In accordance with the Waldorf philosophy, the verse encapsulates an approach that from infancy prepares children to become adults able to live in harmony with the Earth and in integrity with themselves. It illustrates what adults wish for children: a way to grow up feeling secure, capable and able to know and love the world and one another.

The Earth is firm beneath my feet…

The Earth supports, heals and nourishes people in abundant ways. What experiences foster in young children such a sense of security and trust in the goodness of the Earth? When adults teach by example the joy of growing and eating fresh fruits and vegetables, transforming food waste into rich compost and making teas, ointments and remedies, children gain a visceral experience of the Earth providing for them, which can give them an incomparable sense of security.

Simply being given the opportunity to play in nature and to experience the beauty of the rain, grass, flowers, stones, leaves and ice, children can feel that the Earth is a treasure house overflowing with riches. A fly’s glistening green back is a jewel. This can lead the child to sense that the world is good.

If the world is good, then, the child internalizes the experience that, “I can be here, wholeheartedly.”

The sun shines bright above…

The sun signals when it is time to wake up and when to sleep. Yes, the sun will set at the end of this day, but a new day will come. The rhythms of day and night and the seasons give the sense of assurance that there is a time for everything. Nothing needs to be rushed. The speed of technology, cars and other socalled time-saving machinery can make us feel frantic, rather than relaxed.

Adults can best lead children when they create and work with rhythms that honor the body’s alternating need for rest and activity, for time alone and in community and for eating and digesting. By establishing and maintaining healthy rhythms, adults give children the freedom to breathe deeply and grow in a healthy way.

And here stand I so straight and strong, all things to know and love…

Teaching children at a young age to do things themselves such as putting on their jackets, cleaning up after themselves and serving others at the table helps them discover their importance, impact and value. They gain a sense of responsibility and self-worth from which they are better equipped to treat all beings with respect and consideration; to be true to themselves and capable of forming deep, positive relationships; and to be strong and selfsufficient in community.

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Be a hero, undersea glories. “Crabs a peek and you’re faceMy job lets me do take pollution sneak to-face with fish. Sea lions what I love and call it work,” says Andrea Neal, down to zero. want to play,” she says. “I’ve also had great white sharks Ph.D., founder and CEO ~ National Park cruise by and give me an of Blue Ocean Sciences, a Service intimidating nudge.” scientific collaboration seekIt’s not just sharks and ing healthy water solutions, extreme weather that swimmers, divers in Ojai, California. “When I surf, I’m and watercraft enthusiasts worry about in sync with water and air at the same these days—it’s trash, too. The most basic time.” One time during a Scandinavian snowfall, she donned a wet suit to ride requirement for safe water sports is clean eight-foot waves; after splashdown, she water. Plastics, paper and other debris, emerged with ice-tipped eyelashes and ranging from microscopic toxins to eva huge grin. “I’ve never been so cold, eryday garbage, pose life-threatening hazbut it was glorious!” ards to human and marine life. “I want Neal likens scuba diving to entermy kids and their kids to share in what ing another world, revealing nature’s I’ve experienced,” exclaims Neal, part of

the global scientific community redefining clean water habitats as an investment.

Semiannual walking beach cleanups, an Oregon tradition for 30 years, have removed 2.8 million pounds of trash, largely comprising cigarette butts, fishing ropes and plastic bottles. Unusual items include telephone poles and a 200-pound Styrofoam block. In the 2014 spring campaign, 4,800 volunteers that treasure coastal recreational activities removed an estimated 24 tons of litter and marine debris (solv.org). What West Coasters see can also show up in Japan and vice versa, so coordinated cleanup efforts benefit outdoor enthusiasts in both countries.

Lake Tahoe, on the California/ Nevada border, beckons paddleboard, raft, canoe and kayak aficionados. Last year, volunteers for the Great Sierra River Cleanup, a Sierra Nevada Conservancy project, finessed the condition of this recreational site by picking up a ton of trash in and near the water and were able to recycle 600 pounds of it (Tinyurl.com/SierraRiverCleanup).

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ferries volunteers to a cove accessible only by boat to clean and enjoy the area (Tinyurl.com/LakeMeadOperationZero).

The improved natural environment attracts visitors to the lake to try new sports like wakesurfing, riding the water behind a wave-producing boat by dropping the tow line once waves form. The more adventurous go wakeboarding, which combines water skiing, snowboarding and surfing skills as the rider becomes airborne between waves. The more advanced sport of waterskating requires more stylish skateboarder moves.

Further inland, Adopt-a-Beach volunteers help keep the Great Lakes clean. More than a beach sweep, volunteers regularly monitor litter throughout the year and perform a complete beach health assessment on each visit. The eight Great Lakes border states—Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Minnesota, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin—benefit from teams of volunteers continually working to improve beach health (GreatLakes.org/adoptabeach).

Moving south, Project AWARE cleans up Iowa’s waterways, “one stretch of river, one piece of trash at a time” (Tinyurl.com/IowaAware). Stand up paddleboarding, kayaking and canoeing are popular river activities. Paddlers collect litter en route and leave it in designated bins at access points.

In Missouri, the Big River beckons. Jeff Briggs, an insurance adjustor in High Ridge, tubes the mile-plus stretch between dams at Rockford Beach Park and Byrnes Mill. “When we’re tubing, it’s just for enjoyment,” he says.

“For a longer float, we take the jon boat so there’s space to stow trash.”

Table Rock Lake, in southern Missouri, draws fishermen and water sports enthusiasts. Their WK Lewis Shoreline Cleanup has removed 179 tons of trash in 10 years. In 2013, 670 volunteers filled 11 dumpsters (Tinyurl.com/ WK-Lewis-Cleanup).

“It takes love and commitment, patience and persistence to keep cleaning up habitats,” says Wallace J. Nichols, Ph.D., co-founder of four grassroots water advocacy groups. “Clean water is important though, to sustain fit life on the planet.”

Avery Mack is a freelance writer in St. Louis, MO. Connect via AveryMack@mindspring.com.

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How Trash Impacts Marine Life

by Avery Mack “No matter where you live, trash can travel from your hands to storm drains to streams and on to the sea. The problem of ocean trash is entirely preventable, and you can make a difference,” advises the Ocean Conservancy.

The Ocean Trash Index provides information by state and country on how much and what kind of trash enters our waterways. Each fall, data is collected during the organization’s International Coastal Cleanup oneday campaign both on land and under water. About 10 million pounds of trash was collected worldwide in 2013; of that total, 3.5 million pounds, or nearly 35 percent, originated in the U.S. The most common offenses include discarded cigarette butts and filters, food wrappers, plastic bottles and bags, beverage caps and lids, cups, plates, utensils, straws and stirrers, glass bottles, aluminum cans and paper bags. All of it could have been recycled, including the cigarettes (see RippleLife.org/butts).

Trash enters the water from illegal or thoughtless dumping, extreme weather events, a crashed plane, sunken boat, lost fishing traps, nets or lines, movie props or windblown litter. For example, a plastic bag blows out of the trash can or truck, enters a storm drain or creek and moves into rivers and the ocean, where it endangers marine life, swimmers and watercraft.

Water boards in Los Angeles and the San Francisco Bay Area recognize that voluntary measures aren’t enough to solve the problem. Some cities in the Los Angeles area have implemented fullcapture systems designed to trap debris greater than five millimeters in size.

Prevention is obviously the least expensive, safest and easiest way to keep water clean. To protect local, regional and global waters, follow the familiar refrain of recycle, reuse, repair and repurpose. Be thoughtful about what’s in the trash can and keep it securely closed. Move the car on street

sweeping days—along with dust, dirt and leaves, a street sweeper picks up animal waste and oil from cars.

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Knowing what comprises most trash helps consumers demand product redesigns and new policies that address the most problematic items and materials, explains Nicholas Mallos, a marine debris specialist with the Ocean Conservancy.

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We love our seafood, a delicious source of lean protein. The latest data reports U.S. annual consumption to be more than 4.8 billion pounds of it, according to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, with the average American eating 3.5 ounces of seafood a week. About half of the catch is wild-caught and half farmed. How do we know which fish and shellfish are safe to eat and good for ocean ecology?

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he best approach is to choose seafood carefully. Oil spills, waste runoff and other environmental disasters can compromise the quality of seafood with toxic contaminants like mercury and other heavy metals and industrial, agricultural and lawn chemicals. These pollutants can wash out from land to sea (and vice versa). As smaller fish that have eaten pollutants are eaten by larger ones, contaminants accumulate and concentrate. Large predatory fish like swordfish and sharks end up with the most toxins.

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natives to overfished species such as sea bass and Atlantic cod. These newto-us, wild-caught fish can be delicious, sustainable and healthy.

Choices Good for Oceans

An outstanding resource for choosing well-managed caught or farmed seafood in environmentally responsible ways is Seafood Watch, provided through California’s Monterey Bay Aquarium.

Information on the most sustainable varieties of seafood is available in a printed guide, updated twice a year. The pocket guide or smartphone app provides instant information at the seafood counter and restaurant table. Online information at SeafoodWatch.org and via the app is regularly updated.

The Blue Ocean Institute, led by MacArthur Fellow and ecologist Carl Safina, Ph.D., supports ocean conservation, community economics and global peace by steering consumers and businesses toward sustainably fished seafood. It maintains a data base on 140 wild-caught fish and shellfish choices at BlueOcean.org.

Hoki, for instance, might have a green fish icon for “relatively abundant” and a blue icon for “sustainable and well-managed fisheries,” but also be red-flagged for containing levels of mercury or PCBs that can pose a health risk for children. As species become overfished, rebound or experience fluctuating levels of contaminants, their annual ratings can change.

Choices Good for Us

To help make choosing easier, Seafood Watch has now joined with the Harvard School of Public Health to also advise what’s currently safe to eat. Entries on their list of “green” fish, which can shift annually, are low in mercury, good sources of long-chain omega-3 fatty acids and caught or farmed responsibly.

If the top-listed fish and shellfish aren’t locally available, look for the Seafood Safe label, started by EcoFish company founder and President Henry Lovejoy, which furnishes at-a-glance consumption recommendations based upon tests for contaminants. Labels display a number that indicates how many four-ounce servings of the species

a woman of childbearing age can safely eat per month. (Find consumption recommendations for other demographics at SeafoodSafe.com.) Expert-reviewed independent testing of random samples of the fish currently monitors mercury and PCB levels. Lovejoy advises that other toxins will be added to the testing platform in the future.

“My dream is to have all seafood sold in the U.S. qualify to bear the Seafood Safe label, because consumers deserve to know what they’re eating,” says Lovejoy. “We need to be a lot more careful in how we use toxic chemicals and where we put them.”

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Some retailers also provide details on their seafood sourcing. Whole Foods, for example, offers complete traceability of the fish and shellfish they carry, from fishery or farm to stores. Their fish, wild-caught or farmed, frozen or fresh, meet strict quality guidelines in regard to exposure to antibiotics, preservatives and hormones. They also display Seafood Watch and Blue Ocean Institute ratings at the seafood counter.

Wise seafood choices feed and sustain our families, foster a healthier seafood industry, support responsible local fisheries and keep Earth’s water resources viable.

Judith Fertig blogs at AlfrescoFood AndLifestyle.blogspot.com from Overland Park, KS.

SUPERB SEAFOOD According to Seafood Watch and the Harvard School of Public Health, the Super “Green” list includes seafood with low levels of mercury (below 216 parts per billion [ppb]) and at least 250 milligrams per day (mg/d) of the recommended daily consumption of omega-3 essential fatty acids. It also must be classified as a Best Choice for being caught or farmed in environmentally responsible ways at SeafoodWatch.org.

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The family’s kitchen was also a food desert, with barely a morsel of real food. There were no ingredients to make real food—only pre-made factory science projects sold in cans and boxes with unpronounceable, unrecognizable ingredient lists.

This family desperately wanted to find a way out, but didn’t have the knowledge or skills. They lived on food stamps and fast food and didn’t know how to navigate a grocery aisle, shop for real food, read a label, equip a kitchen or cook nutritious meals. Their grandmother has a garden, but never taught her children how to grow food, even though they live in a temperate rural area.

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What results did the family see when they changed their eating habits?

I got the whole family cooking, washing, peeling, chopping, cutting and touching real food—onions, garlic, carrots, sweet potatoes, cucumbers, tomatoes, salad greens, even asparagus. After 12 months, the mother had lost 100 pounds and was off of blood pressure medication, and because the father had lost 45 pounds, he finally qualified for a kidney transplant. The son originally lost 40 pounds, but because he was stuck in a toxic food environment at school and only able to get a job at a fast-food eatery, he gained much of it back. I’m happy to report that he is now working to get back on track.

How is sugar a primary factor in creating obesity?

Of some 600,000 processed food items on the market, 80 percent contain added sugar. Sugar calories act differently from fat or protein calories in the body. Sugar calories drive food addiction, storage of belly fat, inflammation and fatty liver (now the number one reason for liver transplants). They also disrupt appetite control, increasing hunger and promoting overeating, and are biologically addictive. Sugar calories are the major contributor to heart attacks, strokes, cancer, dementia and Type 2 diabetes. Sugar is a root cause behind the tripling of obesity rates in children since the 1970s.

As just one example illustrating government policy culprits, although poor people are disproportionately affected by obesity, the food industry vigorously opposes any efforts

to limit the use of food stamps for soda. Every year, the U.S. government pays for $4 billion in soda purchases by the poor (10 billion servings annually) on the front end, and then pays billions more on the back end through Medicaid and Medicare to treat related health consequences that include obesity and diabetes.

What are the consequences if we don’t attack the problem of poor diet now?

The costs of a poor diet are staggering: At the present rate, by 2040, 100 percent of the nation’s federal budget will go for Medicare and Medicaid. The federal debt soars as our unhealthy kids fall heir to an achievement gap that limits America’s capacity to compete in the global marketplace. At the same time, having 70 percent of young people unfit for military service weakens national security.

In a detailed scientific analysis published in The New England Journal of Medicine, a group of respected scientists reviewing all the data affecting projected life spans concluded that today’s children are the first generation of Americans ever that will live sicker and die younger than their parents.

Health issues due to poor diet comprise a national crisis. They threaten our future, not just for those fat and sick among us, but all of us.

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SUNDAY, AUGUST 3 Joy of Painting – Aug 3, 4, 24, 25. Sun, 12-2pm; Mon, 9:30-11:30am. Discover acrylic painting in this inspiring and eclectic class. Learn about and explore techniques. Class is perfect for beginners and anyone who loves to paint. $35/session. Creative Journey Studio, The Springs Gallery/Studios, 521 Wisconsin Ave, Waukesha. 262-955-0638.

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Creative Journaling – Aug 3, 24. 3-4:30pm. Learn to create an art journal expressing your thoughts and feelings in an artsy and creative way using a variety of art supplies. $25. Creative Journey Studio, The Springs Gallery/Studios, 521 Wisconsin Ave, Waukesha. 262-955-0638. TrueCreativeYou.com.

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WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 6 Healthy Cookin’ from the Garden – 6-8:30pm.

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MONDAY, AUGUST 11 Summer Camp: Balancing the Chakras – Aug 11-15. 6:30-7:30am. Each morning for a week your body and mind will be opened and balanced. Each energy center will be awakened and recharged. $40. Santosha Yoga Studio. W307 N1497 Golf Rd, Delafield. 262-337-9065. SantoshaFitness.net.

Ayurvedic Energy Healing Practice – 6-8pm.

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SATURDAY, AUGUST 16 Horses and Healing – 10am-4pm. Working among horses the body/mind/spirit balance called healing takes on new avenues of understanding. Discover how energy healing techniques you know can become clearer, stronger and easier. $120. Limited space. Innersongs, Mukwonago. Register: 262 5014838. Innersongs.net.

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Concordia Gardens Work Day – 9am-12pm. See Aug 2 listing. Concordia Gardens, 220 E Concordia Ave, Milwaukee. 414-431-0888. VictoryGarden Initiative.org.

Spirit Message Circle – 6:30-9pm. After a meditation to awaken intuitive guidance, attendees will be guided to give and receive messages from the angelic kingdom. No experience necessary. $20.

Angel Light Center for the Healing Arts, 13300 Watertown Plank Rd, Elm Grove. Register: 262787-3001. AngelLightLLC.com.

SATURDAY, AUGUST 9 Conversations with Horses – 11am-1pm. Robin Guayasamin-Salerno and the horses of Innersongs work with volunteers to show how horse wisdom can assist in self-awareness, self-mastery and the opening of heart energies. Rain date: Aug 23. Innersongs, Mukwonago. Register: 262-501-4838.

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MONDAY, AUGUST 18 Tai Chi for Healers – Aug 18, 25. 6-7:30pm. Developing sensitivity to energy/prana/chi; deepening relaxation, enhancing flow, clearing and strengthening the nadis and koshas. Includes a gentle practice of two person Tui Shou and Chi Kung training. $15.

Kanyakumari Ayurveda & Yoga Wellness Center, GreenSquare Center, 6789 N Green Bay Ave, Glendale. 414-755-2858. Kanyakumari.us.

THURSDAY, AUGUST 21 Introduction to Reiki – 6:15-8:45pm. Learn about reiki before taking the step to become a practitioner.

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SATURDAY, AUGUST 23 Unity’s Premiere Arts, Crafts & Vendor Fair – Aug 23, 24. Sat, 8am-5pm; Sun, 11am-2pm. Vendors showcase their business, hobbies and avocations to make Unity’s members and others aware of their wares and trade. Exhibit tables available. Free to attend, $25/to exhibit both days, $15/exhibit one day.

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262-955-0638. TrueCreativeYou.com.

SUNDAY, AUGUST 31 Deepen Your Yoga Experience – 10:30-11:45am.

Get a $10 certificate to learn about a powerful technique that helps you achieve new mental heights and can be incorporated with yoga. Soccer field north of Bradford Beach, Lake Park, Milwaukee.

414-793-4168. HigherBrainLivingThirdWard.com.

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Creative Journaling – 3-4:30pm. See Aug 3 listing. $25. Creative Journey Studio, The Springs Gallery/ Studios, 521 Wisconsin Ave, Waukesha. 262-9550638. TrueCreativeYou.com.

Alternative Medicine Arts Event: Milwaukee Metaphysical Festivals – 12-7pm. Sponsored by Fellowship of Alternative Beliefs. Vendors, food & fun. Ritual begins at 6. Free. Hart Park, Muellner Bldg, 7300 Chestnut St, Wauwatosa.

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TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 9

Tai Chi for Healers – 6-7:30pm. See Aug 18 listing. $15. Kanyakumari Ayurveda & Yoga Wellness Center, GreenSquare Center, 6789 N Green Bay Ave, Glendale. 414-755-2858. Kanyakumari.us.

Introduction to Healing with Sound – 6:308:30pm. Class lays the groundwork for understanding how sound is used and demos the vibrations of tingshas, crystal bowls, Tibetan bowls and bells and tuning forks. $45. Angel Light Center for the Healing Arts, 13300 Watertown Plank Rd, Elm Grove.

262-787-3001. AngelLightLLC.com.

Energy Zaptastic – 10:30am-12pm. See Aug 14 listing. $10. Treetop Yoga, LLC, N93 W25173 Bittersweet Dr, Sussex. Rebecca: 414-839-0242.

RebeccaDeVogel.com.

FRIDAY, AUGUST 29 Meditate and Paint – Aug 29,30. Fri, 9:30-11am; Sat, 1-2:30pm. See Aug 1 listing. $20. Creative Journey Studio, The Springs Gallery/Studios, 521 Wisconsin Ave, Waukesha. 262-955-0638. True CreativeYou.com.

Yoga Nidra – 6-7:30pm. Learn and practice this effective stress-relieving meditation, using breath and body awareness techniques and intention-setting to achieve profound contentment and peace. $20. Santosha Yoga Studio. W307 N1497 Golf Rd, Delafield.

262-337-9065. SantoshaFitness.net.

SATURDAY, AUGUST 30 The Sacred Black Hills Journey – Aug 30-Sept 5.

A spiritual hike in the Black Hills. Engage in prayer and healing ceremonies, learn about the culture and heritage of this sacred land. It’s beautiful and healing for the soul. Cost, details, Amy Wilinski: 920-6098277. GoldenLightHealing.net.

Intuitive Art Workshop – 9:30-11:30am. See Aug

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Concordia Gardens FarmRaiser – 4-7pm. Come for food and fun to the community garden, burgeoning orchard, composting site and urban farm and help celebrate a successful season with friends and family. Concordia Gardens, 220 E Concordia Ave, Milwaukee. 414-431-0888. VictoryGarden Initiative.org.

Creating Health & Harmony – Wed through Nov 12. 6-8pm. An 8-week group wellness program that provides the foundational ayurvedic and yoga tools to help you understand wellness and get you started on a path of balance and health. $275. Teleclass.

414-755-2858. Kanyakumari.us.

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THURSDAY, AUGUST 28

Meet the Author: Lynne Austin – 4-6:30pm. Austin will be signing her debut novel Ten of Swords, and reading a selection at 5. Coupon offered for a discounted tarot reading with each book purchased.

Water 2 Wine, The Plaza, 17135 Bluemound Rd, Brookfield.

WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 24

Intuitive Art Workshop – August 23, 30. 9:3011:30am. Express yourself while exploring mixed media art materials. Acrylic paints, mediums, stamps, stencils, sponges, fabric, collage and more. $75. Creative Journey Studio, The Springs Gallery/ Studios, 521 Wisconsin Ave, Waukesha. 262-9550638. TrueCreativeYou.com.

Joy of Painting – Aug 24, 25. Sun, 12-2pm; Mon, 9:30-11:30am. See Aug 3 listing. $35/session. Creative Journey Studio, The Springs Gallery/Studios, 521 Wisconsin Ave, Waukesha. 262-955-0638.

TrueCreativeYou.com.

town Plank Rd, Elm Grove. RSVP: 262-787-3001.

AngelLightLLC.com.

SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 13 Developing Consiousness Program – Sept 1314. 9am-4pm. Free Spirit School’s energy work, healing arts training and personal growth series.

One weekend per month for 13 months. Create awareness and personal development. $250/per weekend. Free Spirit Crystals, 4763 N 124th St, Butler. 262-790-0748. FreeSpiritCrystals@gmail. com. FreeSpiritCrystals.com.

THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 18 Meet your Spirit Guide – 7-8:30pm. Spirit guides can be angels or totems or ancestors assigned to us before we are born. Meet your guide on a guided journey. Avoid caffeine and eat only a light meal before class. $30. Angel Light Center for the Healing Arts, 13300 Watertown Plank Rd, Elm Grove.

262-787-3001. AngelLightLLC.com.

SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 20 Angel Light Sampler Day – 11am-3pm. Sample the classes and meet the teachers. One hour experiential mini classes will be held throughout the day. Enjoy a lecture with author, Sue Lucas at 12. Free. Angel Light Center for the Healing Arts, 13300 Water-

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SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 27 Intro to Shamanism and Medicine Wheel – 123pm. Explore classic Shamanism: an overview of sound induction – rattles, drumming, chanting, singing – along with traditional Peruvian shaman’s mesa and working with power objects for healing. $50. Angel Light Center for the Healing Arts, 13300 Watertown Plank Rd, Elm Grove. RSVP: 262-7873001. AngelLightLLC.com.

SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 28 Spirit Faire – 11am-4pm. A fun day of free workshops, readers, new stones, reflexology and snacks.

Enter a raffle for prizes. Free/entry, readers charge per session. Free Spirit Crystals, 4763 N 124th St, Butler. 262-790-0748. FreeSpiritCrystals@gmail. com. FreeSpiritCrystals.com.

FRIDAY, OCTOBER 3 Shamanism and the Spirits of Nature – Oct 3-5.

Fri, 7pm-Sun, 1pm. Working together through shamanic journeys and spiritual experiences, the dedication is to working in nonordinary and ordinary reality to restore and maintain a living planet. Options from $270-$370, meals included. Prerequisite: FSS Basic Workshop. Info, registration: 920-6098277. GoldenLightHealing.net.

2015 Whispers on the Wind: Earth Medicine Training Program – Jan 7-11. Wed 4pm-Sun 3pm. Intensive training program in shamanism and energy medicine meeting four times over the next year for 4½ intensive days each session. Heal yourself and others while unfolding the gifts within using these ancient healing practices. Golden Light Healing Retreat Center, Sobieski. 920-609-8277.

GoldenLightHealing.net.

Holistic Healing Retreat to India – Jan 15 to Feb 1, 2015. Fully catered trip includes room/board, treatments and herbal medicines, daily and weekly optional wellness activities, in-country transportation, pre-trip and in-country logistics management.

Optional third week of healing or cultural extension available. $1,950-$2,825/depends on options. Details: AyurvedaWellness.org/Solutions/Wellness-Retreats.

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daily Wisconsin State Fair – Thru Aug 10. Urbal Tea is introducing everyone in Wisconsin to the health benefits of drinking dried herbs at the State Fair.

Located in the Wisconsin Products Pavilion they will have their collection of herbal blends available to purchase. State Fair Park, 640 South 84th St, West Allis. 414-266-7000. UrbalHealth.com.

A Course in Miracles – Through Aug. 11:30am. A new spiritual methodology for changing your life.

Free. Unity Church in Milwaukee, 1717 N 73rd St, Wauwatosa. 414-475-0105. UCIM@wi.rr.com.

Yin Yoga – 8-9:20am. This awesome class brings yoga to a deeper level. The body, mind and emotions begin to release and then restore. $13/drop-in, or use pass. Copper Tree Yoga Studio and Wellness Center, 1364 E Sumner St, Hartford. 262-670-6688.

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Unity Center of Light Sunday Services – 10am.

With Rev Sue Ellen Kelly and the music of George Busateri, Duane Stuermer and various soloists. Also, children’s Sunday school. This year’s theme is Earth School 101. Unity says it is not religion, but a way of life. Sunset Playhouse Theater, Wall Street and Elm Grove Rd, Elm Grove. 414-395-3831. The UnityCenterOfLight.org.

Aikido – 12-2pm. 12-1pm for teens. Non-competitive Japanese martial art relying on strategy & movement to create powerful self-defense; focuses on non-violence & conflict resolution. Often called the art of peace. $15/drop-in, discounted packages.

Abundant Joy Yoga & Wellness, Oconomowoc Lakes Plaza, W359 N5002 Brown St, #211, Oconomowoc. 262-244-7231. AbundantJoyYoga.com.

monday Essential Oils Community Classes – 6:30-8pm or by appointment. Every 3rd Mon. An informal, open Q&A resource session on essential oils.

Free. WonderSpirit Resources, Kindred Spirit Center, Waukesha. RSVPs required by Friday before. RSVP: 262-544-4310. WonderSpirit.com/ EssentialOils.html.

Crystal Healing – Through Feb. 6:30-9pm. Learn the basic of crystal/stone healing, how to use two

Core Functional Fitness – 6-7pm. Join this new time and class to learn how to activate the core as well as continue with this practice for a healthy life, physically, emotionally and spiritually. $13/ drop-in, free/first class. Copper Tree Yoga Studio and Wellness Center, 1364 E Sumner St, Hartford.

262-670-6688. CopperTreeWellnessStudio.com.

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sunday Your Weekly Readers – Every Sat, Sun through Aug. Psychics, astrologers, psychometrists, intuitives, tarot, etc. See website calendar for specific talent schedules. Reserve your preferred reading date/time. $45/per half-hour reading. Angel Light Center for the Healing Arts, 13300 Watertown Plank Rd, Elm Grove. Register: 262-787-3001.

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and crafters. Something for everyone. Muskego Public Library Parking Lot, S73W16663 Janesville, Muskego. Shannon Barbian: 414-520-7071.

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crystal wands for healing, rules of thumb and more. $35. Free Spirit Crystals, 4763 N 124th St, Butler.

262-790-0748. FreeSpiritCrystals@gmail.com.

FreeSpiritCrystals.com.

Aikido – 8-10pm. See Sun listing. Abundant Joy Yoga & Wellness, Oconomowoc Lakes Plaza, W359 N5002 Brown St, #211, Oconomowoc. 262-2447231. AbundantJoyYoga.com.

tuesday Beginner/Intermediate Yoga – 9-10am & 6-7pm.

Relieve stress, gain flexibility, strength and balance.

Emphasis is on proper alignment and breathing for a safe, healing practice. Led by Shelley Carpenter, PT, RYT. $44/4 weeks; $13/class. The Ommani Center, 1166 Quail Ct, #210, Pewaukee. Register: 414-217-4185. PureEnergyYoga.com.

Meditation for World Peace & Enlightenment – 7:30-8:15pm. Self-Realization Church, 2418 Mangold Ave, Milwaukee. More info: 414-535-0611.

Gentle Healing Yoga – 11am-12pm. Extremely gentle, individualized class for dealing with chronic pain, arthritis, fibromyalgia, MS, other health conditions or injuries. Participate at your comfort/ability level. Shelley Carpenter, PT, RYT. $13/drop-in.

The Barefoot Haven, 5628 Parking St, Greendale.

Register: 414-217-4185. PureEnergyYoga.com.

Reel Truth: Movies with Meaning – 6:30pm.

Movies with popcorn, and conversation follows.

Free. Unity Church in Milwaukee, 1717 N 73rd St, Wauwatosa. 414-475-0105. UCIM@wi.rr.com.

saturday Wauwatosa Farmers’ Market – Through summer.

8am-12pm. One of the area’s most vibrant farmers markets – an array of produce, seedlings, cut flowers, and delicious prepared food from local vendors, as well as good coffee. 7720 Harwood Ave, Wauwatosa. 414-339-0085. TosaFarmersMarket.com.

Healing Spirit Flute Circle – 1-3pm. 2nd Sat. Come to play or just enjoy the soothing sounds of the traditional Native American flute. No musical experience or flute required. All ages welcome.

Tippecanoe Church, 125 W Saveland Ave, Bay View. More info, Glen: 262-794-2315. Gdprun@ sbcglobal.net.

Architecture of All Abundance Personal Renaissance Circle – 8:10-9:10pm. Phone reading and conversation circle. Life wisdom, feminine-spiritcentered sessions led by Anne Wondra. $10, $27/ monthly. Register, Anne Wondra: 262-544-4310.

WonderSpirit.com.

Integrated Family Practice

wednesday

Personalized, holistic and evidenced-based medical care for your whole family.

Aikido – 8:30-10pm. See Sun listing. Abundant Joy Yoga & Wellness, Oconomowoc Lakes Plaza, W359 N5002 Brown St, #211, Oconomowoc. 262244-7231. AbundantJoyYoga.com.

• Urgent and Walk-in Care • EKG and Lab Services • First Line Therapy Certified

Thurow Primary

Preventive Healthcare

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Sharon K Thurow, FNP, BC

Muskego Green Market – May 29 through Oct 2. 3-7pm. A community farmers market offering locally grown produce, meat, eggs, annuals, perennials, vegetable and plants, as well as local artists

216 N Green Bay Rd, Ste 101 Thiensville, WI 53092

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YOUR BODY. YOUR INSTRUMENT FOR LIFE. You have only one body.

Let it play to its full potential with the benefits of therapeutic massage.

Relieve chronic and acute pain, accelerate recovery time and experience the benefits of postural alignment.

MASSAGE SERVICES OFFERED Deep Tissue Therapeutic Hot Stone Swedish Lypossage CranioSacral Muscle Release Therapy Contact Rob Reader, L.M.T., official massage therapist for the Milwaukee Ballet at 414-721-6942 or Wendy Halfpap, L.M.T., integrative massage specialist at 414-839-7688.

communityresourceguide Connecting you to the leaders in natural healthcare and green living in our community. To be included in the Community Resource Guide, email Publisher@NaturalMilwaukee.com to request our media kit.

ACUPUNCTURE ANANDA ACUPUNCTURE

4433 N Oakland Ave, Ste B, Shorewood 414-791-0303 Aubrey@AnandaAcupuncture.com Partnering with Functional Medicine Nurse Practitioner Amy Byers, we aim to integrate Eastern and Western philosophies of health care to create optimal healing physically, emotionally and spiritually. See ad, page 33.

GAYATRI CENTER FOR HEALING Jacque Stock • 262-860-6020 SpiritHealerAcupuncture.com

Diplomate of Acupuncture; Treatment of pain, hormone imbalances, infertility, headaches, and more. Call for free consultation. Wauwatosa and Brookfield locations. See ad, page 33.

ACTIVE BODY WELLNESS

SANA ACUPUNCTURE & APOTHECARY Heather Henry Peterman, DAOMc LAc 924 W Oklahoma Ave, Milwaukee 414-882-7897

Unique and effective style of acupuncture infused with orthopedic massage techniques and herbal medicine. We also offer a low-cost, communitystyle, walk-in clinic.

ANIMAL COMMUNICATION ALL SPIRIT HEALING

Stacy Krafczyk • 414-460-4781 AllSpiritHealing.com Stacy Krafczyk specializes in Animal Communication, intuitive readings, after life communication, energy work and healing for both people and animals that helps promote physical and emotional well-being.

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AYURVEDA AYURVEDA WELLNESS

Jamie Durner, CAP 240 Regency Ct, Ste 201, Brookfield 262-389-5835 Natural health for chronic conditions including digestive disorders, women’s issues, aging with ease, and brain longevity.

Personalized programs, detoxification, hands-on therapies and corporate wellness. 20+ years holistic health experience.

CHIROPRACTIC SHOREWOOD FAMILY CHIROPRACTIC 4433 N Oakland Ave, Shorewood 414-962-5483 ShorewoodFamilyChiro.com

Dr. Maroney and Dr. Dotto offer services for the whole family. Dr. Maroney is board certified in Chiropractic Pediatrics and Dr. Dotto is certified in Kinesiology.

See ad, page 33.

CRYSTALS ANGEL LIGHT CENTER FOR THE HEALING ARTS

13000 Watertown Plank Rd, Elm Grove 262-787-3001 AngelLightLLC.com Our Crystal Emporium features unique and exquisite crystals, stones and natural stone jewelry at affordable prices. Crystal Workshops and therapeutic Crystal Healing sessions also available. See ad, page 11.

FREE SPIRIT CRYSTALS

4763 N 124 St, Butler • 262-790-0748 FreeSpiritCrystals.com Besides selling beautiful stones and crystals, we offer a variety of healing sessions, crystal healing classes, Reiki, astrology, tarot readings and spiritual counseling.

See ad, page 9.

DENTISTRY BIOMIMETIC DENTISTRY

Bryan Schwartz DDS Steve Carini DDS 222 N Franklin St, Port Washington 262-284-2662 We specialize in Biomimetic (tooth conservation) Dentistry and natural/ holistic dental care. Committed to informing, educating, and supporting each client, empowering them to be their own healthcare advocate. See ad, page 10.

INTEGRATIVE DENTAL SOLUTIONS N35 W23770 Capitol Dr, Pewaukee 262-691-4555 • MyNaturalDentist.com

“…Because a healthy Body, starts with a healthy Mouth.”

Our office specializes in treating the cause of the problem and not just the symptoms; we offer the latest advances in dentistry. See ad, page 5.

EDUCATION NEW WORLD MONTESSORI SCHOOL 1101 W Brown Deer Rd, Milwaukee 414-351-6000 nwms.info

New World offers an authentic, internationally accredited Montessori education that nurtures the whole child in a happy, calm, and peaceful setting. Ages 18 months to 10 years. See ad, page 21.

PURE ENERGY YOGA

FARMERS MARKET

Shelley Carpenter, PT, RYT, Reiki Master/Teacher PureEnergyYoga.com • 414-217-4185

MUSKEGO GREEN MARKET

Muskego Public Library Parking Lot S73 W16663 Janesville Rd, Muskego MuskegoGreenMarket.com A community farmers’ market offering locally grown produce, meat, eggs, annuals, perennials, vegetable plants, as well as local artists and crafters. Something for everyone. Thursdays 3-7pm, thru Oct 2.

Joseph Siegworth MM, BFA,CMT 414-839-6682 Allow Joseph to help you shift and transform your life using several modalities including Matrix Energetics, Yuen Method, Dolores C a n n o n ’s Q u a n t u m H e a l i n g Hypnosis Therapy, sound.

SPRING WATER ASSET MANAGEMENT Lars M. Lewander 11431 N Port Washington Rd, Ste 201, Mequon 262-240-9680 • InvestingYourValues.com

We provide our clients with a variety of Socially Responsible Investment (SRI) products including portfolio management, asset allocation, cash flow projections and securities analysis.

Sharon K Thurow, FNP, BC 216 N Green Bay Rd, Thiensville 262-242-3966

Our philosophy is to treat our patients as we would want ourselves and our families treated through holistic, evidence-based medicine.

Tresa Laferty offers a customized, holistic approach to health & wellness. Ayurveda consultations & body work using diet, lifestyle, herbs and medicinal aromatherapy to achieve optimal health.

INTEGRATIVE MEDICINE BROOKFIELD LONGEVITY AND HEALTHY LIVING CLINIC 17585 W North Ave, #160 262-784-5300 • LiveLongMD.com

FITNESS ABUNDANT JOY YOGA & WELLNESS

Barre/Aerial Barre W359 N5002 Brown St, Ste 211, Oconomowoc AbundantJoyYoga.com Are you beach body ready? Take Barre classes, MWF 7:45am, to tone, sculpt, and lengthen with Mary Ellen York. Ballet infused with yoga & Pilates, intense, concise movement.

Specializing in Anti-Aging Medicine.

Board certified, fellowship trained.

Combining the best of traditional medicine with a holistic approach to weight loss using hormone balancing, detoxification and control of inflammation. IV therapies including Myer’s, glutathione, vitamins and minerals.

See ads, pages 11 and 16.

CMB HEALTH SPECIALTIES 147 W Ryan Rd, Oak Creek 414-764-0920 CmbHealthSpecialties.com

HEALING ARTS GAYATRI CENTER FOR HEALING Lynne Austin • 675 Brookfield Rd, Brookfield • 262-860-6021

Twenty-one years in healing the body and soul. Massage, Reiki healer/teacher, Shamanic, Sound and Emotional Release. Classes and workshops. Author and speaker. See ad, page 33.

FAMILY PRACTICE THUROW PRIMARY PREVENTIVE HEALTHCARE

SPEAK TO THE EARTH

262-902-2271 SpeakToTheEarth.com Burlington and Greendale Locations

FINANCIAL PLANNER

ENERGY HEALING HOLDING THE KEYS

Reiki healing sessions and instruction, yoga classes for all in Pewaukee, Muskego, Greendale.

Restore balance, health and wellbeing in mind, body and spirit.

NATALIE BENOIT

The Atrium 6169B Industrial Ct, Greendale 414-651-2243 MilwaukeeReiki.MassagePlanet.com Wellness coach, guide, consultant, educator, and Reiki practitioner since 2000. Specializing in disease reversal with natural, evidencebased therapies. Emphasis on functional, alternative, complementary, and energy medicines.

Carol M. Brown, DO, PhD, FAARFM, is board certified in anti-aging and regenerative and functional medicine. She specializes in health optimization for all ages and all stages of life.

See ad, page 29.

INTEGRATIVE FAMILY WELLNESS CENTER

16535 W Bluemound Rd, Ste 222, Brookfield • 262-754-4910 IFWCenter.com At Integrative Family Wellness Center, we offer clinical services and therapies to help you achieve and maintain optimal physical and emotional health and wellness.

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INTUITIVE ARTS ROBIN GUAYASAMIN-SALERNO 262-501-4838 • InnerSongs.net Mukwonago location

WONDERSPIRIT COACHING

Anne Wondra • 262-544-4310 2312 N Grandview Blvd, Ste 101, Waukesha WonderSpirit.com

ECO HARMONY LANDSCAPE

414-810-5858 info@EcoHarmonyLandscaping.com Mike.EcoHarmony@gmail.com EcoHarmonyLandscaping.com Ecologically minded, full-service landscape company servicing SE Wisconsin. Specializing in sustainable ideas and low-maintenance solutions.

Professional Craftsmanship Inspired by Nature. See ad, page 25.

LACEWING

Diane Olson-Schmidt • 414-793-3652 LaceWingGdcs@att.net

MASSAGE ACTIVE BODY WELLNESS

Let your body play to its full potential with the benefits of therapeutic massage. Relieve chronic and acute pain, accelerate recovery time, and experience the benefits of postural alignment. See ad, page 36.

CONSCIOUS MASSAGE

Rebecca deVogel, LMT 414-839-0242 Sussex/Lisbon & Brookfield/Elm Grove RebeccaDeVogel.com Energy-rich, intuitive bodywork embraces the more of you, bringing ease and vibrant health to every aspect of life. Specializing in relaxation, lomi lomi, deep tissue and therapeutic massage.

Sustainable Landscape Management; substantially smaller footprint than conventional methods. Green energy use (wvo, bio-diesel, electric, ‘energy for tomorrow’); cleaner, quieter, homegrown.

Residential, commercial, municipal.

BREW CITY BOXES

414-810-2224 BrewCityBoxes.com info@BrewCityBoxes.com We rent plastic moving boxes. We drop off, you pack, we take them back. Think outside the cardboard box. See ad, page 22.

LIFE COACH TRUE CREATIVE YOU

262-955-0638 TrueCreativeYou.com TrueCreativeYou@aol.com Cecelia Blenker M.Ed, certified life coach and artist, offers personal growth, creative expression and wellness through life coaching and art classes for the soul. See ad, page 25.

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URBAL TEA

Info@UrbalHealth.com UrbalHealth.com 414-916-5088 Urbal Tea creates quality herbal infusions. Our loose leaf herbal teas helps heal, tone and refresh the entire body. Urbal Tea is liquid for life.

NATUROPATHIC DOCTOR LAKESIDE NATURAL MEDICINE 4433 N Oakland Ave, Shorewood LakesideNaturalMedicine.com 414-939-8748

Dr. Sarah Axtell is a board-certified naturopathic physician with a focus on autoimmune diseases, gastrointestinal disorders, endocrine conditions, cancer, anxiety and weight loss.

NUTRITION MOVING

Bradley Blaeser 414-721-1431 • Info@GreenTeamWI.com

We know Jack! Unlike other area grocers, we know by name many of the farmers and producers who supply Outpost with quality goods. See ad, page 2.

Rob Reader, LMT: 414-721-6942 Wendy Halfpap, LMT: 414-839-7688 10620 N Port Washington Rd, Mequon

Garden consultation, instruction, landscape design, wildflowers and woodland gardens, prairies, small ponds, rain gardens, landscape maintenance, organic lawn care.

Organic landscape practices in all habitats. See ad, page 15.

THE GREEN TEAM

Bay View, Brown Deer, Milwaukee, Mequon and Wauwatosa locations Outpost.coop

Spiritual life coach: sacred feminine, women’s spirit, personal renaissance, inspired creatives’ circles, sacred oils, personal wellness growth consultant. See ad, page 16.

Provides you insight and comfort in personal communications with spirit and animal loved ones.

Innovative workshops with horses at Innersongs assists in selfdiscovery and balance.

LAWNCARE/LANDSCAPE SERVICES

OUTPOST NATURAL FOODS

NATURAL FOOD GOOD HARVEST MARKET

Located 1 block south of I94 at Hwy T, Pewaukee • 262-544-9380 GoodHarvestMarket.com Waukesha County’s largest natural food store offers a full selection of organic foods, holistic health and beauty department, café, and classes in their community room. See ad, page 3.

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H20 ENERGY FLOW

262-334-2068 • H2OEnergyFlow.com info@H2OEnergyFlow.com Karen’s Energy, 1427 W Washington Ave, West Bend At Karen’s Energy Superfood Store and Wellness Center, learn about the importance of water and how H2O Energy Flow combined flow is an essential energy source. See ad, page 40.

PERSONAL DEVELOPMENT IDEAL BRAIN

262-227-1460 Dave@IdealBrainLLC.com IdealBrainLLC.com Ideal Brain, LLC, provides Brainwave Optimization, a breakthrough neuro-technology designed for relaxation, self-regulation, as well as providing mental, physical and spiritual well-being. See ad, page 5.

PSYCHOTHERAPY INNER JOURNEYS

Nancy Hornby 414-332-8159 Susan Wasserman 414-961-0649 InrJourneys.com Psychotherapy services honoring the exquisite connection between mind/body/ spirit. Offering holistic, traditional and cutting edge approaches. 50+ years of combined experience helping a diverse clientele with a wide variety of issues. See ad, page 5.

RECONNECTIVE HEALING TRUE WHOLENESS HEALING

121 E Silver Spring Dr, Whitefish Bay 414-243-9851 • TrueWholenessHealing.com Terri Humphrey, Reconnective Healing Practitioner, provides non-invasive, powerful healing for the mind, body, emotions, and spirit. Works with infants, children, and adults. Helps with chronic illness, infertility, emotional issues, and more.

SCHOOLS/TRAINING ART OF HEALING SCHOOL OF ENERGY MEDICINE

13300 Watertown Plank Rd, Elm Grove 262-787-3001 • AngelLightLLC.com Wisconsin’s Premier School for Energy Medicine Training offering individual classes, certificate and diploma programs. Built on the belief that knowledge, competency and professionalism must exist at the very foundation of Energy Work.

ASSOCIATION OF NATURAL HEALTH 1427 W Washington Ave, West Bend KarensEnergy.com/tnc-certification 262-629-4301

Therapeutic Nutritional Counselor TNC Certification accredited by the Association of Natural Health. Curriculum: nutrition, detoxing, energy medicine, chronic disease/ cancer prevention, over 80 natural healing therapies, and five-day, classroom training. See ad, page 31.

AVEDA INSTITUTE OF BEAUTY AND WELLNESS 327 E St Paul Ave, Milwaukee 414-227-2889 • IBW.edu

Located in Milwaukee’s Historic Third Ward, The Institute of Beauty and Wellness is a leading Aveda school with multiple beauty and wellness programs.

GOLDEN LIGHT HEALING

Amy Wilinski, Shamanic Energy Practitioner/ Reiki Master • 920-609-8277 GoldenLightHealing.net Discover your gifts with one of our many offerings! Offering healing sessions and training in Milwaukee and Green Bay area in Reiki, Shamanism, Intuition, Mediumship and much more.

MIDWEST COLLEGE OF ORIENTAL MEDICINE

6232 Bankers Rd, Racine • 800-593-2320 Acupuncture.edu The Midwest College, with campuses in Racine and Chicago, offers accredited programs in Acupuncture and Oriental Medicine that lead to licensed practice in Illinois, Wisconsin, Indiana and many other states. See ad, page 30.

UNITY CHURCH

Rev Tom Sherbrook 1717 N 73 St, Wauwatosa • 414-475-0105 UnityChurchInMilwaukee.org Find peace and happiness in a stressful world. Rev. Tom, acting minister, was former pastor for 27 years at St. Ann’s Church in West Allis. See ad, page 30.

VETERINARY SERVICES ANIMAL DOCTOR HOLISTIC VETERINARY COMPLEX

S73 W16790 Janesville Rd, Muskego 414-422-1300 • AnimalDoctorHolistic.com Complete, integrated pet health care, including natural nutrition, titres, herbal/glandular/nutraceutical supplements, and essential oils. Dr. Jodie is a certified acupuncturist and food therapist.

SKIN CARE WHITE SAGE SPA

Susie Raymond, Esthetician, Life Coach, Reiki Master/Teacher WhiteSageSpa.com • 414-352-6550 Rest your concerns in Susie’s soothing hands. Experience transformation within your skin, energy, or life purpose when you connect and express your inner desires. See ad, page 32.

SOLAR ENERGY

YOGA ABUNDANT JOY YOGA & WELLNESS

W359 N5002 Brown St. Oconomowoc 262 244-7231 AbundantJoyYoga.com Karen Rudolph, owner of Abundant Joy; offer Yoga classes for all levels. Essential oils, wellness retreats & group wellness cleanse. Wellness center with over 20 years of Yoga experience.

SUNVEST SOLAR

262-547-1200 SunVest.com N27 W24075 Paul Ct, Ste 200, Pewaukee Designs and installs solar PV systems utilizing customer endorsed materials and incentive programs for residential/commercial buildings, providing unparalleled customer satisfaction and dependable clean energy. See ad, page 15.

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COPPER TREE YOGA STUDIO AND WELLNESS CENTER 1364 E Sumner St, Hartford 262-670-6688 CopperTreeWellnessStudio.com

Voted top yoga studio 3 years running! Yoga, core fitness, kids yoga, prenatal, Reiki and various wellness services. Yoga & core fitness, prenatal teacher trainings.

Our promise is to keep the spirit in yoga! See ad, page 11.

SANTOSHA FITNESS

W307 N1497 Golf Rd, Ste 102, Delafield 262-337-9065 • SantoshaFitness.net We offer affordable, enjoyable yoga for everyone in an intimate, calming space that specializes in yoga, fitness and mindfulness; also have a certified Ayurvedic practitioner on staff. See ad, page 33.

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