Trathen Heckman, the Petaluma River watershed-based co-founder of Daily Acts Organization, Board President of Transition U.S., and front-yard farmer, works with engaged citizens and leaders to harness the power of nature and of inspired action to solve problems and build leadership and local self-reliance with projects ranging from installing community food forests to greywater systems to planting hundreds of gardens through the 350 Home and Garden Challenge. (www.dailyacts.org, www.transitionus.org)