#1462A January 1, 2006, Mark Goodwin, Campaign Director, Environment California -- California's environemntal legislation Million Solar Roofs Bill (SB1) and Pristine Forests Bill (AB714); saving 4.4 million acres of wilderness in national forest roadless areas as permanent wilderness; solar roofs
#1462B January 1, 2006, Rachel Gibson, Environmental Health Advocate and Staff Attorney, Environment California -- Stop Toxic Toys Campaign; eliminationg toxics in baby products especially bisphenol-A and phthalates; toxic flame retardants
#1463A January 8, 2006, Eric Oldar, Regional Staff Forester, Calirornia Department of Forestry and Fire Protection; California Ceritied Urban Forester; Foormer Urban Forestry Coordinator, State of California -- urban forestry as a community sustainability concept for livable communitites; 26 woods for use from urban forest; bark beetle management
#1463B January 8, 2006, John Melvin, Regional Urban Forester, Urban and Community Forestry Program, State of California's Department of Forestry and Fire Protection -- urban tree canopy cover, urban heat islands, stormwater runoff, water quality and energy use reduction throught use of trees
#1464 January 15, 2006, Robert Freeling, Executive Drirector, Solar Electric Light Fund -- helping rural villages in developing countries by installing solar photovoltaic systems in communities, especially in northern Nigeria, Tanzania, Benin, Senegal, South Africa, Bhutan, andBrazil; use of photovaltaic (solar electric); organization receiving the 2005 Chevron Conservation Award
#1465A January 22, 2006, Gabriela Ortiz Maciel, Program Coordinator, Programa de Manejo Sostenible de Exosistemas (PMSE) (Sustainable Ecosystem Management Program), part of the Instituto Techologico y de Estudios Superiores de Monterey (Monterey Technological Institution) in Mexico -- recovery of 300,000 hectares of ancient forest; decline of the thick-billed parrots; work to increase protected areas in Mexico's Sierra Madre Occidental which is home to to parrot species, the black bear, and the Mexican spotted owl; group receiving the 2005 Cheveron Conservation Award
#1465B January 22, 2006, Susan Fowler, Senior Program Office and Tsunami Relief Coordinator, Director Relief International -- disaster relief; medical assistance; recycling of medical goods; support for organizations that do conservaton work especially through donating needed supplies
#1466 January 29, 2006, Elizabeth Gadsby, Co-Founder Pandrillus Foundation in Nigeria and the United States and the Limbe Wildlife Center in Cameroon, Africa; Co-Founder and Co-Director, Drill Ranch, Frill Rehabilitation and Breeding Center in Nigeria, Africa; Honoree 2005 Chevron Conservation Award -- drills (baboons) status and captive breeding and reintroduction of this primate; zoological and hunting surveys; stopping bushmenat trade and smuggling of primates; working with Nigeria's Cross River State goverment and Forestry commission; creating Afi Mountain Wildlife Snacturary; gorillas, chimpanzees and endangered monkeys; gorilla conservation project in Mbe Mountains of Nigeria; establishing forest reserves in Africa
#1467A February 5, 2006, Colette Miller, Artist: Orphanage Volunteer for Light in Africa; Oil Painter, Filmmaker, and Musician -- paintings of environments in South Africa, Scotland, United States, and the Middle East; helping an orphanage in Tanzania, Africa
#1467B February 5, 2006, Andrew Beath, Founder and Executive Director, Earthways; Founder and Chairman of the Board, Social and Environamental Enterpreeurs,a nd ETINA, Environmentalism Through Inspriation and Nonviolent Action; Author, Consciousness in Action: The Power of Beauty, Love, and courage in a Violent Time -- seven attributes of activism: change through nonviolence, not knowing, introspection, eros, vison, and joyfulness
#1468A February 12, 2006, Nanine Bilski, President, American the Beautiful Fund; Winner, U. S. Department of the Interior's Take Pride in America Award -- providing free seed to over 20,000 volunteer projects in 50 states to help grow frood for the hungry, improve neighborhoods, and to teach kids about nature; donating $4,000,000 worth of free vegetagbles and herb seeds and flower blubs
#1468B February 12, 2006, Alanna Hartzok, Co-Director, Earth Rights Institute; President, Cuncil of Georgist Organizations; United Nations Non-govermental Representative, International Uniorn for Land Value Taxation; Former Green Party Chandidate for United States Congress -- "Earth Rights Democracy"; green taxation pratices
#1469 February 19, 2006, Yossi Ghinsberg, Adventurer; Expolorer; Author, Jungle reprint of Back from Tuichi; Author, The Laws of the Jungle and Glimpses; Fratured in Discovery Channel Documentary "Escape from the Amazon" -- lessons learned from surviving alone in Amazon rainforest after being lost without supplies; Chalalan.com ecotourist camp in Bolivla
#1470A February 26, 2006, Julia Butterfly Hill, Tree Sitter; Environmental Activist; Speaker, "We the Planet Tour"; Founder, Circle of Life; Author, One Makes the Difference and Legacy of Luna -- sitting in a redwood, Sequoia semperviron, from Dec. 10 1977 to Dec. 18 1999
#1470B February 26, 2006, Elizabeth Corbett, Regional Sales Manager, Neeah Paper -- recycled paper, non-tree fibers papers, certified forest tree papers, and post-consumer waste papers
#1471A March 5, 2006, Inggiani Shapiro, Co-Founder and Cultural Advisor , Orang Utan Republik Education Initative; Co-founder Orang Utan Republik Trading Post -- Orangutans in Indonesia and Indonesian education efforts to protect this great ape; Azak Learns to Read childern's book about and orangutan learning sign language
#1471B March 5, 2006, Dr.Gary Shapiro, Chariman and Co-Founder, Orang Utan Republik Education Initative; Co-Founder Orang Utan Republik Trading Post; Hazardous Substances Scientist, Department of Toxic Substances Control, State of California -- saving Orangutans through education; Orangutan Caring Clubs; helping the Sumatran Oranugtan conservation program
#1472 March 12, 2006, Roxanne Kremer, Founder and Executive Director, International Society for the Preservation of the Tropical Rainforest and Preservation of the Amazonian River Dolphins; 2005 Chevron conservation Award Honoree -- creating private and public forest reserves and wildlife sanctuaries in Peru's Amazon forest; medical supplies to free medical clinics in Peru; ecotourism lodge near Iquitos; animal way station and orphanage in the Amazon; Amazonian pink river dolphins
#1473A March 19, 2006, Stephanie Barger, Founder and Executive Director, Earth Resource Fundation; Awarded in 2002 Most Outstanding Orange County Woman in the Environment by the American Red Cross; Former CPA and Management Consultant -- Campaign Against the Plastic Plague, "CAPP"; Earth Resource Fourndations' thirteen high school clubs; "Hold On To Your Butt" smoke-free beaches in Organge County; zero waste goal
#1473B March 19, 2006, Dr. Daniel Yeh, Assistant Professor, Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of South Florida -- membranes and bioreactors to handle sewage; global water sanitation and sustainability; use of microorganisms to deal with waste
#1474 March 26, 2006, Vanessa Tobin, Chief of Water, Environment, and Sanitationfor UNICEF, United Nations Children's Fund -- international water issues and designing sustainable solutions; water quality and quantity worldwide
#1475A April 2, 2006, Dr. Jacqueline Waldren, Director, DEIA Archaeological Museum in Mallorca; Lecturet/Tutor in Social Anthropology, Oxford University; Member International Gender Studies and also Linacre Collegs, Oxford University; Principal Investigator, "Unearthing Mallorca's Past" Archaeological Project in Spain for Earthwatch Project -- archaeological excavation and results of work uncovering human history from 6,000 years ago to 123 BC in Mallorca, an island near Spain
#1475B April 2, 2006, Dimitar Marinov, Executive Director, Central Balkan Kalofer Ecotourism Association -- Central Balkan National Park i Bulgaria; ecotourism opportunitites in the central and southern region of Bulgaria
#1476A April 9, 2006, Luis Cabrales, California Organizer, Natioanl Environmental Trust -- assault on the national Endangered Species Act; involving the Hispanic community in ecological issues
#1476B April 9, 2006, Rami Lazarescu, President and CEO, Ampro Vacations, affiliated with Resort Condominiums International -- 37,00 destinations worldwide available via memebership in vacation program in over 100 countries; choosing various environments to visit
#1476C April 9, 2006, Lynn Lipinski, Program Manager, Metropolitan Water District of Southern California -- "California Friendly" programs; website for tips for southern California native landscaping; native plants instead of grassy lawns
#1477A April 16, 2006, Conner Everts, C0-Chair, Desal ResponseGroup; Executive Director, Southern California Watershed Alliance; Co-Chair, Southern California Steelhead Coalition; Chair, Public Officials for Water and Environmental Reform (POWER) -- desalinization; southern California's watersheds; steelhead restoration; water policy issues
#1477B April 16, 2006, Dr.. La Vergne Roscow, Director, Teacher Preparation Academy, Los Angeles Valley College; Associate Professor of Education, English as a Second Language, and Reading and Composition, Los Angeles Valley College; Author, Accessing the Classics: Great Reads for Adults, Teens, and English Language Learners; Light 'n Lively Reads; and In Forsaken Hands; How Theory Empowers Literacy Learners -- classics and famous books that have strong animal characters and nature emphasis including works by Samuel Taylor Coleridge, Jack London, Ernest Hemingway, and E. B. White; reading to appreciate the environment
#1478A April 23, 2006, Martin Markham, Grounds Maintenance Supervisor, Deane Dana Friendship Nature Center, Department of Parks and Recreation, County of Los Angeles, California -- revegetation of grasslands and coastal sage, self-guided nature trail with skunks, opossums, owls, bats coyotes and other local wildlife; exhibits of snakes, spiders, and American kestrel; managing non-native plants and animals such as sweet fennel, rabbits and feral pets, dealing with bees and rattlesnakes
#1478B April 23, 2006, Sabine Phillips, Reptisitter, Past President, Southwestern Herpetologists Society -- "baby-sitting"reptiles; takeing care of unwanted and discarded pet reptiles; red-eared slider turtle; iguana; and southern California snakes including the ground boa, kingsnake, and patch-nosed snake; reptiles and amphibians in the wild and as pets
#1479A April 30, 2006, Kaikoo Zartoshty, "Papa Kash", Music Producer and Songwriter -- creating songs with musical group K "n" D Men; CD's "Doggie Dog World" and "Kitty Cat Kingdom" using sounds from real animals and cats including: "Doggie Doggie Doggie World," "Come Home Doggie," "Los Kitty," "Dancing Cats Disco Cats," :Kitty Cat Kingdom," :Cats on the Roof,' "Cat Nap,: " Persian Cat," and "Meow"; donating to Posada Safe Haven that rescues pets
#1479B April 30, 2006, Aimee Ramaeker, Corps Member and Margaret Winnen, Team Leader, AmeriCorps, National Civilian Community Corps -- community service projects in fifty states including environmental education, recycling, gardens, and disaster relief assistance
#1480A May 7, 2006, Gerald Larsson, Amateur Entomologist and Hobbyist; Technical Support Manager, BioQuip; Membership Secretary, Lorquin entomological Society -- collection of over ten drawers of 5,000 - 10,000 specimens, especially walking sticks, preying mantids, beetles, butterflies, ticks, and mosquitoes; collecting insects and arachnids
#1480B May 7, 2006, Jo Woods, Docent, Point Vicente Interpretive Center, Parks and Recreation Department, City of Rancho Palos Verdes, California; Chairman of Outreach, Los Serenos de Point Vicente -- leading tours for schools and public through tidepools, Forestal Canyon, and public trails at Trump National Golf Center; Pacific Grey whale viewing; museum of local geology and wildlife
#1481A May 14, 2006, Christina Jones, Assistant Director, South Bay Wildlkife Rehab -- education and rehabilitation of California native small mammals including the Great Horned owl, red-tailed hawk, American kesterel, Pacific Black merlin, Western screech owl, burrowing owl, and racoons
#1481B May 14, 2006, Bill Dyer, Regional Director, In Defence of Animals -- animal protection, guardians, not owners of pets; zoo elepphants; puppy mills; stopping Chinese dog and cat fur trade; rescuing goats and buffalo from Catalina Island, California
#1482A May 21, 2006, Wendy Greene, Co-State Coordinator for California, Department of Peace Campaign; Spokeperson, The Peace Alliance -- natural resource issues causing conflicts; negative environmental impacts of war; promoting the establishment of a federal department of peace
#1482B May 21, 2006, Eric Lucas, Writer with articles published in Alaska Airlines Magazine, Los Angeles Times, Sunset, and GoWorldTravel.com; Author, Hidden British Columbia and Michelin Vancouver Must-See -- Western North America travel and opportunities in British Columbia, Canada
#1483A May 23, 2006, Naomi Siegmann, Artist and Sculptor; Curator and project coordinator, "El Bosque/The Forest" tree sculpture exibition -- American and Mexican sculptors utilizing recycled materials and various media (non-wood such as clay, metal, and rubber) create trees of various shapes and sixes to focus on deforestation issues
#1483B May 23, 2006, Marcy Winograd, Candidate in the 36th Congressional District; President, Progressive Democrats of Los Angeles; co-Founder, California Election Protection Network; Media School District -- depleted uranium; peace conversion from defense to alternative energy; nuclear proliferation; environmentalism in the schools; development and traffic issues in city
#1484A June 4, 2006, Bruce Hostetter, Principal, ReaLight Design; Board Member and Chair of Advocacy Committee, Organge County Chapter, United States Green Building Council (USGBC); Member, and Chair of Policy Committee, Pacific Regional council, USGBC -- lighting changes; geeting city councils to establish policies for green buildings
#1484B June 4, 2006, Chandara Krout, Planning and Transportation Commissioner, City of Mission Viego, California; Planning Specialist, CTG Energetics -- green building for residential renovations; master plans for communities and developers to incorporate environmental standards
#1484C June 4, 2006, Jim Brock, Board Member, Los Angeles Chapter, United States Green Building Council; President, Environmental Planning Associates -- California Environemental Policy Act documentation; preparing environemental impact reports for development projects
#1485A June 11, 2006, Dr. Matthias Hammer, Field Operations Director, Biosphere Expeditions -- coordinationg volunteers to assist in research expeditions; programs in conservationin Namibia for cheetahs, Azores for whales, dolphins, and turtles, Oman for Arabian leapards, Peru for biodiversity surveys, Altai, Russian Federationfor snow leopards, Slovakia for chamois, wolves, and bears, Honduras for coral reef survey, and Sir Lanka for elephants
#1485B June 11, 2006, Dr. Laura Collin, Coordinadora del Postgrado en Gobierno, Gestion y Democracia de el Colegio de Tlaxcala, A.C.; Miemblo del Sistema Nacional de Investigadores; Doctorate in Anthropology; Researcher and Professor of Postgraduate Programs in Goverment and Politics at Tlaxcala College; Member of the National Researchers System -- How NGOs (non-govermental organizations) work im movements ofr change; problems with capitalism; Otomies (American Indicans in Central Mexico); how political movements express religious concerns; Mexican Political systems
#1486A June 18, 2006, Jim Hunt, President, Friends of the Hatchery -- volunteers supporting the Kern River Fish Hatchery belong to the Department of Fish and Game, State of California
#1486B June 18, 2006, Greg Kollenborn, Fish Hatchery Manager, Department of Fish and Game, State of California -- rearing of fish and distribution of fish from the Kern River Hatchery
#1487A June 25, 2006, David Sewell, Marketing Director, G. E. Plastics -- "Ecomagination" campaign (GE's commitment to significantly improve both GE's and their customer' environmental preformance); use of flexible norly (coating for copper wire), FRP (fiberglass reinforced plastic) replacement and paint replacement
#1487B June 25, 2006, Jacquelyn A. Ottman, President J. Ottman Consulting; Author, Green Marketing Opportunity for Innovation; Principal Organizer, Design; Green; Consultant ot U. S. E. P. A. on Energy Star Logo -- status of green marketing; potential for eco-innovation; new innovations; green consumerism; :"Eco-Design" educational initiative
#1488A July 2, 2006, Jack Reed, Author, The Next Evolution: A Blueprint for Transforming the Planet; Founder and Director, Community Planet Foundation -- developing plans aimed "For the Highest Good of All Life" and "solution for everything is the solution to anything"; transforming the planet and haveing the world work for everyone and all life on the planet
#1488B July 2, 2006, Harinder Pal Kaor, Coordinator, Design Cell, projects for Kamat Hotels India Ltd.; consultant; Consultant for eco-projects on West Coast of India, Konkan Belt (near Goa, India); Recippient of 49 international awards -- sustainable development through research and education; research and education: honored by United Nations on World Environment Day 2005; celebrating women's leadership in sustainable development; sustainable designs; role of children and suppliers in sustainabilty; capitalism and environment sustainability;
#1489 July 9, 2006, Perry Hampton, Director of Animal Husbandry, Aquarium of the Pacific, and Beth Redmon-Jones, Director of Exhibits, Aquarium of the Pacific -- special exhibit " Dazzling and Dangerous: Venomous Creatoures", display and behaviors of rattlesnakes, round rays, gila monsters, stonefish (and other fishes), frogs, newts; conservation and medical benefits to humans of venomous and poisonous animals
#1490A July 16, 2006, Les Hamasaki, Managing Director, Green Technology Institute, Tom Bradley Legacy Foundation -- platinum LEED rating at Audubon Center at Debs Park in East Los Angeles, California; need for every school to be energy self-reliant; Sustainable Design Programs at educational institutions
#1490B July 16, 2006, Shaun Stenshol, President and Founder, Bio-Beetle Eco Rental cars -- rental cars fueled by 100% diodiesel including Beetles, Golf, Jetta Passat, and Jeep Liberty
#1491A July 23, 2006, Anthony Xolezzi, Co-author, How Dog Food Saved the Earth; President, Pet Promise Pet Food; Board Member, Organic Center for Education and Promotion; Board member, Association of Family Farms -- creating company to make and market natural, holistic pet food to save family farms; factory farm problems
#1491B July 23, 2006, Robert Plarr, founder and Co-Financier, Angeles Nest and Worlds Nest -- a retreat that is a sustainable showcase to the world and living laboratory in Taos, New Mexico; constantly evolving cutting edge technology
#1492 July 30, 2006, Joanthan Adams, Conservation Biologist; Writer; Program Direct, The Nature Conservancy; Author, The Future of the Wild: Radical Conservation for a Crowded World; Co-author, The Myth of Wild Africa: Conservaton Without Illusion; Co-editor, Precious Heritage: The Status of Biodiversity in the United States -- "land connectivity"; wildlife corridors; Alaskan wilderness; Florida Everglades; Yellowstone ecosystem; Southern California's Chino Hills
#1493 August 6, 2006, Cameron Malcom, Award-Winning Tour Guide and Principal, Out an About Tours Travel Adventure -- historic and cultural tours in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada; Canada's Elk Island National Park with its bison, elk and beaver
#1494A August 13, 2006, Roxanne Hastings, Curator of Botany, Royal Alberta Museum -- research on moss, discovery of new moss species found in the province of Alberta, Canada;"Wild Alberta" exhibit at Edmonton's Royal Alberta Muesum
#1494B August 13, 2006, Marcus Miller, Assistant Curator and Public Programs Coordinator, Art Gallery of Alberta -- Canadian landscape painters from 1930 especially their "Northern Passage" paintings, sketches, and photographs
#1495A August 20, 2006, Michelle Anton, Author, Weekend Enterpreneur: 201 Great Ways to Earn Extra Cash; Former TV Producer for Leeza, and The A&E Biography; Former Executive Producer, Dr. Laura Radio Show; Former Freelance Associate Producer, Oprah Winfrey Show -- earning extra money and creating businesses especially with ecological elements such as non-toxic house cleaning and gardening; organic cooking; tours; selling recycled paper and materials, etc
#1495B August 20, 2006, Derrick Jensen, Author, A Language Older Than Words; The Culture of Make Believe; Strangely Like War; Walking on Water, and four other books, most recently Endgame Volume I: The Problem of Civilization and Endgame Volume II: Resistance; Former Teacher and Instructor, Eastern Washingotn University and at Pelican Bay State Prison; Former beekeeper -- speaking out againt the "toxic system" that is rapidly ruining the environment and the urgent issues of our time including golobal warming, the end of the oil ecomomy, and decreasing biodiversity; unsustainable civilization
#1496A August 27, 2006, Glenda Singer, Executive Director, California Wildlife Center -- rehabilitationg and releasing injured native California wildlife species; caring for wildlife
#1496B August 27, 2006, Linda Vallejo, Artist of paintings, sculptures, and installations; Recipient of numerous fellowships, lectureships and awards; works displayed in permanent collections including the Los Angeles County Museum of Art and the Los Angeles Latino Museum; Shown in solo exhibitions and galleries -- descriptions of paintings and installations "Post-Modern Trash," "Censored," "Hope in the Midst of War, Death, and Destruction," and "A Prayer for the Earth", importance of California oak trees
#1497A September 3, 2006, Mathias Samanaquib, Tour Guide, Spruce Shores Lodge, Webequie, Ontario, Canada -- traditional food gathering and actives of the Ojibway First Nation People in northern Ontario wildlands
#1497B September 3, 2006, Cathy Presenger, Media Coordinator, Tourism Thunder Bay -- Fort Williams Provincial Park; Thunder Bay on northern Lake Superior as a gateway to northwestern Ontario, Canada; the naturla beautyof the thousands of lakes and rivers in the region
#1498A September 10, 2006, Judith Johnson, Chair, Fabius Twonship Wetlands and Environmental Committee; Frog Surveyou, Michigan Department of Natural Resources -- developing and mapping wetlands for the Michigan city Fabius Township;surveying frogs
#1498B September 10, 2006, Michael Morrow, Manager Passenger Marketing, Algoma Central Railway/Canadian National --tourist train through Algoma Canyon; value of using passenger trains in Ontario, Canada
#1499A September 17, 2006, Len Gillis, Marketing Coordinator, James Bay Frontier -- tourism in the environment of the James Bay region of Ontario, Canada, including Moose Factory and Moosenne on the edge of the Artic Circle and near Husdon Bay; the Polar Bear Express train; Cochrane's heritage center and polar bear sanctuary; dividing point between the Arctic and Atlantic watershedss
#1499B September 17, 2006, Todd Lucier, Owner and Co-founder, Northern Edge Algonquin Nature Retreat -- a sustainable yoga retreat center utilizing ecological practices and materilas near North Bay, Ontario, Canada; conoeing on the many lakes near and in the Alqongquin Provincial Park
#1500 September 24, 2006, Al errington, Owner, Errington;s Wilderness Island Resort -- a wildlife wilderness retreat in the northwest part of Ontario, Canada, accessible only by train or float plan, fine food and accommodations while focusing on wildlife protection and fishing
#1501A October 1, 2006, Ian Wood, Coordinator, Tourism and Marketing, City of Greater Sudbury -- reclamation of mining land in Sudbury, Ontario, Canada; the greening of a city and development of nature trails and mining museum in this northeastern part of Canada
#1501B October 1, 2006, Jim Little, and Jenny Martindale, Owners, Sundog Outfitters -- canoeing on Simons Lake and in the Vemillion river Delta Forest Reserve; maintaining a sustainable eoc-tent camp utilizing ecological materials outside of Greater Sudbury in northeastern Ontario, Canada; canoe outfitting and guiding
#1502A October 8, 2006, David Wells, Owner, Naturally Superior Adventures -- sea kayaking on Lake Superior near Wana, Ontario, Canada; "sea" surfing; eco-tours on voyagers canoes; cultural and natural history of the Alogona region of northwest Ontario, Canada; loge on lakeshore
#1502B October 8, 2006, Ian McMillan, Executive Director of Tourism, Tourism Sault Ste. Marie -- ecological tourism oportunities around the Great Lakes and in the northwest part of Ontario, Canada, including hikes and train trips to the wilderness, kayaking and canoeing on the lakes and rivers "geocaching,: folk music concets and other cultural activities
#1503A October 15, 2006, Ray Tretheway, Executive Dirctor, Savramento Tree Foundation; City Councilmember, City of Sacramento, California; Master Gardener -- urban forestry conference; trees as energy saving program with utilities; planting trees in cities; "Green Print" Initiative
#1503B October 15, 2006, Jared Liu, Director of Programs, Alliance for Community Trees -- "National Neighbor Wood" program, urban forestry's socio-economic benefits; curriculum development, "Brown bag Lunch" Series; Community Tree Leadership Forum; National Arbor Day
#1504A October 22, 2006, Allen Schaeffer, Executive Director, Diesel Technology Forum -- changes in diesel fuel and advantages of "clean" diesel
#1504B October 22, 2006, Chris Jordan, Acclaimed Photographic Artist; Exhibitor in over 100 pbulic and private collections; Author, In Katrina;s Wake: Portaits of Loss from an Unnatural Disaster -- photographic study of the Hurricane Katrina disaster; global warming advocacy
#1505A October 29, 2006, Larry Smith, Executive Director, North East Trees of Los Angeles; Chair of Planting and Procurements Committee, Million Trees L.A. -- sixteen years of tree planting in the northeast part of the city of Los Angeles; designing and building parks along the Los Angeles River and the Arroyo Seco Parkway
#1505B October 29, 2006, Greg McPherson, Ph.D., Director, Center for Urban Forest Research, Pacific Southwest Research Station, United States Forest Service; Recipient of awards from American Forest and from International Sociey of Arboriculture -- study "Sustainable Urban Forest Ecosystems" to measure and model urban forest benefits and costs (energy), carbon, and water
#1506A November 5, 2006, Linda Grimes, Marketing Maven, 18th Street Marketing -- environmental documentary film series at Aquarium of the Pacific, Long Beach, California, including: Cod Help Us; Peace Parks; The Man Who Planted Trees; Cane Toads; and Darwin's Nightmare
#1506B November 5, 2006, Alison Moir, Program Coordinator, Rutherford House Provincial Historic Site, Historic Sites and Cultural Facilities, Alberta Commnity Development -- restoration and presentation of the historic Rutherford Home in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
#1506C November 5, 2006, Lindsay Hall, Grant and Loan Administrator, Center for Creative Land Recycling, and Nicole Spear, Program Associate, Center for Creative land Recycling -- reuse and cleanup of brownfield lands in city redevelopment projects; turning around vacant or environmentally distress properties through training, grants and technical assistance
#1507 November 12, 2006, Iain Kerr, CEO, Ocean Alliance; 2006 Chevron Conservation Award Honoree; Captain of the "Odyssey" -- circling the earth on the ship Odyssey to research pollution int the ocean and stopping in 121 ports in 22 countries and takingbiopsy samples of 960 sperm whales; three years as captin of "Siben" studying humpback, sperm, and blue whales in South America; illegal sea cucumber fisheries; analyzing the extensive data collected by professionals and volunteers on this unique voyage and first-of-a-kind research effort
#1508A November 19, 2006, Dr. Pilia Poonswad, Professor, Department of Microbiology, Mahidol University, Thiland; Founder and Secretary-General, Hornbill Research Foundation; 2006 Chevron Conservation Award Honoree -- thirteen species of hornbills in Thailand; study of sympatric hornbill species in Khaoyai National Park and helmeted and rhinoceros hornbills in Budo Songai-Padi National Park, and plain-pounched and Rufous--necked hornbills in Huai Kha Khen World Heritage Area
#1508B November 19, 2006, Eric Kowalczyk, Zookeeper, Woodland Park Zoo, Seattle, Washington; Studbook Keeper for Aceros hornbills -- fifty-three species of hornbills and their research, management, captive breeding, and nesting; preservatin of hornbill habitat
#1509A November 26, 2006, Richard May, Co-Founder and Retired President, California Trout -- stopping dams that threaten trout, wild and scenic rivers, watersheds of the Smith River, Eel, Trinity, and Klamath in California
#1509B November 26, 2006, Jennifer Witherspoon, Communications Director, Environmental Defense -- removing the 1923 Hetch Hetch dam in Yosemite National Park and providing alternative water to the city of San Francisco
#1510 December 3, 2006, Jeunesse Park, Founder, Trees for Africa; CEO, Food and Trees for Africa; Founder, Progreen Corporation; Famrer; Coordinator MNET, Environmentalist of the Year Awards in South Africa; Creator of Programs, EduPlant; 2006 Chevron Conservaton Award Honoree; Winner Mail and Gaurdian Green Trust Award -- EduPlant's food security program including the Urban Greening Fund, National Tree Distrubtion Campaign, and Permaculture; environmental marketing, promotions, and communications in South Africa; proverty alleviation through improved environments; helping popole with HIV & AIDS; using permaculiture for food production
#1511A December 10, 2006, Greame Base, Author, Animalia; The Eleventh Hour; The Sign of the Seahorse; Truckdogs; The Water Hole; Jungle Drums; Uno's Garden -- children's picture books using subtle environmantal themses to loearn about takeing care of the world and to learn to count
#1511B December 10, 2006, Karen Pickett, Director, Bay Area Coalition fo rHeadwaters (BACH); Organizer, FEarthFirst! -- saving redwood forests; stopping logging in Maxxam/Pacific Lumber private lands; envrionmantal alliances with labor; "green scare", by grand juries; demonstrations
#1512A December 17, 2006, El Del Grande, Master Plumber; How-to Expert, Kohler Company; Host, Ed the Plumber on the Do-It-Yourself Network and HGTV Pro.com; Syndicated Columinist, "Ask the Plumber"; Author of home improvement book -- water conservation using ne Kohler water saving products including faucets, showerheads, and low-flow toilets
#1512B December 17, 2006, Lorri Bauton, President, Animal Acres; Founder Farm Sanctuary -- twenty-six acre sancturary for rescued farm animals including cattle, pigs, turkeys, chickens, dogs, sheep, goats, and cats; advocating vegetarian and vegan diets
#1513A December 24, 2006, Major Jason Pike, Entomologist; Major in the United States Military assigned to the Environment and Saftey Office of the Defense Logistics Agency from the Army Medical Department -- Palos Verdes Blue Butterfly on Defense Fuel support Point in San Pedro, California; creating a Wildlife Habitat Coucil site at the Defense Supply Center in Richmond, Virgina, and the Defense Distribution Depot in Pennsylvania
#1513B December 24, 2006, Janet Ady, Chief, Division of Education Outreach, National Conservation Training Center, United States Fish and Wildlife Service in the Department of the Interior -- environmental education at learning laboratiory site in West Virginia to train governmental employees in interpretation, partnerships, and public participation; wetlands hatitat restoration
#1514 December 31, 2006, Stephen Elbert, VicePresident, Regulator Affairs, BP America; Past Chairman, Wildlife Hatitat Council -- willdlife habitat sites at BP's facilities in Gnadenhutten, Ohio; Cooper River, Southe Carolina; Decatur, Alabama; Warm Springs Pond Montana; Casper, Wyoming; and Wood river, Illinois; corporate sponsorshipof wildlife restoration on company lands