#l826A, January 6, 2013, Tatiana Botton, Owner and Creator, WIP FLASH (women in photography); Member, Advertising Photographers of America, Winner, International Photography Awards and the Prix de la Photographie de Paris; Portrait Photographer—photographs of Antarctica’s icebergs and Africa’s desert landscapes of Namibia and animals in Tanzania
#1826B, January 6, 2013, Barbara Gluck, Photojournalist for The New York Times and other newspapers; Art Photographer; Exhibitor at G2 Gallery, Metropolitan Museum of Art, the I. Paul Getty Museum, and the International Center for Photography—photography in dangerous war zones specificallyin Vietnam (1968/1969 and 1972/1973); photos of ethereal colors and shapes in leaves, water, and other landscapes in California and New Mexico
#1827A, January 13, 2013, Derek Fretheim, Chief Operating Officer, Bike Nation—bike share program in California (Fullerton, Long Beach, Los Angeles, and Anaheim); specially-designed bicycles with solid tires, shaft drive/no chain, and heavy weight for dependable reuse
#l827B, January 13, 2013, Prakhar Mehrotra, Ph.D., Student in Aeronautics at CalTech; Recipient, Ernest B. Sechler Award in Aeronautics and NASA-JPL Graduate Leadership Award—cold-storage solutions instead of refrigeration) for farmers in developing nations; engine’s super sonic combustion
#1828A, January 20, 2013, Raymond Catania, Vice President, Global Marketing Department, Cogar International Energy Corporation—innovation of hydroelectric operation system using "Multiple-Compression Propulsion System (compressing ambient air to generate electricity; wind-powered hydroelectric reactor
#1828B, January 20, 2013, Jeff Flocken, Washington, DC Office Director, International Fund for Animal Welfare—resufts found in report “How Much Is That Doggie In My Browser”; opposition to puppy mills and internet puppy sales and exposure of leading sites
#l829A, January 27, 2013, Brenton Spies, Instructor and Research Biologist, California State University. Northridge; Landscape and Nature Photographer; Wetlands and Fish Ecologist and Marine Biologist—research results of the endangered tidewater goby in Malibu and along the California coast; photography of Alaska especially Denali National Park and California wilderness in the Sierras; monitoring an artificial reef off San Onofre Nuclear Power Plant in California
#1829B, January 27, 2013, Bill Slate, Director. The Slate Foundation; Wildlife Photographer: Documentary Videographer; Creator, “Madison’s Kidsshow” and “Into the Pride” (about lions)—photography of elephants and the Maasai people in Tanzania; Women’s Program and stopping killing of gorillas in the Democratic Republic of the Congo; human and wildlife animal conflict; fighting poaching of wildlife
#1830, February 3, 2013, Patricia Trenton, Ph.D., Art Historian; Museologist; Former Art Director at the Los Angeles Athletic Club; Former Curator, American Art at Denver Art Museum; Guest Curator, Awry Museum of Western Heritage, Los Angeles; Author of over 25 books including Independent Spirits: Women Painters of the American West 1890-1945, Joseph Kleitsch: A Kaleidoscope of Color, and Edgar Payne: The Scenic Journey—women painters of the American West and their unique interpretations of the land and people; paintings by Kleitsch of early Iaguna Beach, California; paintings as a way to portray one’ love and appreciate of the country’s landscapes and people
#1831A, February 10, 2013, Monioue Marissa Lukens, Solar Canvasser. American Solar Solution; Songstress, “I Can Breathe (Smoke-Free); LAUSD Guest Teacher; Actor, and Corey Stronein, Vice President of Sales, American Solar Solution—benefits of going solar in southern California: rebates and federal tax incentives for installing solar panels: song to stop smoking
#1831B, February 10, 2013, Jae Sabol, Executive Director, One Community; Holistic Health Professional—creating free sharing, communal model villages on 64-acres of land
#1832, February 17, 2013, Karen Newbem, Assistant Director/Naturalist, The Ridges Nature Sanctuary—geology & plant.and animal life in The Ridges Nature Sanctuary in Door County, WI
#l833A, February 24, 2013, Bob Kohout, Guide, Door County Trolly Tours—sightseeing by trolly in Wisconsin’s Door County and visiting the vista points and historic sites
#1833B, February 24, 2013, Jon Jarosh, Director of Communications and PR, Door County Visitor Bureau—Cave Point Park in Wisconsin and its special cliffs, beaches, and trails
#1833C, February 24, 2013, Tony Kniofer, Ranger R407, Department of Natural Resources, State of Wisconsin—White Fish Dunes State Park in Door County, Wisconsin
#1833D, February 24, 2013, Carol Weber, Manager, Maritime Museum, Door County—outboard motor exhibit, fishing boat, and marine memorabilia from Door County, Wisconsin
#1834, March 3, 2013, Linda Cruse, International Humanitarian Aid Worker; Nurse; Founder, Be the Change Academy; Author, Marmalade and Machine Guns: 16 Countries, Three Continents, 12 Years, and One Suitcase: One Woman’s Quest to Help Disaster-Stricken Communities Back on Their Feet —using entrepreneurial skills of business leaders in rich countries to help in poor communities in other countries; assisting refugees in Thailand after the Tsunami by bringing comedians from the UK and helping rebuild job opportunities; plight of Tibetan refugees in India and Burmese refugees in Thailand; giving help in Padistan after the earthquake; developing better women's health programs in Morocco; aiding Tibetan nomadic orphans in school programs in Nepal; dealing with polluted environments of Amazon tribes on the Peruvaian/Ecuadorian border
#1835A, March 10, 2013, Jack Eidt,, Director, Wild Heritage Planners; Founder and Editor, WilderUtopia.com; Organizer, Tar Sands Action Southern Caifornia; Urban Theorist—opposition to the Keystone XL Tar Sands Pipeline from Alberta, Canada to the Gulf Coast of the United States; problems to the environment of extracting tar sands oil
#1835B, March 10, 2013, Jessica Aldridge, Executive Director, Burbank Green Alliance; Former Professor of Recycling and Resouce Managemen, Santa Monica College; Organizer, Foward on Climante LA Solidarity march—local recycling and conservation activities in Burbank, California; Los Angeles rally to stop climate change
#1836, March 17,m 2013, mary Liz Thomson, Director, Who Bombed Judi Bari!; Filmmaker; Environmental Blogger, Huffington Post; Film Editor on television series including " Sierra Club Chronicles" —Importance of work of Judi Bari as leader of efforts to stop logging and clearcuts in old-growth forest; bombing of Judi Bari and Darryl Cherney as they led Redwood Summer in 1990; Pacific garbage path in the ocean; plastic in albatross
#1837A, March 24, 2013, Jimmy Harra, M.D., member of the Board of Directors, Nuclear Age Peace Foundation; Professor of Clinical Family Medicine, David Geffen Scholl UCLA; Family Medicine Direcotr Emeritus, Kaiser LA; Professor & Associate Dean, Charles Drew University of Medicine —impacts of nuclear bombs on Hiroshima and Nagaski in Japan; problems with Fukushima Dai-ichi Power Plant in Japan and dangers of continuing nuclear power and nuclear weapons worldwide
#1851, June 30, 2013. Linda Booker, Producer/Director/Editor, “Bringing It Home” film; Founder, By the Brook Productions—hemp for houses, clothes, and food; industrial hemp such as “hempcrete” for buildings; difference between hemp and marijuana; need to change law to allow growing hemp in the United States of America
#1852A, July 7. 2013, Gary Gless, President, Citizens Coalition for a Safe Community; Member representing Windsor Hills, Community Advisory Panel of Los Angeles County, Community Standards District, and Paul V. Fegazzi, Executive Director, Citizens Coalition for a Safe Community; Cinematographer; Member, Culver City Comrriunity Advisory Panel, Community Standards District —opposition to Inglewood Oil Field in the City of Los Angeles; challenge of the Environmental Impact Report for Baldwin Hills; dangers of oil and gas hydraulic fracturing (fracking exploration and production); residential property damage from oil field operations in Baldwin Hills in Los Angeles; increase in health problems presumably from oil development especially air borne exposure
#1852B, July 7, 2013, Jeff Johnson, Director of Government Relations, International Facilities Management Association—Federaj Leadership in Environmental Energy and Economic Perfommnce; Energy Independence and Security Act targets for energy reductions in federal buildings; how facility management helps global sustainability efforts; Sustainable Facilities Management Professional Credential; California’s Proposition 390 and Cal Green
#1853, July 14, 2013, Timothy Shank, Associate Scientist in the Biology Departrfient,The Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution; Ocean Explorer, Aquarium of the Pacific in Long Beach, CA; Discover of dozens of new deep ocean species; Deep Sea Biologist, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration —conducting over 50 deep sea submersible dives in the world; discovering new species of worms, shrimp, crabs, copepods, and crustaceans; live interactive exploration feed from the Okeanos Explorer and the Remotely Operated Vehicle
#1854A, July 21, 2013, Kassie Siegel, Senior Counsel and Climate Law Institute Director, Center for Biological Diversity—hydraulic fracturing or tracking affecting climate change; legal challenges to fracking/opposition to oil and gas development
#1854B, July 21, 2013, Kathy Walsh, Managing Director and Founder, BWM Consulting; Sustainability Chair, Los Angeles Chapter, International Facility Managers Association, Certified Waste Consultant—zero waste planning in commercial operations; importance of facility managers in making buildings more sustainable; need for management buy in for sustainability
#1855, July 28, 2013, California State University at Los Angeles (CSULA1 EcoCar2 Devel~rs, Dr. David Blekhman, Professor, Department of Technology, Power, Energy and Transportation Program, and EcoCar2 Team Faculty Advisor, CSULA, Christopher Reid,Team Leader, EcoCar2; Mechanical Engineering Graduate Student and Graduate Research Assistant CSULA; Yuankai Wang, Business Manager Assistant, EcoCar2 Program; MBA student,CSULA; and Ren Fang,Undergraduate student in electrical engineering, CSULA; Controls Team Lead and Electrical Team Lead, EcoCar2—Receiving Green Leadership Award in Los Angeles County and second place EcoCar2 competition for plugin hybrid car development; creating the next generation of advanced automotive engineers and encouraging minorities to become involved in technology programs; developing team building, recruitment and documentation of EcoCar2 program; special aspects of CSULA EcoCar2
#1856A, August 4, 2013, Paul Kenline, Product Brand Manager Automated Systems,Window Fashion Division, HunterDouglas—”green” window shades; GreenGuard certification for manufacturing and use solar management; pirouette shades using recycled materials and bamboo
#1856B, August 4, 2013, Alexandra Paul, Co-Founder, Center for Responsible Science; Co-Founder, Plug in America; Actress in 75 films and television shows including “Baywatch”; Speaker and Advocate for population stabilization—tackling the worldwide overpopulation problem; veganism; dealing with our passing the earth’s carrying capacity; funding predictive tests that don’t use animals; stopping crushing of electric cars; benefits of one child families; consumption by people; attitudes towards a child-free life
#1857, Aueust 11, 2013, Craig Downer, Wildlife Ecologist; Author, The Wild Horse Conspiracy; President, Andean Tapir Fund; Former Director of Research Services, Animal Protection Institute; Former Peace Corps Volunteer; Former Wildlife Ecologist, Bureau of Land Management (BLM); Ph.D. Candidate, University of Durham (United Kingdom); Author of many scientific and popular publications; Editor, “Journal Global Tomorrow Coalition”; Member, IUCN Species Survival Commission, Tapir Specialist Group; Board Member, The Cloud Foundation, Nature Photographer—need to reintroduce wild horses and burros into the United States; evolution of equines; stopping the wild horse roundups by the United States government especially by the BLM and the Forest Service; better implementation of the 1971 law establishing the Wild Free Roaming Burros and Horses Act
#l858A, August 18, 2013, Ballooning in Ternecula, Wendy Walsh, Co-owner,and Daniel Walsh, Co-Owner, Pilot, and Operator, Distracting Moments Balloon Co.,and Dean Davey, Pilot and Owner, Dreams - - Unlimited—how the balloons “Deviation” and “Dream Machine” are launched and flown; seeing the countryside around Temecula while in a balloon; Temecula Balloon and Wine Festival in Riverside County, California
#1858B, Aurust 18, 2013, Joseph Patemoster, President and CEO,DRIWater; Member, Intemational Erosion Control Association, Soil and Water Conservation Society, and Resources Conservation Districts; Member, Board of Directors, Urban Releaf—using a non-toxic gel of 98% water and 2% food grade binder to leave in ground to water plants up to 70 days without irrigation
#1859A, August 25, 2013, Gabriela Cowperthwaite, Filmmaker, Co-Writer and Director, “Blackfish” —opposition to capturing and displaying marine life in “parks”; trainer deaths at SeaWorld and other marine facilities; documenting in her film the horrible conditions for orca whales in captivity
#1859A, August 25. 2013, Jay Gordon, M.D.,Pediatrician in private practice; Nutritionist; Lecturer’ Author, Preventing Autism: What You Can Do To Protect Your Children Before Arid After Birth and Good Nights: Happy Parents’ Guide to a Good Night’s Sleep, and many others—eliminating and/or reducing known neurotoxins and endocrine disruptors in children’s and adults’ enviromnent, lack of testing of the three thousand chemicals introduced yearly; dangers to people’s health from environmental exposure to chemicals
#1860, Sentember 1, 2013, Alexa Johnson, Outreach and Naturalist Training Specialist, Catalina Island Conservancy—unique wildlife and habitat on Catalina Island, part of the Channel Island chain off of the Pacific coast of southern California; Jeep Eco-Tour options for tourists to travel the backcountry of lands protected and preserved by the Catalina Island Conservancy; reintroduction of species including the island fox; maintaining the introduced bison (buffalo) herd
#1861A, Sentember 8, 2013, Michael Waters. Senior Director, Business Development/West, Coach USA; Current Board Member and Past President, California Bus Association; Member, United Motor Coach Association and American Bus Association—introduction of city to city service of the Megabus.com in the southwest; sustainable features of bus travel; modern conveniences (wi-fl, etc.) on motorcoaches from San Francisco to Los Angeles, San Diego, and Las Vegas
#186lB. September 8. 2013, Scott Kitcher, Executive Director, CleanTech OC (Orange County)—smart grid; investor sentiment for clean technology; development of renewable energy including solar, wind, and biofuels; value of using natural gas
#1862. September 15. 2013, Voitech Kacerovsky, Director Los Angeles, Czech Tourism; Member, European Quartet (V4)—historic cultural and natural history in the Czech Republic; ecotourism opportunities in travelling in this Central European country; friendliness and accessibility in travel
#l863A, September 22, 2013, Paul Sorensen, Senior Operation Researcher and Associate Director, Transportation, Space and Technology Program, RAND Corporation; Author of numerous articles and reports including “Mileage-Based User Fees for Transportation Funding: A Primer for State and Local Decisionmakers”—funding transportation needs with mileage-based user fees; solving traffic congestion; 152 species for protection in the Riverside County, Califomia, Habitat Conservation Plan
#1863B, September 22, 2013, Robert Lemnerte, Senior Scientist, RAND Corporation; Director, RAND Pardee Center for Longer-Range Global Policy and the Future Human Condition; Professor, Pardee RAND Graduate School; Lead Author, Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, Fifth Assessment Report (2007 Nobel Peace Prize Recipient); Lead Author, U.S. National Climate Assessment; Author Shaping the Next One Hundred Years: New Methods for Quantitative, Lvnger-Term Policy Analysis—global and local impacts of climate change; robust decision making that is necessary; planning under uncertainty
#1864, September 29, 2013, Linda Marsa, Investigative Journalist, Contributing Editor, “Discover”; Author, Fevered: Why a Hotter Planet Will Hurt Our Health—and How We Can Save Ourselves; Former Reports, “Los Angeles Times”; Author, Prescription for Profits: How the Pharmaceutical Industry Bankrolled the Unholy Marriage Between Science and Industry—health problems due to climate change; spread of diseases along borders: Dengue fever, Valley Fever, bark beetles, etc.; coping with stonns and ocean rising due to global warming; dealing with disasters in New Orleans and New York, dealing with sea level rise in Holland; tackling heat waves in Chicago; making Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, a sustainable city without a freeway through the center of town
#lS6SA October 6, 2013, Jessica Handy, Director, CodeGreen Solutions; LEFD Accredited Professional; Vice President, Kiwanis Club of Santa Monica, Board Member, Building Owners and Managers Association—sustainability consulting; benchmarking energy use by determining baseline energy efficiency of building; local obstacles passing energy disclosure laws; International Code Councils for green construction
#l865B, October 6, 2013, William Edelen, Lecturer Writer, Columnist, “Santa Barbara Newspress” and “Palm Springs Desert Sun”; Founder, William Fdelen Symposium; Former Lecturer of Anthropology, Comparative Religions, University of Puget Sound; Former, Presbyterian and Congregational Minister; Author, Toward the Mystery; Earthrise; Spirit. Spirit Dance; and The Breath of Life—religious views toward nature; perspectives of the earth by people and cultures
#1866A. October 13, 2013, Adam C. Hall, Managing Partner and Founder, The EarthKeeper Alliance; Author, The Earth Keeper: Undeveloping the Future, The Extraordinary Story of an Earth Conqueror Turned Preservationist Who Uncovers Our True Nature and Reveals the Creative Power of the Universe —power of personal ecology to save the planet; nature deficit disorder, 16,000 acre project in Hawaii to restore to natural state; 15,000 acres in Boise, Idaho, to preserve biodiversity for developer
#1866B, October 13. 2013, Pre-EMMY Eco-Party,various exhibitors and celebrities—woman who creates hand-made leather shoes in Turkey; providing local food in Los Angeles from Fresh and Meaty Burgers; organic coconut water to quench one’s thirst; making and serving organic ice cream and avocado snacks; film star from “D’Jango” and television’s “East Bound” and “Dawn” describing importance to him and his children of supporting ecological efforts; child star (now adult) from “Bewitched” describing her horse ranch and importance of environmental issues