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 NANCY
PEARLMAN
Nancy Pearlman was elected to the
Los Angeles Community College District Board of Trustees
in 2001. She chairs the Infrastructure Committee, which is
charged with reviewing all construction projects under Propositions
A, AA and Measure J, passed by the voters in 2001, 2003 and
2008.
Ms. Pearlman is an award-winning
broadcaster, journalist, environmentalist, college instructor,
anthropologist, editor, producer, on-air personality, and
outdoorswoman who have made safeguarding the earth’s
ecosystems both a vocation and an avocation. For forty years,
she has given her time and energy to the environmental cause.
She was selected by the United Nations Environment Programme
as a Global 500 Laureate and has received many other honors
including the Chevron Conservation Award.
Since the 1970s when Nancy coordinated
the first Earth Day in Southern Cali-fornia, she has worked
with and continues to be involoved with hundreds of conservation
organizations, serving as administrator, founder, member
of advisory councils, participant, and member of boards of
directors. She founded the Ecology Center of Southern California
in 1972, Project Ecotourism in 1993, Earth Cultures in 2004,
Humanity and the Planet in 2001 and Nancy Pearlman, the Eco-Traveler
in 2007.
ENVIRONMENTAL DIRECTIONS, her international
weekly radio series, was started in 1977 and is now the longest-running
environmental radio series in the country on broadcast and
the web. These half-hour programs, with one to three interviews
per show, have featured leading scientists, authors, activists,
and representatives from the business, academic, government,
and nonprofit sectors.
As Executive Producer and Host of
the three-time EMMY-nominated environmental television series
ECONEWS, Nancy covers every ecological issue. Since 1984,
she has presented her programs weekly to over 35 million
homes via cable and broadcast television and over the Internet.
Over 550 shows air on local origination, public access, governmental,
school, and university channels, as well as on satellite
to PBS stations.
Television specials that have won
awards include “Gem in the Heart of the City” (the
definitive piece on the Santa Monica Mountains National
Recreation Area), “Wind: Energy for 90’s and
Beyond,” and “Population Crisis USA .” Television
show honors include ACE-nominations (Award for Cable Excellence),
Hometown USA Video Festival, and Diamond Awards. Nancy’s
public service announcements have won numerous Buccaneer
Awards from the Public Interest Radio and Television Educational
Society.
As Executive Director to Educational
Communications, Nancy has edited for 37 years the bi-monthly “Compendium
Newsletter” and edited for 29 years the “Directory
of Environmental Organizations.” She is also president
of a media consulting firm which creates audio-visual materials.
She has taught Cultural and Physical Anthropology, Broadcasting,
Journalism, and Mass Communications at the college and
adult level.
Nancy Pearlman is a member of the
Gypsy Folk Ensemble, performing, and teaching ethnic world
dance. Her athletic achievements include completing the
Western States 100-mile run, finishing the Ironman Triathlon,
climbing more than 100 listed peaks in California, winning
long-distance races such as the 1980 Regional Championship
50-mile race, and performing in equestrian events.
September 2009
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