BIOGRAPHY

By Nancy Pearlman

See brief biographical summary at NancyPearlman.net or Ecoprojects.org or below. Full six-page resume available on request

Since the 1970s when Nancy coordinated the first Earth Day in southern California, she has worked with hundreds of conservation organizations, serving as administrator, founder, advisory council, participant, and member of board of directors. She founded the ECOLOGY CENTER OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA in 1972 and PROJECT ECOTOURISM in 1993.

ENVIRONMENTAL DIRECTIONS, her international weekly radio series airing nationwide, was started in 1977 and is now the longest-running environmental radio series in the country. These half-hour programs with one to three interviews per show have featured leading scientists, activists, and representatives from the business, academic, goverment, and non-profit 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 500 shows have aired 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), "A Focus on Environmental Education-Kimbark Elementary School," "Wind: Energy for the 90s and Beyond," and "Population Crisis USA." Televison show honors include ACE-nominations (Award for Cable Excellence), Hometown USA Video Festival, and Diamond Awards.There has been recongnition at many film festivals. Nancy's public service announcements have won numerous Buccaneer Awards from Public Interest Radio and Television Educational Society. Recent all-on-location ecotourism specials include India, Nepal, Fiji, Kenya, Tanzania, Malaysia's Borneo, Mexico's Yucatan, and St. Kitts and Nevis, Canada's Vancouver Island, Prince Rupert, British Columbia, Ontairo, and Quebec.

As Executive Director to Educational Communications, Nancy edits the bi-monthly COMPENDIUM NEWSLETTER and the yearly DIRECTORY OF ENVIRONMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS (now in its 28th edition). She is 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 level. Nancy is a blue-ribbon judge for the Chevron Texaco Conservation Awards.

Nancy Perarlman is a member of the Gypsy Folk Ensemble. 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