Jerry Friedman Environmental Action Committee Scholarship

                                                                                                                        Photo courtesy of Art Rogers, Point Reyes.www.ArtRogers.com 

Recognizing a West Marin leader of environmental and agricultural protection

Donor:                 Environmental Action Committee of West Marin.
Amount:              Covers full tuition to the Master Class.

Each year, the Environmental Action Committee offers a full scholarship to enable a West Marin resident to attend Environmental Forum of Marin's Master Class training program for environmental activists. The scholarship is a tribute to environmentalist and veteran Marin County Planning Commissioner Jerry Friedman.

Prior to his death in 1999, Jerry and others concerned about increasing development pressures on rural West Marin founded the Environmental Action Committee. He served as its first Executive Director in 1971. A long-time resident of Point Reyes Station, Jerry worked alongside the founders of Environmental Forum of Marin and the Marin Agricultural Land Trust, laying the foundation for a legacy of local environmental protection, the creation of Point Reyes National Seashore, adoption of A-60 zoning in agricultural areas, and the establishment of the original Marin Countywide Plan. Throughout his life, he was a respected and valued voice of balanced growth, environmental quality, and collaborative City-County decision-making.

Learn more about the Jerry Friedman Environmental Action Committee Scholarship.

Meet this year’s recipient – Polla Pratt

The Environmental Action Committee of West Marin selected Bolinas resident Polla Pratt (38) as this year’s Jerry Friedman Scholarship recipient. Polla currently serves on the Town of Fairfax’s Fairbuck Steering Committee working to design, develop, and launch a new economic currency to support a vibrant local economy and heighten awareness of how spending locally encourages the town’s economic well-being. The FairBuck local currency project was initiated by Master Class 38 and has grown into a collaborative effort between the Fairfax Chamber of Commerce, Sustainable Fairfax, and the Fairfax Town Council.

Polla is a whole systems designer with over a decade of economic development experience working on international, state, and community economic projects in the United States, Latin America, and South Africa. She is active in promoting community self-reliance through Transitions West Marin and acts as a process designer for events organized by the Marin Sustainables, a collective of Marin sustainability advocacy groups. She supports community-choice aggregation, renewable energy sources, and Marin Clean Energy. She is also a certified permaculture designer.

Apply

The deadline for applying for the 2012 - 2013 Jerry Friedman Environmental Action Committee Scholarship is July 31, 2012.

To apply for this scholarship, please contact:

Environmental Action Committee of West Marin   
P.O. Box 609
Point Reyes Station, CA 94956
(415) 663-9312