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Executive Director Tom Lamar Receives Prestigious United Vision for
Idaho Award
The Palouse-Clearwater Environmental Institute (PCEI) is honored to
announce the prestigious award received by Tom Lamar, PCEI's Executive
Director. The Award of "Idaho's Environmental Leader of the Year" was
given to Lamar at the United Vision for Idaho's 11th Annual Progressive
Celebration & Awards Dinner on January 9, 2009 at the DoubleTree
Riverside, in Boise.
Thomas C. Lamar has been PCEI's Executive Director since 1990. His
twenty-eight years of experience in the public interest sector has
helped PCEI increase citizen involvement in environmental issues. Tom
has also taught Conservation Leadership in the University of Idaho,
Conservation Social Sciences Department for the past five years. In
2007 he was elected to the Moscow City Council. In that role, he
serves on numerous committees and commissions including the Moscow
Urban Renewal Agency.
As the Executive Director for PCEI, Tom has helped to develop other
community organizations including the Western Sustainable Agriculture
Working Group, Palouse Land Trust, Rural Roots, Idaho Smart Growth,
Village Bicycle Project, and Backyard Harvest. Tom serves on the
steering committee of the Idaho Environmental Summit, and on the board
of the Latah Trail Foundation.
Tom holds an MS degree in Environmental Science from Washington State
University (1985). He received his Bachelor of Arts degree in Biology
and Anthropology at the University of Delaware in 1982. Tom studied the
medicinal use of Plants by the Shipibo Indians of the Peruvian
rainforest during his time at both WSU and University of Delaware.
Tom's work background includes Central American peace organizing in the
1980's. He also worked with the Northwest Coalition for Alternatives to
Pesticides for two years as an advocate for pesticide exposure victims.
Tom enjoys swimming, running, bicycling, triathlons, and gardening.
The keynote speaker at the 11th Annual Progressive Celebration & Awards
Dinner was Jim Hansen, a leader of the progressive movement in Idaho
since his days in the legislature. He guided United Vision for Idaho
and United Action for Idaho from their beginnings to the organizations
they are today. For more information about United Vision for Idaho
please visit www.uvidaho.org or www.idahostatesman.com/102/story/638614.html
for more on the UVI Awards Dinner. |
PCEI was named a
Founder of a New
Northwest in 2001. |
PCEI wins sustainability award
On September 8, 2001 PCEI was named as a Founder of the New Northwest.
The text below was written by Sustainable Northwest
in September 2001 when the Founder award was issued to PCEI. |
Our Founder, MaryJane Butters, also received the Founder Award
PCEI founder MaryJane Butters was named a Founder of A New Northwest in
1999. Read
about her award. |
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