Pando Awards Hall of Fame

The Pando Sustainability Awards Hall of Fame.

Honoring amazing work by young people of all ages in building a more just and sustainable California Southland. Learn more on the Pando Awards page.

2024 Honorees

The Pando Awards honor outstanding achievement in the prior program season.

Pando Days honorees from the 2023 season include the following (note, for more information, see the full program and range of projects):

Magenta House honorees from the ’23-’24 season include the following (note, for more information, see the full program and project range):

Practical Visionaries Who Care:

Every year, we honor those in Southern California who are making a difference for young people of all ages in sustainability. We honor them in the following categories: the Immortal Earthkeeper Award for Lifetime Achievement, Earth Visionary, Earth Champion, and Earth Guardian. Honorees are given fine art prints by Pando Artist-in-Residence Tucker Nichols.

Fr Gregory Boyle, recipient of the Lifetime Achievement Award, addressing the crowd at the Pando Awards on the Caltech campus.

Honorees:

Immortal Earthkeeper Award for Lifetime Achievement
Father Greg Boyle, founder of Homeboy Industries.

Earth Visionary Award
Kaiser Permanente Community Health Fund, Metropolitan Water District, LA County Sanitation Districts, LA United School District, LA Department of Water and Power, Clean Power Alliance, Calpine Energy Solutions, LA County Metropolitan Transportation Authority, Alexandria Technology, Plante Moran, California Institute of Technology, Floe Financial Partners, John Buchanan, John B. Cobb, Jr., Jay and Bonnie Farbstein

Earth Champion Award
Los Angeles County Supervisor Holly Mitchell (2nd District), Los Angeles County Supervisor Lindsey Horvath (3rd District), Los Angeles City Councilmember Katy Yaroslavsky (5th District), Pasadena City Councilmember Jason Lyon (7th District)

Earth Guardian Award
Betty Yee, Vice Chair, California State Democratic Party; Rita Kampalath, Chief Sustainability Officer, Los Angeles County; Mikala Rahn, Founder, Learning Works Charter School; Maximilian Christman, Sustainability Manager, Caltech

2023 Honorees

The Pando Awards honor outstanding achievement in the prior program season.

Pando Days honorees from the 2022 season include the following (note, for more information, see the full program and range of projects):

Practical Visionaries Who Care: We began in 2023 to honor those in Southern California who are making a difference for young people of all ages in sustainability. Categories include: the Immortal Earthkeeper Award for Lifetime Achievement, Earth Visionary, Earth Champion, and Earth Guardian. Honorees are given fine art prints by Pando Artist-in-Residence Tucker Nichols.

Los Angeles City Councilmember Emeritus Paul Koretz addresses The Pando Sustainability Awards audience at Caltech after receiving his honor.

Honorees:

Immortal Earthkeeper Award for Lifetime Achievement
Paul Koretz, Los Angeles City Councilmember Emeritus

Earth Visionary Award:
Clean Power Alliance, Calpine Energy Solutions, The Happold Foundation, Plante Moran, Metro, Los Angeles Cleantech Incubator, Los Angeles Department of Power and Water, Alexandria Technology, Michelle Ellison, Conrad N. Hilton Foundation, California Institute of Technology, Michelle Ellison, John Buchanan, John B. Cobb, Jr.

Earth Champion Award:
Los Angeles County Supervisor Lindsey Horvath (3rd District), Los Angeles County Supervisor Kathryn Barger (5th District), Los Angeles County Supervisor Holly Mitchell (2nd District)