Audrey Peterman

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Audrey Peterman, President, Earthwise Productions, Inc., 2001 NW 20 Court, Plantation, FL 33323 <A TARGET="_blank" HREF="http://www.earthwiseproductionsinc.com/" DATA-MSYS-CLICKTRACK="0" REL="nofollow noopener noreferrer">www.earthwiseproductionsinc.com</A>
Audrey Peterman is nationally recognized as a leader in the movement to make America’s public lands relevant to every demographic group in our population and to show them as the glue that holds us together. Since 1995 Mrs. Peterman and her husband Frank have been traveling the national parks, forests, wildlife refuges and open spaces and so are eminently familiar with the effects of our changing climate. Today Mrs. Peterman weaves the themes of relevance, inclusiveness, natural resource protection and climate resilience into spellbinding presentations that bring our current situation into sharp focus.
In 1995 Mrs. Peterman co-founded Earthwise Productions, Inc., an environmental consulting and publishing firm focused on connecting the public lands system and the American public. In 2014 the Petermans coalesced the experience gained in almost two decades of environmental work and created the Diverse Environmental Leaders National Speakers Bureau, a “one stop shop” that provides professional services to help integrate the environmental sector. The Bureau includes more than 60 leaders of African, Asian, Hispanic and Native American ancestry who are experts in climate, energy, environmental justice and green-building issues. They are seafarers, mountain climbers, hikers, birders and activists who make the environmental conversation more reflective of America’s diverse population.
Mrs. Peterman has influenced change on the local level by engaging members of diverse communities with their history in the national parks and particularly with the restoration of the Florida Everglades. On the national level, she has helped make change as a member of the boards of the National Parks Conservation Association, the Association of Partners for Public Lands, and the National Parks Promotion Council; as a citizen lobbyist and as a community expert informing Members of Congress.
Her work has been recognized with the 2013 Apex Distinguished Service Award from Black Meetings and Tourism magazine; an Orchid Award 2014 from the Miami Urban Environmental League; the Environmental Hero Award from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, 2000; the Marjory Stoneman Douglas Outstanding Citizen Conservationist Award from the National Parks Conservation Association, 1997; and the George Barley Leadership Award from the forty-member Everglades Coalition, 1999. The Petermans were named “Yosemite Ambassadors” in 2016.
Mrs. Peterman’s books include “Legacy on the Land: A Black Couple Discovers Our National Inheritance and Tells Why Every American Should Care,” and the travel guide, “Our True Nature: Finding a Zest for Life in the National Park System!”

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