Lore Rosenthal Recognized by Sierra Club

Greenbelt activist Lore Lyon Rosenthal is the 2016 recipient of the Prince George’s Sierra Club’s Walter “Mike” Maloney Environmental Service Award. The award is presented annually to a Prince George’s County resident for excellence in environmental leadership. Rosenthal is co-founder of the Greenbelt Climate Action Network (GCAN) with Steve Kane and is currently its program coordinator, organizing monthly educational gatherings and spreading the word on climate change. She has been an important convener of people in the county, reaching out to involve more of the community in key environmental issues at the local level – among them, composting, community solar, zero waste and the county’s fracking ban – to address climate change and save the planet from the bottom up. Since 2008, Rosenthal has worked with GCAN and other local activists to pilot different approaches to expand composting in Greenbelt and surrounding communities, which could reduce the waste going to the landfill. The award was presented to Rosenthal on Sunday, June 12 at the annual Prince George’s Sierra Club picnic at Watkins Regional Park. Greenbelt Mayor Emmett Jordan congratulated Rosenthal on the prestigious award. “Lore has tirelessly worked to bring together people with shared interests around environmental and equity issues,” he said. “She is a connector and a wayfinder who has the ability to reach across geographical, economic and social divides to convene people around progressive ideas and projects. Greenbelt is very fortunate to have her as a resident and active citizen.” The Prince George’s Sierra Club established the annual environmental service award in 2005 to honor the late Walter Maloney, a civic activist, county councilmember and attorney dedicated to the rights and the quality-of-life of everyday people. Nominees are county residents who have shown excellence in local environmental leadership