Book Award, “Californiana” category, for Reinventing Los Angeles, Commonwealth Club, June 5, 2008
Dr. Zweig Health Advocate Award for Academics, Center for Community Action and Environmental Justice, 30th Anniversary Awards Dinner, December 6, 2007
L.A. River Award, Friends of the Los Angeles River, 2nd Annual Awards Dinner, September 19, 2003
Honorable Mention, Outstanding Book in the Field of Transformational and Ecological Politics, (for Environmentalism Unbound), American Political Science Association
Finalist, 2002 C. Wright Mills Award for Environmentalism Unbound, Society for the Study of Social Problems
ForeWord Magazine Book of the Year Award for Environment, Bronze Award for Environmentalism Unbound
The Schwartz Prize, Federation of State Humanities Councils, “Re-Envisioning the L.A. River” Program