The first Woody Guthrie Prize actually approved by the Woody Guthrie Center goes to Pete Seeger, which makes a lot more sense than me getting it, really.
The Real Woody Guthrie Prize
Michael Tobis
Michael Tobis, editor-in-chief of Planet3.0 and site cofounder, has always been interested in the interface between science and public policy. He holds a doctorate from the University of Wisconsin - Madison in Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences where he developed a 3-D ocean model on a custom computing platform. He has been involved in sustainability conversations on the internet since 1992, has been a web software developer since 2000, and has been posting sustainability articles on the web since 2007.
A couple of years ago Eli bemoaned the fact that the "Woody Guthrie" prize in climate blogging circles was being disneyfied. Let Eli nominate Joe Romm one more time.