Amy Lyons Higgs Email & Phone Number

Portland, Or

The Eco-School Network equips parents to lead Oregon school communities toward sustainability, helping children develop values and skills to preserve a healthy environment. Our parent leaders engage 47,000 students/ year in finding ways to shrink environmental footprints, enhance student health, and collaborate across schools and districts. I facilitate strategic planning, implement programs, manage staff and finances, and work to build a thriving and diverse community of advocates.

Portland, Or

Designed, managed, and implemented community engagement programs that created opportunities for people to learn about and provide input on public projects. Projects included Pioneer Courthouse Square, the Portland Building Reconstruction Project, and the Sellwood Bridge Project.

Portland, Or, And Ann Arbor, Mi

Advised schools in modeling sustainability through changes to facilities, curriculum, and culture.

Instructed 14 semester-long undergraduate Spanish and Environmental Education classes

Designed and managed international network of field-based environmental educators

Ma Educational Studies, - Concentration Educational Administration & Leadership

Ms, Natural Resource Policy & Behavior

Bachelor Of Arts (B.A.), Environmental Policy And International Studies; Development

Ford Foundation Fellow 1997-1998 Watson Fellow 1998-1999

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