Erik Andrew van Lennep

Background

Lennep, Erik Andrew van was born on February 7, 1954 in Washington, District of Columbia, United States.

Education

Bachelor of Science in Plant Breeding, University Massachusetts, 1982. Master of Arts in Landscape Design, Conway School Landscape Design, 1983.

Career

Co-founder, International Rainforest Action Network, San Francisco, 1985; founding director, New England Tropical Forest Project founding director, Arctic to Amazonia Alliance, Strafford, Vermont, since 1987; organizer, producer, Arctic to Amazonia Conference, 1989; organizer, producer, Seeds of Hope: Community Forestry Congress, 1994; founder, New England Woodlands Cultural Center, since 1994. Founding member Vermont Coalition to Save James Bay. Advisory member James Bay and Northern Quebec Task Force.

Member Save American's Forests Coalition. Lecturer in field; consultant on non-violence and grassroots organizing, inter-organizational cooperative efforts, community empowerment and facilitation of intercultural transfer of technical and information. Consultant to Vermont Senator Patrick Leahy on protection of Caribbean National Forest and on global warming legislation.

Advisor various United States and Canada organizations on Counter-Columbus activities, multi-cultural education and cultural diversity.

Achievements

• Erik Andrew van Lennep has been listed as a noteworthy Environmental educator by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Member 1st Intercontinental Congress of Indian Peoples, Quito, Ecuador, 1990. Member Netherlands Patriciate.

Interests

• Avocations: orchid breeding, growing alpine plants, art, cooking.