BECOME A CHANGEMAKER
Here's how you can join the Eco-School Network to help make your elementary school greener and healthier.
Eco-School Changemaker Training
This series of four online workshops offered each Fall will help you:
- Explore your own talents and passions
- Identify a pressing sustainability need at your child’s school
- Build leadership skills
- Start a sustainability project to meet your schools needs
- Connect you with a thriving community for ongoing support
Quick Start Changemaker Training
- Online training will take place Feb 23, 2026 at 7 p.m.
- Click below to register or email Sophie to see if this program is right for you Sophie@ecoschoolnetwork.org.
Changemaker Training Info
Cost: Free! (thanks to generous donations and grants)
During this four-session online training, you will build your confidence as a changemaker. You’ll explore what’s possible for your school, getting clear about your gifts, sources of motivation, and vision for change. Next, we’ll learn to get others in your school engaged.
The training will be facilitated by Amy Higgs, Executive Director of the Eco-School Network, as well as other Network parents who will be guest presenters. You’ll even get a personal mentor (an experienced Eco-School leader) to support you with coaching and pep talks!
Changemaker: A person who desires change in the world and, by gathering knowledge and resources, makes that change happen.
-Ashoka.org
70
School garden & habitat projects
60
Outdoor classrooms
200
Waste reduction programs
25
Walk & bike programs
50
Student green teams
This training is designed for you if…
- You want to help your kids’ school become healthier and greener.
- You want to learn how to make change in your community.
- You want your child to connect with nature and learn sustainability at school.
- You want to connect with parents and teachers who are action-oriented and full of hope.
The Eco-School Network can set you up with the tools, encouragement, and support you need to make your vision a reality! You’ve got this, friend. And this network has got YOUR BACK.
What is this Network?
The Eco-School Network is a community of students, parents, teachers and school staff in Oregon working to make elementary schools greener and healthier. Over the past decade, this training has inspired hundreds of parents to lead important initiatives in their children’s schools.
One person starting a project often engages others and leads to big school culture change. Together, our parents are preparing a critical mass of young Oregonians to be stewards of the Earth and their community.
Until 2022 the Eco-School Network has focused primarily on schools in the Portland Metro region, and through our online training, we are now engaging schools around the state of Oregon!
BE THE SPARK.
Meet Your Trainers:
This training is a community effort. The content has been adapted from the Agent of Change training developed by Jeanne and Dick Roy, co-founders of the Network. Our facilitators include:
- Amy Higgs, Executive Director
- Audrey Schaab, Operations Manager and longtime facilitator
- Celeste Lewis, Board Member and Volunteer Coordinator and Strategist
- Jeanne Roy, Co-Founder and Board Chair Emeritus
- Jeremy Thomas, Board Member and Teacher
- Sophie Rasmussen, Program Coordinator
And a cast of experienced mentors to cheer you on!