E
rin Schrode is a young ecoRenaissance
woman. As the “face of the new
green generation,” the co-founder
of Teens Turning Green promotes
global sustainability, youth leadership,
environmental education, and conscious
lifestyle choices. Since 2005, her
youth-led non-profit organisation has
worked to raise public awareness about
environmental and social responsibility
for individuals, schools, and communities
through education and advocacy –
inspiring the transition from conventional
to conscious living among high school and
college students, as well as the greater
public. After working in disaster response
in Haiti, she founded and launched The
Schoolbag, a youth education project to
provide tools and materials for students
in need, as well as initiate active citizenry
and environmental stewardship. The
program has reached over 30,000
students in Haiti, in addition to deliveries
in East Timor and South Africa.
This “incredible synthesizer and orator”
speaks internationally and consults
with corporations and organizations on
millennials, social consumption, digital
tendencies, sustainability, with a purpose
to drive positive impact and better
business. A “sustainability prodigy,” Erin
has been featured in and tapped as an
expert for the NY Times, Vanity Fair, SF
Chronicle, NY Post, Seventeen Magazine,
Teen Vogue, National Geographic,
ABC, NBC, BBC, CNN, FOX, MTV, PBS,
E!, AOL, and other multimedia outlets.
The “juggernaut in the non profit and
green world” hosts digital programs,
leads events, and writes for The
Huffington Post, her own ecoRenaissance
blog, twitter, and others.
An award-winning ecopreneur, Erin
is the spokesperson for top organic
and recycled brands, US Ambassador
to One Young World, and as The White
House said, “a dynamic, passionate and
ambitious young woman committed
to creating big change everywhere she
goes.” She recently graduated from New
York University as a prestigious DEANS
Scholar, spending terms abroad in the
Middle East, West Africa, South America,
and Europe. Having visited over sixty
countries, Erin has developed a keen
global perspective and hopes to inspire
her peers to take action and make the
world a more sustainable and just place
for future generations.
www.teensturninggreen.org
In Profile
Erin Schrode
Co-founder of Teens Turning Green
SBN International Ambassador
When SBN‘s International Ambassador
When SBN‘s International Ambassador
Erin Schrode flew in from NY as keyErin Schrode flew in from NY as keynote speaker for Vision 2020 in March
note speaker for Vision 2020 in 2013
2013, she made time to talk turkey with
she made time to talk turkey with
Goats (Primary Perspectives’ turkey
Goats and Primary Perspectives hosts
mascot) & Primary Perspectives hosts
(L-R)Ari, Hannah, Miani & Megan.
(L-R) Ari, Hannah, Miani & Megan.
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