Amy is currently the youngest member of the Trustees, and responsible for the management and organisation of the Young Trustees.
Amy is the Policy and Events Coordinator at West London Business, and helps to form the bridge between policy and government and business in West London, ensuring both large corporations such as Heathrow and Westfield as well as upcoming SMEs grow responsibly and sustainably. Previous to this, she completed her MPhil in Anthropocene Studies (Hons) at the University of Cambridge and has a BA in Geography from Durham University (Hons).
Alongside this, Amy was a Young Trustee of BPE from 2018 to 2020 and she helped establish the essay competition '2000 Words to Change the World', which was supported by Eurostar and organised by BPE! Â At that time, Young Trustees could only serve for a maximum of two years, so Amy was obliged to stand down.
Whilst at Durham, Amy wanted to take her passion and experience in environmental leadership to a new stage, becoming the Project Leader for The Ugly Fruit Group, a student led social enterprise tackling food poverty and food waste in the North-East of England. This required her to lead a team of over 50 people in saving leftover or unwanted fruit and veg and redistributing it to foodbanks across County Durham, alongside turning anything that was left over into delicious new preserves and jams. This project helped to save nearly 3000kg of fruit and veg being wasted, which is equivalent to nearly 4000kg of CO2 emissions and 600,000l of water! Â As a result of these accomplishments, The Ugly Fruit Group has been recognised as the National Champion with Durham University for leading student social enterprise at Enactus UK for two years running, and is still operating today!
Returning to her Young Trustee role during her postgraduate degree, Amy has now decided to use her previous volunteering work and leadership experience at The Ugly Fruit Group to help mentor and inspire the next generation of Young Trustees in their environmental careers and pathways. Outside of work and Better Planet Education, Amy also sings in local choirs, enjoys yoga, hiking and swimming, as well as volunteering at her local foodbank!

Amy Jiang
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