About LEEF
LEEF Committee
- Catherine Miller
- Dr Iain Boulton- Chairperson
- Justin Dillon
- Sarayu Shah – Treasurer
- Sharon Clouston
- Michael Holland
- Lucy Harrigan
(updated August 2011)
Committee Members’ Profiles for 2007/8
Catherine Miller has been a professional gardener for nearly 20 years in private and public gardens all over London. In 2000/2001 she coordinated 2 successful campaigns to stop housing development on part of Meanwhile Gardens in west London. Catherine currently works for the Federation of City Farms and Community Gardens (FCGCF), a membership organisation which is involved in advice and training provision, networking opportunities and policy work. FCGCF organises part of the Camden Green Fair and holds an annual festival at Capel Manor college in Enfield.
Dr Iain Boulton is a Parks Project Officer for the London Borough of Lambeth. Iain is responsible for widening the community’s involvement in the use and management of parks, commons and other open spaces. Educating and informing is one of Iain’s main duties and interests. Iain is also the lead officer for biodiversity and environmental education in Lambeth, hence his interest in and support for LEEF. Iain has been at Lambeth since 2000, before that he was a lecturer in environmental sciences, as well as a volunteer and director with a London-based farm charity. Iain is also a Committee Member of the Association of Local Government Ecologists (ALGE), and represens Lambeth and LEEF to a whole range of groups that aim to protect and promote London’s natural, social and cultural diversity.
*Justin Dillon *is Professor of Science and Environmental Education in the Department of Education and Professional Studies King’s College London. He trained as a science teacher and taught in London schools for 10 years. He joined King’s in 1989 and is now Head of the Science & Technology Education Group. Justin has been active in research and development in environmental education for many years and is currently leading King’s involvement in an EU-funded project, ‘INQUIRE’, that will train botanic garden educators in Inquiry Based Science Education. Justin is a trustee of the London Wildlife Trust, Bankside Open Spaces Trust and Sustainable & Environmental Education.
Lucy Harrigan has been an educator since 2001. Lucy is undertaking a secondary Science PGCE to complement her experience. Previously she workred at London Wildlife trust where she created a community project at the West Reservoir, Hackney involving many local groups in environmental activities.
