Sustainability - Indian Mountain School

Students Succeed in Significant Sustainability Initiatives

June 13, 2024

Life Through Service,
Outdoor Adventure and Education,
Sustainability

Two student-led sustainability initiatives were approved by the board during the final week of school. Last year, Ms Tieger’s Green Team made a presentation to the Board regarding biodiversity, and the ways in which humans threaten biodiversity. As part of…

Students Attend Youth Leadership Summit For Climate Change

April 20, 2024

Earlier this year, several 7th-grade students and our Sustainability Science teacher Sonya Friel attended the Ashokan Center’s third annual Youth Empowerment & Sustainability Summit (YESS!) in Olivebridge, NY. Our team joined like-minded students…

Fall Harvesting with the Farm and Forest Club

November 13, 2023

Outdoor Adventure and Education,
Sustainability

Our Farm & Forest club had a very busy fall, with harvest season in full swing at Hotchkiss School’s Fairfield Farm. The farm boasts more than 280+ acres of natural farmland,…

Stewardship and the Sublime: A Vision for Sustainability at IMS

October 13, 2022

Life Through Service,
Sustainability

Through the course of several talks with the IMS community this fall, Tom Stewart, Director of Sustainability Programming and Initiatives, is sharing a vision for sustainability at IMS. Below is Mr. Stewart’s first discourse, on stewardship.

Category: Sustainability

Students Succeed in Significant Sustainability Initiatives

Students Attend Youth Leadership Summit For Climate Change

Fall Harvesting with the Farm and Forest Club

Stewardship and the Sublime: A Vision for Sustainability at IMS