Increased efforts in sustainability are being found on a daily basis across campus, bringing to the attention of the entire Lovett community the importance of preserving and protecting the world's natural beauty and resources.
Indeed, Lovett's new Strategic Plan Lovett calls for us to pursue environmental sustainability and practice environmental stewardship in carrying out the plan's goals. Beyond having a positive effect on the environment, Lovett students are learning from their surroundings, practicing sustainability, and making respect for the environment second nature.
Between the spring of 2008 (when Lovett received a grant from Southface Energy Institute and the Kendeda Fund) and the summer of 2010, Lovett developed an integrated, campus-wide Strategic Plan for Sustainability. Responsibility for implementing the plan rests with an Advisory and Outreach Board and seven permanent subcommittees comprised of students, faculty, parents, alumni, administrators, and members of the business community. For more information about these subcommittees, please contact Betsy Metcalf at bmetcalf@lovett.org.
Beginning in the fall of 2011, Lovett also become a part of the newly created Atlanta Area Association of Independent Schools Sustainability Committee, which meets with other independent schools to discuss sustainability initiatives within education and the greater community.
To learn about Lovett's sustainability efforts, please click on the links below.