Sustainability at EA: A Conversation with Students, Faculty, & Staff Taking the Lead

About this episode

The episode discusses sustainability initiatives at The Episcopal Academy, featuring conversations with students, faculty, and staff involved in various projects.

Pollinator habitats, a rain garden, and composting are just a few of the initiatives underway at The Episcopal Academy, and it all started with curious students and an enthusiastic teacher. In this sustainability lab of sorts, thousands of pounds of campus food waste are turned into natural fertilizer as students conduct "real science." EA Unlocked host Dr. T.J. Locke talks with some of the people behind the campus-wide projects and their plans for the future. The rain garden is made possible by the Environmental Leadership Fund, an endowed fund from the EA Class of 1970. Guests: Ron Smith/Upper School Science Teacher Katie Arena/Campus Horticulturist Diya Methi '27 Kyle Zhang '27 Check out the EA Unlocked episode archive here.

People in this episode

Host: T.J. Locke

Guests: Ron Smith, Katie Arena, Diya Methi '27, Kyle Zhang '27

Topics covered

• sustainability
• education
• environmental science

Keywords

• pollinator habitats
• rain garden
• composting
• food waste
• Environmental Leadership Fund

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