帕特尼学校的可持续发展 is 一种生活方式. 正因为如此, many of the amazing things that regularly transpire here are not applauded as initiatives because they are simply part of the fabric of our daily experience. 换句话说，“这就是我们所做的.”
As I’m just about to start the college process, I’ve been researching various schools 和 campuses. I find myself looking for the same characteristics that I was so lucky to come across at Putney, all of which I had never expected to value as much as I do now!” — Gio的22
From our Net-Zero LEED白金 场的房子 that consumes less energy than it produces, 自己种一部分食物, to a 可持续性 Squad made up of students with an advisor, sustainability 和 stewardship are integral parts of the Putney experience.
What else would you expect from a school located on a 500-acre working dairy farm in southeastern Vermont?
这里的每个学生都被要求花一个学期 在谷仓工作 before graduation, although many come back for much, much more. Farming, even in this day 和 age is still satisfying 和 confidence-boosting work.
As far as the physical plant is concerned, our current 战略计划 states that “A sustainable campus is both an educational 和 a financial goal.“这种承诺导致了我们的创作 场的房子第一个 零 和 LEED白金 美国的学校建筑.
除了为我们赢得荣誉, 我们欣赏但没有追求, the 场的房子 has been in many publications 和 has hosted visits from other educational institutions, 企业, 和 organizations who want to see how a building of this size can be constructed today, 实惠, 以目前的技术. We hope it will serve as an example to everyone planning a new building in the near future.
On a smaller scale, students have designed our latest two-student cabin. 它是超级绝缘的, 朝向最大的太阳能增益, 太阳能, 用烧小树枝的游艇火炉取暖. Students built the cabin from donated insulating panels 和 many found parts.
可持续性 和 ingenuity are just part of who we are.
他们是我们未来的基石. 我们的最新 主 计划 describes the steps we’re taking to become a 零 campus. Our next step is to upgrade the efficiency of our current buildings while keeping their bucolic appeal.
