Rising to the challenge
Exeter is dedicated to engaging our entire community about the challenges posed by climate change, and to empowering our students to become future environmental leaders. It is with this duty in mind that we have developed the Academy’s sustainability and climate action plan, Building from Strength Toward a Zero Carbon Future.
Our plan is guided by a renewed mission statement and three overarching goals:
- Ensure that every student graduates from Exeter with a fundamental understanding of the principles of sustainability and the issues posed by climate change.
- Reduce scope 1 and 2 carbon emissions (2005 baseline) 75% by 2031 and achieve zero carbon emissions by 2050.
- Integrate principles of sustainability into all Exeter programs and operations.
If Exeter is to create a truly sustainable campus and meet our responsibilities to future generations, we must set ambitious goals that match the urgency and scope of the climate crisis.
Building From Strength Toward a Zero Carbon Future
The Academy's first comprehensive sustainability and climate action plan.
What we’re doing
Our Programs
Our curricular and experiential learning programs provide opportunities to explore the issues of sustainability and climate change in the classroom and in the field.
Our Progress
Follow how we're doing in reducing our carbon footprint.
Our Operations
Consideration of the environment influences nearly all aspects of life on our campus.
Climate Action Day is one way we live up to our environmental mission to educate our students about the principles of sustainability and the threat of climate change and cultivate their capacity to take action.
The Academy's sustainability and climate action plan.
What you accomplish in sustainability is directly proportional to the strengths of the relationships you form.
Warren Biggins, manager of sustainability and natural resources