Milton Academy understands sustainability to be living within Earth’s regenerative capacity. Preparing students for “meaningful lifetime success,” as cited in our mission, includes developing a culture of sustainability at our School.

We believe that we have responsibility in our relationship with the world and its people. We aim to be engaged citizens who understand that living in a sustainable way requires an awareness of and respect for the fragile ecological equilibrium that supports us. We know that our collective future depends upon the social and environmental well-being of the planet and all life on it.

We will cultivate this long-term, holistic way of thinking and acting in the classroom, in the dorm, in our campus operations, and through our interactions with local and global communities.

NEWS

• Wide and Well-coordinated Effort Brings New Level of “Green”
  
  Students are returning from winter break to a “greener” campus. As part of the School’s ongoing energy conservation efforts, the facilities department worked with Bluestone Energy Services to upgrade lighting, building controls and HVAC motors around campus. [[READ MORE]]
  
  
  
• Leading the Way for Sustainability at Milton
  
  Emmie Atwood (II) and Yuta Inumaru (I) are the superhero duo of environmental efforts at Milton. Co-heads of the student-led Sustainability Board, the two are leading several projects to make Milton a “greener” place.  The student board’s focus this year is implementing a compost system on campus. They are busy researching costs and local companies, while working with Milton’s facilities department and dining services to determine which method is best for the School. [[READ MORE]]
  
  

• New Solar Panels Will Help Fuel the ACC
  
  Solar panels are now a more prominent feature on the Milton campus horizon. The installation of photovoltaic solar panels is underway on the two, south facing gable roofs of the Athletic and Convocation Center (ACC). The ACC is the largest building on campus, and the largest user of electricity. Photovoltaic panels generate electrical power by converting solar radiation into direct current electricity. On a sunny, summer day, the panels will produce 900-kilowatt hours of useful electricity. This will provide about 50 percent of the electricity load for the ACC when the hockey rink is not in service. The estimated savings for Milton in electricity costs over a 20-year period is over $400,000. [READ MORE]
  

• Milton's Pritzker Science Center was featured by Architectural Record.

• Transplanted Maple Tree Adds to Ware Hall Landscape
  
• Documentary Filmmaker Ian Cheney '98 Shows Us The City Dark
  
• The Pritzker Science Building "Dashboard" is now accessible here in real time
  
• A Senior Project Gives Milton an Organic Garden
  

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