Sustainability

A film student talks with a farmer in a hoop house.
A time of harvest: Greenacres documentary project begins post-production as 2024 agricultural cycle concludes

A smiling woman poses with a monarch butterfly on her hand.
Fly away, butterfly: Interlochen’s Sustainability Department raises and releases 50 monarch butterflies

An instructor works with two adult students in a garden with a greenhouse in the background.
Sustainability & Nature Lecture Series invites adult learners to explore art and ecology in new ways this summer

Film & New Media students watch the eclipse at a Greenacres farm
Exploration and evolution: Greenacres documentary begins production in northern Michigan and beyond

Claire Collins, Nathan Buck, and Lydia Hicks
Meet the Greenacres documentary team

A man in a blue shirt stands in front of a large industrial oven and smiles.
Director of Dining Services Paul Hickman brings energy, fresh options to Interlochen’s cafeteria

Two Film & New Media students, surrounded by forest, look at a camera's viewfinder.
Arts and agriculture come together in new documentary film produced by Interlochen Arts Academy students and Greenacres Foundation

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Interlochen Center for the Arts to power 30% of campus operations with Michigan-sourced renewable energy

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Interlochen kicks off summer Garden Lecture Series

Interlochen students working on a hands-on cultivation project
Interlochen sustainability team receives grant from the Michigan Alliance for Environmental and Outdoor Education