Joshua Hahn
Assistant Head of School, Director of Environmental Initiatives, oversees
all environmental initiatives at
The Hotchkiss School, both programmatic and operational.

At Hotchkiss we aim to incorporate environmental stewardship into every aspect of School life, and model what we teach through a combination of formal academic and residential initiatives. We try to relate complex environmental issues, like climate change, to students’ everyday lives in developmentally appropriate ways. We endeavor to provide students with the interdisciplinary tools they need to understand this region, and where they come from and where they will go to after graduation. By taking this solution-oriented approach to environmental problems, we prepare students—regardless of their collegiate studies and ensuing careers—to involve themselves conscientiously in our collective ecological future. Regenerative practices (such as producing energy and food, restoring ecosystems, building soil, and achieving carbon neutrality) reinforce an environmental mentality characterized by innovation, creativity, and entrepreneurship.