INITIATIVES AND PROJECTS FOR A SUSTAINABLE CAMPUS

Protecting Natural Spaces in Santa Fe

Tucked into the foothills of the Sangre de Cristo Mountains, St. John’s College Santa Fe sits 7,300 feet above sea level on 250 acres in the most beautiful part of Santa Fe, New Mexico, the country’s oldest capital city. Surrounded by hiking trails and a majestic landscape, the Santa Fe campus brings Rocky Mountain living quite literally to our doorsteps. We are also a high desert community and are therefore acutely aware of how precious our desert resources are and we use them with great efficiency and care. We do this through our long-standing water conservation, green building, and dryland permaculture practices, and our soon-to-launch multimillion-dollar, donor-funded solar energy projects.