Environmental Sustainability News
Environmental photographers visit RE to celebrate Earth Day
Ransom Everglades marked Earth Day with talks by two well-known photographers whose work has influenced conservation efforts. Ami Vitale, the founder of the art/storytelling conservation group Vital Impacts, spoke to middle school students at Swenson Hall. Benjamin Rusnack, who documented the tension between exploring and protecting the natural world as an artist-in-residence for the National Park Service, spoke to upper school photography students. The visits took place on April 22.
A photographer and documentary filmmaker, Vitale was named a Conservation International Innovators Fellow and a 2024 inductee into the NC Media and Journalism Hall of Fame. She is also the recipient of prestigious awards such as the Missouri Honor Medal for Distinguished Service, the Lucie Humanitarian Award and a six-time World Press Photos award winner.
Rusnack is a four time Artist-in-Resident at national parks throughout the country and former staff photographer for Food for the Poor. Both have strong ties to South Florida.
Middle School
2045 South Bayshore Drive, Coconut Grove, FL 33133Phone: 305 250 6850
Upper School
3575 Main Highway, Coconut Grove, FL 33133Phone: 305 460 8800
Founded in 1903, Ransom Everglades School is a coeducational, college preparatory day school for grades 6 - 12 located on two campuses in Coconut Grove, Florida. Ransom Everglades School produces graduates who "believe that they are in the world not so much for what they can get out of it as for what they can put into it." The school provides rigorous college preparation that promotes the student's sense of identity, community, personal integrity and values for a productive and satisfying life, and prepares the student to lead and to contribute to society.