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 Move over, Avatar 2, 3, and 4, because James Cameron's got a brand-new baby. 
 
 And, for once, the revered director isn't going to be bringing a futuristic movie to theaters. Instead he's focusing his efforts on...wait for it...vegan food. Or, as he likes to call it, "plant-based food." 
 
 Whatever the preferred moniker, it's certainly seems a bit of a departure for Cameron. But the director, along with his wife, Suzy, has committed to bringing the nation's first all-vegan elementary school to California. 
 
 The Camerons already have the school part down—they opened the Muse School in Calabasas, CA, as a nonprofit learning center focusing on teaching kids about the environment. But according to The Hollywood Reporter, they're taking this a step further. "In the fall of 2015, Muse will be the only school we are aware of that is completely plant-based," Suzy told the trade. 
 
 "Plant-based eating — meaning the meals that are served at Muse will be 100 percent plant-based," James chimed in. "The average person would say vegan, but we say whole food, plant-based. It's about raising kids who don't think it's strange or exotic or worthy of a pat on the back to be doing the right thing for the living biosphere." 
 
 In other words, James Cameron has transformed into a total hippie, and he's determined to help others follow in his path. It's not what we expected from the director, but we've got to give props for the effort. Just look away while we eat this cheese plate, James. 
 
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 ||||| This story first appeared in the March 13 issue of The Hollywood Reporter magazine. 
 
 Eco-friendly fashion was on the menu at a Feb. 19 bash at Chateau Marmont to toast Suzy Amis Cameron’s Red Carpet Green Dress campaign and introduce a line of dresses by Reformation, sales of which benefit Cameron’s MUSE School in Calabasas, Calif. But it was the food at the environmentally focused private school (a nonprofit) that she and hubby James Cameron wanted to discuss. 
 
 “In the fall of 2015, MUSE will be the only school we are aware of that is completely plant-based,” said Suzy before James jumped in to finish her sentence: “Plant-based eating — meaning the meals that are served at Muse will be 100 percent plant-based. The average person would say vegan, but we say whole food, plant-based. It’s about raising kids who don’t think it’s strange or exotic or worthy of a pat on the back to be doing the right thing for the living biosphere.” 
 
 Suzy Amis Cameron teamed with her sister, Rebecca Amis, to launch the MUSE School in 2006. The nonprofit educates children from age 2 through high school on two campuses.
– This fall, the US will have its first vegan school, courtesy of that onetime king of the world, James Cameron. Sort of. Suzy Amis Cameron, wife of the Titanic and Avatar director, opened the nonprofit MUSE School in Calabasas, Calif., with her sister Rebecca Amis in 2006 (E! and other outlets say the Camerons opened it together with Rebecca), and it's going vegan next school-year, according to the Hollywood Reporter. "In the fall of 2015, MUSE will be the only school we are aware of that is completely plant-based," Amis Cameron said at a recent event to benefit the school. Added Cameron, "Plant-based eating—meaning the meals that are served at MUSE will be 100% plant-based. The average person would say vegan, but we say whole food, plant-based." He continued, "It’s about raising kids who don’t think it’s strange or exotic or worthy of a pat on the back to be doing the right thing for the living biosphere." Students at the school, which has two campuses, range from age 2 through high school. Amis Cameron talked about the private school's plan to eventually go vegan in a June NPR article awesomely headlined, "James Cameron-Backed School To Terminate Meat And Dairy." She noted, "We are gradually moving toward a plant-based menu because we do call ourselves an environmental school. ... You can't really call yourself an environmentalist if you're still consuming animals. You just can't." At the time, the school had 140 students. The Camerons bought a 22-acre property in 2010 to house the school, LAist notes, and Cameron has also designed and donated solar "flowers" that provide renewable energy.