Titanic director to open a ... vegan school?

James Cameron and Suzy Amis. Source: AP

HE'S better known for directing films like Avatar and Titanic, but James Cameron and his wife Suzy Amis Cameron don't just own a school — they're planning to make it a plant food-only school.

The MUSE School in California is a private school that caters for students from early childhood right through to high school. The Cameron's founded it in 2006, along with Suzy's sister Rebecca.

"By celebrating community and the natural environment, promoting cross-cultural experiences, modelling leadership, and illustrating that learning and teaching are collaborative efforts, MUSE School fosters graduates who become bold leaders fully prepared to face challenges, to live beyond complacency, and to embrace learning and change throughout their lives," the school's website states.

The school. Source: Supplied

Set on 22 acres in the Malibu Canyon, the school has a strong "sustainable living" focus, complete with lots of play space, water features, outdoor classrooms, and "organic fruit and vegetable plots that supply the foundation for our Seed-to-Table Program."

The next step in that phase is making the school vegan.

"In the fall of 2015, MUSE will be the only school we are aware of that is completely plant-based," Suzy told The Hollywood Reporter.

"Plant-based eating — meaning the meals that are served at MUSE will be 100 per cent plant-based," clarified James. "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."

Bearing in mind that American schools serve lunch, menu items will reportedly include Sloppy Joes and quesadillas but will exclude meat, cheese and other animal products, according to TODAY.com.

Director James Cameron. Source: News Corp Australia

The Camerons have been vegan since 2012, with Suzy telling Grist that "You can't really call yourself an environmentalist if you're still consuming animals. You just can't."

You can send your child to the school for US$23,625 if they're primary-aged, and US$28,000 for high-school kids.