Thought Leadership

Materials management is a key—though sometimes overlooked—tool in the fight against climate change and is a key  ingredient for a sustainable campus. Materials are central to waste (and the associated greenhouse gases), reuse, and procurement.

Meet Thea Feldgoise, rising junior at Wellesley College and Sustainable Materials Student Researcher with Campus Construction and MITOS. As a student researcher in this area, Thea is working to expand the use of sustainable building materials like those visible in E38 and Hayden Library. Learn a bit about Thea and check back for updates on her work later in the year.

Ruth Davis spent much of her career at MIT in communications roles—as the Publications Manager with Reference Publications and then Communications Manager in the Department of Facilities—before becoming MIT’s first zero waste program manager.

With a focus on designing solution scenarios for MIT for the short and long term, Solving for Carbon Neutrality at MIT, led by instructors Julie Newman and Tim Gutowski, engages students in project-based learning with the campus as a test bed for ideas.

With a focus on designing solution scenarios for MIT for the short and long term, Solving for Carbon Neutrality at MIT, led by instructors Julie Newman and Tim Gutowski, engages students in project-based learning with the campus as a test bed for ideas.

After 48 years with MIT, Manager of Grounds Services Norman Magnuson reflects on his role in a changing campus and profession

"Any student who is interested in sustainability-related projects on campus should take the opportunity to explore those topics either through working with MITOS or getting engaged in other ways."