Scales of Impact

The challenges of sustainability are both local and global. Creating transformative solutions requires deep collaboration among community leaders and members on campus, city and global scales.

You + Campus

We're focused on making change on the MIT campus, but we think change starts with you. We can work together to learn and generate new and big ideas.

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We recognize the deep interconnectivity between our campus and the cities that surround us. So, we seek solutions to common challenges with Cambridge, Boston, and beyond.

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Through our work, we aim to make structures, processes and solutions developed at MIT accessible for reapplication and scaling across the globe.

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MIT Sustainability News

News and achievements of the students, faculty, staff from MITOS and the greater MIT community.

During a panel at the 2025 MIT Energy Conference, Lucia Tian (center), head of clean energy and decarbonization technologies at Google, discusses the challenges and opportunities that AI and rapid electrification bring to electricity demand.

Taking the “training wheels” off clean energy

April 3, 2025

A new analysis by researchers at MIT has shown that an important industrial synthesis process, the production of vinyl acetate, requires a catalyst to take two different forms, which cycle back and forth from one to the other as the chemical process unfolds.

Surprise discovery could lead to improved catalysts for industrial reactions

April 3, 2025

Thought Leadership Blog

Expertise, research, and ideas from movers and shakers across the MIT campus and our networks.

Q+A with Climate Action & Sustainability in Higher Education Program Visitor Atsufumi Yokoi FRSA

March 25, 2025

Q+A with Climate Action & Sustainability in Higher Education Program Visitor Dr. Ceren Sezer

January 22, 2025

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Planning for a Climate Resilient Campus

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We Need Your Help

An ambitious vision for campus sustainability at MIT is underway and achieving it will be a process. We want you to think of your own journey to sustainability as a process, too: start, study, solve.

Start

Getting started can mean many things: looking at a decision from a new angle, fresh ideas, or connecting with new people. The resources below are a starting point – where you go next is up to you.

Commute to Work or Class Sustainably

Your commute matters. Check out some options for a low-carbon trip to school or work.

LEARN ABOUT SUSTAINABLE MOBILITY

Certify Your Workplace as Sustainable

Help transform the workplace culture of MIT through active engagement and leadership on sustainability issues.

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Join a Club or Committee

Get connected with other individuals, labs, and groups and help us tap into MIT's collective intelligence to make real change.

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