An inside look at sustainable furnishings with Stephen Newman

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.

Expanding sustainable material uses across campus

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.

Creating a legacy of zero waste

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.