What you shared: An overview of the Community Forum
At the forum, many of you shared that this experience [COVID-19] has strengthened the sense of community at MIT, created a robust sense of caring and connectivity, and fostered a willingness to innovate and shape a new future.
We are more agile than we thought: You noted that the experience has demonstrated MIT’s ability to make dramatic changes to address global threats, strengthening your belief in the Institute’s ability to respond to global-scale sustainability challenges like climate change.
This is an opportunity to rethink and reset: One dominant message was an excitement to take advantage of this restart to design and reset with more sustainable practices. There was also a strong sentiment that community well-being and sustainability go hand in hand. Many participants called for greater leadership and boldness by MIT in the area of sustainability.
Six main themes emerged: The feedback from participants has been organized into six major themes supported by related categories. This feedback calls on MIT to consider and bolster its commitment to the following areas that should guide the next generation of sustainability planning:
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