| Overall Rating | Gold |
|---|---|
| Overall Score | 69.67 |
| Liaison | Julie Newman |
| Submission Date | Sept. 30, 2021 |
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
EN-10: Community Partnerships
| Status | Score | Responsible Party |
|---|---|---|
|
3.00 / 3.00 |
MIT
Office of Sustainability Director Office of Sustainability |
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1st Partnership
The Cambridge Compact for a Sustainable Future
Does the institution provide financial or material support for the partnership? :
Yes
Which of the following best describes the partnership timeframe?:
Multi-year or ongoing
Which of the following best describes the partnership?:
Sustainability-focused
Are underrepresented groups and/or vulnerable populations engaged as equal partners? :
Yes
A brief description of the institution’s formal community partnership to advance sustainability:
A City Government, University, and Business Collaboration
The Cambridge Compact for a Sustainable Future – through the collaboration of its signatories and community expertise and application of research, innovation, entrepreneurship, and social enterprise – strives to create a more healthy, livable and sustainable Cambridge community by addressing global environmental challenges.
Website: https://cambridgecompact.org
The Cambridge Compact for a Sustainable Future – through the collaboration of its signatories and community expertise and application of research, innovation, entrepreneurship, and social enterprise – strives to create a more healthy, livable and sustainable Cambridge community by addressing global environmental challenges.
Website: https://cambridgecompact.org
2nd Partnership
Solve
Does the institution provide financial or material support for the partnership? (2nd partnership):
Yes
Which of the following best describes the partnership timeframe? (2nd partnership):
Multi-year or ongoing
Which of the following best describes the partnership’s sustainability focus? (2nd partnership):
Sustainability-focused
Are underrepresented groups and/or vulnerable populations engaged as equal partners? (2nd partnership):
Yes
A brief description of the institution’s formal community partnership to advance sustainability (2nd partnership):
Solve is a multi-stakeholder collaboration addressing the world’s most pressing challenges through open innovation and partnership.
Their mission: Identifying the best solutions to specific, actionable challenges through open innovation.
Building and convening a community of leaders and changemakers committed to partnering together to pilot and implement these solutions.
Their core values:
OPTIMISM
While big challenges exist in the world, they are solvable.
PARTNERSHIP
No one organization, sector or industry can solve these challenges alone.
OPEN INNOVATION
Talent and ingenuity are everywhere, and we must tap into them.
HUMAN-CENTERED
Solutions must start, end, and involve the people they’re designed for.
TECHNOLOGY
Solutions will include a technological component, but must also address political, economic, and cultural barriers and ensure that technology is adopted by most underserved communities.
Website: https://solve.mit.edu/about
Their mission: Identifying the best solutions to specific, actionable challenges through open innovation.
Building and convening a community of leaders and changemakers committed to partnering together to pilot and implement these solutions.
Their core values:
OPTIMISM
While big challenges exist in the world, they are solvable.
PARTNERSHIP
No one organization, sector or industry can solve these challenges alone.
OPEN INNOVATION
Talent and ingenuity are everywhere, and we must tap into them.
HUMAN-CENTERED
Solutions must start, end, and involve the people they’re designed for.
TECHNOLOGY
Solutions will include a technological component, but must also address political, economic, and cultural barriers and ensure that technology is adopted by most underserved communities.
Website: https://solve.mit.edu/about
3rd Partnership
Climate CoLab
Does the institution provide financial or material support for the partnership? (3rd partnership):
Yes
Which of the following best describes the partnership timeframe? (3rd partnership):
Multi-year or ongoing
Which of the following best describes the partnership? (3rd partnership):
Sustainability-focused
Are underrepresented groups and/or vulnerable populations engaged as equal partners? (3rd partnership):
Not Sure
A brief description of the institution’s formal community partnership to advance sustainability (3rd partnership):
A project of the MIT Center for Collective Intelligence, Climate CoLab is an open, problem-solving online platform where 800,000 people (and growing) collaboratively develop and evaluate plans to reach climate change goals. By building a community that includes scientists, policymakers, business people, investors, and citizens alike, Climate CoLab aims to generate plans more detailed, effective, and actionable than otherwise would have been developed.
Website: https://climatecolab.org
Website: https://climatecolab.org
Optional Fields
The MIT Climate and Sustainability Consortium
Website URL where information about the institution’s community partnerships to advance sustainability is available:
Additional documentation to support the submission:
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Data source(s) and notes about the submission:
Read more about our strategic parnerships at: https://sustainability.mit.edu/topic/thriving-networks.
Read more at MIT News: https://news.mit.edu/2021/mit-convenes-influential-industry-leaders-fight-climate-change-0128.
Read more at MIT News: https://news.mit.edu/2021/mit-convenes-influential-industry-leaders-fight-climate-change-0128.
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