REIMAGINING SUSTAINABILITY By Abigail McFee ’17
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ILLUSTRATION BY LUISA RIVERA
I’ll admit it. When I began my research for this article, I thought of “sustainability” as interchangeable with “being green.” If you’d asked me for examples, I would have mentioned cardboard straws and bicycle shares. But after chatting with individuals across the Tufts community—people exploring sustainability from new and more nuanced angles—I find myself paying much closer attention to the phrase “belonging,” to public art, and to bus routes. Let me explain why.