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A sustainable education is also a local one

An international graduate finds that community and sustainability are not separate ambitions at U of T Mississauga.

A UTM graduate connects community life with sustainability work.
AlumniA UTM graduate connects community life with sustainability work.Photo: University of Toronto Alumni / official source image

For this UTM graduate, sustainability is not a word reserved for a policy document. It is a way of paying attention to a campus, a community and the choices that connect one to the other.

The story makes the university feel less like a backdrop and more like a practice ground. The work of belonging includes learning how a place holds people, resources and responsibility at once.

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  1. Original reporting · alumni.utoronto.ca
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