{"id":3226,"date":"2016-12-22T13:06:19","date_gmt":"2016-12-22T18:06:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/sustainability\/?page_id=3226"},"modified":"2026-07-13T10:28:16","modified_gmt":"2026-07-13T14:28:16","slug":"sense-and-sustainability-interview-series","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/sustainability\/sense-and-sustainability-interview-series\/","title":{"rendered":"Sense and Sustainability Interview Series"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Sense and Sustainability<\/em>&nbsp;was created to&nbsp;tell the untold stories of the care that Bates students, faculty, and staff have for the earth.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Click each photo to read the full interview!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group has-dark-color has-text-color\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\"><div class=\"wp-block-image is-resized is-style-rounded\">\n<figure class=\"alignleft size-medium\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/sustainability\/sustainable-narratives-of-bates\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/sustainability\/files\/2016\/06\/Elizabeth2-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"Elizabeth Rush Mueller, Bates College Mellon Fellow and climate change creative nonfiction writer\" class=\"wp-image-3294\" style=\"aspect-ratio:1;object-fit:cover\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/sustainability\/files\/2016\/06\/Elizabeth2-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/sustainability\/files\/2016\/06\/Elizabeth2-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/sustainability\/files\/2016\/06\/Elizabeth2-200x200.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/sustainability\/files\/2016\/06\/Elizabeth2.jpg 576w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Elizabeth Rush Mueller, Bates College Mellon Fellow and climate change creative nonfiction writer<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image is-resized is-style-rounded\">\n<figure class=\"alignright size-medium\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/sustainability\/files\/2025\/01\/190508_Carbon_Neutral_Meeting_0105.webp\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/sustainability\/files\/2025\/01\/190508_Carbon_Neutral_Meeting_0105-edited-300x300.webp\" alt=\"Tom Twist\" class=\"wp-image-4833\" style=\"aspect-ratio:1;object-fit:cover\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/sustainability\/files\/2025\/01\/190508_Carbon_Neutral_Meeting_0105-edited-300x300.webp 300w, https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/sustainability\/files\/2025\/01\/190508_Carbon_Neutral_Meeting_0105-edited-900x900.webp 900w, https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/sustainability\/files\/2025\/01\/190508_Carbon_Neutral_Meeting_0105-edited-150x150.webp 150w, 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class=\"alignleft size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/sustainability\/sense-and-sustainability-hugh-kenny\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"230\" height=\"230\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/sustainability\/files\/2016\/06\/Hugh2.jpg\" alt=\"Hugh Kenny, Green Bikes Coordinator and Bates College junior environmental studies major\" class=\"wp-image-3296\" style=\"aspect-ratio:1;object-fit:cover\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/sustainability\/files\/2016\/06\/Hugh2.jpg 230w, https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/sustainability\/files\/2016\/06\/Hugh2-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/sustainability\/files\/2016\/06\/Hugh2-200x200.jpg 200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 230px) 100vw, 230px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Hugh Kenny, Green Bikes <br>Coordinator and Bates College <br>junior environmental studies major<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image is-resized is-style-rounded\">\n<figure class=\"alignright size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/sustainability\/sense-and-sustainability-episode-iv\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"241\" height=\"240\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/sustainability\/files\/2020\/10\/D5DC4600-14AB-449A-BC6E-FA188D7CA359-6B29B72A-83BF-47CE-897B-13C63C003FD4.jpg\" alt=\"Lynne Lewis, Environmental Economist Professor at Bates College\" class=\"wp-image-4125\" style=\"aspect-ratio:1;object-fit:cover\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/sustainability\/files\/2020\/10\/D5DC4600-14AB-449A-BC6E-FA188D7CA359-6B29B72A-83BF-47CE-897B-13C63C003FD4.jpg 241w, https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/sustainability\/files\/2020\/10\/D5DC4600-14AB-449A-BC6E-FA188D7CA359-6B29B72A-83BF-47CE-897B-13C63C003FD4-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 241px) 100vw, 241px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Lynne Lewis, Environmental Economist Professor at Bates College<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group has-dark-color has-text-color\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\"><div class=\"wp-block-image is-resized is-style-rounded\">\n<figure class=\"alignleft size-medium\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/sustainability\/sense-and-sustainability-episode-v\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/sustainability\/files\/2020\/10\/tjphoto-300x300.jpeg\" alt=\"photo of professor rakitan\" class=\"wp-image-4135\" style=\"aspect-ratio:1;object-fit:cover\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/sustainability\/files\/2020\/10\/tjphoto-300x300.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/sustainability\/files\/2020\/10\/tjphoto-150x150.jpeg 150w, https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/sustainability\/files\/2020\/10\/tjphoto-200x200.jpeg 200w, https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/sustainability\/files\/2020\/10\/tjphoto.jpeg 500w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">T.J. Rakitan, Environmental Economics Professor at Bates College<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image is-resized is-style-rounded\">\n<figure class=\"alignright size-medium\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/sustainability\/sense-and-sustainability-episode-vi\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"302\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/sustainability\/files\/2020\/11\/F03A2F7D-6662-4222-AEF5-C4F7CFECDBD0-59155BB6-7E2F-4F1B-AC89-675F287DA4CF-302x300.jpg\" alt=\"photo of geoff swift\" class=\"wp-image-4149\" style=\"aspect-ratio:1;object-fit:cover\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/sustainability\/files\/2020\/11\/F03A2F7D-6662-4222-AEF5-C4F7CFECDBD0-59155BB6-7E2F-4F1B-AC89-675F287DA4CF-302x300.jpg 302w, https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/sustainability\/files\/2020\/11\/F03A2F7D-6662-4222-AEF5-C4F7CFECDBD0-59155BB6-7E2F-4F1B-AC89-675F287DA4CF-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/sustainability\/files\/2020\/11\/F03A2F7D-6662-4222-AEF5-C4F7CFECDBD0-59155BB6-7E2F-4F1B-AC89-675F287DA4CF-768x763.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/sustainability\/files\/2020\/11\/F03A2F7D-6662-4222-AEF5-C4F7CFECDBD0-59155BB6-7E2F-4F1B-AC89-675F287DA4CF-200x200.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/sustainability\/files\/2020\/11\/F03A2F7D-6662-4222-AEF5-C4F7CFECDBD0-59155BB6-7E2F-4F1B-AC89-675F287DA4CF.jpg 805w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 302px) 100vw, 302px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Geoff Swift, Vice President for Finance and Administration and Treasurer<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sense and Sustainability&nbsp;was created to&nbsp;tell the untold stories of the care that&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":848,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_hide_ai_chatbot":false,"_ai_chatbot_style":"","associated_faculty":[],"_Page_Specific_Css":"","_bates_restrict_mod":false,"bates_author_byline_override":"","_hide_page_title":false,"_header_override":"","_template_width_override":"","_dimp_site_id":"","_dimp_override_contact":false,"_table_of_contents_display":false,"_table_of_contents_location":"","_table_of_contents_disableSticky":false,"_is_featured":false,"_sidebarChoice":"","footnotes":"","_bates_seo_meta_description":"","_bates_seo_block_robots":false,"_bates_seo_sharing_image_id":0,"_bates_seo_sharing_image_twitter_id":0,"_bates_seo_share_title":"","_bates_seo_canonical_overwrite":"","_bates_seo_twitter_template":""},"class_list":["post-3226","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/sustainability\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3226","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/sustainability\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/sustainability\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/sustainability\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/848"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/sustainability\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3226"}],"version-history":[{"count":17,"href":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/sustainability\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3226\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4918,"href":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/sustainability\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3226\/revisions\/4918"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/sustainability\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3226"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}