Letter from the Editor

Photo by Laszlo Oveges

What is sustainable? This might be the defining question of our current era. As we endlessly consume our way to planetary ruin, perhaps the most glaring answer is that it must be something else. Something we are not currently doing at any meaningful scale.

In this issue, we explore the sustainability question from various directions. Is solar energy sustainable if it reduces biodiversity? Can reusable water bottles and technology worship solve the planetary crisis? Does sustainability require interrogating our very notions of nature and ecology?

As always, we hope this issue will encourage you to find new ways to think about these questions.

In Solidarity,
-Ben