Imagine you decide to start riding your bike to work instead of driving your car. You want to cut down on emissions, use less gas, and get more exercise. You purchase a new helmet. You fill your tires with air. You roll up your pant legs and sling your bag over your shoulder. Off you go, feeling great about getting this extra workout in, getting to work on time, and getting to help the health of the planet in some small way. You pull up to a stoplight, and while you’re waiting for it to turn green, a man walks past and yells at you, “Those tires are made of…

Hello, friends. How are you? Are you hanging in there? Times sure are tough right now. We’re in the middle of a pandemic, a revolution, and a depression–and all that is notwithstanding the environmental degradation that sparked the creation of this space in the first place, though we all know it’s all interrelated, the causes interwoven with one another like a complicated tapestry. And yet. We go on. We continue to move forward and fight for social justice and environmental justice. We continue to read and write, to call our friends and family, to take care of our homes. It’s the ultimate act of hope, I think, in this climate…