Critical Sustainabilities

From activism to ecology, popular culture to industry, sustainability, it seems, is everywhere. In the face of economic and environmental crisis, and unprecedented rates of urbanization, the term has become ubiquitous in policy circles and across myriad social domains. This reveals a deeply felt and widely shared desire for a sustainable future. At the same time, it presents us with competing and often contradictory meanings and applications of the term that pose challenges for sustainability scholarship, organizing, and practice. This site offers tools—in the form of keywords, sites, projects, and resources—that we hope can help us make sense of the multiple sustainabilities circulating today, and engage with the concept in more critical ways. The site is still evolving, and we welcome contributors.  Please contact us here if you’d like to get involved.