Notes on Progress: An environmentalist gets lunch

Hannah is an environmentalist. She prepares all her food in the microwave, eats Avocados from Mexico and Bananas from Angola β€” in fact, it’s rare that any of her food is produced locally. Sounds confusing? It’s because she goes by the data, and our intuitive sense of what’s sustainable is often at odds with reality. A thought-provoking piece on what it means when Β«doing your bitΒ» doesn’t feel like doing your bit. (If you like Hannah’s work, here’s the Weekly Filet she guest-curated)


From Weekly Filet #408, in September 2022.

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