April 22, 2026: What then *is* sustainable?

We’re looking for answers about sustainability because it’s earth Day today. So in the most literal sense we’ll chat with organizers behind the Amherst Sustainability Festival taking place this Saturday, April 25th. Bringing together demonstrations, over 50 vendors of a wide variety of disciplines, workshops, bands and entertainment on the Amherst common so we all might make shifts for a better tomorrow. Stephanie Ciccarello, Amherst’s director of Sustainability, chats with us about this free event and how her department strives to shift the practices of the town. For the more esoteric, we’ll look at the sustainability of profession in times of uncertainty. Reporter Melissa Sances has just released a fascinating report on the entropy of the Strathmore Paper Mill in Turners Falls that brings to question not just our ongoing issues regarding industry of old, but of the place and drive of those pursuing these truths in a time where revelations of this sort can be incredibly polarizing. And word nerd Emily Brewster, senior editor at Merriam-Webster, explores the sustainability of one word’s direct object usage as we look at the place, time and frequency with which we use the word “whom”.