Really sustainable?

摘要

As care for the environment shifts from being an activist concern to the mainstream, embraced by governments and municipalities alike, European cities, regions and nations set ambitious targets for the reduction of their ecological footprint. Recently, the Belgian city of Leuven set itself the goal of becoming entirely carbon neutral by 2030. The Brussels-based collective Rotor was commissioned by Stuk, a local art centre, to investigate the cultural impact on the city of the concept of sustainability. The result is a series of paintings (including the one on the cover of this issue) depicting everyday activities of citizens in Leuven that engage this idea.