What does the study of English contribute to environmental sustainability? Dr. Vande Brake, interviewed by his daughter Emma, offers three answers to the question. First, it helps us to simplify our lives—to divest ourselves of things we don't need and that hinder our peace and happiness, our shalom. Second, it allows us to critique our culture, to examine and sift our shared assumptions. Third, the study of English allows us to imagine and strive for a world that we desire to live in, even if that world doesn't presently exist. Of course, Dr. Vande Brake explains these in the context of some of his favorite books.