By Liza Piper and Lisa Szabo-Jones, Editors April 6, 2017 Review By John Thistle Sustaining the West: Cultural Responses to Canadian Environments is a fascinating set of essays edited by Liza Piper and Lisa Szabo-Jones. Its overall argument is that threats to the environment pose not simply technical or scientific problems amenable simply to regulation and economic solutions, but also deeply cultural ones rooted in the way people imagine, value, and view the world.