Aaron Vansintjan
@avansi.bsky.social
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Books: The Sustainability Class, The Future Is Degrowth
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Books: The Sustainability Class, The Future Is Degrowth
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Fantastic short video on how a publicly owned grocery chain would work in Canada.
Any #NZPol Food Policy policy nerds on here keen do some analysis on how this might work here in Aotearoa NZ?
Any #NZPol Food Policy policy nerds on here keen do some analysis on how this might work here in Aotearoa NZ?
"Instead of the President's Choice, imagine... the People's Choice"
An explainer I made with @breachmedia.ca
www.youtube.com/watch?v=RPuE...
An explainer I made with @breachmedia.ca
www.youtube.com/watch?v=RPuE...
Why Canada needs public grocery stores
YouTube video by The Breach
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October 28, 2025 at 12:15 AM
Fantastic short video on how a publicly owned grocery chain would work in Canada.
Any #NZPol Food Policy policy nerds on here keen do some analysis on how this might work here in Aotearoa NZ?
Any #NZPol Food Policy policy nerds on here keen do some analysis on how this might work here in Aotearoa NZ?
"Instead of the President's Choice, imagine... the People's Choice"
An explainer I made with @breachmedia.ca
www.youtube.com/watch?v=RPuE...
An explainer I made with @breachmedia.ca
www.youtube.com/watch?v=RPuE...
Why Canada needs public grocery stores
YouTube video by The Breach
www.youtube.com
October 10, 2025 at 12:45 PM
"Instead of the President's Choice, imagine... the People's Choice"
An explainer I made with @breachmedia.ca
www.youtube.com/watch?v=RPuE...
An explainer I made with @breachmedia.ca
www.youtube.com/watch?v=RPuE...
Great discussion with Nick on @broadbent.bsky.social's new Class & Climate podcast. Give it a listen!
🎙New Class & Climate episode: @avansi.bsky.social + Vijay Kolinjivadi join @greeneconnet.bsky.social's Nick Pearce to take on the “sustainability class” and show why green consumption isn’t enough.
Listen here: perspectivesjournal.ca/the-sustaina...
Listen here: perspectivesjournal.ca/the-sustaina...
June 10, 2025 at 3:18 PM
Great discussion with Nick on @broadbent.bsky.social's new Class & Climate podcast. Give it a listen!
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🎙New Class & Climate episode: @avansi.bsky.social + Vijay Kolinjivadi join @greeneconnet.bsky.social's Nick Pearce to take on the “sustainability class” and show why green consumption isn’t enough.
Listen here: perspectivesjournal.ca/the-sustaina...
Listen here: perspectivesjournal.ca/the-sustaina...
June 6, 2025 at 2:02 PM
🎙New Class & Climate episode: @avansi.bsky.social + Vijay Kolinjivadi join @greeneconnet.bsky.social's Nick Pearce to take on the “sustainability class” and show why green consumption isn’t enough.
Listen here: perspectivesjournal.ca/the-sustaina...
Listen here: perspectivesjournal.ca/the-sustaina...
Join us for our Montreal book launch for The Sustainability Class on May 22 at Pulp Books.
We'll be joined by Alejandra Zaga Mendes, MNA for the party Quebec Solidaire in Verdun.
@thenewpress.bsky.social
pulpbooks.ca/events/26445...
We'll be joined by Alejandra Zaga Mendes, MNA for the party Quebec Solidaire in Verdun.
@thenewpress.bsky.social
pulpbooks.ca/events/26445...
May 12, 2025 at 10:59 PM
Join us for our Montreal book launch for The Sustainability Class on May 22 at Pulp Books.
We'll be joined by Alejandra Zaga Mendes, MNA for the party Quebec Solidaire in Verdun.
@thenewpress.bsky.social
pulpbooks.ca/events/26445...
We'll be joined by Alejandra Zaga Mendes, MNA for the party Quebec Solidaire in Verdun.
@thenewpress.bsky.social
pulpbooks.ca/events/26445...
Our event with @haymarketbooks.org yesterday is now up on Youtube! It was a delight to hear what Ashley and Emma had to say about what environmentalism for everyone looks like.
@thenewpress.bsky.social @emma-river-roberts.bsky.social
www.youtube.com/watch?v=vuCa...
@thenewpress.bsky.social @emma-river-roberts.bsky.social
www.youtube.com/watch?v=vuCa...
The Sustainability Class vs Working Class Environmentalism
YouTube video by Haymarket Books
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April 25, 2025 at 2:53 PM
Our event with @haymarketbooks.org yesterday is now up on Youtube! It was a delight to hear what Ashley and Emma had to say about what environmentalism for everyone looks like.
@thenewpress.bsky.social @emma-river-roberts.bsky.social
www.youtube.com/watch?v=vuCa...
@thenewpress.bsky.social @emma-river-roberts.bsky.social
www.youtube.com/watch?v=vuCa...
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LIVE NOW!
Join @ashdawson.bsky.social , @emma-river-roberts.bsky.social , @avansi.bsky.social
, and Vijay Kolinjivadi for a discussion on how to reject the “sustainability class” and instead build a working class environmentalism.
Stream here:
Join @ashdawson.bsky.social , @emma-river-roberts.bsky.social , @avansi.bsky.social
, and Vijay Kolinjivadi for a discussion on how to reject the “sustainability class” and instead build a working class environmentalism.
Stream here:
The Sustainability Class vs Working Class Environmentalism
We are currently witnessing the dismantling of environmental policies and a reversal of climate commitments on a large scale. But what kind of environmentali...
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April 24, 2025 at 5:55 PM
LIVE NOW!
Join @ashdawson.bsky.social , @emma-river-roberts.bsky.social , @avansi.bsky.social
, and Vijay Kolinjivadi for a discussion on how to reject the “sustainability class” and instead build a working class environmentalism.
Stream here:
Join @ashdawson.bsky.social , @emma-river-roberts.bsky.social , @avansi.bsky.social
, and Vijay Kolinjivadi for a discussion on how to reject the “sustainability class” and instead build a working class environmentalism.
Stream here:
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“In fact, the future on offer by the sustainability class is not sustainable at all. Or rather, it only promises to sustain the present order of things—which all indicators suggest is hurtling towards ecological breakdown…” #degrowth
@avansi.bsky.social
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@avansi.bsky.social
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Action on Climate Change May Look Different Than You Expect
Talk a walk through the Los Angeles’ Arts District, and you’ll learn that there's nothing contradictory about trying to save the world and living a luxury
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April 20, 2025 at 3:48 PM
“In fact, the future on offer by the sustainability class is not sustainable at all. Or rather, it only promises to sustain the present order of things—which all indicators suggest is hurtling towards ecological breakdown…” #degrowth
@avansi.bsky.social
www.counterpunch.org/2025/02/21/a...
@avansi.bsky.social
www.counterpunch.org/2025/02/21/a...
Reposted by Aaron Vansintjan
Join @ashdawson.bsky.social , @emma-river-roberts.bsky.social , @avansi.bsky.social , and Vijay Kolinjivadi for a discussion on how to reject the “sustainability class” and instead build a working class environmentalism.
Thursday, April 24 at 2pm ET
RSVP: www.tickettailor.com/events/hayma...
Thursday, April 24 at 2pm ET
RSVP: www.tickettailor.com/events/hayma...
April 18, 2025 at 5:04 PM
Join @ashdawson.bsky.social , @emma-river-roberts.bsky.social , @avansi.bsky.social , and Vijay Kolinjivadi for a discussion on how to reject the “sustainability class” and instead build a working class environmentalism.
Thursday, April 24 at 2pm ET
RSVP: www.tickettailor.com/events/hayma...
Thursday, April 24 at 2pm ET
RSVP: www.tickettailor.com/events/hayma...
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How can we reject the sustainability class, and build a working class environmentalism capable of progressive change? 🌏
Join us Thu Apr 24, 2-3:30pm EDT (7-8.30pm BST) as we discuss this key climate issue:
@ashdawson.bsky.social
@avansi.bsky.social
www.tickettailor.com/events/hayma...
Join us Thu Apr 24, 2-3:30pm EDT (7-8.30pm BST) as we discuss this key climate issue:
@ashdawson.bsky.social
@avansi.bsky.social
www.tickettailor.com/events/hayma...
April 18, 2025 at 11:12 AM
How can we reject the sustainability class, and build a working class environmentalism capable of progressive change? 🌏
Join us Thu Apr 24, 2-3:30pm EDT (7-8.30pm BST) as we discuss this key climate issue:
@ashdawson.bsky.social
@avansi.bsky.social
www.tickettailor.com/events/hayma...
Join us Thu Apr 24, 2-3:30pm EDT (7-8.30pm BST) as we discuss this key climate issue:
@ashdawson.bsky.social
@avansi.bsky.social
www.tickettailor.com/events/hayma...
yes, all this and more is in the first few pages of our book!
The book was on the New Books shelf at Ann Arbor’s district library. Just finishing the introduction and already I see the connections behind Trump/Musk actions in such stark focus - from gentrification, nearly complete over-class, minerals mining in Greenland! Ukraine! The world’s oceans! The moon!
February 25, 2025 at 5:07 PM
yes, all this and more is in the first few pages of our book!
Reposted by Aaron Vansintjan
The book was on the New Books shelf at Ann Arbor’s district library. Just finishing the introduction and already I see the connections behind Trump/Musk actions in such stark focus - from gentrification, nearly complete over-class, minerals mining in Greenland! Ukraine! The world’s oceans! The moon!
February 25, 2025 at 3:32 AM
The book was on the New Books shelf at Ann Arbor’s district library. Just finishing the introduction and already I see the connections behind Trump/Musk actions in such stark focus - from gentrification, nearly complete over-class, minerals mining in Greenland! Ukraine! The world’s oceans! The moon!
Heading to the US for some book events, with @vijaykol.bsky.social and @eleanorfinley.bsky.social
February 16, 2025 at 6:30 PM
Heading to the US for some book events, with @vijaykol.bsky.social and @eleanorfinley.bsky.social
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"If the members of this class are to be more than a green aristocracy, they must relinquish their grip on the environmental narrative."
@kevinini.bsky.social reviews The Sustainability Class by @vijaykol.bsky.social & @avansi.bsky.social
wccalliance.org/the-sustaina...
@kevinini.bsky.social reviews The Sustainability Class by @vijaykol.bsky.social & @avansi.bsky.social
wccalliance.org/the-sustaina...
Book Review – The Sustainability Class: How to Take Back Our Future from Lifestyle Environmentalists
Written by Kevin Picado 14th February 2025 Norway, widely praised for its green policies and renewable energy initiatives, has cultivated a reputation as a global leader in sustainability. Its land…
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February 14, 2025 at 12:25 PM
"If the members of this class are to be more than a green aristocracy, they must relinquish their grip on the environmental narrative."
@kevinini.bsky.social reviews The Sustainability Class by @vijaykol.bsky.social & @avansi.bsky.social
wccalliance.org/the-sustaina...
@kevinini.bsky.social reviews The Sustainability Class by @vijaykol.bsky.social & @avansi.bsky.social
wccalliance.org/the-sustaina...
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Hanging out with Aaron and Vijay to talk about the distortion of sustainability to equal green consumption with moral implications and ask: what is to be done?
The Sustainability Class is heading to New York City!
Come see us talk at two different events:
Greenpoint Public Library, Brooklyn
Saturday January 25, 1:00-2:30pm
Woodbine, Queens
Sunday January 26, 4:30pm
@vijaykol.bsky.social
Come see us talk at two different events:
Greenpoint Public Library, Brooklyn
Saturday January 25, 1:00-2:30pm
Woodbine, Queens
Sunday January 26, 4:30pm
@vijaykol.bsky.social
January 22, 2025 at 4:15 PM
Hanging out with Aaron and Vijay to talk about the distortion of sustainability to equal green consumption with moral implications and ask: what is to be done?
The Sustainability Class is heading to New York City!
Come see us talk at two different events:
Greenpoint Public Library, Brooklyn
Saturday January 25, 1:00-2:30pm
Woodbine, Queens
Sunday January 26, 4:30pm
@vijaykol.bsky.social
Come see us talk at two different events:
Greenpoint Public Library, Brooklyn
Saturday January 25, 1:00-2:30pm
Woodbine, Queens
Sunday January 26, 4:30pm
@vijaykol.bsky.social
January 20, 2025 at 7:30 PM
The Sustainability Class is heading to New York City!
Come see us talk at two different events:
Greenpoint Public Library, Brooklyn
Saturday January 25, 1:00-2:30pm
Woodbine, Queens
Sunday January 26, 4:30pm
@vijaykol.bsky.social
Come see us talk at two different events:
Greenpoint Public Library, Brooklyn
Saturday January 25, 1:00-2:30pm
Woodbine, Queens
Sunday January 26, 4:30pm
@vijaykol.bsky.social
"speculative leftist conversations about the potential necessity of CCS and other 'modern' technologies appear naive and irrelevant—these are the means of our class enemies, seeking only to prolong and intensify the uses and extent of fossil fuels." [email protected]
From Fossil Capital to Green Capital – Spectre Journal
Kai Bosworth reviews Adam Hanieh's Crude Capitalism, arguing that Hanieh's analysis hellpfully emphasizes the "capitalism" in "fossil capitalism."
spectrejournal.com
January 13, 2025 at 6:01 PM
"speculative leftist conversations about the potential necessity of CCS and other 'modern' technologies appear naive and irrelevant—these are the means of our class enemies, seeking only to prolong and intensify the uses and extent of fossil fuels." [email protected]
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Everyone must read this great book by @avansi.bsky.social and @vijaykol.bsky.social !
Coming soon, December 10. #sustainabilityclass @vijaykol.bsky.social
January 10, 2025 at 4:13 AM
Everyone must read this great book by @avansi.bsky.social and @vijaykol.bsky.social !
Nothing can be eco-friendly until the ecological debt is paid.
In this excerpt from our book, @vijaykol.bsky.social and I describe the uneven distribution of labor, nature, and debt that props up rich nations—and their supposedly green solutions.
www.cetri.be/Nothing-can-...
In this excerpt from our book, @vijaykol.bsky.social and I describe the uneven distribution of labor, nature, and debt that props up rich nations—and their supposedly green solutions.
www.cetri.be/Nothing-can-...
Nothing can be ‘green' or ‘eco-friendly' until the ecological debt is paid – Centre tricontinental
William Kapp came up with the idea of a cost-shifting success in his ahead-of-its-time book The Social Costs of Private Enterprise.1–2 A cost-shifting success is when the costs of producing…
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December 20, 2024 at 2:00 AM
Nothing can be eco-friendly until the ecological debt is paid.
In this excerpt from our book, @vijaykol.bsky.social and I describe the uneven distribution of labor, nature, and debt that props up rich nations—and their supposedly green solutions.
www.cetri.be/Nothing-can-...
In this excerpt from our book, @vijaykol.bsky.social and I describe the uneven distribution of labor, nature, and debt that props up rich nations—and their supposedly green solutions.
www.cetri.be/Nothing-can-...
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He died as he lived, clicking “Forgot password,” then checking his inbox for a code, then putting in that code, then setting up two-step verification, and then waiting for the text message that doesn’t come, and then calling the 800 number, and then downloading an authenticator app, and dying.
December 18, 2024 at 3:59 PM
He died as he lived, clicking “Forgot password,” then checking his inbox for a code, then putting in that code, then setting up two-step verification, and then waiting for the text message that doesn’t come, and then calling the 800 number, and then downloading an authenticator app, and dying.
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Nothing can be ‘green’ or ‘eco-friendly’ until the ecological debt for the historical and ongoing exploitation driving environmental collapse is paid.
By @vijaykol.bsky.social & @avansi.bsky.social
👇
www.cetri.be/Nothing-can-...
#ecologicaldebt #climatedebt
By @vijaykol.bsky.social & @avansi.bsky.social
👇
www.cetri.be/Nothing-can-...
#ecologicaldebt #climatedebt
December 19, 2024 at 3:51 PM
Nothing can be ‘green’ or ‘eco-friendly’ until the ecological debt for the historical and ongoing exploitation driving environmental collapse is paid.
By @vijaykol.bsky.social & @avansi.bsky.social
👇
www.cetri.be/Nothing-can-...
#ecologicaldebt #climatedebt
By @vijaykol.bsky.social & @avansi.bsky.social
👇
www.cetri.be/Nothing-can-...
#ecologicaldebt #climatedebt