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Aaron Vansintjan @avansi.bsky.social · 1d

"Instead of the President's Choice, imagine... the People's Choice"

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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Aaron Vansintjan @avansi.bsky.social · Jun 10

Great discussion with Nick on @broadbent.bsky.social's new Class & Climate podcast. Give it a listen!

Broadbent Institute @broadbent.bsky.social · Jun 6

🎙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...

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Broadbent Institute @broadbent.bsky.social · Jun 6

🎙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...

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Aaron Vansintjan @avansi.bsky.social · May 13

Potentially of interest to @erikamorris.bsky.social @catsenay.bsky.social

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Aaron Vansintjan @avansi.bsky.social · May 12

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...

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Aaron Vansintjan @avansi.bsky.social · Apr 25

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...

The Sustainability Class vs Working Class Environmentalism

YouTube video by Haymarket Books

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Haymarket Books @haymarketbooks.org · Apr 24

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:

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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Phil Free @philfree.bsky.social · Apr 20

“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...

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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Haymarket Books @haymarketbooks.org · Apr 18

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...

The Sustainability Class vs Working Class Environmentalism

Thursday, April 24 at 2pm ET

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Emma River-Roberts @emma-river-roberts.bsky.social · Apr 18

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...

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Aaron Vansintjan @avansi.bsky.social · Feb 25

yes, all this and more is in the first few pages of our book!

jeanmariemink.bsky.social @jeanmariemink.bsky.social · Feb 25

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!

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jeanmariemink.bsky.social @jeanmariemink.bsky.social · Feb 25

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!

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Aaron Vansintjan @avansi.bsky.social · Feb 16

Heading to the US for some book events, with @vijaykol.bsky.social and @eleanorfinley.bsky.social

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The Working Class Climate Alliance @wccalliance.bsky.social · Feb 14

"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...

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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Lizzy 🌝h @lizzyoh.bsky.social · Jan 22

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?

Aaron Vansintjan @avansi.bsky.social · Jan 20

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

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Aaron Vansintjan @avansi.bsky.social · Jan 20

We’ll be announcing more dates soon in cities like Montreal, DC, Baltimore, Philadelphia, Los Angeles, San Francisco, and Toronto ... contact me if you’d like to help set something up.

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Aaron Vansintjan @avansi.bsky.social · Jan 20

Register for the Greenpoint library event here www.bklynlibrary.org/calendar/sus...

The Sustainability Class with Authors Vijay Kolinjivadi and Aaron Vansintjan | Brooklyn Public Library

www.bklynlibrary.org

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Aaron Vansintjan @avansi.bsky.social · Jan 20

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

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Aaron Vansintjan @avansi.bsky.social · Jan 16

They're going for geoengineering and extracting the very last drop.
A friend also pointed out that in this context, nuclear energy is abysmally stupid. There will be no one around to contain waste for the millennia needed—add to that geopolitical and climate disruption. But hey, SMNR will save us.

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Aaron Vansintjan @avansi.bsky.social · Jan 16

Actually it's more than that, the title is wrong... according to the report, GDP would fall by 50%, not GDP growth. That's astronomically worse. It also predicts 4 billion people will die—much much worse.

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Aaron Vansintjan @avansi.bsky.social · Jan 13

"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

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