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aaron vansintjan ๐Ÿ™

@a_vansi

Books: The Sustainability Class, The Future is Degrowth
Work: Policy Manager, @foodsecureCAN
Writing: aaron.eo.page

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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." Kevin Picado Exergy enjoyer reviews The Sustainability Class by Vijay Kolinjivadi Vijay & Aaron Vansintjan aaron vansintjan ๐Ÿ™ wccalliance.org/the-sustainabiโ€ฆ

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Fighting for tenant rights, throwing a neighborhood party: these are far more ecological than the next green startup New article by Vijay and I on CounterPunch counterpunch.org/2025/02/21/actโ€ฆ

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How can we reject the moralising sustainability class, and build a working class environmentalism capable of progressive change? ๐ŸŒ Vijay aaron vansintjan ๐Ÿ™ Thu Apr 24, 2-3:30pm EDT (7-8.30pm BST) Register to watch the panel discussion: tickettailor.com/events/haymarkโ€ฆ

How can we reject the moralising sustainability class, and build a working class environmentalism capable of progressive change? ๐ŸŒ

<a href="/kolinjivadi/">Vijay</a> <a href="/a_vansi/">aaron vansintjan ๐Ÿ™</a>

Thu Apr 24, 2-3:30pm EDT (7-8.30pm BST) Register to watch the panel discussion:
tickettailor.com/events/haymarkโ€ฆ
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Join Ashley Dawson, Emma River-Roberts, aaron vansintjan ๐Ÿ™, and Vijay for a discussion on how to reject the โ€œsustainability classโ€ and instead build a working class environmentalism. Thursday, April 24 at 2:00 PM ET RSVP: tickettailor.com/events/haymarkโ€ฆ

Phil ๐Ÿ†“๐ŸŒ๐Ÿงฉ๐ŸŽฒ (@phil_free_) 's Twitter Profile Photo

โ€œIn 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 thingsโ€”which all indicators suggest is hurtling towards ecological breakdownโ€ฆโ€ #degrowth aaron vansintjan ๐Ÿ™ Vijay counterpunch.org/2025/02/21/actโ€ฆ

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LIVE NOW! The Sustainability Class vs Working Class Environmentalism Join Ashley Dawson, Emma River-Roberts, aaron vansintjan ๐Ÿ™, and Vijay for a discussion on how environmentalism should build class power to resist the decimation of life on our planet Stream: youtube.com/watch?v=vuCa9Kโ€ฆ

Emma River-Roberts (@er_roberts_) 's Twitter Profile Photo

It was great to speak with Ashley Dawson Ashley Dawson Aaron Vansintjan aaron vansintjan ๐Ÿ™ and Vijay Kolinjivadi Vijay about the pitfalls of liberal environmentalism - the recording of the panel discussion is now available to watch ๐Ÿ‘‡ ๐ŸŒฟ Haymarket Books youtube.com/watch?v=vuCa9Kโ€ฆ

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๐ŸŽ™New Class & Climate episode: aaron vansintjan ๐Ÿ™ + Vijay join Green Economy Network's Nick Pearce to take on the โ€œsustainability classโ€ and show why green consumption isnโ€™t enough. Listen here: perspectivesjournal.ca/the-sustainabiโ€ฆ

๐ŸŽ™New Class &amp; Climate episode: <a href="/a_vansi/">aaron vansintjan ๐Ÿ™</a> + <a href="/kolinjivadi/">Vijay</a> join <a href="/GreenEconNet/">Green Economy Network</a>'s 
Nick Pearce to take on the โ€œsustainability classโ€ and show why green consumption isnโ€™t enough.

Listen here: perspectivesjournal.ca/the-sustainabiโ€ฆ
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Colonial extraction and unequal exchange have shaped two centuries of North-South inequality. ๐ŸงตA thread on a NEW STUDY written with Gastรณn Nievas Offidani [1/9] ๐Ÿ”— wid.world/news-article/uโ€ฆ

Jason Hickel (@jasonhickel) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Hi everyone, I'm excited to announce this new project: a website dedicated to research and data on imperialism and inequality. You're going to love this... (links in thread below):

Hi everyone, I'm excited to announce this new project: a website dedicated to research and data on imperialism and inequality.  You're going to love this... (links in thread below):
aaron vansintjan ๐Ÿ™ (@a_vansi) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Meanwhile... "Rising global temperatures are set to devastate food crops across the world, with particularly alarming impacts projected for the United States, where production of key crops could plummet 50%" according to a sweeping new analysis eight years in the making

Meanwhile... "Rising global temperatures are set to devastate food crops across the world, with particularly alarming impacts projected for the United States, where production of key crops could  plummet 50%" according to a sweeping new analysis eight years in the making
Matt McManus ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ฆ (@mattpolprof) 's Twitter Profile Photo

A lot of centrists out there who'll speculate about sci-fi futures where we colonize Mars and live for centuries, but who'll also describe free buses and cheap public grocery stories as fantastically utopian.

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Who is driving climate breakdown? Buckle up for some striking data... ๐Ÿงต 1. First, global North countries are responsible for 86% of cumulative emissions in excess of the safe planetary boundary. China is responsible for 1%. The rest of the South and peripheral Europe is

Who is driving climate breakdown?  Buckle up for some striking data... ๐Ÿงต

1. First, global North countries are responsible for 86% of cumulative emissions in excess of the safe planetary boundary.  

China is responsible for 1%. The rest of the South and peripheral Europe is
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8. But there's a problem. The two graphs above show emissions from household consumption. But it's more important to account for who controls investment and PRODUCTION, since those are the people who have the power to produce differently, eg by using renewable energy, or by

8. But there's a problem. The two graphs above show emissions from household consumption. But it's more important to account for who controls investment and PRODUCTION, since those are the people who have the power to produce differently, eg by using renewable energy, or by