The Sustainability Class: Author Talk with Vijay Kolinjivadi and Aaron Vansintjan Online
More than ever, urban residents want to be green, yet to cater to their interests, a green-tech service economy has sprung up, co-opting well-intentioned concerns over sustainability to sell a resource-heavy and exclusive “lifestyle environmentalism.”
Join us in conversation with Vijay Kolinjivadi and Aaron Vansintjan, authors of The Sustainability Class, as we discuss how such common proposed solutions work to safeguard an elite minority, exclude billions of people, and ultimately hasten ecological breakdown, not reverse it. By providing real-world examples of movements for housing and food production, transport, and waste management, The Sustainability Class demonstrates how ordinary people around the world are building a more ecological future by working together, against all odds.
Vijay Kolinjivadi is an assistant professor at the School for Community and Public Affairs, Concordia University in Montreal, Canada. He is also a co-editor of the website Uneven Earth. He has been published in Al Jazeera, New Internationalist, Truthout, and The Conversation.
Aaron Vansintjan is the founder and co-editor of Uneven Earth and co-author of The Future Is Degrowth. He has been published in The Guardian, Truthout, openDemocracy, and The Ecologist.
This program will take place over Zoom. Registration is required.
- Date:
- Tuesday, June 2, 2026
- Time:
- 6:00pm - 7:00pm
- Time Zone:
- Pacific Time - US & Canada (change)
- Work Unit:
- Adult Services
- Online:
- This is an online event. Event URL will be sent via registration email.
- Audience:
- Adults
- Categories:
- Conservation/Environmental
Accessibility
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