Aaron Vansintjan

An original argument that environmental sustainability has been co-opted by the urban elite, along with examples from around the world of ways we can save our planet "Caring for the environment means reclaiming ecology for everyone." - from the introduction A sustainability apartheid is emerging. More than ever, urban residents want to be green, yet to cater to their interests,...

Economic growth isn’t working. And it cannot be made to work. Offering a counter-history of how economic growth emerged in the context of colonialism, fossil-fueled industrialization, and capitalist modernity, The Future is Degrowth argues that the ideology of growth conceals the rising inequalities and ecological destructions associated with capitalism. Growing evidence shows that continued economic growth is incompatible with sustaining...