{"product_id":"the-sustainability-class-vijay-kolinjivadi-9781620977439","title":"The Sustainability Class: How to Take Back Our Future from Lifestyle Environmentalists","description":"\u003cb\u003eAn 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\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWith more urban residents interested in living sustainably, we have seen the emergence of a green-tech service economy premised around a kind of \"lifestyle environmentalism.\" Concerns over sustainability have been co-opted to sell a high-tech urban lifestyle, causing cities to become more unequal and unsustainable, cementing the elite's status, and excluding the working class, racial minorities, and women.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eFocusing on what they term the \"sustainability class\"--a woke and wealthy set of urbanites convinced that sustainability can be achieved through individual actions, green and \"smart\" development, and technological efficiency--authors Vijay Kolinjivadi and Aaron Vansintjan challenge many of the popular ideas about saving the planet. It is actually the approach of the sustainability class itself, the authors argue, that is unsustainable; improving eco-efficiency within a capitalist, growth-oriented system will neither save us nor lead to true sustainability.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eVivid and conversational but also challenging, \u003cem\u003eThe Sustainability Class\u003c\/em\u003e explores how, from Los Angeles to Hanoi, and from Google's \"smart city\" in Toronto to Abu Dhabi, investors all over the world are rushing to capitalize on going green. By contrast, using real-world examples of housing and energy strategies, food production, transport, tourism, and waste management, they show how ordinary people around the world are truly building a more ecological future through collective organization in their everyday lives. In doing so, they reclaim ecology and true sustainability for everyone, so it is no longer just the domain of an elite who seek to devise more sophisticated ways to shift the costs of their \"greener than thou\" lifestyles onto the rest of us.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Vijay Kolinjivadi, Aaron Vansintjan\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1620977435\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781620977439\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e New Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 12\/10\/2024\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 240\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover","brand":"Vijay Kolinjivadi","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":44076282937599,"sku":"9781620977439","price":27.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_653524bb-4e00-431f-af98-b75bbf046c4d.jpg?v=1685464144","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-sustainability-class-vijay-kolinjivadi-9781620977439","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}