The Sustainability Class vs Working Class Environmentalism

18th April 2025

We are currently witnessing the dismantling of environmental policies and a reversal of climate commitments on a large scale. But what kind of environmentalism do we really want, and for whom? Environmentalism is not about switching out plastic for paper straws, electric vehicles, carbon-neutral yachts, or eco-friendly waterfront real-estate.

It’s not about meeting the desires of a smoothie-slurping “green” class whose lives depend on increasingly precarious working class livelihoods. Environmentalism is about building class power to resist the decimation of life on our planet by a privileged minority.

Join Ashley Dawson, WCCA Co-Director Emma River-Roberts, Aaron Vansintjan, and Vijay Kolinjivadi for a discussion – based on Aaron and Vijay’s book the Sustainability Class, about how to reject the “sustainability class” and instead build a working class environmentalism. Taking place remotely Thursday Apr 24, 2025 2:00 PM – 3:30 PM EDT (7-8.30pm BST) – register your place here!