An original argument that environmental sustainability has been coopted by the urban elite along with examples from around the world of ways we can save our planetampampquotCaring for the environment means reclaiming ecology for everyone.ampampquot from the introductionampampamp10ampampamp10A sustainability apartheid is emerging.ampampamp160More than ever urban residents want to be green yet to cater to their interests a greentech service economy has sprung up coopting wellintentioned concerns over sustainability to sell a resourceheavy and exclusive ampampamp8220lifestyle environmentalism.ampampamp8221 This has made cities more unsustainable and inaccessible to the working class.The Sustainability Class is about those wealthy ampampamp8220progressiveampampamp8221 urbanites convinced that we can save the planet through individual action smart urbanism green finance and technological innovation. Authors Vijay Kolinjivadi and Aaron Vansintjan challenge many of the popular ideas about environmentalism showing that it is actually the sustainability class itself that is unsustainable. The solutions they propose work to safeguard an elite minority exclude billions of people and ultimately hasten ecological breakdown not reverse it.ampampamp160From Venice Beach Los Angeles to Neom in Saudi Arabia and beyond the authors explore with biting humor how investors around the world are rushing to capitalize on going green.