Manisha Anantharaman
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Manisha Anantharaman
@manishaananthara.bsky.social
Political ecologist of consumption, circular economies, cities. Thinks about discards, care, and the commons. Can't drive. Recycling Class @MITPress'24
https://mitpress.mit.edu/9780262546973/recycling-class/
Authors-meet-critics for Recycling Class at #AAG2025 with discussion from Josh Lepawsky, Miriam Greenberg and Sapana Doshi on waste, caste, labour and justice. Tues 3/25/2025 12:50 PM415B, Level 4, Huntington Place) #AAG 🙏🏻 @jstehlin.bsky.social for organizing!
March 23, 2025 at 3:47 AM
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We are doing a joint authors-meet-critics session at #AAG2025 in Detroit on 3/27, Thurs: "Capitalism, Criminality, Corruption: The City in Latin America and India" with a great line-up of panelists. Please do join if available. And many thanks to @manishaananthara.bsky.social for organizing!
March 18, 2025 at 3:02 PM
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📢 Call for Papers - Grounding Nature-Based Solutions: Local Adaptations for Climate Resilience and Equitable Urban Futures 🌍

npj Urban sustainability collection ed. by Francesca Ferlicca, @manishaananthara.bsky.social, @tommasovitale.bsky.social

Submit by August 31 ⏩ www.nature.com/collections/...
Grounding nature-based solutions: local adaptations for climate resilience and equitable urban futures
This Collection examines the grounding of nature-based solutions in urban contexts, focusing on local adaptations, climate resilience, and equitable practices.
www.nature.com
March 5, 2025 at 2:25 PM
Books come alive when people read them and tell you what they think! Thank you Cat Acheson and the @environmentalpol.bsky.social team for reviewing! @mitpress.bsky.social
Book review!

Recycling class: The Contradictions of Inclusion in Urban Sustainability by Manisha Anantharaman.

A 'rich and insightful book' which challenges the systems of oppression entangled with sustainability transitions.

Reviewed by Cat Acheson

doi.org/10.1080/0964...
January 29, 2025 at 9:08 PM
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These days Toronto feels like the anti-model of contemporary urban planning: removing bike lanes, spending billions to rehabilitate a downtown highway, decommissioning an entire subway line, no opening date for a light rail project 13 years in the making.

www.theguardian.com/world/2024/n...
Bikes v cars: backlash after Ontario premier threatens to tear up cycling lanes in Toronto
Doug Ford plans to rip out bike lanes on busy streets, citing ‘insanity’ of gridlock he says they contribute to
www.theguardian.com
November 19, 2024 at 4:36 PM
Thank you @raulpachecovega.bsky.social. I'm loving our south-south exchange 😊
Last week, I delivered a copy of your book to FLACSO’s library, @manishaananthara.bsky.social
November 19, 2024 at 7:01 PM
Fantastic podcast! This was a wonderful volume to participate in, both the process and the outcome. And dare I say, timely.
November 15, 2024 at 8:15 PM