According to Jones, Americans can ensure the "approaching green wave lifts all boats," and calls for a mass movement to tackle the United States' ecological and economic crises. He feels the solution lies in creating a green economy where good blue-collar jobs with a family wage are replaced by an expanding sector of family wage green-collar jobs that extend economic opportunities to people of color and those returning from prison. With appropriate incentives and programs, the jobs could be created in inner cities and thereby help lift people out of poverty. Van Jones describes the two crises he feels threaten the country: environmental destruction and socio-economic inequality. He emphasizes that these would be local jobs that could not be exported. Jones describes the opportunity to create thousands of low- and medium-skill jobs that help conserve energy (for example, insulating older homes and buildings) or use alternate energy sources (solar panels). The book is a detailed proposal for a " green new deal". The Green Collar Economy is the first environmental book written by an African-American to make the New York Times bestseller list. The book has received favorable reviews from Al Gore, Nancy Pelosi, Laurie David, Paul Hawken, Winona LaDuke and Ben Jealous. It outlines a plan for simultaneously solving socioeconomic inequality and environmental problems. Watch the video on the College of Natural Resources’ website.The Green Collar Economy: How One Solution Can Fix Our Two Biggest Problems is a 2008 book by Van Jones. This talk was recorded by Educational Technology Services. Albright Lecture in Conservation and also part of the UC Berkeley School of Public Health’s 75th Anniversary Speaker Series. 13, 2018, is the UC Berkeley College of Natural Resources Horace M. Host of The Van Jones Show, he is a CNN correspondent and regular guest on political talk shows. In 2009, Van worked as the green jobs advisor to the Obama White House. A Yale-educated attorney, Van has written three New York Times Bestsellers: The Green Collar Economy, the definitive book on green jobs Rebuild the Dream, a roadmap for progressives and most recently, Beyond the Messy Truth: How We Came apart, How We Come Together. In The Green Collar Economy, acclaimed activist and political advisor Van Jones delivers a real solution that both rescues our economy and saves the environment. Jones has led a number of other justice enterprises, including The Ella Baker Center for Human Rights and Color of Change. Van Jones is president and founder of the nonprofit, Dream Corps, a social justice accelerator that backs initiatives that close prison doors and open doors of opportunity for all.
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