I wanted to alert you all to the just-published The Green Collar Economy–How One Solution Can Fix Our Two Biggest Problems by Van Jones. As Time Magazine puts it: “Van Jones does not look like your typical environmentalist. He doesn’t wear Birkenstocks. He’s African-American in a movement that tends to be overwhelmingly white. His background is in […]
Van Jones
9/27: Green Jobs Now National Day of Action
From the GreenJobsNow website: On September 26, we will watch the first presidential debate of this election. The next day, the candidates will watch us. On Saturday, September 27, we’re launching a national mobilization to say, “I’m ready for the green economy.” We are ready to tackle the climate crisis by building a green economy […]
Environmentalism and social justice
The environmental advocate should strive to be the social justice advocate’s identical twin. That is not to say that they should be the same entity, but that environmentalism should proceed as though they come from the same egg. Social justice and environmentalism are born together. They have the same DNA. At best, the environmentalist shares […]