The Green Collar Economy: How One Solution Can Fix Our Two Biggest Problems
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| Rating | : | 4.24 (795 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0061650765 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 272 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2017-05-04 |
| Language | : | English |
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Van Jones was named one of “The World’s 100 Most Influential People of 2009”by Time magazine, and with The Green Collar Economy he offers a wise, necessary, and eminently achievable plan for saving the earth and rescuing working class Americans.. “Steadily—by redefining green—Jones is making sure that our planet and our people will not just survive but also thrive in a clean-energy economy.”—Leonardo DiCaprioA New York Times bestseller, The Green Collar Economy by award-winning human rights activist and environmental leader Van Jones delivers a much-needed economic and environmental solution to today’s two most critical problems. With a revised int
This book has some great ideas. It's a little too partisan This book has some great ideas. It's a little too partisan. These should not be partisan issues. We are all guilty of the causes of these problems and we need to come together to fix them. Offers little to fix the problems because the real solutions won't win a popularity contest, err, an election.. Save your money and go to your local library felines100 Check this book out from a library. Don't spend the money purchasing it. This book will be quickly outdated.. "Key book for green transition" according to Annis Pratt. A book of great importance as we transition to a green economy with clean energy and a plethora of new kinds of jobs
. Jones examines success stories from around the world (included close looks at Chicago and Milwaukee), defines government priorities at national and local levels and offers concrete solutions; one major positive step for any "significant U.S. If industry players want to take advantage of growing consumer demand for green solutions, they'll have to follow principles of inclusiveness as well as conservation and inventiveness to create "broad opportunity and shared prosperity" for citizens at all levels of society. As the "ecological crisis nears the boiling point," human rights activist and environmental leader Jones (president of the national organization Green For All) lays out a visionary, meticulous and practical explanation of the two major challenges the U.S. metropolis" is to "invest massively in constructing buses, light rail cars, and mass-transit projects," creating good jobs while cutting greenhouse gases. With both caut