The Green-Collar Economy - How One Solution Can Fix Our Two Biggest Problems

"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 DiCaprio A 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 introduction and new afterword by the author--a man who counsels President Barack Obama on environmental policy-- The Green Collar Economy and Jones have been highly praised by a multitude of leaders and legislators, including Al Gore, Senator Tom Daschle, and Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi. 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.

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"[Jones] new book -- which details how an ambitious public spending program on energy efficiency and renewable energy can stimulate the economy and create good jobs for the poor and unemployed -- couldn't have landed at a better time." Washington Post

Product details

• Authors: Ariane Conrad, Van Jones, Van/ Conrad Jones
• Publisher: Harper Collins Usa
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 07.10.2008
• EAN: 9780061650758
• ISBN: 978-0-06-165075-8
• No. of pages: 256
• Dimensions: 157 mm x 233 mm x 20 mm
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Business > General, dictionaries; Sustainability, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Green Business, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Geopolitics, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Public Policy / Environmental Policy, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Environmental Economics, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Office Management, Office Management, Geopolitics, POLITICAL SCIENCE / World / General, International business, Environmental Economics, Politics and government, Development economics and emerging economies, Environmental science, engineering and technology, Business and the environment; ‘green’ approaches to business, Memory improvement and thinking techniques, Environmental policy and protocols, Research and development management, ECONOMICS: GENERAL, POLITICAL SCIENCE: Public Policy / Environmental Policy, ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES: BUSINESS, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS: Green Business, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS: Environmental Economics, Economics / General, Environmental Studies / Business