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

Zusatztext "In less than two years! Jones has risen from local grass-roots organizer to shepherd of a national movement to build an inclusive green economy... Jones is making sure that our planet and our people will not just survive but also thrive in a clean-energy economy." Informationen zum Autor Van Jones is the founder and former president of Green For All. In March of 2009, he became the special advisor for Green Jobs at the White House Council on Environmental Quality. Van Jones lives in the Washington D.C. area with his wife and two sons. Klappentext Now revised and updated, Van Jones's provocative and cutting edge New York Times bestseller The Green Collar Economy delivers a viable plan for solving the two biggest issues facing the country today—the economy and the environment. Zusammenfassung “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.

Product details

• Authors: Van Jones
• Publisher: Harper Collins Usa
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback
• Released: 29.09.2009
• EAN: 9780061650765
• ISBN: 978-0-06-165076-5
• No. of pages: 256
• Dimensions: 135 mm x 203 mm x 15 mm
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Business > Miscellaneous; ECONOMICS: GENERAL, POLITICAL SCIENCE: Public Policy / Environmental Policy, ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES: BUSINESS, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS: International / General, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS: Development / Economic Development, SCIENCE: Global Warming & Climate Change, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS: Green Business, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS: Environmental Economics, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS: Development / Sustainable Development