The Green Collar Economy

On October 7, Green For All founder and president Van Jones will release his first book: The Green Collar Economy.  The book is a powerful argument for a national commitment to green economic development as a way to address our environmental and economic crises at once.  On the heels of sky-high fuel prices this summer, a massive financial crisis has sent the economy into a tailspin this fall. Fortunately, Green For All founder Van Jones is proposing a powerful “green cure” for the present mess.

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Green For All and Van Jones believe that a “Green New Deal” can jump-start the economy and restore the Earth. As Al Gore says, “Van Jones demonstrates conclusively that the best solutions for the survivability of our planet are also the best solutions for everyday Americans.”  From a distance, it appears that these two problems are separate, but when we look closer, the connection becomes unmistakable.

Green For All, founded by Van Jones, is a national organization dedicated to building an inclusive green economy strong enough to lift people out of poverty. By advocating for local, state and federal commitment to job creation, job training, and entrepreneurial opportunities in the emerging green economy – especially for people from disadvantaged communities – Green For All fights both poverty and pollution at the same time.

Real Solutions for Both Planet and People

More than ever, our country needs real solutions to our energy, economic and ecological crises. Those solutions are between the covers of The Green Collar Economy:

• How can the next U.S. president create millions of new green jobs?
• How can we can lower energy prices without drilling our shorelines and burning up our planet?
• How can the government help create energy independence – at practically zero cost to the tax payer?
• What is eco-apartheid? What is eco-equity?

For more information on Green for All: www.greenforall.org