![]() ![]() Watch the video on the College of Natural Resources’ website. He feels the solution lies in creating a green economy where good blue-collar jobs with a family wage are replaced by an expanding sector of family wage green-collar jobs that extend economic opportunities to people of color and those returning from prison. This talk was recorded by Educational Technology Services. Van Jones describes the two crises he feels threaten the country: environmental destruction and socio-economic inequality. Albright Lecture in Conservation and also part of the UC Berkeley School of Public Health’s 75th Anniversary Speaker Series. A New York Times bestseller, The Green Collar Economy by award-winning human rights activist and environmental leader Van Jones delivers a much-needed. 13, 2018, is the UC Berkeley College of Natural Resources Horace M. Host of The Van Jones Show, he is a CNN correspondent and regular guest on political talk shows. In 2009, Van worked as the green jobs advisor to the Obama White House. A Yale-educated attorney, Van has written three New York Times Bestsellers: The Green Collar Economy, the definitive book on green jobs Rebuild the Dream, a roadmap for progressives and most recently, Beyond the Messy Truth: How We Came apart, How We Come Together. Jones has led a number of other justice enterprises, including The Ella Baker Center for Human Rights and Color of Change. ![]() Van Jones is president and founder of the nonprofit, Dream Corps, a social justice accelerator that backs initiatives that close prison doors and open doors of opportunity for all. ![]()
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