Van Jones Environmental Justice

Jones served as president barack obama s special advisor for green jobs in 2009 and a distinguished visiting fellow at princeton university.

Van jones environmental justice. He offers some ways to reclaim our planet from plastic garbage. Early this month eight ecotrusters attended an inspiring talk by community organizer author and journalist van jones at portland state university hosted by the institute for sustainable solutions. When we throw away our plastic trash where does it go. He is the co founder of several non profit organizations a three time new york times bestselling author a cnn host and contributor and an emmy award winner.

In this hard hitting talk van jones shows us how our throwaway culture hits poor people and poor countries first and worst with consequences we all share no matter where we live. Color of change focused on racial fairness. Ad policy my background is in the struggles for racial justice and criminal justice reform. Green for all which promotes green job creation.

Van jones a highly influential award winning activist and author currently a cnn political contributor founded and led four social and environmental justice ngos the ella baker center promoting criminal justice reform. Van jones speaks on the essential link between the green economy the environment and social justice. His insights spoke directly to our work as we attempt to build a new green economy that makes room for communities historically marginalized by the environmental movement. Environmental justice is the movement to ensure that no community suffers disproportionate environmental burdens or goes without enjoying fair environmental benefits.

Anthony kapel jones born september 20 1968 is an american news commentator author and lawyer. And rebuild the dream dream corps unlimited. They back initiatives that close prison doors and open doors of opportunity. This article is adapted from the green collar economy by van jones with ariane conrad.