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The Green Collar Economy: How One Solution Can Fix Our Two Biggest Problems (2008)

by Van Jones(Favorite Author)

3.67 of 5 Votes: 5

ISBN

0061650757 (ISBN13: 9780061650758)

languge

English

genre

Nonfiction

publisher

HarperOne

review 1: In addition to emphasizing the importance of the environmental movement, Van Jones makes the very good point in this book that all people need to be involved in the current green movement. I agree completely with his stance. While it is uplifting and inspiring, it was a book that also made me somewhat sad. The book is very much flavored with "the time is now" but it was published in 2008 so the time has sort of passed us by already... That said, that leaves us in a position where there clearly still work to be done and for those who are not convinced that the green movement can also strengthen the US economy, this would be a good book to read.
review 2: Van Jones presents a fair yet passionate treatise about America's need to transition to a "Green Collar E... moreconomy"(GCE); Van Jones defines GCE as a economy that creates "family-supporting, career track job(s) that directly contributes to preserving or enhancing environmental equality." The environmental movement has spawned a million books that harp on the same themes: policy change, pollution, global warming and ecological devastation. Van Jones' contribution, beyond being the first African American to write an environmental book, is to weave these themes, and adding social equity, into a coherent narrative that is solution driven. While the book is initially polemical in nature, driven by the lessons and passions of the minority experiences in post-Katrina New Orleans, the book quickly matures into a powerful expose about our country's current dilemma. As a nation faced with growing environmental catastrophes, we would be wise to heed Van Jones' words. We would be wise to do so as urgently as possible.In summary, "The Green Collar Economy" is a passionate, affective and accurate diatribe about the changes needed to face our country's most historic problems. It reads well for the novice to the expert and deserves to be on everyone's shelf; it needs to be placed in the hands of students, citizens and politicians alike. less

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