If the road to social transformation can be paved only by saints who never make mistakes, the road will NEVER be built. Van Jones More Quotes by Van Jones More Quotes From Van Jones We need a national renewable energy goal. Such a goal, sometimes called a renewable energy standard (RES), would spell out what percentage of our power America plans to get from renewable sources. Van Jones energy goal america We're going to bake this planet, and be a curse to all species, including our own, if we don't find an alternative to carbon-based fuel. That's the #1 problem. Van Jones alternatives fuel problem The thing about this [Donald] Trump phenomenon is that there's a lot of good stuff in it; the anti-elitism, the concern for working class jobs. Van Jones stuff class jobs We need to send hundreds of millions of dollars down to our public high schools, vocational colleges, and community colleges to begin training people in the green-collar work of the future - things like solar-panel installation, retrofitting buildings that are leaking energy, wastewater reclamation, organic food, materials reuse and recycling. Van Jones college work school The bombs the government drops in Iraq are the bombs that blew up in New York City. Van Jones government cities new-york Clean energy is hippy power. But its also cowboy power, it's rancher power, it's Appalachian power. Van Jones clean cowboy energy If you just say that, look at all the good stuff and you don't acknowledge the toxic stuff, you're wrong. If you're only looking at toxic stuff and don't recognize there's going to be some good stuff if you're for infrastructure or whatever, you're wrong. Van Jones toxic stuff looks People forget: solar panels don't put themselves up. Wind turbines don't manufacture themselves. Businesses don't retrofit themselves to waste less energy and water, nor do homes weatherize themselves. Van Jones home wind people There are only two ways to have a middle class in your country: either you have highly skilled manufacturing jobs, or you have a highly skilled, well trained, knowledge-based workforce. In other words, college. Van Jones college jobs country All the big ideas for getting us onto a lower carbon trajectory involve a lot of people doing a lot of work, and that's been missing from the conversation. This is a great time to go to the next step and ask, well, who's going to do the work? Who's going to invest in the new technologies? What are ways to get communities wealth, improved health, and expanded job opportunities out of this improved transition? Van Jones technology work jobs Progressives are overreacting .Underreacting, though, to the - what the real threats are, and the real opportunities. Van Jones threat real opportunity Most green-collar jobs are middle-skill jobs. That means they require more education that a high-school diploma, but less than a four-year degree. Van Jones jobs mean school We pull out of the ground death, we burn death in our power plants, and then we act shocked when we get death in the form of oil spills and global warming. Van Jones global-warming oil plant Ocean's remarkable stories, depth of commitment, and eloquent communication make him a fantastic resource for conferences, universities, and indeed everyone who wants a potent dose of grounded inspiration. Van Jones communication ocean inspiration [Donald Trump] has a tremendous opportunity, you know, this week, to come out and say I don't want that. Van Jones week want opportunity Clean coal represents a breakthrough in the marketing of coal, but not in the science of burning coal. Van Jones coal burning marketing The first few feet of sea-level rise alone will displace more than 100 million people worldwide and turn all our major Gulf and Atlantic coast cities into preKatrina New Orleans - below sea level and facing super-hurricanes. - Joseph Romm210. The generations living today get to retrofit, reboot, and reenergize a nation. We get to rescue and reinvent the U.S. economy. Van Jones new-orleans cities sea ...we're going to be in an economic slowdown for a couple of years. So to take three months, four months, six months to spend this money the right way-we're not going to get a chance to spend a trillion dollars again! Ever. So let's do it the right way. Van Jones dollars couple years If someone like myself, who is married to a white woman, who has spent my entire life building bridges, can't point out the alt-right whitelash reaction without being accused of being a racial polemecist, we're going to have a big problem. Van Jones married bridges white Will the new environmental leaders fight for eco-equity in this new "green economy" they are birthing? Van Jones environmental fighting leader
