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Quotes from The Green Collar Economy — Van Jones

born 1968 United States

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The time has come to move beyond eco-elitism to eco-populism.

The Green Collar Economy (2008)

We need a much deeper understanding of exactly what it is our industrial society, in its present creation, is jeopardizing. We need a more profound perception of what is at stake.

The Green Collar Economy (2008)

To change our laws and culture, the green movement must attract and include the majority of all people, not just the majority of affluent people.

The Green Collar Economy (2008)

A green economy begins to replace some of the clunking and chugging of ugly machines with the wise effort of beautiful, skilled people. That means more jobs.

The Green Collar Economy (2008)

The human family has invaluable friends and irreplaceable allies in the plant and animal worlds. We cannot continue to tug at the web of life without tearing a hole in the very fabric of our earthly existence — and eventually falling through that hole ourselves.

The Green Collar Economy (2008)

Attribution

Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: Van Jones (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.