Oct. 20, 2011 - Van Jones, a former advisor in President Obama’s White House and the author of the New York Times best-seller "The Green Collar Economy: How One Solution Can Fix Our Two Biggest Problems," gave a speech outlining his ideas about how to galvanize the economy by creating “green jobs” Wednesday night in Sarratt Cinema.
In his speech, Jones advocated for a greatly expanded “green jobs” sector of the economy, which would entail an increase in conventional alternative energy methods such as solar and wind power, as well as less challenging energy conservation methods such as improved home insulation. Jones believes these green jobs can be created through entrepreneurship and free market investment as opposed to government subsidies, a goal Jones believes is achievable if government-subsidized fossil fuel sources are reduced.
“Our workers are sitting idle in places like Indiana, Michigan, Ohio, the so-called Rust Belt. Every one of those former auto workers sitting there idle could be standing up right now building wind turbines, for instance. read more>>>
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