“Now, here's a good question: should serious people focus on global political instability - terrorism, failing states, nuclear weapons - or should we focus on global climate instability - droughts, floods, extreme weather? Here's the correct answer: yes, both, because climate disruption will make every other national security problem worse.” PeopleShouldStatesProblemRealityPoliticalPoliticsNatureCommunityLeadershipJusticeAnswersDemocracyFocusFailingSecurityPolicySeriousWeaponsEthicsStrategyClimateHuman RightsExtremesTerrorismNuclearWeatherIdeologyForeign PolicyNuclear WeaponsFloodNational SecurityDiplomacyDisruptionDroughtInstabilityGood QuestionsExtreme WeatherPolitical Instability Author:Van Jones
“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.” IfsProblemPlanetsSpeciesIncludingAlternativesCurseFuelCarbon Author:Van Jones
“The problem isn't that the green jobs aren't sexy enough. It's that they're not plentiful enough. A young person looking for a job isn't looking just for a sexy job, they're looking for any job.” PersonsEnoughProblemJobsYoungGreenSexyPlentifulLooking For A Job Author:Van Jones
“I don't like to comment on a specific local issue because there are plenty of people already working on the problem who know a lot more about it than I do.” PeopleKnowsProblemIssuesLocalsPlentyComment Author:Van Jones
“Ninth generation American, ma'am, and I'm the first one in my family born with all my rights. I'm a ninth generation American. And so we have not escaped because I went to Yale all the problems of this country.” FirstsCountryProblemBornRightsGenerationsMy FamilyYale Author:Van Jones
“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.” IfsProblemBigsWhiteBuildingMarriedReactionsBridgesAccusedBig ProblemsBeing AccusedBuilding Bridges Author:Van Jones
“The Trump phenomenon has a lot of really good stuff in it, the anti-elitism, the concern for America's economy in the Rust Belt, the desire to see better days for the country. That's all great stuff. Some of that stuff is Bernie Sanders stuff. The problem is that it's marbled through with xenophobia and misogyny and bigotry.” CountryProblemAmericaDesireStuffEconomyTrumpConcernBigotryPhenomenonMisogynyBeltsRustXenophobiaElitismBetter Days Author:Van Jones
“The problem that we have in America now is, some people only see the positive stuff and wave off the toxic stuff, and some people only see the toxic stuff and wave off the positive stuff. You can't have an honest conversation.” PeopleProblemAmericaStuffHonestConversationWaveToxic Author:Van Jones
“I have become the poster child for calling all the Trump people racists, when, in fact, I don't think they're all racists, but they tolerated racism. And that's a problem.” PeopleThinkingChildrenFactsProblemTrumpCallingRacismRacistPosters Author:Van Jones
“If you think love is weak, that's a personal problem because real love is the strongest thing in the universe.” IfsThinkingRealProblemUniverseLove IsWeakStrongestReal LovePersonal Problems Author:Van Jones
“The problem is that we didn't fight the way we should've fought. We made it be about [Donald Trump] and [Hillary Clinton] as opposed to making it be about us. If we had said this was a fight, not about "I'm with Her" but "I'm with Us" then maybe we would've had a different attitude toward her.” IfsWayShouldMadeSaidDifferentProblemFightingAttitudeTrumpClintonMade ItDifferent Attitude Author:Van Jones
“The problem that we have is that most Americans don't even study American history, let alone Pinochet, Mussolini, Hitler, Stalin and all these guys.” ProblemGuyStudyAmerican HistoryPinochet Author:Van Jones
“To solve the new century's mounting social and environmental problems, people of color activist and white activists need to be able to join forces. But all too often, the unconscious racism of white activists stands in the way of any effective, worthwhile collaboration. The Challenging White Supremacy Workshop is the most powerful tool that I have seen for removing the barriers to true partnerships between people of color and white folks. If the CWS trainings were mandatory for all white activists, the progressive movement in the United States would be unstoppable.” PeopleIfsWayNeedsStatesProblemWould BeAbleForceSocialChallengesWhiteUnitedPowerfulUnited StatesCenturyMovementColorRacismTrainingToolsEnvironmentalFolksSolveUnconsciousBarriersMost PowerfulProgressiveActivistCollaborationWorthwhilePartnershipWhite SupremacyWorkshopsSupremacyUnstoppableEnvironmental ProblemsProgressive Movement Author:Van Jones
“Now is not the time to shrink from the challenge of saving our only home in the universe. Now is not the time to pull into ourselves, retreating into either survivalist or escapist mode. To the contrary, this is the time for titans, not turtles. Now is the time to open our arms, expand our horizons, and dream big. Big problems require big solutions.” ProblemHomeDreamBigsUniverseChallengesArmsSolutionsClimate ChangeContrarySavingHorizonShrinksBig ProblemsTurtlesTitansEscapists Book:The Green Collar Economy: How One Solution Can Fix Our Two Biggest Problems Source: The Green Collar Economy: How One Solution Can Fix Our Two Biggest Problems
“Even if we can solve the carbon problem for coal, it is still a non-renewable resource. At some point, coal supplies will drop.” IfsStillsProblemResourcesClimateSolveCarbonCoalSuppliesRenewable Resources Book:The Green Collar Economy: How One Solution Can Fix Our Two Biggest Problems Source: The Green Collar Economy: How One Solution Can Fix Our Two Biggest Problems
“Right now, the government is spending billions of dollars supporting the problem-makers in the U.S. economy - the polluters, despoilers, incarcerators, and warmongers.” ProblemGovernmentEconomyRight NowDollarsClimateSpendingBillionsMakersWarmongers Author:Van Jones
