“We should stop calling ourselves environmentalists - and just call ourselves patriots.” Quote by Van Jones
“Back in 2007, I met this white guy [director Peter Byck] with a lot of hair and a video camera, at a conference that I happened to be attending for the launch of an organization called Blacks in Green. I had never heard of him and Peter had never heard of me. We just started talking; he liked what I had to say, so he asked me if I'd be willing to be in this documentary he was doing about carbon pollution. I said, "Sure!" It was kind of a no-brainer.” IfsKindSaidGuyWhiteTalkingHappenedHeardWillingHairMetsDirectorsOrganizationCamerasGreenVideoPeterPollutionCarbonDocumentariesConferencesAttendingWhite GuysVideo CamerasNo Brainer Author:Van Jones
“I saw in the Nineties that we were increasing police power with get tough policies and 3 strikes laws, but without additional oversights.” LawSawsPolicyToughPoliceStrikesOversightPolice Power Author:Van Jones
“I had this radical idea that the police should obey the law. My view was that any human system without adequate checks and balances will tend towards corruption and abuse. That's why you have meat inspectors. Not because you hate butchers, but because of an understanding of human nature.” ShouldHumansIdeasLawHateUnderstandingViewsHuman NatureBalanceAbusePoliceCorruptionChecksRadicalMeatAdequateButchersInspectorsRadical Ideas Author:Van Jones
“Though the rampant racial injustices throughout the criminal justice system were offensive to me and to millions of other people, I've never drawn a tight circle around the black community to define the limits of my moral concern. But that narrative tends to get imposed on you, if you're an African-American activist.” PeopleIfsBlackCommunityJusticeMoralMillionsLimitsConcernInjusticeCriminalsCirclesAfrican AmericanNarrativeActivistOffensiveJustice SystemCriminal JusticeCriminal Justice SystemBlack Community Author:Van Jones
“In the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina, we did create Color of Change, an organization which focused on African-Americans in particular, because we felt that there was a big gap there in terms of online advocacy which had left the black community particularly vulnerable.” BigsLeftFeltBlackTermCommunityParticularColorOrganizationFocusedVulnerableAfrican AmericanOnlineGapsHurricanesAdvocacyAftermathKatrinaBlack CommunityHurricane Katrina Author:Van Jones
“There are 80,000 jobs in the wind energy industry right now. And you can quadruple that number, if you have the right policy in place to promote clean energy.” IfsJobsEnergyNumbersPolicyWindIndustryRight NowCleanClean EnergyWind EnergyEnergy Industry Author:Van Jones
“There are about 46,000 jobs supported by the solar industry right now. That's fewer than it should be, too. And you have a whole other set of jobs in energy-efficiency in buildings and in creating the "Smart Grid," as we call it.” ShouldWholeJobsEnergyBuildingIndustryRight NowCreatingSmartFewerEfficiencyGridsEnergy Efficiency Author:Van Jones
“We have the water, food and other industries which are also experiencing some redirection.” WaterIndustryRedirection Author:Van Jones
“The prospects of green economic opportunity is going to be determined to a great extent by politicians arriving at some sort of bi-partisan resolution.” OpportunityEconomicPoliticianGreenDeterminedResolutionPartisansArrivingProspects Author:Van Jones
“I used to be called the "Green Jack Kemp" because of my promotion of entrepreneurial and work-based solutions for poor people.” PeopleUsedPoorSolutionsGreenUsed To BePoor PeoplePromotionEntrepreneurial Author:Van Jones
