Your Call 101608 Van Jones

Can we overhaul our economy to save both the people and the planet? On the next Your Call we speak with the visionary activist Van Jones, author of The Green Collar Economy: How One Solution Can Fix Our Two Biggest Problems. In his book, Jones lays out his plan to rescue the world from environmental catastrophe and transform the American economy at the same time. What will create the political circumstances to ensure our liberation from lousy energy and lousy jobs? It's Your Call with Rose Aguilar and you.

Guest: Van Jones in San Francisco
Civil rights and environmental advocate in Oakland, California, working to combine solutions to social inequality and environmental justice. Jones is the president and founder of Ella Baker Center for Human Rights and author of the new book The Green Collar Economy: How One Solution Can Fix Our Two Biggest Problems. Jones lives in Oakland with his partner Jana and his two little boys Cabral and Mattai.

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