Alternative America

The GREEN FOR ALL campaign was started by an Oakland black environmentalist named Van Jones. Unfortunately I learned about it from a Wednesday, October 17, 2007, Thomas L Friedman column in the New York Times. Just that mention is enough to doom it to failure. But maybe not. Mr Jones has started a union training program to teach local people how to install solar panels and weatherize buildings. He is collaborating with Majora Carter of Sustainable South Bronx to train 30,000 young people a year in green trades. One can only hope that the Friedman imprimatur doesn't doom both enterprises.

Labels: "african-american environmentalist", "green collar", "green economy", "green jobs", "New York Times", "october 17, "thomas l friedman", 2007", economy jobs, environmentalism