My wife, Ixchel is my green educator. She finds real ways to connect environmental issues to issues we work on such as poverty. Enclosed is her post for Blog Action Day….
Poverty & the New Green Economy
I’m participating today because I became aware of poverty after moving to the east side of Austin, TX. I come from a third world country – I thought I knew a lot about poverty. One thing I didn’t know is how pervasive it is in these United States. And how easy it is to ignore.
One of the best proposals I’ve currently come across outlines potential solutions to several of the problems our global society is facing – namely social inequity and environmental degredation. Some solutions come from Van Jones and his recent book, The Green Collar Economy; How One Solution Can Fix Our Two Biggest Problems
The idea is to train people in the emerging green market which includes; weatherizing homes, installing solar panels, training hybrid electric technicians, etc. Bringing jobs to sectors of our economy that have been left behind in the move to protect our environment.
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The Green Collar Economy by Van Jones (the president of Green For All) is a NYTimes bestseller!
Thanks for being a part of the amazing grassroots effort to spread the word about green jobs. This is the first bestseller by an African American on “green” issues. Read about the it here:
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/10/20/how-environmental-activis_n_136054.html
Please spread the word, and let everyone know: this is a movement.
Thanks Ada. I’m a fan of Van Jones!