Just found this amazing website holding old news paper articles from San Francisco in its earliest days. Enjoy!
Archive for December, 2008
San Francisco Back in the Day
December 3, 2008Van Jonesin’
December 3, 2008
Van Jones
The Green Collar Economy
The SF Chronicle is reporting today that the U.S. is indeed in a recession. At the same time, the Big 3 Auto Makers are asking for a bailout only a month or so after the banking bailout. It seems that throwing money at the problem will only keep the system afloat until the next big solution is found.
Luckily, it is. Van Jones is the author of The Green Collar Economy. He is a co-founder of the Ella Baker Center for Human Rights in Oakland, CA; and he has a clear understanding of turning our failing economy into a comprehensive green economy that also offers opportunities for the disadvantaged.
The dude is genius.
Lately the EcoStudents at SF State have been talking about diversifying the club and doing some outreach projects to do some collaborations with other groups on campus. A week before break we went next door to the Students of Color and met with their director. This is where the idea of doing a book-signing came up. And Van Jones is just the person we would both like to have to represent us.
