Mr. Jones is the founder and president of Green For All, a nonprofit based in Oakland, California, dedicated to building an inclusive, green economy. Mr. Jones will be speaking on the power of new “green collar jobs” to address both social inequality and environmental destruction.
A 1993 Yale Law graduate, Van is the author of Green Collar Economy: How One
Solution Can Fix Our Two Biggest Problems. He is a tireless advocate, committed to
creating "green pathways out of poverty" and greatly expanding the coalition fighting global warming.
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