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 Stories About: climate AND environmental movement AND heroes
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Vangelism
Q&A with Van Jones about the Climate Security Act and green jobs |
Kate Sheppard |
05 Jun 2008 |
Gristmill |
| Van Jones. What does the green jobs and justice community think about the Lieberman-Warner Climate Security Act? To get one perspective, Grist caught up with Van Jones, the founder of Green For All, a group that promotes green-jobs policies and environmental justice. Jones, a civil-rights lawyer and the founder and former executive director of the Ella Baker Center for Human Rights, has become a leading voice for building a green economy. Green for All pu ... |
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| Topics: climate, environmental movement, heroes, hotties, interview, legislation, Muckraker, Van Jones (all these topics) |
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Jump the chasm
Are you an EcoDaredevil? |
Guest author |
30 Apr 2008 |
Gristmill |
| This is a guest post by Wallace J. Nichols, a senior scientist at Ocean Conservancy and a research associate at California Academy of Sciences. He was featured in the documentary film The 11th Hour. On Earth Day, Nichols gave a keynote address at Duke University in honor of Evel Knievel entitled 'Jump the Chasm: Are you an EcoDaredevil?' After the address, Elliott Hazen, a Duke University PhD student, was honored with the first EcoDaredevil award. ----- E ... |
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| Topics: climate, environmental movement, heroes (all these topics) |
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