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Trabajos Ecológicos para las Ciudades Norteamericanas
by Van Jones, Ben Wyskidaposted Jan 31, 2007 - Oakland crea empleo con una transformación verde.
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Green-Collar Jobs for Urban America
by Van Jones, Ben Wyskidaposted Nov 06, 2006 - Oakland discovers that green-collar jobs can revitalize its economy and sets out on the path to becoming a 'global green city.'
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A Tree Sitting -- In South Central LA?
by Van Jonesposted May 30, 2006 - Protesters climb trees in South Central Los Angeles in an attempt to block the construction of a warehouse at the site of an urban farm that serves hundreds of area residents.
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Shout "VIVA!" Anyhow: On Being Black at a Latino March
by Van Jonesposted May 04, 2006 - Van Jones marches in the San Francisco "Day Without Immigrants" demonstration on behalf of brown power, and muses about the current state of the black civil rights movement.
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Resurrect New Orleans: a better city is possible
by Van Jonesposted Nov 30, 2005 - In post-Katrina New Orleans, will casinos, big business, and tourism displace people and the culture of the Big Easy? How will the city protect itself from future storms and rising seas? New Orleans could be rebuilt to serve its residents, poor and rich, and prosper in harmony with its watery ecosystem.
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Resurrect New Orleans: A Better City Is Possible
by Van Jonesposted Oct 07, 2005 - The best qualities and the worst features of U.S. society were on full display in the immediate aftermath of Hurricane Katrina. And today we are still witnessing a frenzied tug-of-war between opposing aspects of the American character—with the final fate of New Orleans hanging in the balance.
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Now Let’s Rescue America: Nine Key Steps For The Left
by Van Jonesposted Sep 16, 2005 - Issues of racism, poverty, climate destabilization, petro-chemical poisons and the vulnerabilities of an oil-based economy are not just petty obsessions of the politically-correct crowd. They are life-and-death issues for real people.
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Two Crises, One Solution
by Van Jonesposted May 25, 2005 - We face devastation of the natural world and violence in human communities. There's a way to solve both these crises. A reverence movement would anchor a different economics, a restorative economics. Working with nature, we can create wealth sustainably and spread it more equitably. Solution-based, investment-driven environmentalism.
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A Phoenix from the Ashes
by Van Jonesposted Nov 08, 2004 - Our youth, our natural world, our neighbors—all are treated as expendables. What we need is a joining of movements based on valuing all life.
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