Building a Green Economy with Van Jones
Four Ways to Follow Up after the Van Jones Event:
- If you missed the event or wish you could see it again, we have good news for you: the video webcast is now available online.
- Liste to a Podcast interview: PennFuture's Christine Knapp met with Jones before his appearance at the Urban Sustainability Forum. Listen now.
- Take Action! Let City Council know you want Philadelphia to grow its green economy to help lift people out of poverty and to help make the city cleaner, greener and healthier. You can send a simple e-mail to Council by clicking here.
- Keep up on the publicity following the event by reading SBN's March 7th Commentary in the Philadelphia Inquirer.
About the Event
Date: Thursday, February 21st; 6:00pm - 8:30pm
Location: Main Auditorium, Academy of Natural Sciences, 1900 Ben Franklin Parkway (at Logan Circle), Philadelphia
Van is an environmental leader, civil rights attorney and powerhouse public speaker. He is president of the Ella Baker Center for Human Rights in Oakland, CA. The Center promotes integrated solutions to urban America's toughest problems: social inequality and environmental destruction. Working with the Apollo Alliance, Van is promoting a national "green-collar jobs" initiative. He hopes this approach will create "green pathways our of poverty," while greatly expanding the coalition fighting global warming. His most recent success is the passage of the Green Jobs Act of 2007, authorizing $125 million for green job training programs across the country. Van is a 1993 Yale Law graduate, husband and father.
Hosted by the Academy of Natural Sciences' Town Square Program: http://www.ansp.org/townsquare/index.php
Sponsored by the Delaware Valley Green Building Council, Academy of Natural Sciences, Delaware Valley Industrial Resource Center, School of Architecture and the Engineering & Design Institute at Philadelphia University, Benchmark Asset Managers, Green Village Philadelphia Inc., PECO, RMJM Hillier, Community Design Collaborative, Charles Matsinger Associates, Bread and Roses Fund and Liberation Fellowship Church of Jesus, Inc.
Supported by the Sustainable Business Network of Greater Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Environmental Council, Delaware Valley Green Building Council, Citizenss for Pennsylvania'z Future, Pennsylvania Horticultural Society, Schuylkill Center for Environmental Education, Drexel University, Temple University - Ambler, Delaware Valley Regional Planning Commission, City of Philadelphia, PA Department of Environmental Protection, and the American Cities Foundation.
Lecture made possible, inpart, by the generous funding of the Claneil Foundation and the Environmental Associates of The Academy of Natural Sciences.
For more information about Van Jones, visit http://vanjones.net
