...Van Jones is GREENING the world near you...

The January 12, 2009 edition of The New Yorker featured an interesting article on Van Jones, founder and president of Green For All. He recently gave a lecture in New Bedford. Jones, a supporter of Barack Obama, is an even greater supporter of collective efforts to affect significant change from the ground up. Of Obama he asserts, "One man is not going to save us...And, in fact, if you want to be real about this...Not only is Barack Obama not going to be able to save you - you are going to have to save Barack Obama." Regardless of whether or not you agree with such a bold statement, the fact is that even Obama has been very clear from the get go, a successful future is contingent upon everyone doing even a small part to usher in change. Jones is as charismatic on paper as he is in person. The New Yorker article is definitely worth perusing.

Enjoy!

As an aside, Van Jones will be among the featured speakers at next week's National Green Jobs Conference in DC.