Most green-collar jobs are middle-skill jobs. That means they require more education that a high-school diploma, but less than a four-year degree.
Van JonesHatred of the people who hate you, that is the opposite of being the enemy. I want to fight fire with water wherever I can.
Van JonesWe need to invest in job training programs, especially those that include child care, transit stipends and paid apprenticeships and internships.
Van JonesOur point of view is, lets not be so elitist that we can't honor good, hard, dignified, ennobling work: people working with their hands, building things, putting up solar panels, weatherizing homes, working on organic agriculture, building wind farms. We don't have robots in society, so somebody has to do that work. Lets make sure that the people who can use that work get a chance to do it. I see that as a first step toward bigger and better things.
Van Jones