environmentalism

Van Jones, Founder/Director of the Ella Baker Center for Human Rights ( http://ellabakercenter.org/ ) talks about his compelling moral vision for California to abandon its 'incarceration economy' for an 'innovation economy' and do an ecolgical U-turn on the four wheels of labor, progressive business, environmentalism and social justice.

Last night I had the chance to go out with my friend Cynthia from college. She's in town for a geology conference and is up to some incredible work. She and I had an in-depth conversation about the failures of scientists to convey the science of climate change, toxicity in the soil, water, and air, and other life-threatening byproducts of industrialization.