--- title: "31 Green Quotes By Van Jones" description: "31 Green quotes by Van Jones. Plus more from Van Jones and more Green sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e3f/van-jones-984_entrepreneurial_i-used-to-be-called-the-green-jack-kemp_757546.png" --- > [I used to be called the "Green Jack Kemp" because of my promotion of entrepreneurial and work-based solutions for poor people.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/van-jones/i-used-to-be-called-the-green-jack-kemp-because-of-my-promotion-of/) [Van Jones](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/van-jones/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e3f/van-jones-984_entrepreneurial_i-used-to-be-called-the-green-jack-kemp_757546.png) > [A green jobs bill would include both job creation and job training.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/van-jones/a-green-jobs-bill-would-include-both-job-creation-and-job-training/) [Van Jones](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/van-jones/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d24/van-jones-984_bills_a-green-jobs-bill-would-include-both-job_1844482.png) > [Will the new environmental leaders fight for eco-equity in this new "green economy" they are birthing?](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/van-jones/will-the-new-environmental-leaders-fight-for-eco-equity-in-this-new/) [Van Jones](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/van-jones/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/367/van-jones-984_birthing_will-the-new-environmental-leaders-fight_295697.png) > [Any successful long-term strategy will require that the green wave fully and passionately embrace the principles of eco-equity.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/van-jones/any-successful-long-term-strategy-will-require-that-the-green-wave/) [Van Jones](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/van-jones/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9e3/van-jones-984_climate_any-successful-long-term-strategy-will-r_1491920.png) > [In the fourth quadrant (lower right), working-class people are motivated to take on green-collar jobs and start green businesses.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/van-jones/in-the-fourth-quadrant-lower-right-working-class-people-are-motivated/) [Van Jones](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/van-jones/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/301/van-jones-984_business_in-the-fourth-quadrant-lower-right-worki_222785.png) > [To green our country, regular people will have to put on hard hats and work boots, roll up their sleeves - and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/van-jones/to-green-our-country-regular-people-will-have-to-put-on-hard-hats-and/) [Van Jones](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/van-jones/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0a7/van-jones-984_boots_to-green-our-country-regular-people-will_1096562.png) > [The main piece of technology in the green economy is a caulk gun.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/van-jones/the-main-piece-of-technology-in-the-green-economy-is-a-caulk-gun/) [Van Jones](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/van-jones/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/59c/van-jones-984_climate_the-main-piece-of-technology-in-the-gree_810911.png) > [“My definition of a green-collar job is this: a family-supporting, career-track job that directly contributes to preserving or enhancing environmental quality.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/van-jones/my-definition-of-a-green-collar-job-is-this-a-family-supporting/) [Van Jones](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/van-jones/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7a6/van-jones-984_environmental-qualit_my-definition-of-a-green-collar-job-is-t_492961.png) > [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.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/van-jones/most-green-collar-jobs-are-middle-skill-jobs-that-means-they-require/) [Van Jones](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/van-jones/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4cc/van-jones-984_climate_most-green-collar-jobs-are-middle-skill_28397.png) > [We need to aim high - in the area of 20-25 percent - to create the urgent demand for new technologies, manufacturing…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/van-jones/we-need-to-aim-high-in-the-area-of-20-25-percent-to-create-the-urgent/) [Van Jones](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/van-jones/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/11c/van-jones-984_aim_we-need-to-aim-high-in-the-area-of-20-25_867517.png) > [I'm saying you should have the right not only to be an energy consumer but an energy producer. Follow the money to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/van-jones/i-m-saying-you-should-have-the-right-not-only-to-be-an-energy/) [Van Jones](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/van-jones/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a87/van-jones-984_big-oil_i-m-saying-you-should-have-the-right-not_1108466.jpg) > [The prospects of green economic opportunity is going to be determined to a great extent by politicians arriving at some sort of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/van-jones/the-prospects-of-green-economic-opportunity-is-going-to-be-determined/) [Van Jones](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/van-jones/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d1a/van-jones-984_arriving_the-prospects-of-green-economic-opportun_306131.png) > [The problem isn't that the green jobs aren't sexy enough. It's that they're not plentiful enough. A young person looking for a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/van-jones/the-problem-isn-t-that-the-green-jobs-aren-t-sexy-enough-it-s-that/) [Van Jones](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/van-jones/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/be2/van-jones-984_enough_the-problem-isn-t-that-the-green-jobs-ar_2883180.jpg) > [America should be leading the world in green and clean solutions, and human rights. We shouldn't be leading the world in wars…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/van-jones/america-should-be-leading-the-world-in-green-and-clean-solutions-and/) [Van Jones](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/van-jones/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d8f/van-jones-984_america_america-should-be-leading-the-world-in-g_13813.png) > [To change our laws and culture, the green movement must attract and include the majority of all people, not just the majority…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/van-jones/to-change-our-laws-and-culture-the-green-movement-must-attract-and/) [Van Jones](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/van-jones/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d21/van-jones-984_affluence_to-change-our-laws-and-culture-the-green_2331336.png) > [Mr. Vice President, the most fiscally conservative thing this government has ever done, is to invest massively in the green part of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/van-jones/mr-vice-president-the-most-fiscally-conservative-thing-this/) [Van Jones](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/van-jones/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/803/van-jones-984_air_mr-vice-president-the-most-fiscally-cons_203205.png) > [We are talking about capital-intensive enterprises, so market certainty is the key. Investors and entrepreneurs have to know that there will be…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/van-jones/we-are-talking-about-capital-intensive-enterprises-so-market/) [Van Jones](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/van-jones/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9ad/van-jones-984_asia_we-are-talking-about-capital-intensive-e_2839386.png) > [As champions of green jobs, we're asking questions that progressives should like, like "How are we going to avoid baking the planet,"…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/van-jones/as-champions-of-green-jobs-we-re-asking-questions-that-progressives/) [Van Jones](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/van-jones/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c8a/van-jones-984_asking_as-champions-of-green-jobs-we-re-asking_1884184.jpg) > [The surest path to safe streets and peaceful communities is not more police and prisons, but ecologically sounds economic development. And that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/van-jones/the-surest-path-to-safe-streets-and-peaceful-communities-is-not-more/) [Van Jones](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/van-jones/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0fa/van-jones-984_climate_the-surest-path-to-safe-streets-and-peac_3117724.jpg) > [Unfortunately, we have a 50% unemployment rate among our urban youth of color. It's not about making green jobs more attractive. It's…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/van-jones/unfortunately-we-have-a-50-unemployment-rate-among-our-urban-youth-of/) [Van Jones](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/van-jones/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c22/van-jones-984_attractive_unfortunately-we-have-a-50-unemployment_1790944.png) > [We need to send hundreds of millions of dollars down to our public high schools, vocational colleges, and community colleges to begin…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/van-jones/we-need-to-send-hundreds-of-millions-of-dollars-down-to-our-public/) [Van Jones](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/van-jones/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4b8/van-jones-984_building_we-need-to-send-hundreds-of-millions-of_392629.png) > [ Back in 2007, I met this white guy \[director Peter Byck\] with a lot of hair and a video camera, at a… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/van-jones/back-in-2007-i-met-this-white-guy-director-peter-byck-with-a-lot-of/) [Van Jones](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/van-jones/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/244/van-jones-984_attending_back-in-2007-i-met-this-white-guy-direct_2563243.png) > [The chief moral obligation of the 21st Century is to build a green economy that is strong enough to lift people out…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/van-jones/the-chief-moral-obligation-of-the-21st-century-is-to-build-a-green/) [Van Jones](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/van-jones/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d5c/van-jones-984_21st-century_the-chief-moral-obligation-of-the-21st-c_1574180.jpg) > [A green economy begins to replace some of the clunking and chugging of ugly machines with the wise effort of beautiful, skilled…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/van-jones/a-green-economy-begins-to-replace-some-of-the-clunking-and-chugging/) [Van Jones](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/van-jones/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a1f/van-jones-984_beautiful_a-green-economy-begins-to-replace-some-o_788294.png) > [The time has come to move beyond eco-elitism to eco-populism. Ecopopulism. To change our laws and culture, the green movement justice, political…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/van-jones/the-time-has-come-to-move-beyond-eco-elitism-to-eco-populism/) [Van Jones](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/van-jones/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2c2/van-jones-984_change_the-time-has-come-to-move-beyond-eco-eli_384295.png) > [Too often we think about the green economy as an elite market niche, one in which affluent people spend more money to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/van-jones/too-often-we-think-about-the-green-economy-as-an-elite-market-niche/) [Van Jones](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/van-jones/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8b6/van-jones-984_affluent_too-often-we-think-about-the-green-econo_1525779.jpg) > [In addition, black folks need to attend green conferences, too. We just self-segregate and don't go. They might even waive your fee…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/van-jones/in-addition-black-folks-need-to-attend-green-conferences-too-we-just/) [Van Jones](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/van-jones/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/112/van-jones-984_backgrounds_in-addition-black-folks-need-to-attend-g_177143.png) > [The green economy should not just be about reclaiming throw-away stuff. It should be about reclaiming thrown-away communities. It should not just…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/van-jones/the-green-economy-should-not-just-be-about-reclaiming-throw-away/) [Van Jones](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/van-jones/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/820/van-jones-984_chance_the-green-economy-should-not-just-be-abo_1064106.jpg) > [Now we stand at our own crossroads, looking out upon two futures: one with rising temperatures, rising oceans, and rising violence on…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/van-jones/now-we-stand-at-our-own-crossroads-looking-out-upon-two-futures-one/) [Van Jones](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/van-jones/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c66/van-jones-984_climate-change_now-we-stand-at-our-own-crossroads-looki_1628193.jpg) > [That's one component: rather than creating job-training pipelines that put these kids at the back of the line for the last century's…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/van-jones/that-s-one-component-rather-than-creating-job-training-pipelines-that/) [Van Jones](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/van-jones/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e03/van-jones-984_century_that-s-one-component-rather-than-creatin_1349270.png) > [Former brownfields, depressed urban areas, and hard-hit rural towns blossom as eco-industrial parks, green enterprise zones, and eco-villages. Farmers' markets, community co-ops,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/van-jones/former-brownfields-depressed-urban-areas-and-hard-hit-rural-towns/) [Van Jones](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/van-jones/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/934/van-jones-984_areas_former-brownfields-depressed-urban-areas_854141.png) ## Other authors on Green ## More by Van Jones > [Right now, the government is spending billions of dollars supporting the problem-makers in the U.S. economy - the polluters, despoilers, incarcerators, and warmongers.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/van-jones/right-now-the-government-is-spending-billions-of-dollars-supporting/) [Van Jones](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/van-jones/) > [ If \[Donald\] Trump throws 20 million off of health care, that's going to be - if he handles this badly - and it's very… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/van-jones/if-donald-trump-throws-20-million-off-of-health-care-that-s-going-to/) [Van Jones](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/van-jones/) > [America should be leading the world in green and clean solutions, and human rights. We shouldn't be leading the world in wars and incarceration…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/van-jones/america-should-be-leading-the-world-in-green-and-clean-solutions-and/) [Van Jones](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/van-jones/) > [ I learned more in those six months \[ in the White House\] than in the prior six years. I don't think that anybody who… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/van-jones/i-learned-more-in-those-six-months-in-the-white-house-than-in-the/) [Van Jones](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/van-jones/) > [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.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/van-jones/most-green-collar-jobs-are-middle-skill-jobs-that-means-they-require/) [Van Jones](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/van-jones/) > [The problem that we have is that most Americans don't even study American history, let alone Pinochet, Mussolini, Hitler, Stalin and all these guys.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/van-jones/the-problem-that-we-have-is-that-most-americans-don-t-even-study/) [Van Jones](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/van-jones/) > [ \[Donald Trump\] is a horrible human being, but he ain't worse than Bull Connor. Fannie Lou loved Bull Connor and beat Bull Connor because… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/van-jones/donald-trump-is-a-horrible-human-being-but-he-ain-t-worse-than-bull/) [Van Jones](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/van-jones/) > [The government built the grid to favor one industry over others. But I don't hear any conservatives screaming about that. Folks don't understand that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/van-jones/the-government-built-the-grid-to-favor-one-industry-over-others-but-i/) [Van Jones](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/van-jones/) > [Keith Ellison is an organizer's organizer.He's one of the only Muslims in Congress, so you have a big statement there.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/van-jones/keith-ellison-is-an-organizer-s-organizer-he-s-one-of-the-only/) [Van Jones](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/van-jones/) > [Everybody should be mad but anger only takes you so far. At some point, you'll have outrage fatigue and burn out.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/van-jones/everybody-should-be-mad-but-anger-only-takes-you-so-far-at-some-point/) [Van Jones](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/van-jones/) > [We have to accept that some very toxic stuff was marbled into the Trump phenomenon.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/van-jones/we-have-to-accept-that-some-very-toxic-stuff-was-marbled-into-the/) [Van Jones](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/van-jones/) > [All the big ideas for getting us onto a lower carbon trajectory involve a lot of people doing a lot of work, and that's…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/van-jones/all-the-big-ideas-for-getting-us-onto-a-lower-carbon-trajectory/) [Van Jones](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/van-jones/) > [I'm the guy that's trying to break up that monopoly to introduce free enterprise and competition to the energy sector.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/van-jones/i-m-the-guy-that-s-trying-to-break-up-that-monopoly-to-introduce-free/) [Van Jones](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/van-jones/) > [I think that America could not become America until it dealt with the disenfranchisement of women and African Americans in the last century. It…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/van-jones/i-think-that-america-could-not-become-america-until-it-dealt-with-the/) [Van Jones](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/van-jones/) > [I'm learning and changing all the time, and I expect to continue doing so my entire life.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/van-jones/i-m-learning-and-changing-all-the-time-and-i-expect-to-continue-doing/) [Van Jones](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/van-jones/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/green/van-jones/#itemlist", "name": "31 Green Quotes By Van Jones", "numberOfItems": 31, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I used to be called the \"Green Jack Kemp\" because of my promotion of entrepreneurial and work-based solutions for poor people.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Van Jones" }, "url": 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