Light at the Crossroads
Environment Meets Social Justice
Environmental destruction leads to scarcity and scarcity leads to conflict, so restoring the environment is key to peace. Yet those working for the environment and those working for social justice have not linked arms until recently. Van Jones invites us to bring down the social walls that we ourselves have built, and work together to counter the timeworn strategy of divide and conquer that benefits ruling elites.
Radio Series 5: Light at the Crossroads
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Majora Carter offers her vision of what we must do to green our inner cities so that we can reclaim our birthright - healthy communities with clean air and water, and access to open spaces. - Toward a Green Growth Alliance
Van Jones urges us to carry our spiritual, cultural and economic movements into the electoral arena to transform politics and forge a green "New Deal" coalition so that kids who are now prison fodder will help create a zero-pollution economy, harvest the sun and heal the land instead.

