Van Jones, Green Jobs, and Earth Day

Green jobs are all the talk these days with the stimulus package and the emerging green economy. What are they? Why do they hold such promise? How can universities play a part? Van Jones, TIME Magazine 2008 Environmental Hero, did a pretty good job answering these questions back in November at the AASHE Conference. It long, but worth it!



On Wednesday, April 22, UNC is celebrating Earth Day by hosting a green jobs panel here on campus. Join us at 7:00 PM at the Sonja Haynes Stone Center Theatre for a fascinating panel on the future of green-collar jobs and the development of the green economy in North Carolina and beyond. Expert panelists will include Joseph James, Purpose Prize winner and CEO of Corporation for Economic Opportunity; John Hardin, Acting Executive Director of the North Carolina Board of Science and Technology, and Larry Shirley, Secretary of the NC State Energy Office. The panel will be moderated by Dr. James Johnson, Director of the Urban Investment Strategies Center and the Frank Hawkins Kenan Institute of Private Enterprise, and William R. Kenan Jr. Distinguished Professor of Strategy and Entrepreneurship at the UNC Kenan-Flagler Business School. See you there!