Bring Eco-Power To The People

Van Jones, activist and visionary.

"Power by the people, for the people," says Jones. "This is the vision of the future right here."

Everywhere Jones goes, he repeats a simple message. "Give the work that most needs to be done to the people who most need the work," he says, and solve two pressing problems--pollution and poverty--at once.

"When we bring together the best of the business community and the best of the tech community and the best of the racial-justice community, we'll get the coalition we always wanted." Even better, he adds, "we'll get the country we always wanted." In his vision, that means the map won't be divided between red and blue, but will be all green.

(excerpt from Time Magazine article by Bryan Walsh, photo by Eros Hoagland)