@Campus Progress Conf: Van Jones & Staceyann Chin

Staceyann Chin rocked it like no other, reading from her new memoir, The Other Side of Paradise and really inspiring everyone. Check out her work on her website.

“Generation Obama” Your generation has already made history, has already changed the course of the country. You’re the most diverse, technologically linked gen in history.
We need to put money and resources into science because that’s where the the future is, innovation is.
The consensus among scientists about climate change is unprecedented. They have no incentive to agree with one another. Yet there are people in this town who won’t support Obama, who are afraid of the future. They are afraid of the next wave of energy technology.
This president needs your support to get through this door that has been closed for so long. This door is to innovation in energy technology. Every president running for office since Richard Nixon has talked about energy independence but none has been able to deliver. We have a wealth of solar power in America. We have a wealth of wind resouces. What we have never done is connection our clean energy centers to our population centers.
Let’s put people to work, putting up solar panels, building wind turbines. We are relying on Barack Obama to get this revolution started, but he’s relying on you to get it done. Get it done generation Obama!
Poor people are going to most affected by these climate/environment related problems, from the downsides of global warming.