Reaction Article (Saving the Working Class with Green-Collar Jobs)

According to Bryan Walsh in “Saving the Working Class with Green-Collar Jobs,” Van Jones told us that we should pay much attention to the importance of the green-collar jobs. For now the recession in America becomes more seriously, he said that we must develop the green-collar jobs caring the blue-collar class. Moreover, he said that if we want to improve climate change, we can’t just protect the environment but meet broad, basic economic needs.

I think we have to make much effort to protect, cherish our earth. The first thing we should do is improve the miserable condition of the earth at present, including the ice melting of the two poles of the earth, acid rain, greenhouse effect etc. The second is we can combine the environmental protecting with the economy. As we are thinking about how to help the earth, we should also think about the life of the working class. For example, the blue-collar jobs have been gradually outsourced from the U.S, and the working class has to pay the high energy prices. To improve the economic condition of the working class, the government must redact some policies like smart subsidies for alternative energy and green building, retraining for green-collar jobs, put much money into researching clean tech. In this way, we can not only improve the climate of the earth but bring a much better life to the working class. (233 words)