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Van Jones Wins Aspen Institute Energy and Envrionment Award for Individual Thought Leadership

March 29, 2009 By Tom Schueneman Leave a Comment

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Van Jones founder of Green for All and the Ella Baker Center for Human Rights, has been awarded the Individual Thought Leadership Award by the Aspen Institute at the conclusion of this week’s Environment Forum: Powering the Planet: Energy for the Long Run.

Jones was recently tapped to serve in the Obama administration to serve as Special Adviser for Green Jobs, Enterprise, and Innovation.

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About Tom Schueneman

Tom is an online publisher, editor, and freelance writer. He is the founder of GlobalWarmingisReal.com and the History Blog Project, as well as publisher and editor-in-chief of the Hippie Magazine Network.

Tom also contributes to numerous environmental blogs including TriplePundit, Ecopolitology, Sustainablog, Planetsave, and Cleantechnica. Tom also a contributor for OneSimpleAsk.com.

Tom's work has led him to Europe, Africa, Latin America, Canada, the South Pacific, and across the United States. His home base is San Francisco, California.