AlterNet: Van Jones is an award-winning activist, best-selling author, orator and political advisor. I helped him birth his first book, The Green Collar Economy (Harper One, 2008). The book launched at No. 12 on the New York Times best-seller list. Its central claim, that green jobs can save both our economy and our environment, has lodged itself in the public debate. Jones’ organization, Green For All, helped write (and then pass) the Green Jobs Act 2007. The act authorizes $125 million in …