I've just seen this excellent video that I felt was worth posting. It is from Van Jones talking about his new book, The Green Collar Economy, putting a concise argument for spending half the money that was spent on the Wall St bail-out on delivering an economic and environmental boom.

This is the kind of thing Christine Milne has been talking about for some time, in particular in her Budget Reply speech which you can read here, listen to here or watch here.

Here is what Van Jones has to say:

You can also read an excellent post with more detail and great links over at Huffington Post.