Majora Carter: Greening the ghetto
www.ted.com In an emotionally charged talk, MacArthur-winning activist Majora Carter details her fight for environmental justice in the South Bronx -- and shows how minority neighborhood suffer most from flawed urban policy.TEDTalks is a daily video podcast of the best talks and performances from...
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- Tags: Majora Carter TED tedtalks TED2006 Sustainable South Bronx environment green environmental justice activism Greening the Ghetto
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Majora Carter: 3 stories of local eco-entrepreneurship
www.ted.com The future of green is local -- and entrepreneurial. At TEDxMidwest, Majora Carter brings us the stories of three people who are saving their own communities while saving the planet. Call it "hometown security."TEDTalks is a daily video podcast of the best talks and performances from...
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- Length: 18:30
- Tags: Majora Carter tedtalks TED Talks green urban sustainability ecology environment development earth
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MAJORA CARTER
While the term "green-collar jobs" gains more press and pundits daily, very few people have actually marshaled the resources to get unemployed Americans trained and placed on pathways out of poverty in this growing economic sector. Majora Carter has. Born, raised, and continuing to live in the...
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- Length: 14:0
- Tags: powershift09 power shift powershift '09 recap conference youth climate change young energy action coalition vote activism advocate lobby campus college university progressive liberal solar panel wind turbine geothermal clean coal nuclear Josh tulkin jessy tolkan Majora Carter south bronx green for all
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Majora Carter '88: Greening The Ghetto
In episode No. 2 of the Wesleyan Alumni Get The Toughest Assignments video series, Majora Carter, Wesleyan Class of 1988, economic consultant, public radio host, and environmental justice advocate from the South Bronx area of New York City discusses plans to transform unused real estate for...
Momentum 2011: Majora Carter
Majora Carter simultaneously takes on public health, poverty and climate change adaptation as one of the nation's pioneers of environment-centered urban renewal and green-collar job training and placement.
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- Length: 38:39
- Tags: environment institute ione university minnesota of umn momentum event series majora carter green entrepreneur entrepreneurs entrepreneurship eco-entrepreneur bronx boston public health poverty climate change urban green-collar job business training educational inspirational video videos success
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Black History Month Female Changemaker: Majora Carter
Majora Carter, the top US policy influencer for environmental justice discusses her role as an African American woman for Black History month.
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- Length: 1:52
- Tags: top US policy influencer majora carter ted talk
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Majora Carter, Host of The Promised Land, Talks to Tony Martignetti
Majora finds visionaries throughout the country who are creating positive change in their community. We discussed some of those inspirational stories.
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- Length: 7:53
- Tags: Majora Carter nextgen nextgen:Charity Tony Martignetti The Promised Land activism
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Incredible Edible Todmorden
Hugh meets the amazing Pam and Mary as they literally take over their town
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- Length: 3:43
- Tags: Landshare fruit vegetables allotment council Todmorden
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Majora Carter at Zeitgeist '07
Sesssion Title: Social Justice from a Global Perspective Sustainable South Bronx is one of the best examples of community-initiated environmental stewardship in the US Director Majora Carter discusses the need for community-driven initiatives.
Dr. Randal Pinkett on One-on-One with Steve Adubato
Dr. Randal Pinkett sits down with host Steve Adubato to discuss his ideas on entrepreneurship, his consulting firm, BCT Partners, and his audio business course "No-Money Down CEO." 12-12-09
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- Length: 6:51
- Tags: Dr. Randal Pinkett BCT partners Steve Adubato No Money Down CEO Entrepreneurship The Apprentice
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Meeting Majora Carter
Kevin meets Majora Carter, Executive Director of Sustainable South Bronx (www.ssbx.org). Edit by Keith Rollinson 550.
TEDxKC - Majora Carter - 8/20/09
No More Single Purpose Anything Majora Carter takes a visionary approach to solving the problem of urban blight. In the 1990s, she successfully led the South Bronx through environmental renewal and now serves as president of Majora Carter group, a green-economic development consulting firm....
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- Length: 32:8
- Tags: tedx tedxkc Majora Carter Kansas City VML Nelson-Atkins Museum
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Majora Carter on Growing Up in the Bronx
Urban environmental activist Majora Carter talks to legendary folk Singer and activist Pete Seeger in this inspiring segment from This Brave Nation.
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- Length: 2:48
- Tags: This Brave Nation Majora Carter ssbx Bronx sustainability activism revitalization green the ghetto
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What's the Big Idea? Majora Carter and Josh Dorfman (2008)
In the opening Plenary Session of the 2008 Aspen Environment Forum, speakers Majora Carter and Josh Dorfman share "big ideas" about modern society and its relationship to the environment. TheAspen Institute and National Geographic magazine host the first ever Aspen Environment Forum, in Aspen,...
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- Length: 8:22
- Tags: Aspen Environment Forum Majora Carter and Josh Dorfman
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This I Believe- Majora Carter
While the term "green-collar jobs" gains more press and pundits daily, very few people have actually marshaled the resources to get unemployed Americans trained and placed on pathways out of poverty in this growing economic sector. Majora Carter has. Born, raised, and continuing to live in the...
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- Length: 8:26
- Tags: This believe1majoracarter
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