Detroit - Building the Green City

[6095jimmy]

This was planned by the government making you think you need them to survive. They are controlling you planned this whole downturn for Detroit using people whom vote them into power by the way to profit and line their own pockets with cash. A green City, the first they say why cause the auto industry is no more. Destroy the city to tear it down build farmers fields offer new jobs and you don't care. They plan your next100 years when you'll be gone think about it whens enough enough allready?????

[kandiRAVER420]

Even if you grow in containers, you might wan to have your soil checked for lead. It can come from peeling paint on any house in your neighborhood built before 1978. I use Avant Environmental, they are cheap and fast.

[BeClaireful]

Yup, it's happening and it's INSPIRATIONAL.

[bamainatlanta]

Can someone answer this question for me, and please don't take it the wrong way. Have the local people on welfare, or the chronically urban uemployed embraced this? Are the younger African American men seeing this as an opportunity? I am sure that farming still has a stigma, given slavery. Anyone care to share their perspectives? This seems like such a great idea, but I am wondering about how it interacts with several generations of urban blight, and the increase in the Black underclass.

[tokarski21]

@bamainatlanta I think it's not being embraced, and an opportunity is passing by the wayside.

[BlueBerryWizard]

@bamainatlanta Farming is racist now? God damn political correctness has gone way too far. If the niggers don't want to grow their own food it's not up to us to give them foreign AID or welfare or all this other bullshit.

Welfare is dysgenic and promotes lazy useless people and encourages them to multiply resulting in places like Detroit.

Notice that this effort is entirely headed by whites? Niggers are useless apes who won't do anything for themselves.They're had their chances.

[datbrayciss]

@BlueBerryWizard Hey Smiley. Brofist.

[greyborzoi]

Looks like a great project! Would be great if Detroit could reinvent itself somehow...huge music & arts destination...something. Looks like some great architecture going to waste there. Best of luck with the documentary!

[martinakizZz]

i wish greece and every country was as green as country is!

[WindPowerKits]

This video.. cool. wiki wiki cha boom ba. Merry Christmas Yo

[yesyes673]

OMG the `green city` how gaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa­yyyyyyy

[raysofgreys]

Looks very interesting, can't wait to see it! 

[dirtygreendetroit]

will be interesting to view.

[StuartLoria]

It is a shame that the people do not let nature claim the land back, that is more important than building a mall

[sallymonster34]

Yeah!!!! I'm on board! Hydroponic greenhouses, urban orchards, community cooking classes, rooftop gardens, biomimicry... Detroit will rise again:)

[ladylioness]

@sallymonster34 -- you mean the land will rise again! Detroit was the land before colonization of this land was buried in industry and concrete. Pros and cons, lessons learned and we are still all learning... but the land shall rise again in the place known as "Detroit." Its Anishinaabe Territory or better yet know as Potawatomi Territory. 

[PrinceDimeXI]

they will find a way to STOP IT!! they ALWAYS DO!!

[BubbFromGEI]

There are two viable models for America in the future: Cuba and Hong Kong, while the suburbs die. Detroit is going to go after the Cuba model, this documentary suggests

[PrinceDimeXI]

no those MODELS are incorrect! THE ONLY MODELS ARE ROSEWOOD, TULSA OK, and MARCUS GARVEY

[willberb]

It sounds great! The problem is that some people do all the work then some punks come strolling by and pick all the fruit and veggies. Detroit is not known as a city full of honorable people.

[lelia719]

i love your work. thanks

[urbanbluefly]

I always thought that Detroit will fail if it tries to become 'the next Pittsburgh". But an opportunity to redefine "urban" and become a model of a green city seems well suited to the city.

Good luck.

[Chadoh21]

I complete agree with you! This is a Great video!

[seniordiscount]

The city is dead. In order for it to thrive again, you need the basic requirements for living.

First, detroit needs to be safe. Youre dream will never become a reality until people feel safe enough to live there.

[annaleighclark]

It's dead? News to me. I'm living here, along with 950,000 other people. Someone forget to send a memo?

[mjd612]

how many are on welfare or in jail...otherwise economically inactive

[tokarski21]

Thanks. I'm hoping to get things moving after the new year.

[drsjoef]

interesting topic, just got back from detroit myself and went to see a number of fams. potential seems huge, not only because of vacant lots but also because of the absence of proper food in some parts of the city (people dependent on gas station shopping). i'dd like to see how you develop your story, all the best

[tokarski21]

Thanks. When things get going I'll be posting segments of the program.

[Weedies11]

Looks like a good documentary. Though lately I've been watching mostly documentaries on youtube.

Good luck with this project.

[kylekoestner]

Great idea, Mark! I live downtown Detroit and would love for vacant lots to be turned into natural parks or other useful purposes. Can't wait to see the documentary.

[tokarski21]

Thanks Justin.

[tv16bit]

I really liked this, keep up the good work and amazing editing.