Majora Carter: Greening the ghetto

http://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.

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[YoungDrizzle215]

She is my cousin too, that is the crazy thing about this. By blood we are cousins, my grandmother Susie Schafer (who just passed away 7 months ago) is the older sister of Majora's mother Tinnie Johnson Carter (who died a couple years ago). I am so proud of her. She inspires me and so many other individuals in our family.

[PeaceZoneEmpowerment]

Majora is a true Black Queen Warrior for Environmental Justice. She fights for the cause with intellect, heart body and soul. She is a true Social Capitalist Warrior that understands how to leverage benefits for more benefits and how to use corporate shares to give standing and voice in the board room for the good of the community. May Peace, Power and Blessings her reward for the good she does.

[MrPEDOCTOR]

Nice share..

[juan5557903]

Her voice really gets to me; the way she speaks is so heartfelt.

[juan5557903]

The part where she was talking about her brother hit me like a ton of bricks.

[drkangelnluv]

We've got to do something like this in LA!

[ACLTony]

Powerful. I first thought that this was going to be a political speech, but this beautiful lady presented her points well thought-out and researched. I remember the Hunts Point area as a kid way back in the day. Her descriptions were not exaggerated as I still remember the river looking a sickly brownish green color. I am glad that the Bronx has had so many improvements and cleanups in the past decade.

[thetruthonthereal]

@skoda130, how is it an oxymoron??? At the stage your referring to, we didn't have highly advanced technology that could make the scarcity our ancestors faced a thing of ancient history. If anything, a money based society breeds artificial scarcity, its the very mechanism that leads to 30,000 death daily from hunger and preventable diseases, while the WHO recently admitted we have more than enough food (resources) to end world hunger, but yet not enough fancy pieces of paper to afford it

[Skoda130]

@thetruthonthereal A resource based society, is pretty much an oxymoron. The only stage in which humans ever had a resource based life, was the stage in which we were hunters/gatherers.

[thetruthonthereal]

only if she understood that money stands in the way, that without money, we could accomplish a whole lot more. Really, a resource based economy would be the only way to truly unlocking human potential in regards to "going green"

[DesireG]

@phclapp I feel where you are coming from yet I would say that everyone starts out with the best intentions. I personally stay poor as an organizer for a reason but I can understand how these talented leaders get caught up in the fray of the intellectual & financial elites.