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Majora Carter is President of Majora Carter Group LLC. Majora simultaneously addresses public health, poverty alleviation, and climate change as one of the nation's pioneers in successful green-collar job training and placement systems. In 2001 she founded Sustainable South Bronx to achieve environmental justice through economically sustainable projects informed by community needs. Her work now includes advising cities, foundations, universities, businesses, and communities around the world on unlocking their green-collar economic potential to benefit everyone.
Majora's vision, drive, and tenacity earned her a MacArthur "Genius" Grant. In 2007 she was named one of Newsweek Magazine's "25 To Watch" and Essence Magazine's "25 most Influential African Americans." The New York Post has named her one of the "50 most influential women in NYC" for two years, and BBC World Service named her "NYC's most influential environmentalist." Majora is a board member of the Widerness Society, SJF Ventures, and CERES. She hosts "The Promised Land" on public radio's Launch Minneapolis, and "Eco-Heroes" on the Sundance Channel.
Majora Carter shares her thoughts on Home(town) Security, and how we can make changes to our economy and our own well-bring by focusing on what needs to be done in our own neighborhoods. She attended Wanderlust Festival in Stratton, VT in June of 2011.
For the first half of his career, Wes Jackson was an academic. At 41, he was a tenured professor at California State University, establishing one of the first environmental studies programs in the country. And at 41, Wes Jackson decided to begin the other half of his career. He returned to his native Kansas and became a pioneer in the sustainable agriculture movement. Wes founded The Land Institute, which works to breed perennial grains that mimic the way grasses grow naturally – next to other species, and without tilling or replanting. Wes tells Majora Carter how to bring the processes of the wild to the farm.
Born and raised in the South Bronx, Majora Carter is best known for leading the effort to create the South Bronx Greenway: eleven miles of bike and pedestrian paths that connect the rivers and neighborhoods to the rest of the … >>
It’s a fact: individuals have the power to change the world. And in an age of rampant environmental devastation, nothing is as vital as saving our planet and the health of its inhabitants. Eco Amazons brings together the … >>
Post Carbon Fellow Majora Carter was one of the panelists on this symposium informed by a recent report from Indiana University on how poverty is changing America. View debate on C-SPAN >>
Richard Heinberg explains why we've hit the end of economic growth as we've known it, and what life can be like after growth.
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