http://www.inhabitat.com/2005/10/18/sustainable-south-bronx/ Future-forward design for the world you inhabit Wed, 25 Nov 2009 20:55:06 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc hourly 1 http://www.inhabitat.com/2005/10/18/sustainable-south-bronx/comment-page-1/#comment-64054 PAMELA DECKARD Thu, 20 Dec 2007 16:58:12 +0000 http://www.vineetsc.com/wp_inhabitat/wordpress/?p=747#comment-64054 I will love to become a team member of substainable south bronx.I am looking foward to making the world a natural enviorment to live in.Thank You! I will love to become a team member of substainable south bronx.I am looking foward to
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]]> http://www.inhabitat.com/2005/10/18/sustainable-south-bronx/comment-page-1/#comment-3200 Inhabitat » Blog Archive » THE NEW GREEN IS BROWN? Thu, 20 Jul 2006 19:12:43 +0000 http://www.vineetsc.com/wp_inhabitat/wordpress/?p=747#comment-3200 [...] The 92nd Street Y in New York hosted a fantastic panel discussion last night (7/19) entitled The New Green: The Changing Face of Environmentalism in New York. The participants (full list below) had many great insights into how a city known for innovation, but not necessarily environmentalism, is now marrying the two in a number of extremely dynamic ways. All the participants were brilliant and insightful. The one who struck me the most, however, represented a community not typically associated with the environmental movement: Harlem. Negotiating what is typically considered a white liberal terrain, Kizzy Charles-Guzman and her environmental justice organization, We Act, seek to balance environmental issues, development projects, and local economic vitality in the Harlem community. She spoke directly to the Inhabitat philosophy when she said that for too long the environment has been considered the great outdoors, and that it needs to be framed as “indoors: the places we live, work and pray.” Amen. This consideration is especially important in communities of color which have long been the dumping ground of bad products, bad buildings, and bad policies. [...] [...] The 92nd Street Y in New York hosted a fantastic panel discussion last night (7/19) entitled The New Green: The Changing Face of Environmentalism in New York. The participants (full list below) had many great insights into how a city known for innovation, but not necessarily environmentalism, is now marrying the two in a number of extremely dynamic ways. All the participants were brilliant and insightful. The one who struck me the most, however, represented a community not typically associated with the environmental movement: Harlem. Negotiating what is typically considered a white liberal terrain, Kizzy Charles-Guzman and her environmental justice organization, We Act, seek to balance environmental issues, development projects, and local economic vitality in the Harlem community. She spoke directly to the Inhabitat philosophy when she said that for too long the environment has been considered the great outdoors, and that it needs to be framed as “indoors: the places we live, work and pray.” Amen. This consideration is especially important in communities of color which have long been the dumping ground of bad products, bad buildings, and bad policies. [...]

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