{"id":1357,"date":"2011-10-23T14:46:48","date_gmt":"2011-10-23T18:46:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/blog\/2011\/10\/greening-the-ghetto-majora-carter.html"},"modified":"2011-10-23T14:46:48","modified_gmt":"2011-10-23T18:46:48","slug":"greening-the-ghetto-majora-carter","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/blog\/2011\/10\/greening-the-ghetto-majora-carter.html","title":{"rendered":"Greening the ghetto &mdash;Majora Carter"},"content":{"rendered":"Child of the ghetto grows up to raise a park out of trash\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/majora_carter_s_tale_of_urban_renewal.html\">\n<img decoding=\"async\" style=\"float:right;border:none;\"   src=\"http:\/\/external.ak.fbcdn.net\/safe_image.php?d=AQCuiOVIzo04aEEe&#038;w=90&#038;h=90&#038;url=http%3A%2F%2Fimages.ted.com%2Fimages%2Fted%2F141_389x292.jpg\"><\/a>\nand to invite the rich and famous to join her to make\nsustainable development that works for all three of\ndevelopers, community, and government sexy and profitable.\nA stray dog one day led her down a forgotten street to the river.\nShe got a seed grant, leveraged it 300 times, and turned\nthat street into a park.\n<p>\nShe&#8217;s talking about the south Bronx in New York City,\nand the Ninth Ward in New Orleans, but I think in her\nproblems and solutions you will see some similarities to\nthe south side of Valdosta.\nIf the Chamber was helping with this kind of thing,\nthat would make a far more positive difference to education\n<em>and<\/em> real estate values for the whole community,\nboth inside and outside Valdosta, than pushing destructive school &#8220;unification&#8221;.\n<p>\nIt&#8217;s a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/majora_carter_s_tale_of_urban_renewal.html\">TED Talk.<\/a>\n<p align=\"center\">\n<object width=\"398\" height=\"374\">\n<param name=\"movie\" value=\"http:\/\/video.ted.com\/assets\/player\/swf\/EmbedPlayer.swf\"><\/param>\n<param name=\"allowFullScreen\" value=\"true\" \/>\n<param name=\"allowScriptAccess\" value=\"always\"\/>\n<param name=\"wmode\" value=\"transparent\"><\/param>\n<param name=\"bgColor\" value=\"#ffffff\"><\/param>\n<param name=\"flashvars\" value=\"vu=http:\/\/video.ted.com\/talk\/stream\/2006\/Blank\/MajoraCarter_2006-320k.mp4&#038;su=http:\/\/images.ted.com\/images\/ted\/tedindex\/embed-posters\/MajoraCarter-2006.embed_thumbnail.jpg&#038;vw=384&#038;vh=288&#038;ap=0&#038;ti=53&#038;lang=&#038;introDuration=15330&#038;adDuration=4000&#038;postAdDuration=830&#038;adKeys=talk=majora_carter_s_tale_of_urban_renewal;year=2006;theme=women_reshaping_the_world;theme=inspired_by_nature;theme=the_power_of_cities;theme=a_greener_future;theme=rethinking_poverty;event=TED2006;tag=Business;tag=Featured;tag=New+York;tag=Technology;tag=activism;tag=cities;tag=environment;tag=green;tag=macarthur+grant;tag=politics;tag=pollution;tag=race;tag=social+change;tag=urban+planning;&#038;preAdTag=tconf.ted\/embed;tile=1;sz=512x288;\" \/>\n\n<\/object>\n<p>\n-jsq\n<p>\nPS: Owed to Scout Smith.\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Child of the ghetto grows up to raise a park out of trash and to invite the rich and famous to join her to make sustainable development that works for all three of developers, community, and government sexy and profitable. 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