Green Jobs Revolution [Video of the Day]
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zp979n502RM[/youtube]
August 18, 2009
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Cesar · 
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Tags: community, green jobs, green space, local farms · Posted in: Video of the Day
Transition Initiatives – Empowering Communities
This Treehugger.com article entitled “Transition Initiative. Can Communities Tackle Peak Oil and Climate?” discusses a new movement called Transition Initiatives, which guides communities around the world on issues of community sustainability in a world threatened by disturbing physical- and social-environmental problems: Transition is a process whereby communities work together to significantly increase local resilience or [...]
July 31, 2009
· Christine · No Comments
Tags: community, Environmental Injustice, Environmental Racism, Sustainability, Transition Initiatives · Posted in: News
Bus Stop
I waited for my friend at the bus stop on Crenshaw at Stocker (Baldwin Hills-Crenshaw Mall) for about 45 minutes on Sunday. During my wait, I witnessed a living validation of the many theories we have discussed at greenRELAY this summer. Massey and Denton’s discussion of an oppositional Culture of Segregation and the cycle of [...]
July 30, 2009
· Christine · 6 Comments
Tags: community, police state, public space, public transportation, Segregation · Posted in: Stories
Around The Way
Yesterday, my best friend came back to LA for a week after moving up to Norcal. I have used her visit as an excuse to explore LA in ways that I haven’t before because she, unlike most of my friends, is willing to cross LA’s segregative boundaries, to use public transportation, and to walk places! [...]
July 20, 2009
· Christine · 4 Comments
Tags: Cars, community, Environmental Racism, Farmer's Market, Leimert Park, Segregation · Posted in: Events
Resources for everyone.
Imagine a city where everyone is allowed to access many resources (e.g. schools,hospitals, clinics, parks, libraries, etc.). Wouldn’t that be a great city to call home? The reality is that many people in Los Angeles can’t call their city “home.” I’m one of those persons who is still hoping to call LA my home. My [...]
July 7, 2009
· Cesar · One Comment
Tags: city resources, community, libraries, public space · Posted in: Stories
Whittier, CA
I have lived in the eastern part of Whittier, California for my entire life. The majority of my neighborhood is white and Hispanic. There are practically no other Asians or other minorities. This is not surprising because California used to be part of Mexico and Whittier was started by Quakers so it is only natural [...]
June 23, 2009
· Ryan · No Comments
Tags: community, Whittier · Posted in: Stories , Youth Training Institute
Oppression in my community
Oppression in my community is seen in the lack of resources I have access to. Walking down my block, I see the same thing everyday. I see the same apartment buildings that look like they survive one too many earthquakes, I see men sitting on the pavement with sadness in their eyes, I see kids [...]
June 22, 2009
· Cesar · No Comments
Tags: community, oppression, poor, working class · Posted in: Stories , Youth Training Institute
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