She’ll be speaking at 9am Pacific / 12pm Eastern on a panel entitled Environmental Conflict and Climate Change: The Grassroots vs Big Green

• view the live feed here at 12pm Eastern!

Then, at  10:30am Pacific / 1:30pm Eastern  she’ll be speaking on a panel entitled The Unusual Suspects: The Surprise Environmentalists Who Are Spreading the Clean Energy Gospel

• view the live feed here at 1:30 Eastern!

She’ll also be kicking off the African American Caucus at 1pm Pacific / 4pm Eastern – you’ll have to follow along on twitter to see what’s happening there. No live feed!

Also, don’t miss her appearance at the Opening Keynote event at 7pm Pacific / 10pm Eastern, alongside Montana Gov. Brian Schweitzer, MSNBC’s Ed Schultz, Daily Show co-creator Lizz Winstead, Daily Kos founder Markos Moulitsas, AFSCME president Gerald McEntee, Nevada Senate Majority Leader Steven Horsford, and pundit and comedian Elon James White.

• Online stream there begins at 10pm Eastern here.

Keep checking back on the Majora Carter group blog, facebook and twitter for more coverage of the Netroots Nation Conference!

Watch Majora explain how creating green projects and jobs set the stage for communities to see themselves in a different light. From there, beautiful things can happen in neighborhoods where people feel invested in their own economic and environmental well being.

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Tavis Smiley sat down with Majora to talk about gentrification – contrasting the Bronx and Harlem, public perceptions, location & land.

Listen below!

Or listen on the Tavis Smiley Show’s site here.

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“Ann Thompson for NBC Nightly News with Brian Williams” February 3, 2010.

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Ann Thompson, NBC Cheif Environmental Correspondent, followed Majora around the country and back to MCG headquarters in the South Bronx.

Stay posted here and on twitter.

Pick it up at your local bookstore (or you can buy it on Amazon) and tune in to the great discussion as part of the Progressive Book Club’s “Book Talk” – you can see who’s attending (and RSVP that you’ll be listening, too) here.

We’ll be talking about sustainable, economically thriving urban communities and more. The call in number is (866) 588-9261, so don’t be shy – call in and ask us questions! If you have questions ahead of time, you’re welcome to ask them at twitter.com/majoracarter or on facebook.com/majoracarter and use the hashtag #greenmetropolis. This is our first time using these forums, so we’re very excited!

Moderating the discussion will be Ilyse Hogue, campaign director for MoveOn.org, and former Program Director of the Rainforest Action Network.

Tune in at 8pm here!

RSVP here!

The Benwood Foundation made this beautiful video of Majora’s recent visit to Chattanooga to speak at the foundation’s George T. Hunter lecture series – we think it might give you an idea of what goes on.

(Many thanks to CreateHere,  who uploaded this video onto youtube – makes it so much easier to share! You can also check out the video Benwood Foundaiton’s Facebook page – if you’re not already following Benwood Foundation or CreateHere, you should! Especially if you’re from Chattanooga, but even if you’re not. They’re great organizations doing great things for their city.)

It was really something to visit these communities – folks were so open and willing to really consider how environmental justice impacted their lives. Keep an eye on Chattanooga, great things are happening in the heartland!

Majora Carter takes a visionary approach to solving the problem of urban blight. In the 1990s, she successfully led the South Bronx through environmental renewal and now serves as president of Majora Carter Group, a green-economic development consulting firm. Carters presentation is No More Single Purpose Anything.

We like this one because Majora gets to talk about the national (and international) implications of environmental justice … it’s a great sequel to the 2006 talk and we hope you enjoy all the new details! Let us know your thoughts in the comments!

Majora interviews pioneers in the field of social good for her Promised Land radio show. She recently spoke to musician and activist Wyclef Jean about his work in his home country of Haiti and about his partnership with Timberland.

In a show recorded live before an audience at WNYC Radio’s state-of-the art Jerome L. Greene Performance Space, MAJORA CARTER sat down with Grammy Award-winning musician WYCLEF JEAN for a lively conversation on his work as an artist, activist, and humanitarian.

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CNN’s – the future of cities: greening the ghetto

Majora Carter grew up in the South Bronx. Now she’s back, with a mission: to lead her community out of poverty and fight environmental injustice by bringing green-collar jobs to the area.