More “green days” have sprouted for environmentalist and native daughter Majora Carter, founder of the nonprofit Sustainable South Bronx.
Since Carter won a Liberty Medal in the Lifetime Achievement category last year, in acknowledgement of her efforts to create parks and green spaces in her beloved borough, she has branched out as a green consultant.
“The work I pioneered in The Bronx really had national implications. My group now works to unlock the potential of a place,” she said.
Carter was hired by Brad Pitt’s Make It Right Foundation, part of a multimillion-dollar initiative to rebuild the hurricane-ravaged Lower Ninth Ward in New Orleans. She and the staff of her new firm, the Majorca Carter Group, are working on developing a green jobs training program there.
“We are responsible for making sure there are local jobs, and training people there instead of bringing in people to do jobs related to the green infrastructure that Make It Right is doing,” she said.
Carter is also on the National Academies of Science panel that advises Congress on climate change and has joined the board of Ceres, a national network of investors, environmental organizations and other groups working with companies and investors to address sustainability challenges.