Green Bronx Machine -- growing our way into a new economy: Stephen Ritz at TEDxManhattan

[@g.anthonis49]

Tears in my eyes. tears of joy mind you. This man is a truly inspirational!!! What energy, what conviction.

[@1949sds]

Amazing!! My daughter runs the school lunch program in their small western Colorado community and has managed to get most of the processed crap out of their diets. Still a long way to go but now she's networking and finding funding for their school's unused greenhouse to get it back up and running and adding an aquaponic section. The kids will be the workforce and will be part of their science curriculum and it will lower the produce budget for the school -- it's a win-win for everyone!!

[@Loganthered1]

Congratulations. You took a very innovative idea and used it to teach the kids work ethic and healthy eating. You did the exact same thing Newt was criticized for, you just did it with a PC subject. You took a school project and made it sustainable, teachable and beneficial to the community.

[@cievaluations8559]

Stephen Ritz is an inspirational genius. The Bronx will be a better place

[@marialazcano1043]

SI SE PUEDEE!!! We only need people like you in each school to encourage students and teachers to make a change in our society. Thank you for doing what you doing....

[@MaDianaDiaz]

More than a teacher with heart and a good idea.... Absolutely INSPIRING! I want to see this program grow... I would love to run with it in Houston.

[@kevinpoole4323]

Mr Ritz Wow what a Movement

[@estebankid10]

Mr.Ritz is a great guy! He is one of the few teachers that genuinely care about their students

[@bluebimmer33]

Holy shit a teacher who has passion and actually cares. What a novel idea.

[@CrazyVietMom]

What a touching video! Love it! We need more people like him in our communities!!!! BTW...why would anyone give him a thumbs down?? They are cray-cray....

[@waellerbe]

+Thuy-Linh Pollack Thumbs down on a video like this would come from individuals who may not see the value that Urban Farming can bring. Their loss and our gain. From what I can see the discussion thread for this presentation is dominated by *positive* responses. Let's try to keep it that way.

[@puschmannn]

13:24 best quote ever: So here, and at a time where we´ve gone from the audacity to hope to hope for some audacity, I urge u to do something.

[@KristieFinnan]

LOVE every bit of this- plan to share this video on my blog and just made your video a favorite on my YT Farmer.

[@Bongosmania]

THIS IS THE WAY to fight Drugs, Crime, Jail, Domestic violence, Health, Reunite families again, show Love, but most of all; To hElp sAve our ONLY plaNet! Way to go Bronx! SI SE PUEDE :-)

[@WhiteStarWoman]

THIS MAN WILL TAKE US INTO THE 2012 TRANSFORMATION!!!!!!

[@MrsGreensWorld]

THERE IS ONLY ONE STEVE RITZ! My life is better because he is in it.

[@MariahWadsworth]

Wow, so much energy and passion! love him!

[@waellerbe]

+Mariah Wadsworth I love Stephen's Energy as well. So glad that I found this presentation. Now I have a chance to snapshot this resource in OneNote. One of the best presentations I have seen in a long time on Urban Gardening.

[@MariahWadsworth]

William Ellerbe yes, he is amazing; I wish I had had a gardening program in school.

[@sparkle11231]

I agree with what you're saying. I'm just saying that these kids have to feel inspired (motivated) before they will even attempt to better themselves and feel motivated enough to learn the other arts and academics. I just thought this was brilliant how this teacher's ideas reached that spark in these kids minds - kids that were maybe thinking they'll never be anything. The beginning of success for them is to be inspired by something - and for these kids, it was this teacher's ideas.

[@clodoaldoaraujo1]

we need people like you man...to create a much better world...thanks...I wanna do in Brazil. thanks Clodoaldo Araujo.

[@craigabbott]

Awesome - we need more people like Steve to share their passion with kids at risk.

[@kylemorrison2867]

Stephen's presentation in Traverse City was phenomenal.

[@nudgenik1899]

This is the most inspiring video I've seen in my entire life.

[@DylzillaHobbzilla]

Most inspiring TED talk.

[@abc123icuucme]

I'm from the Bronx, thank you.

[@agoodgurl2k]

You, sir, are AMAZING!!!!!!💚♥️

[@alecram28]

thank you for making a difference - and caring enough too!!!

[@melbasmith3589]

Thank you for making our eyes open.

[@cholst1]

Why this is not in every single schools curriculum around the world is beyond me.

[@acerb4566]

It's a two way street. As more of us grow veggies ourselves, then less and less will buy from the food shops causing a financial catastrophe for food shops and rural farms. But I'm not buying lettuce anymore, I'm growing it, and thats the future!

[@VeronicaMist]

What an Amazing Man!! Go Steve Ritz!!

[@sparkle11231]

THIS IS SO GREAT, I COULD CRY. GOD BLESS STEVE RICH GIVING THESE KIDS AN ALTERNATIVE TO BEING SLAVE TO DRUGS, ALCOHOL, ROBBING, ETC. I GREW UP IN THE BRONX AND I KNOW HOW IT IS. THIS MAN IS DOING SUCH GOOD WORK.

[@judsoncampbell3110]

Great video. Thanks for uploading.

[@MatthewFrattali]

love this guy. met him this weekend

[@samakotalaga]

what an amazing person.

[@sheatheman]

He is a Saint.

[@golfnut210]

This video is great, I enjoyed it so much that it brought tears to my eyes. Because it made me realize there is still hope for you youth and country. PS - Steve Ritz is great,

[@soundsforthesoul896]

Remarkable!!!!!!!! Thank you for the inspiration!!!!

[@annclak1603]

Very inspiring. Thank you!

[@andreaespinosa5747]

I really love this. Great guy!

[@gloriabrown7279]

informative talk. thank you.

[@idahiggins885]

This is nice. Now we know. Thank you!

[@melissapaul1622]

He's amazing.

[@christinehickey9301]

you are precious

[@1mtstewart]

the next Rafe Esquith has spoken! Bravo sir!

[@friendsofbrookpark]

Thanks. Free the Land!

[@maryludwig9161]

This guys is so cool.

[@kennethlopez9865]

Wow, so impressed.

[@rextorres6153]

awesome guy.

[@acerb4566]

9:03.....Tipi's?? But this is the east coast! Theyre supposed to be Elm bark longhouses!

[@spikeboard1680]

Transport sport is green, we could use more of it. We hope to have Steve review some ideas we have please reach out.

[@rootofthevineurbangardens1823]

Im on my way to this.... 🙌🏾🙌🏾🙌🏾🥦🥑🍆🍅🥝🥬🥒🌶🌽🥕

[@nellfinch1693]

Amazing guy.

[@mimid6193]

Hi if u see this pleassse say hi back 😀

[@josephdendy6455]

wow. shared and tweeted!

[@MrManhattankid]

Awesome! This should be the model for all of the United States schools! Lets get our citizens off of junk processed food and eating yummy produce!

[@sparkle11231]

It was interesting. Thank you.

[@varunbhattacharyya9356]

He came to my school!

[@naomivolain2492]

Wow. Fantastic!

[@Hanasgreenliving]

Hahaha, great stuff. You go, green it! We are joining you... Hang on my kitchen garden is calling me... check on Hana's green living...

[@Hyperkeys]

Awesome. I never foist stuff on people. I am sending the URL for this . . .

[@ajcarpy2005]

@linagee I see your point but don't you think it's nice to have green spaces and stuff within the industrial and residential areas in the cities and towns? I think that you have a point about cost but still...it's worth it to have nice looking cities?

[@taurahelms3068]

Inspirational.

[@randallpinajr7239]

wow. great job!

[@EdridCruzTv]

Esta Muy Bieen I Love It Mr Ritz

[@jaymountain5607]

They should have given him more time!!!

[@Rogjetochje]

Please let me introce youre energy and story to my boss. I believe... Let's get this global!!

[@SusanMDavis]

Stephen - I want you to be a guest on Good and Green Radio! YOU are such an inspiration & the work you are doing is sooooo Good and Green; inspiring everyone to live a Positively Sustainable Lifestyle. Please contact me on Good and Green Radio on Facebook.

[@mikemc639]

Awesome

[@Djm0dey]

this is awsome :)

[@darrelweis885]

I hope this plan becomes a reality.

[@andy4an]

"take time to smell the flowers" from one of the few guys whose TED talk is not comprehensible at 1.5x speed. : ) Good talk though.

[@yvonnehyatt8353]

Teach ten children to learn your message to teach other children to teach them the message and to Ten billion others each .( ten billion people thanks 🌎😇

[@smegmanachos]

Howie Mandell your twin is calling, Crack it does a body good.

[@sparkle11231]

These kids have teachers that try to teach them those things first -- trust me. They ain't listening. They're not interested! Teach them to do FUN things that better the world and they will be inspired. They're not clapping to a slavemaster....get that fucking chip off your shoulder!

[@RM.DATCHA]

ahhhhh hes friends w majora carter

[@sparkle11231]

wouldn't open.

[@bjhennessey]

I love his passion. But the are many reasons for things, just not "why not". Why not try to teach kids agriculture and to build a farm in your backyard? Why not try to kids engineering and manufacture a Chevrolet in your backyard? Some places are better suited than others depending on the task. Last summer I spent $95 for what was a jar of bad salsa. Love what he's done for those kids. Just be realistic.

[@dianaevaneyk]

What an inspiring video! I blogged about it on IBOtoolbox, which is a wonderful site for independent business owners.

[@yvonnehyatt8353]

Can this be done with teaching building-ways to build?. asking billionaires to collaborate with your messages. Maybe philanthropist. Thanks.

[@youehabh]

Wow, this lecture is full of dangerous superior, inferior stereotyping; talk about bigoted conditioning as the unintended side effect of charity. Although easily disguised through fast talk, Stephen Ritz constantly associates characteristics such as poor, immigrant, grafiti making, over procreating, homeless, can't be "white," with mostly Mexican but also other Latin Americans. What is more, although the exact word is "brownfield," Mr. Ritz quickly spews out this list―black-field, brownfield, toxic-waste-field, battlefield―thus associating toxic waste and violence with the terms, black and brown. This same insidious, subliminal technique was cleverly used by the Nazis to grow bigotry against the Jews. So, although, on the surface, this lecture appears to be about a helpful NGO that is addressing the needs of the poor, dig deeper, because deeper is where the danger lies; deeper is the root-cause of bigotry; deeper are the subliminal bigoted associations that are insidiously conditioning the minds of powerful men like Donald Trump.