Saturday, July 18, 2009

What's Gentrification got to do with the Green Movement

All over the country from Harlem, New York to the Eastside of Denver, Colorado, urban communities are changing. New condos and starbucks are popping up, public schools are shutting down and people of color and/or low-income are being priced out of the neighborhood. Some call the process urban revitalization, others call it gentrification.

Could the Green Movement be one of the main culprits in creating mass displacement of low-income communities to the suburbs? Check out what Checktheweather.net's Kari Fulton has to say in her interview with Bigthink.com

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