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English to Spanish: Stephen Ritz: A teacher growing green in the South Bronx General field: Science Detailed field: Biology (-tech,-chem,micro-)
Source text - English A whirlwind of energy and ideas, Stephen Ritz is a teacher in New York's tough South Bronx, where he and his kids grow lush gardens for food, greenery -- and jobs. Just try to keep up with this New York treasure as he spins through the many, many ways there are to grow hope in a neighborhood many have written off, or in your own. 1 00:00:00,042 --> 00:00:01,074 Good afternoon. 2 00:00:01,074 --> 00:00:04,068 I am not a farmer. 3 00:00:04,068 --> 00:00:05,062 (Laughter) 4 00:00:05,062 --> 00:00:09,017 I'm not. I'm a parent, I'm a resident and I'm a teacher. 5 00:00:09,017 --> 00:00:10,073 And this is my world. 6 00:00:10,073 --> 00:00:12,035 And along the way I've started noticing -- 7 00:00:12,035 --> 00:00:13,082 I'm on my third generation of kids -- 8 00:00:13,082 --> 00:00:15,007 that they're getting bigger. 9 00:00:15,007 --> 00:00:16,023 They're getting sicker. 10 00:00:16,023 --> 00:00:18,021 In addition to these complexities, 11 00:00:18,021 --> 00:00:20,012 I just learned that 70 percent of the kids that I see 12 00:00:20,012 --> 00:00:22,014 who are labeled learning disabled would not have been 13 00:00:22,014 --> 00:00:24,049 had they had proper prenatal nutrition. 14 00:00:24,049 --> 00:00:28,017 The realities of my community are simple. They look like this. 15 00:00:28,017 --> 00:00:30,090 Kids should not have to grow up and look at things like this. 16 00:00:30,090 --> 00:00:33,004 And as jobs continue to leave my community, 17 00:00:33,004 --> 00:00:35,099 and energy continues to come in, be exported in, 18 00:00:35,099 --> 00:00:41,032 it's no wonder that really some people refer to the South Bronx as a desert. 19 00:00:41,032 --> 00:00:43,092 But I'm the oldest sixth grader you'll ever meet, 20 00:00:43,092 --> 00:00:46,056 so I get up every day with this tremendous amount of enthusiasm 21 00:00:46,056 --> 00:00:48,089 that I'm hoping to share with you all today. 22 00:00:48,089 --> 00:00:52,037 And with that note, I come to you with this belief 23 00:00:52,037 --> 00:00:54,084 that kids should not have to leave their communities 24 00:00:54,084 --> 00:00:56,022 to live, learn and earn in a better one. 25 00:00:56,022 --> 00:00:57,086 So I'm here to tell you a story about me 26 00:00:57,086 --> 00:01:01,038 and this wall that I met outside, which I'm now bringing inside. 27 00:01:01,038 --> 00:01:03,012 And it starts with three people. 28 00:01:03,012 --> 00:01:05,020 The crazy teacher -- that's me on the left, 29 00:01:05,020 --> 00:01:08,058 I dress up pretty, thank you, my wife, I love you for getting a good suit -- 30 00:01:08,058 --> 00:01:10,024 my passionate borough president 31 00:01:10,024 --> 00:01:12,079 and a guy named George Irwin from Green Living Technologies 32 00:01:12,079 --> 00:01:14,005 who helped me with my class 33 00:01:14,005 --> 00:01:16,054 and helped me get involved with this patented technology. 34 00:01:16,054 --> 00:01:19,041 But it all starts with seeds in classrooms, 35 00:01:19,041 --> 00:01:22,006 in my place, which looks like this. 36 00:01:22,006 --> 00:01:27,071 And I'm here today hoping that my reach will exceed my grasp. 37 00:01:27,071 --> 00:01:29,041 And that's really what this is all about. 38 00:01:29,041 --> 00:01:31,015 And it starts with incredible kids like this, 39 00:01:31,015 --> 00:01:32,087 who come early and stay late. 40 00:01:32,087 --> 00:01:35,084 All of my kids are either IEP or ELL learners, 41 00:01:35,084 --> 00:01:37,060 most come with a lot of handicaps, 42 00:01:37,060 --> 00:01:40,015 most are homeless and many are in foster care. 43 00:01:40,015 --> 00:01:42,040 Almost all of my kids live below poverty. 44 00:01:42,040 --> 00:01:45,082 But with those seeds, from day one, we are growing in my classroom, 45 00:01:45,082 --> 00:01:48,001 and this is what it looks like in my classroom. 46 00:01:48,001 --> 00:01:50,061 And you see how attentive these kids are to these seeds. 47 00:01:50,061 --> 00:01:55,005 And then you notice that those seeds become farms across the Bronx that look like this. 48 00:01:55,005 --> 00:01:59,027 But again, I am not a farmer. I'm a teacher. 49 00:01:59,027 --> 00:02:01,093 And I don't like weeding, and I don't like back-breaking labor. 50 00:02:01,093 --> 00:02:04,005 So I wanted to figure out how I could get this kind of success 51 00:02:04,005 --> 00:02:06,042 into something small, like this, 52 00:02:06,042 --> 00:02:09,021 and bring it into my classroom so that handicapped kids could do it, 53 00:02:09,021 --> 00:02:10,094 kids who didn't want to be outside could do it, 54 00:02:10,094 --> 00:02:12,024 and everyone could have access. 55 00:02:12,024 --> 00:02:14,037 So I called George Irwin, and what do you know? 56 00:02:14,037 --> 00:02:18,003 He came to my class and we built an indoor edible wall. 57 00:02:18,003 --> 00:02:21,038 And what we do is we partner it with authentic learning experiences, 58 00:02:21,038 --> 00:02:23,009 private-based learning. 59 00:02:23,009 --> 00:02:25,071 And lo and behold, we gave birth to 60 00:02:25,071 --> 00:02:27,096 the first edible wall in New York City. 61 00:02:27,096 --> 00:02:29,012 So if you're hungry, get up and eat. 62 00:02:29,012 --> 00:02:30,094 You can do it right now. My kids play cow all the time. 63 00:02:30,094 --> 00:02:34,029 Okay? But we were just getting started, 64 00:02:34,029 --> 00:02:35,066 the kids loved the technology, 65 00:02:35,066 --> 00:02:38,001 so we called up George and we said, "We gotta learn more!" 66 00:02:38,001 --> 00:02:40,086 Now, Mayor Bloomberg, thank you very much, we no longer need work permits, 67 00:02:40,086 --> 00:02:43,064 which comes with slices and bonded contractors -- we're available for you -- 68 00:02:43,064 --> 00:02:45,064 We decided to go to Boston. 69 00:02:45,064 --> 00:02:48,007 And my kids, from the poorest congressional district in America, 70 00:02:48,007 --> 00:02:51,034 became the first to install a green wall, 71 00:02:51,034 --> 00:02:53,062 designed by a computer, with real-live learning tools, 72 00:02:53,062 --> 00:02:55,017 21 stories up -- if you're going to go visit it, 73 00:02:55,017 --> 00:02:57,023 it's on top of the John Hancock building. 74 00:02:57,023 --> 00:03:00,002 But closer to home, we started installing these walls in schools 75 00:03:00,002 --> 00:03:01,094 that look like this with lighting like that, 76 00:03:01,094 --> 00:03:05,003 real LED stuff, 21st-century technology. 77 00:03:05,003 --> 00:03:07,035 And what do you know? We made 21st century money, 78 00:03:07,035 --> 00:03:10,017 and that was groundbreaking. Wow! 79 00:03:10,017 --> 00:03:12,098 This is my harvest, people. 80 00:03:12,098 --> 00:03:15,074 And what do you do with this food? You cook it! 81 00:03:15,074 --> 00:03:18,064 And those are my heirloom students making heirloom sauce, 82 00:03:18,064 --> 00:03:21,010 with plastic forks, and we get it into the cafeteria, 83 00:03:21,010 --> 00:03:23,030 and we grow stuff and we feed our teachers. 84 00:03:23,030 --> 00:03:25,051 And that is the youngest nationally certified 85 00:03:25,051 --> 00:03:28,034 workforce in America with our Bronx Borough President. 86 00:03:28,034 --> 00:03:31,024 And what'd we do then? Well, I met nice people like you, 87 00:03:31,024 --> 00:03:32,098 and they invited us to the Hamptons. 88 00:03:32,098 --> 00:03:35,025 So I call this "from South Bronx to Southampton." 89 00:03:35,025 --> 00:03:37,075 And we started putting in roofs that look like this, 90 00:03:37,075 --> 00:03:40,004 and we came in from destitute neighborhoods 91 00:03:40,004 --> 00:03:43,061 to start building landscape like this, wow! People noticed. 92 00:03:43,061 --> 00:03:45,060 And so we got invited back this past summer, 93 00:03:45,060 --> 00:03:47,036 and we actually moved into the Hamptons, 94 00:03:47,036 --> 00:03:50,019 payed 3,500 dollars a week for a house, and we learned how to surf. 95 00:03:50,019 --> 00:03:52,096 And when you can do stuff like this -- 96 00:03:52,096 --> 00:03:56,018 These are my kids putting in this technology, 97 00:03:56,018 --> 00:03:58,072 and when you can build a roof that looks like that 98 00:03:58,072 --> 00:04:01,013 on a house that looks like that 99 00:04:01,013 --> 00:04:03,094 with sedum that looks like this, 100 00:04:03,094 --> 00:04:06,068 this is the new green graffiti. 101 00:04:06,068 --> 00:04:10,019 So, you may wonder what does a wall like this 102 00:04:10,019 --> 00:04:12,075 really do for kids, besides changing landscapes and mindsets? 103 00:04:12,075 --> 00:04:14,064 Okay, I'm going to tell you what it does. 104 00:04:14,064 --> 00:04:16,096 It gets me to meet incredible contractors like this, 105 00:04:16,096 --> 00:04:19,011 Jim Ellenberger from Ellenberger Services. 106 00:04:19,011 --> 00:04:21,085 And this is where it becomes true triple bottom line. 107 00:04:21,085 --> 00:04:25,034 Because Jim realized that these kids, my future farmers, 108 00:04:25,034 --> 00:04:28,022 really had the skills he needed to build affordable housing 109 00:04:28,022 --> 00:04:30,042 for New Yorkers, right in their own neighborhood. 110 00:04:30,042 --> 00:04:32,076 And this is what my kids are doing, making living wage. 111 00:04:32,076 --> 00:04:35,060 Now, if you're like me, you live in a building, there are seven guys 112 00:04:35,060 --> 00:04:37,062 out of work looking to manage a million dollars. 113 00:04:37,062 --> 00:04:40,003 I don't have it. But if you need a toilet fixed 114 00:04:40,003 --> 00:04:42,004 or, you know, some shelving, I gotta wait six months 115 00:04:42,004 --> 00:04:44,049 for an appointment with someone who drives a much nicer car than me. 116 00:04:44,049 --> 00:04:46,027 That's the beauty of this economy. 117 00:04:46,027 --> 00:04:49,060 But my kids are now licensed and bonded in trade. 118 00:04:49,060 --> 00:04:52,058 And that's my first student to open up, the first in his family to have a bank account. 119 00:04:52,058 --> 00:04:55,099 This immigrant student is the first one in his family to use an ATM. 120 00:04:55,099 --> 00:04:58,037 And this is the true triple bottom line, 121 00:04:58,037 --> 00:05:00,063 because we can take neighborhoods that were abandoned and destitute 122 00:05:00,063 --> 00:05:03,055 and turn them into something like this with interiors like this. 123 00:05:03,055 --> 00:05:05,063 Wow! People noticed. And notice they did. 124 00:05:05,063 --> 00:05:09,012 So CNN called, and we were delighted to have them come to our farmer's market. 125 00:05:09,012 --> 00:05:11,069 And then when Rockefeller Center said, NBC, 126 00:05:11,069 --> 00:05:13,059 could you put this thing up on the walls? We were delighted. 127 00:05:13,059 --> 00:05:17,058 But this, I show you, when kids from the poorest congressional district in America 128 00:05:17,058 --> 00:05:20,031 can build a 30-foot by 15-foot wall, 129 00:05:20,031 --> 00:05:23,047 design it, plant it and install it in the heart of New York City, 130 00:05:23,047 --> 00:05:25,049 that's a true "sí se puede" moment. 131 00:05:25,049 --> 00:05:27,087 Really scholastic, if you ask me. 132 00:05:27,087 --> 00:05:30,014 But this is not a Getty image. 133 00:05:30,014 --> 00:05:32,072 That's a picture I took of my Bronx Borough President, 134 00:05:32,072 --> 00:05:35,094 addressing my kids in his house, not the jailhouse, 135 00:05:35,094 --> 00:05:37,048 making them feel a part of it. 136 00:05:37,048 --> 00:05:39,084 That's our State Senator Gustavo Rivera and Bob Bieder, 137 00:05:39,084 --> 00:05:42,044 coming to my classroom to make my kids feel important. 138 00:05:42,044 --> 00:05:44,015 And when the Bronx Borough President shows up 139 00:05:44,015 --> 00:05:46,034 and the State Senator comes to our class, 140 00:05:46,034 --> 00:05:50,008 believe you me, the Bronx can change attitudes now. 141 00:05:50,008 --> 00:05:51,060 We are poised, ready, willing and able 142 00:05:51,060 --> 00:05:54,080 to export our talent and diversity in ways we've never even imagined. 143 00:05:54,080 --> 00:05:56,087 And when the local senator gets on the scale in public 144 00:05:56,087 --> 00:06:00,008 and says he's got to lose weight, so do I! 145 00:06:00,008 --> 00:06:02,095 And I tell you what, I'm doing it and so are the kids. 146 00:06:02,095 --> 00:06:05,003 Okay? And then celebrities started. 147 00:06:05,003 --> 00:06:07,004 Produce Pete can't believe what we grow. 148 00:06:07,004 --> 00:06:09,026 Lorna Sass came and donated books. 149 00:06:09,026 --> 00:06:11,049 Okay? We're feeding seniors. 150 00:06:11,049 --> 00:06:15,005 And when we realized that we were growing for food justice in the South Bronx, 151 00:06:15,005 --> 00:06:16,094 so did the international community. 152 00:06:16,094 --> 00:06:18,050 And my kids in the South Bronx were repped in 153 00:06:18,050 --> 00:06:20,068 the first international green roof conference. 154 00:06:20,068 --> 00:06:22,011 And that's just great. 155 00:06:22,011 --> 00:06:23,072 Except what about locally? 156 00:06:23,072 --> 00:06:26,079 Well, we met this woman, Avis Richards, with the Ground Up Campaign. 157 00:06:26,079 --> 00:06:29,015 Unbelievable! Through her, my kids, 158 00:06:29,015 --> 00:06:31,028 the most disenfranchised and marginalized, 159 00:06:31,028 --> 00:06:35,004 were able to roll out 100 gardens to New York City public schools. 160 00:06:35,004 --> 00:06:37,090 That's triple bottom line! Okay? 161 00:06:37,090 --> 00:06:40,084 A year ago today, I was invited to the New York Academy of Medicine. 162 00:06:40,084 --> 00:06:44,030 I thought this concept of designing a strong and healthy New York 163 00:06:44,030 --> 00:06:47,001 made sense, especially when the resources were free. 164 00:06:47,001 --> 00:06:48,079 So thank you all and I love them. 165 00:06:48,079 --> 00:06:51,081 They introduced me to the New York City Strategic Alliance for Health, 166 00:06:51,081 --> 00:06:54,077 again, free resources, don't waste them. 167 00:06:54,077 --> 00:06:56,092 And what do you know? Six months later, 168 00:06:56,092 --> 00:07:00,002 my school and my kids were awarded the first ever 169 00:07:00,002 --> 00:07:03,070 high school award of excellence for creating a healthy school environment. 170 00:07:03,070 --> 00:07:05,083 The greenest class in New York City. 171 00:07:05,083 --> 00:07:08,027 But more importantly is my kids learned to get, 172 00:07:08,027 --> 00:07:09,090 they learned to give. 173 00:07:09,090 --> 00:07:12,037 And we took the money that we made from our farmer's market, 174 00:07:12,037 --> 00:07:13,082 and started buying gifts for the homeless 175 00:07:13,082 --> 00:07:15,026 and for needy around the world. 176 00:07:15,026 --> 00:07:16,067 So we started giving back. 177 00:07:16,067 --> 00:07:19,017 And that's when I realized that the greening of America 178 00:07:19,017 --> 00:07:22,040 starts first with the pockets, then with the heart 179 00:07:22,040 --> 00:07:23,062 and then with the mind. 180 00:07:23,062 --> 00:07:25,095 So we were onto something, and we're still onto something. 181 00:07:25,095 --> 00:07:27,079 And thank God Trinity Wall Street noticed, 182 00:07:27,079 --> 00:07:31,002 because they gave us the birth of Green Bronx Machine. 183 00:07:31,002 --> 00:07:32,083 We're 3,000 strong right now. 184 00:07:32,083 --> 00:07:34,015 And what does it really do? 185 00:07:34,015 --> 00:07:36,018 It teaches kids to re-vision their communities, 186 00:07:36,018 --> 00:07:39,023 so when they grow up in places like this, they can imagine it like this. 187 00:07:39,023 --> 00:07:41,037 And my kids, trained and certified -- 188 00:07:41,037 --> 00:07:43,036 Ma, you get the tax abatement. Thank you, Mayor Bloomberg -- 189 00:07:43,036 --> 00:07:47,007 can take communities that look like this and convert them into things that look like that, 190 00:07:47,007 --> 00:07:50,046 and that to me, people, is another true "sí se puede" moment. 191 00:07:50,046 --> 00:07:52,054 Now, how does it start? It starts in schools. 192 00:07:52,054 --> 00:07:54,026 No more little Knicks and little Nets. 193 00:07:54,026 --> 00:07:57,067 Group by broccoli, group by your favorite vegetable, 194 00:07:57,067 --> 00:07:59,030 something you can aspire to. 195 00:07:59,030 --> 00:08:01,035 Okay? And these are my future farmers of America, 196 00:08:01,035 --> 00:08:03,082 growing up in Brook Park on 141st Street, 197 00:08:03,082 --> 00:08:05,055 the most migrant community in America. 198 00:08:05,055 --> 00:08:07,064 When tenacious little ones learn how to garden like this, 199 00:08:07,064 --> 00:08:10,000 it's no wonder we get fruit like that. 200 00:08:10,000 --> 00:08:11,099 And I love it! And so do they. 201 00:08:11,099 --> 00:08:14,090 And we're building teepees in neighborhoods that were burning down. 202 00:08:14,090 --> 00:08:17,027 And that's a true "sí se puede" moment. 203 00:08:17,027 --> 00:08:20,065 And again, Brook Park feeds hundreds of people 204 00:08:20,065 --> 00:08:23,007 without a food stamp or a fingerprint. 205 00:08:23,007 --> 00:08:25,012 The poorest congressional district in America, 206 00:08:25,012 --> 00:08:28,031 the most migratory community in America, we can do this. 207 00:08:28,031 --> 00:08:32,001 Bissel Gardens is cranking out food in epic proportions, 208 00:08:32,001 --> 00:08:34,032 moving kids into an economy they never imagined. 209 00:08:34,032 --> 00:08:36,078 Now, somewhere over the rainbow, my friends, 210 00:08:36,078 --> 00:08:40,051 is the South Bronx of America. And we're doing it. 211 00:08:40,051 --> 00:08:43,036 How does it start? Well, look at Jose's attention to detail. 212 00:08:43,036 --> 00:08:46,000 Thank God Omar knows that carrots come from the ground, 213 00:08:46,000 --> 00:08:47,058 and not aisle 9 at the supermarket 214 00:08:47,058 --> 00:08:50,037 or through a bullet-proof window or through a piece of styrofoam. 215 00:08:50,037 --> 00:08:53,007 And when Henry knows that green is good, so do I. 216 00:08:53,007 --> 00:08:56,012 And when you expand their palates, you expand their vocabulary. 217 00:08:56,012 --> 00:08:59,076 And most importantly, when you put big kids together with little kids, 218 00:08:59,076 --> 00:09:02,010 you get the big fat white guy out of the middle, which is cool, 219 00:09:02,010 --> 00:09:05,054 and you create this kind of accountability amongst peers, which is incredible. 220 00:09:05,054 --> 00:09:08,012 God, I'm going to run out of time, so I've gotta keep it moving. 221 00:09:08,012 --> 00:09:11,033 But this is my weekly paycheck for kids; that's our green graffiti. 222 00:09:11,033 --> 00:09:12,099 This is what we're doing. 223 00:09:12,099 --> 00:09:17,047 And behold the glory and bounty that is Bronx County. 224 00:09:17,047 --> 00:09:20,081 Nothing thrills me more than to see kids pollinating plants instead of each other. 225 00:09:20,081 --> 00:09:22,097 I gotta tell you, I'm a protective parent. 226 00:09:22,097 --> 00:09:24,051 But those kids are the kids who are now putting 227 00:09:24,051 --> 00:09:26,039 pumpkin patches on top of trains. 228 00:09:26,039 --> 00:09:29,023 We're also designing coin ponds for the rich and affluent. 229 00:09:29,023 --> 00:09:30,094 We're also becoming children of the corn, 230 00:09:30,094 --> 00:09:33,054 creating farms in the middle of Fordham Road for awareness 231 00:09:33,054 --> 00:09:35,009 and window bottles out of garbage. 232 00:09:35,009 --> 00:09:36,089 Now I don't expect every kid to be a farmer, 233 00:09:36,089 --> 00:09:40,025 but I expect you to read about it, write about it, blog about it, offer outstanding customer service. 234 00:09:40,025 --> 00:09:42,074 I expect them to be engaged, and man, are they! 235 00:09:42,074 --> 00:09:45,012 So that's my incredible classroom, that's the food. 236 00:09:45,012 --> 00:09:48,092 Where does it go? Zero miles to plate, right down into the cafeteria. 237 00:09:48,092 --> 00:09:51,000 Or more importantly, to local shelters, 238 00:09:51,000 --> 00:09:53,036 where most of our kids are getting one to two meals a day. 239 00:09:53,036 --> 00:09:55,004 And we're stepping it up. 240 00:09:55,004 --> 00:09:57,061 No Air Jordans were ever ruined on my farm. 241 00:09:57,061 --> 00:10:00,089 And in his day, a million dollar gardens and incredible installations. 242 00:10:00,089 --> 00:10:02,052 Let me tell you something, people. 243 00:10:02,052 --> 00:10:06,043 This is a beautiful moment. 244 00:10:06,043 --> 00:10:09,062 Black field, brown field, toxic waste field, battlefield -- 245 00:10:09,062 --> 00:10:12,047 we're proving in the Bronx that you can grow anywhere, on cement. 246 00:10:12,047 --> 00:10:16,039 And we take orders for flowers. I'm putting the bake sale to shame. 247 00:10:16,039 --> 00:10:18,042 We take orders now. I'm booking for the spring. 248 00:10:18,042 --> 00:10:21,079 And these were all grown from seeds. We're learning everything. 249 00:10:21,079 --> 00:10:24,069 And again, when you can take kids from backgrounds as diverse 250 00:10:24,069 --> 00:10:26,074 as this to do something as special as this, 251 00:10:26,074 --> 00:10:28,047 we're really creating a moment. 252 00:10:28,047 --> 00:10:31,019 Now, you may ask about these kids. 253 00:10:31,019 --> 00:10:34,037 Forty percent attendance to 93 percent attendance. 254 00:10:34,037 --> 00:10:37,026 All start overage and under-credit. 255 00:10:37,026 --> 00:10:41,019 They are now, my first cohort is all in college, earning a living wage. 256 00:10:41,019 --> 00:10:43,047 The rest are scheduled to graduate this June. 257 00:10:43,047 --> 00:10:46,042 Happy kids, happy families, happy colleagues. 258 00:10:46,042 --> 00:10:50,056 Amazed people. The glory and bounty that is Bronx County. 259 00:10:50,056 --> 00:10:52,082 Let's talk about mint. Where is my mint? 260 00:10:52,082 --> 00:10:55,001 I grow seven kinds of mint in my class. 261 00:10:55,001 --> 00:10:57,016 Mojitos, anybody? I'll be at Telepan later. 262 00:10:57,016 --> 00:11:00,036 But, understand this is my intellectual Viagra. 263 00:11:00,036 --> 00:11:03,056 Ladies and gentlemen, I gotta move quick, but understand this: 264 00:11:03,056 --> 00:11:06,029 The borough that gave us baggy pants and funky fresh beats 265 00:11:06,029 --> 00:11:08,044 is becoming home to the organic ones. 266 00:11:08,044 --> 00:11:11,038 My green [unclear] 25,000 pounds of vegetables, 267 00:11:11,038 --> 00:11:14,069 I'm growing organic citizens, engaged kids. 268 00:11:14,069 --> 00:11:17,040 So help us go from this to this. 269 00:11:17,040 --> 00:11:20,069 Self-sustaining entities, 18 months return on investment, 270 00:11:20,069 --> 00:11:22,088 plus we're paying people living wage and health benefits, 271 00:11:22,088 --> 00:11:24,074 while feeding people for pennies on the dollar. 272 00:11:24,074 --> 00:11:28,036 Martin Luther King said that people need to be uplifted with dignity. 273 00:11:28,036 --> 00:11:31,062 So here in New York, I urge you, my fellow Americans, 274 00:11:31,062 --> 00:11:34,027 to help us make America great again. 275 00:11:34,027 --> 00:11:36,021 It's simple. Share your passion. 276 00:11:36,021 --> 00:11:38,064 It's real easy. Go see these two videos, please. 277 00:11:38,064 --> 00:11:41,054 One got us invited to the White House, one's a recent incarnation. 278 00:11:41,054 --> 00:11:44,017 And most importantly, get the biggest bully out of schools. 279 00:11:44,017 --> 00:11:46,028 This has got to go tomorrow. 280 00:11:46,028 --> 00:11:48,034 People, you can all do that. 281 00:11:48,034 --> 00:11:51,057 Keep kids out of stores that look like this. 282 00:11:51,057 --> 00:11:53,027 Make them a healthy plate, 283 00:11:53,027 --> 00:11:56,002 especially if you can pick it off the wall in your own classroom -- delicioso! 284 00:11:56,002 --> 00:11:59,036 Model good behavior. Get them to a green cart. 285 00:11:59,036 --> 00:12:01,057 Big kids love strawberries and bananas. 286 00:12:01,057 --> 00:12:04,059 Teach them entrepreneurship. Thank God for GrowNYC. 287 00:12:04,059 --> 00:12:07,082 Let them cook. Great lunch today, let them do culinary things. 288 00:12:07,082 --> 00:12:09,074 But most importantly, just love them. 289 00:12:09,074 --> 00:12:12,005 Nothing works like unconditional love. 290 00:12:12,005 --> 00:12:15,026 So, my good friend Kermit said it's not easy being green. 291 00:12:15,026 --> 00:12:17,094 It's not. I come from a place where kids can buy 292 00:12:17,094 --> 00:12:20,097 35 flavors of blunt wrap at any day of the moment, 293 00:12:20,097 --> 00:12:23,062 where ice cream freezers are filled with slushy malt liquor. 294 00:12:23,062 --> 00:12:28,001 Okay? My dear friend Majora Carter once told me, 295 00:12:28,001 --> 00:12:31,027 we have everything to gain and nothing to lose. 296 00:12:31,027 --> 00:12:33,052 So here, and at a time when we've gone from 297 00:12:33,052 --> 00:12:36,008 the audacity to hope to hope for some audacity, 298 00:12:36,008 --> 00:12:37,097 I urge you to do something. 299 00:12:37,097 --> 00:12:39,044 I urge you to do something. 300 00:12:39,044 --> 00:12:41,019 Right now, we're all tadpoles, 301 00:12:41,019 --> 00:12:44,048 but I urge you to become a big frog and take that big, green leap. 302 00:12:44,048 --> 00:12:47,078 I don't care if you're on the left, on the right, up the middle, wherever. 303 00:12:47,078 --> 00:12:51,054 Join me. Use -- I've got a lot of energy. Help me use it. 304 00:12:51,054 --> 00:12:54,017 We can do something here. 305 00:12:54,017 --> 00:12:56,084 And along the way, please take time to smell the flowers, 306 00:12:56,084 --> 00:12:58,038 especially if you and your students grew them. 307 00:12:58,038 --> 00:13:00,098 I'm Steve Ritz, this is Green Bronx Machine. 308 00:13:00,098 --> 00:13:04,034 I've got to say thank you to my wife and family, for my kids, 309 00:13:04,034 --> 00:13:06,010 thank you for coming every day, and for my colleagues, 310 00:13:06,010 --> 00:13:07,054 believing and supporting me. 311 00:13:07,054 --> 00:13:09,067 We are growing our way into a new economy. 312 00:13:09,067 --> 00:13:12,087 Thank you, God bless you and enjoy the day. I'm Steve Ritz. 313 00:13:12,087 --> 00:13:15,004 Sí se puede! 314 00:13:15,004 --> 00:13:20,041 (Applause)	Translation - Spanish Un torbellino de energía e ideas, Stephen Ritz es profesor en el recio barrio del sur del Bronx, en Nueva York, donde él y sus muchachos cultivan jardines exuberantes que ofrecen alimentos, verdor y trabajo. Trate de mantenerse al día con este tesoro de Nueva York mientras gira a través de las muchas, muchas maneras que hay de cultivar esperanza en un barrio que muchos han descartado, o en el suyo propio. 1 00:00:00,042 --> 00:00:01,074 Buenas tardes. 2 00:00:01,074 --> 00:00:04,068 no soy agricultor. 3 00:00:04,068 --> 00:00:05,062 (Risas) 4 00:00:05,062 --> 00:00:09,017 Soy padre de familia, soy residente y soy profesor. 5 00:00:09,017 --> 00:00:10,073 Y este es mi mundo. 6 00:00:10,073 --> 00:00:12,035 Y a lo largo del camino he comenzado a notar 7 00:00:12,035 --> 00:00:13,082 que ya voy por la tercera generación de niños 8 00:00:13,082 --> 00:00:15,007 que se están volviendo más gordos. 9 00:00:15,007 --> 00:00:16,023 Se están enfermando. 10 00:00:16,023 --> 00:00:18,021 Además de estas complejidades, 11 00:00:18,021 --> 00:00:20,012 Me he enterado que el 70% de los niños que veo 12 00:00:20,012 --> 00:00:22,014 que han sido clasificados con discapacidades de aprendizaje no lo estarían 13 00:00:22,014 --> 00:00:24,049 de haber recibido alimentación prenatal adecuada. 14 00:00:24,049 --> 00:00:28,017 Estas verdades de mi comunidad son simples. Son así. 15 00:00:28,017 --> 00:00:30,090 Los niños no deberían tener que crecer y ver cosas como esta. 16 00:00:30,090 --> 00:00:33,004 Y como siguen perdiéndose empleos en mi comunidad, 17 00:00:33,004 --> 00:00:35,099 y la energía continúa exportada, 18 00:00:35,099 --> 00:00:41,032 no es para sorprender realmente que algunos consideren al sur de Bronx un desierto. 19 00:00:41,032 --> 00:00:43,092 Pero yo soy el estudiante de sexto grado más viejo de la historia, 20 00:00:43,092 --> 00:00:46,056 todos los días me levanto con un gran entusiasmo 21 00:00:46,056 --> 00:00:48,089 y espero compartirlo con usted durante todo el día. 22 00:00:48,089 --> 00:00:52,037 Y en esa disposición, vengo a ustedes con esta idea 23 00:00:52,037 --> 00:00:54,084 de que los niños no deberían tener que irse de sus comunidades 24 00:00:54,084 --> 00:00:56,022 para vivir, aprender y ganar más dinero en otra comunidad mejor. 25 00:00:56,022 --> 00:00:57,086 Así es que estoy aquí para contarles una historia sobre mí. 26 00:00:57,086 --> 00:01:01,038 Y esa pared que encontré afuera, y que ahora estoy trayendo adentro. 27 00:01:01,038 --> 00:01:03,012 La historia comienza con tres personas. 28 00:01:03,012 --> 00:01:05,020 El profersor loco, ese soy yo, el de la izquierda, 29 00:01:05,020 --> 00:01:08,058 Me visto bien, gracias a mi esposa, te quiero por conseguirme un buen traje 30 00:01:08,058 --> 00:01:10,024 el apasionado presidente de mi barrio 31 00:01:10,024 --> 00:01:12,079 y un muchacho llamado George Irwin de la compañía Green Living Technologies 32 00:01:12,079 --> 00:01:14,005 quien me ayudó con mi clase 33 00:01:14,005 --> 00:01:16,054 y a involucrarme con esta patente de tecnología. 34 00:01:16,054 --> 00:01:19,041 Pero todo comenzó con unas semillas en las aulas, 35 00:01:19,041 --> 00:01:22,006 En mi aula, que se ve así. 36 00:01:22,006 --> 00:01:27,071 Y estoy aquí con la esperanza de que mis logros excedan mi entendimiento. 37 00:01:27,071 --> 00:01:29,041 Realmente se trata de eso. 38 00:01:29,041 --> 00:01:31,015 Y todo comienza con niños increíbles como éste, 39 00:01:31,015 --> 00:01:32,087 que vienen temprano y se quedan hasta tarde. 40 00:01:32,087 --> 00:01:35,084 Todos mis niños son estudiantes de IEP ó de ELL, 41 00:01:35,084 --> 00:01:37,060 la mayoría de ellos tienen muchas discapacidades, 42 00:01:37,060 --> 00:01:40,015 la mayoría no tienen hogares y muchos están en hogares temporales. 43 00:01:40,015 --> 00:01:42,040 Casi todos mis niños viven por debajo de la línea de pobreza. 44 00:01:42,040 --> 00:01:45,082 Pero desde el primer día, estamos cultivando esas semillas en mi aula, 45 00:01:45,082 --> 00:01:48,001 y así se ve mi aula. 46 00:01:48,001 --> 00:01:50,061 Ya ven qué atentos están estos niños a estas semillas. 47 00:01:50,061 --> 00:01:55,005 Y luego uno nota que esas semillas se convierten en granjas a lo largo del Bronx y lucen así. 48 00:01:55,005 --> 00:01:59,027 Pero como dije, no soy agricultor. Soy profesor. 49 00:01:59,027 --> 00:02:01,093 Y no me gusta el deshierbe, ni el trabajo agotador. 50 00:02:01,093 --> 00:02:04,005 Por eso quería encontrar la forma de alcanzar este tipo de éxito 51 00:02:04,005 --> 00:02:06,042 en algo pequeño, en algo así, 52 00:02:06,042 --> 00:02:09,021 y traerlo a mi aula para que los niños con discapacidades puedan hacerlo, 53 00:02:09,021 --> 00:02:10,094 los niños que no quieren estar afuera puedan hacerlo, 54 00:02:10,094 --> 00:02:12,024 y cada uno de ellos pueda acceder. 55 00:02:12,024 --> 00:02:14,037 Así es que llamé a George Irwin, ¿qué haces ahora? 56 00:02:14,037 --> 00:02:18,003 El vino a mi aula y construimos una pared comestible de interiores. 57 00:02:18,003 --> 00:02:21,038 Y lo que hacemos lo acompañamos con experiencias de auténtico aprendizaje, 58 00:02:21,038 --> 00:02:23,009 aprendizaje privado. 59 00:02:23,009 --> 00:02:25,071 Y hete aquí que dimos a luz 60 00:02:25,071 --> 00:02:27,096 a la primera pared comestible de la ciudad de Nueva York. 61 00:02:27,096 --> 00:02:29,012 Así es que si tienes hambre párate y come. 62 00:02:29,012 --> 00:02:30,094 Puedes hacerlo ahora mismo. Mis niños juegan a la vaca todo el tiempo. 63 00:02:30,094 --> 00:02:34,029 ¿Sí? Pero si recién estábamos empezando, 64 00:02:34,029 --> 00:02:35,066 A los niños les encantó la tecnología, 65 00:02:35,066 --> 00:02:38,001 así es que llamamos a George y le dijimos:"Tenemos que aprender más". 66 00:02:38,001 --> 00:02:40,086 Alcalde Bloomberg, muchas gracias, pero ya no necesitamos permisos de trabajo, 67 00:02:40,086 --> 00:02:43,064 que requieren de licencia y seguro estamos disponibles para usted 68 00:02:43,064 --> 00:02:45,064 Decidimos ir a Boston. 69 00:02:45,064 --> 00:02:48,007 Y mis niños, que provienen del distrito del congreso más pobre de Estados Unidos, 70 00:02:48,007 --> 00:02:51,034 se convirtieron en los primeros en instalar una pared verde, 71 00:02:51,034 --> 00:02:53,062 diseñada por una computadora, con instrumentos de aprendizaje-verdaderamente vivos, 72 00:02:53,062 --> 00:02:55,017 21 historias si piensan visitarla, 73 00:02:55,017 --> 00:02:57,023 se encuentra en la parte alta del edificio John Hancock. 74 00:02:57,023 --> 00:03:00,002 Pero cerca de donde vivimos, comenzamos a instalar estas paredes en los colegios 75 00:03:00,002 --> 00:03:01,094 se ven así, con iluminación como esa, 76 00:03:01,094 --> 00:03:05,003 verdadero LED, tecnología del siglo XXI. 77 00:03:05,003 --> 00:03:07,035 Y ¿qué creen? Hicimos dinero del siglo XXI, 78 00:03:07,035 --> 00:03:10,017 y eso fue revolucionario. ¡Guau! 79 00:03:10,017 --> 00:03:12,098 Esta es mi cosecha, la gente. 80 00:03:12,098 --> 00:03:15,074 ¿Y qué haces con esta comida? ¡La comes! 81 00:03:15,074 --> 00:03:18,064 Y esos son mis legados, mis estudiantes y esa salsa que preparan 82 00:03:18,064 --> 00:03:21,010 con tenedores de plástico, y entramos a la cafetería, 83 00:03:21,010 --> 00:03:23,030 y cultivamos, y alimentamos a los profesores. 84 00:03:23,030 --> 00:03:25,051 Y esa es la fuerza de trabajo más joven certificada a nivel nacional 85 00:03:25,051 --> 00:03:28,034 de los Estados Unidos con nuestro presidente del barrio de Bronx. 86 00:03:28,034 --> 00:03:31,024 ¿Y qué hicimos después? Pues, conocí gente simpática como Uds. 87 00:03:31,024 --> 00:03:32,098 y nos invitaron a las villas Hampton. 88 00:03:32,098 --> 00:03:35,025 por eso lo llamo "del sur de Bronx al sur de Hampton". 89 00:03:35,025 --> 00:03:37,075 Y comenzamos a instalarlas en los techos, se ven así, 90 00:03:37,075 --> 00:03:40,004 y vinimos de vecindarios indigentes 91 00:03:40,004 --> 00:03:43,061 para construir paisajes como éste. ¡Guau! La gente los notó. 92 00:03:43,061 --> 00:03:45,060 Y nos invitaron nuevamente el verano pasado, 93 00:03:45,060 --> 00:03:47,036 y de hecho nos mudamos a las villas Hampton, 94 00:03:47,036 --> 00:03:50,019 pagamos $3,500 semanales por una casa, y aprendimos a movernos con el oleaje. 95 00:03:50,019 --> 00:03:52,096 Y cuando puedes hacer cosas como esta 96 00:03:52,096 --> 00:03:56,018 Estos son mis niños presentando esta tecnología, 97 00:03:56,018 --> 00:03:58,072 y si puedes construir un techo así 98 00:03:58,072 --> 00:04:01,013 en una casa con ese aspecto 99 00:04:01,013 --> 00:04:03,094 con sedum que se ve así, 100 00:04:03,094 --> 00:04:06,068 Este el nuevo grafiti verde. 101 00:04:06,068 --> 00:04:10,019 Uds. se preguntarán, una pared como esta, 102 00:04:10,019 --> 00:04:12,075 además de cambiar el paisaje y las mentes, ¿en qué ayuda a los niños? 103 00:04:12,075 --> 00:04:14,064 Pues bien, les diré en qué les ayuda. 104 00:04:14,064 --> 00:04:16,096 Me permite conocer a contratistas increíbles como este, 105 00:04:16,096 --> 00:04:19,011 Jim Ellenberger, de Servicios Ellenberger. 106 00:04:19,011 --> 00:04:21,085 Y aquí se produce un balance financiero, ambiental y social, 107 00:04:21,085 --> 00:04:25,034 porque Jim se dio cuenta de que estos niños, mis futuros agricultores, 108 00:04:25,034 --> 00:04:28,022 tenían realmente lo que él necesitaba, la capacidad de contruir casas económicas 109 00:04:28,022 --> 00:04:30,042 para los neoyorquinos, en sus propios vecindarios. 110 00:04:30,042 --> 00:04:32,076 Y esto es lo que mis niños están haciendo: ganar un salario. 111 00:04:32,076 --> 00:04:35,060 Ahora, si Uds. son como yo, viven en un edificio junto con otras siete personas 112 00:04:35,060 --> 00:04:37,062 desempleadas, que buscan manejar un millón de dólares. 113 00:04:37,062 --> 00:04:40,003 Yo no tengo. Pero si ustedes necesitan arreglar su inodoro 114 00:04:40,003 --> 00:04:42,004 o, ya saben, algunos estantes, tengo que esperar seis meses 115 00:04:42,004 --> 00:04:44,049 para conseguir una cita con alguien que maneja un auto mucho mejor que el mío. 116 00:04:44,049 --> 00:04:46,027 Esa es la belleza de esta economía. 117 00:04:46,027 --> 00:04:49,060 Mis niños ahora tienen licencia y trabajan con seguro. 118 00:04:49,060 --> 00:04:52,058 Y ese es mi primer estudiante en abrir una cuenta bancaria, el primero de su familia en tener una. 119 00:04:52,058 --> 00:04:55,099 Este estudiante inmigrante es el primero de su familia en usar un cajero automático. 120 00:04:55,099 --> 00:04:58,037 Y estos son los verdaderos logros financieros, ambientales y sociales, 121 00:04:58,037 --> 00:05:00,063 puesto que podemos tomar vecindarios indigentes que fueron abandonados 122 00:05:00,063 --> 00:05:03,055 y convertirlos en algo así, con interiores como éste. 123 00:05:03,055 --> 00:05:05,063 ¡Guau! La gente lo notó. Y lo comentaron. 124 00:05:05,063 --> 00:05:09,012 Y entonces la CNN nos llamó, y estuvimos encantados de que vinieran a nuestro mercado de agricultores. 125 00:05:09,012 --> 00:05:11,069 Y cuando el Centro Rockefeller, la NBC, 126 00:05:11,069 --> 00:05:13,059 nos preguntaron: ¿pueden poner esta cosa arriba en las paredes? Estuvimos encantados. 127 00:05:13,059 --> 00:05:17,058 Pero esto que les muestro, cuando niños del distrito más pobre de Estados Unidos 128 00:05:17,058 --> 00:05:20,031 pueden construir una pared de 9 mts. por 15 mts. 129 00:05:20,031 --> 00:05:23,047 diseñarla, plantarla e instalarla en el corazón de Nueva York, 130 00:05:23,047 --> 00:05:25,049 eso es un verdadero "sí se puede". 131 00:05:25,049 --> 00:05:27,087 Realmente escolástico, en mi opinión. 132 00:05:27,087 --> 00:05:30,014 y esto no es una imagen de Getty 133 00:05:30,014 --> 00:05:32,072 Esa es una fotografía que tomé del presidente del Bronx 134 00:05:32,072 --> 00:05:35,094 dirigiéndose a mis niños en su casa, no en la prisión, 135 00:05:35,094 --> 00:05:37,048 reconociéndoles su participación. 136 00:05:37,048 --> 00:05:39,084 Ese es Gustavo Rivera, nuestro senador del estado, y Bob Bieder, 137 00:05:39,084 --> 00:05:42,044 vinieron a mi aula para hacer sentir a mis niños importantes. 138 00:05:42,044 --> 00:05:44,015 Y cuando el presidente del Bronx viene 139 00:05:44,015 --> 00:05:46,034 y el senador del estado viene a nuestra aula, 140 00:05:46,034 --> 00:05:50,008 créanme, Bronx puede cambiar de actitud. 141 00:05:50,008 --> 00:05:51,060 Estamos preparados, listos, deseosos y capaces 142 00:05:51,060 --> 00:05:54,080 de exportar nuestro talento y diversidad en formas que nunca habíamos imaginado. 143 00:05:54,080 --> 00:05:56,087 Y cuando el senador local se sube a una balanza en público 144 00:05:56,087 --> 00:06:00,008 y dice que tiene adelgazar, ¡Yo también! 145 00:06:00,008 --> 00:06:02,095 Y les digo algo, lo estoy haciendo y mis niños también. 146 00:06:02,095 --> 00:06:05,003 ¿De acuerdo? Y algunas celebridades también han comenzado. 147 00:06:05,003 --> 00:06:07,004 Frutas y vegetales Pete no puede creer lo que estamos cultivando. 148 00:06:07,004 --> 00:06:09,026 Lorna Sass vino y donó libros. 149 00:06:09,026 --> 00:06:11,049 ¿Sí? Estamos alimentando a personas de edad. 150 00:06:11,049 --> 00:06:15,005 Y cuando nos dimos cuenta de que estábamos cultivando justicia en el Sur de Bronx, 151 00:06:15,005 --> 00:06:16,094 la comunidad internacional también lo reconoció. 152 00:06:16,094 --> 00:06:18,050 Y mis niños del sur del Bronx ganaron buena reputación 153 00:06:18,050 --> 00:06:20,068 en la primera conferencia internacional de techos verdes. 154 00:06:20,068 --> 00:06:22,011 Y eso es sencillamente magnífico. 155 00:06:22,011 --> 00:06:23,072 ¿Y qué sucedió a nivel local? 156 00:06:23,072 --> 00:06:26,079 Pues bien, conocimos a Avis Richards, y su campaña educativa Ground Up 157 00:06:26,079 --> 00:06:29,015 ¡Increíble!, a través de ella, mis niños, 158 00:06:29,015 --> 00:06:31,028 los más excluidos y marginados, 159 00:06:31,028 --> 00:06:35,004 pudieron crear 100 jardines en escuelas públicas de Nueva York. 160 00:06:35,004 --> 00:06:37,090 Eso es balance financiero, ambiental y social, ¿de acuerdo? 161 00:06:37,090 --> 00:06:40,084 Un día como hoy, hace un año, me invitaron a la Academia de Medicina de Nueva York. 162 00:06:40,084 --> 00:06:44,030 Pensé que este concepto de diseñar un Nueva York fuerte y saludable 163 00:06:44,030 --> 00:06:47,001 tenía sentido, sobre todo cuando los recursos son gratis. 164 00:06:47,001 --> 00:06:48,079 Así es que les agradecí y los amo. 165 00:06:48,079 --> 00:06:51,081 Me presentaron a la Alianza Estratégica para la Salud de Nueva York, 166 00:06:51,081 --> 00:06:54,077 nuevamente, recursos gratis, no los desperdicié. 167 00:06:54,077 --> 00:06:56,092 ¿Y, uno qué sabe? Seis meses más tarde, 168 00:06:56,092 --> 00:07:00,002 mi escuela y mis niños ganaron el primer premio en excelencia, nunca antes entregado, 169 00:07:00,002 --> 00:07:03,070 a una escuela secundaria, por crear un entorno escolar saludable. 170 00:07:03,070 --> 00:07:05,083 El aula más verde de la ciudad de Nueva York. 171 00:07:05,083 --> 00:07:08,027 Pero lo más importante es que mis niños aprendieron a recibir, 172 00:07:08,027 --> 00:07:09,090 y aprendieron a dar. 173 00:07:09,090 --> 00:07:12,037 Y tomamos el dinero que ganamos en nuestro mercado agrícola, 174 00:07:12,037 --> 00:07:13,082 y compramos regalos para los sin techo 175 00:07:13,082 --> 00:07:15,026 y para las personas necesitadas del mundo. 176 00:07:15,026 --> 00:07:16,067 Comenzamos a retribuir. 177 00:07:16,067 --> 00:07:19,017 Y fue entonces cuando me di cuenta de que el movimiento verde de EE.UU. 178 00:07:19,017 --> 00:07:22,040 comienza primero en el bolsillo, luego en el corazón 179 00:07:22,040 --> 00:07:23,062 y después en la mente. 180 00:07:23,062 --> 00:07:25,095 Así es que estábamos en el camino correcto, y aún lo estamos. 181 00:07:25,095 --> 00:07:27,079 Y gracias a la Trinidad, Wall Street lo notó, 182 00:07:27,079 --> 00:07:31,002 ellos facilitaron el nacimiento de la máquina verde del Bronx. 183 00:07:31,002 --> 00:07:32,083 ahora mismo tenemos la fuerza de 3000. 184 00:07:32,083 --> 00:07:34,015 ¿Y qué es lo que esto permite? 185 00:07:34,015 --> 00:07:36,018 Enseña a los niños a re-imaginar sus comunidades, 186 00:07:36,018 --> 00:07:39,023 y entonces cuando crecen en lugares como este, pueden imaginarlos de esta forma. 187 00:07:39,023 --> 00:07:41,037 Y mis niños, entrenados y con certificado 188 00:07:41,037 --> 00:07:43,036 Ah, y ustedes pueden reducir sus impuestos. Gracias, alcalde Bloomberg 189 00:07:43,036 --> 00:07:47,007 se puede trabajar en comunidades que se ven así y convertirlas en algo como eso, 190 00:07:47,007 --> 00:07:50,046 y eso para mí, gente, es otro momento verdadero de "sí se puede". 191 00:07:50,046 --> 00:07:52,054 Ahora, ¿cómo se comienza? Se comienza en las escuelas. 192 00:07:52,054 --> 00:07:54,026 No más pequeños préstamos ni pequeñas redes. 193 00:07:54,026 --> 00:07:57,067 Agrúpalos por brócolis, o de acuerdo con tu vegetal favorito, 194 00:07:57,067 --> 00:07:59,030 algo a lo que se pueda aspirar. 195 00:07:59,030 --> 00:08:01,035 ¿De acuerdo? Y estos son mis futuros agricultores de EE.UU. 196 00:08:01,035 --> 00:08:03,082 Si crecen en la calle 141 de Brook Park, 197 00:08:03,082 --> 00:08:05,055 la comunidad más migrante de los Estados Unidos. 198 00:08:05,055 --> 00:08:07,064 Donde pequeños, tenaces niños aprenden a cultivar de esta forma, 199 00:08:07,064 --> 00:08:10,000 no es de sorprender que se obtengan frutas como esa. 200 00:08:10,000 --> 00:08:11,099 Y ¡me encanta! Y a ellos también. 201 00:08:11,099 --> 00:08:14,090 Estamos construyendo estructuras tipo tipis en vecindarios que estaban siendo quemados. 202 00:08:14,090 --> 00:08:17,027 Y ese es otro momento verdadero de "sí se puede". 203 00:08:17,027 --> 00:08:20,065 Y nuevamente, Brook Park alimenta a cientos de personas 204 00:08:20,065 --> 00:08:23,007 sin usar estampillas de comida o huella digitales. 205 00:08:23,007 --> 00:08:25,012 El distrito más pobre de los Estados Unidos, 206 00:08:25,012 --> 00:08:28,031 la mayor comunidad migratoria de EE.UU., sí podemos hacerlo. 207 00:08:28,031 --> 00:08:32,001 El vecindario Bissel Gardens está produciendo comida en proporciones épicas, 208 00:08:32,001 --> 00:08:34,032 movilizando a los niños dentro de una economía que ellos nunca imaginaron. 209 00:08:34,032 --> 00:08:36,078 Ahora, mis amigos, en algún lugar del arco iris, 210 00:08:36,078 --> 00:08:40,051 se encuentra el sur del Bronx de los EE.UU. Y nosotros lo estamos haciendo. 211 00:08:40,051 --> 00:08:43,036 ¿Cómo comenzó? Pues, observen la atención que José presta a los detalles. 212 00:08:43,036 --> 00:08:46,000 Gracias a Dios, Omar sabe que las zanahorias vienen de la tierra, 213 00:08:46,000 --> 00:08:47,058 y no de la sección 9 del supermercado 214 00:08:47,058 --> 00:08:50,037 o a través de una ventana a prueba de balas, sobre un trozo de polietileno. 215 00:08:50,037 --> 00:08:53,007 Y si Henry sabe que lo verde es bueno, yo también lo sé. 216 00:08:53,007 --> 00:08:56,012 Y cuando expandes sus paladares, expandes su vocabulario. 217 00:08:56,012 --> 00:08:59,076 Y lo más importante, cuando juntas a niños ya grandes con niños pequeños, 218 00:08:59,076 --> 00:09:02,010 sacas al tipo blanco y gordo del medio, y eso es grandioso, 219 00:09:02,010 --> 00:09:05,054 y creas este sentido de responsabilidad entre iguales, lo cual es increíble. 220 00:09:05,054 --> 00:09:08,012 Dios, se me acaba el tiempo, tengo que apurarme. 221 00:09:08,012 --> 00:09:11,033 Pero este es mi cheque semanal para los niños; ese es nuestro grafiti verde. 222 00:09:11,033 --> 00:09:12,099 Esto es lo que estamos haciendo. 223 00:09:12,099 --> 00:09:17,047 Y he aquí la gloria y la abundancia del Condado de Bronx. 224 00:09:17,047 --> 00:09:20,081 Nada me conmueve más que ver a los niños polinizando plantas, en lugar de polinizarse unos a otros. 225 00:09:20,081 --> 00:09:22,097 Tengo que admitirlo, soy un padre protector. 226 00:09:22,097 --> 00:09:24,051 pero esos niños son los niños que ahora ponen 227 00:09:24,051 --> 00:09:26,039 parches de calabazas encima de los trenes. 228 00:09:26,039 --> 00:09:29,023 También estamos diseñando estanques para carpas koi. 229 00:09:29,023 --> 00:09:30,094 También nos estamos convirtiendo en los hijos del maíz, 230 00:09:30,094 --> 00:09:33,054 creamos granjas en medio de la calle Fordham para concientizar 231 00:09:33,054 --> 00:09:35,009 y jardines para ventanas con botellas de la basura. 232 00:09:35,009 --> 00:09:36,089 Yo no espero que todos los niños se conviertan en agricultores, 233 00:09:36,089 --> 00:09:40,025 pero sí espero que usted lea sobre esto, que escriba, que haga un blog, que ofrezca un servicio al cliente excepcional. 234 00:09:40,025 --> 00:09:42,074 Espero que ellos se comprometan y, caramba, ¡sí que lo hacen! 235 00:09:42,074 --> 00:09:45,012 Así es que esa es mi aula increíble, esa es la comida. 236 00:09:45,012 --> 00:09:48,092 ¿Adónde va? A cero millas del plato, directamente a la cafetería. 237 00:09:48,092 --> 00:09:51,000 o, lo que es más importante, va a albergues locales, 238 00:09:51,000 --> 00:09:53,036 donde la mayoría de nuestros niños obtienen una ó dos comidas diarias. 239 00:09:53,036 --> 00:09:55,004 Y estamos incrementándolos. 240 00:09:55,004 --> 00:09:57,061 Ningún zapato Air Jordans fue nunca arruinado en mi granja. 241 00:09:57,061 --> 00:10:00,089 Y en su día, jardines de un millón de dólares e instalaciones increíbles. 242 00:10:00,089 --> 00:10:02,052 Déjenme decirles algo. 243 00:10:02,052 --> 00:10:06,043 Este es un momento muy bonito. 244 00:10:06,043 --> 00:10:09,062 Campos negros, marrones, con basura tóxica, campos de batalla-- 245 00:10:09,062 --> 00:10:12,047 En Bronx estamos probando que se puede cultivar en cualquier parte, en cemento. 246 00:10:12,047 --> 00:10:16,039 Y tomamos pedidos de flores. Estoy avergonzando a los pasteleros. 247 00:10:16,039 --> 00:10:18,042 Tomamos pedidos ahora. Reservo para la primavera. 248 00:10:18,042 --> 00:10:21,079 Y todo esto creció de semillas. Estamos aprendiendo de todo. 249 00:10:21,079 --> 00:10:24,069 Como digo, cuando se juntan niños con características tan diversas 250 00:10:24,069 --> 00:10:26,074 como estas, para hacer algo tan especial como esto, 251 00:10:26,074 --> 00:10:28,047 Realmente estamos creando un momento. 252 00:10:28,047 --> 00:10:31,019 Ahora, se preguntarán sobre estos niños. 253 00:10:31,019 --> 00:10:34,037 Asistían entre el 40% y el 93% 254 00:10:34,037 --> 00:10:37,026 Todos comenzaron atrasados en edad y con créditos insuficientes. 255 00:10:37,026 --> 00:10:41,019 Ahora, mi primer grupo ya está en la universidad, y gana un salario. 256 00:10:41,019 --> 00:10:43,047 Los demás se graduarán en junio. 257 00:10:43,047 --> 00:10:46,042 Niños felices, familias felices, colegas felices. 258 00:10:46,042 --> 00:10:50,056 Gente asombrada. La gloria y abundancia del condado de Bronx. 259 00:10:50,056 --> 00:10:52,082 Hablemos sobre la menta. ¿Dónde está mi menta? 260 00:10:52,082 --> 00:10:55,001 Cultivo siete clases de menta en mi aula. 261 00:10:55,001 --> 00:10:57,016 ¿Alguien desea mojitos? Estaré más tarde en Telepan. 262 00:10:57,016 --> 00:11:00,036 Comprendan, esta es mi viagra intelectual. 263 00:11:00,036 --> 00:11:03,056 Damas y caballeros, me tengo que mover rápido, comprendan esto: 264 00:11:03,056 --> 00:11:06,029 El barrio que nos dio pantalones holgados y ritmos musicales curiosos 265 00:11:06,029 --> 00:11:08,044 se está convirtiendo en hogar de los orgánicos. 266 00:11:08,044 --> 00:11:11,038 con 11,000 kilos de vegetales. 267 00:11:11,038 --> 00:11:14,069 Estoy cultivando ciudadanos orgánicos, niños comprometidos. 268 00:11:14,069 --> 00:11:17,040 Así es que ayúdennos a ir de esto a eso. 269 00:11:17,040 --> 00:11:20,069 Entidades autosostenibles, retorno de la inversión en 18 meses, 270 00:11:20,069 --> 00:11:22,088 además estamos ayudando a pagar el salario y el seguro de salud de personas, 271 00:11:22,088 --> 00:11:24,074 a la vez que alimentamos a otros por centavos de dólar. 272 00:11:24,074 --> 00:11:28,036 Martin Luther King dijo que las personas deben ser levantadas con dignidad. 273 00:11:28,036 --> 00:11:31,062 Así es que aquí en Nueva York, yo les insto, compatriotas, 274 00:11:31,062 --> 00:11:34,027 a que nos ayuden a hacer Estados Unidos grandioso otra vez. 275 00:11:34,027 --> 00:11:36,021 Es sencillo. Compartan su pasión. 276 00:11:36,021 --> 00:11:38,064 Es realmente sencillo. Vayan a ver estos dos videos, por favor. 277 00:11:38,064 --> 00:11:41,054 Uno de los videos nos llevó a la Casa Blanca, el otro es una encarnación reciente. 278 00:11:41,054 --> 00:11:44,017 Y lo más importante, saquen al matón mayor de las escuelas. 279 00:11:44,017 --> 00:11:46,028 Esto se tiene que ir mañana. 280 00:11:46,028 --> 00:11:48,034 Ustedes pueden hacerlo. 281 00:11:48,034 --> 00:11:51,057 Saquen a los niños de las tiendas que se ven así. 282 00:11:51,057 --> 00:11:53,027 Háganles un plato saludable, 283 00:11:53,027 --> 00:11:56,002 sobre todo si lo pueden crear de las paredes de su propia clase ¡delicioso! 284 00:11:56,002 --> 00:11:59,036 Dénles un modelo de buen comportamiento. Consíganles un carrito verde. 285 00:11:59,036 --> 00:12:01,057 A los chicos grandes les gusta las fresas y los plátanos. 286 00:12:01,057 --> 00:12:04,059 Enséñenles a hacer negocio. Gracias a Dios por crear la ciudad de Nueva York. 287 00:12:04,059 --> 00:12:07,082 Permítanles cocinar. Tengamos un gran almuerzo hoy día, permítanles preparar comida. 288 00:12:07,082 --> 00:12:09,074 Y lo más importante, simplemente quiéranlos. 289 00:12:09,074 --> 00:12:12,005 Nada funciona mejor que el amor incondicional. 290 00:12:12,005 --> 00:12:15,026 Mi buen amigo René dijo que no es fácil ser verde. 291 00:12:15,026 --> 00:12:17,094 No lo es. Yo vengo de un lugar donde los niños pueden comprar 292 00:12:17,094 --> 00:12:20,097 pitillos de marihuana con 35 sabores diferentes, en cualquier momento del día, 293 00:12:20,097 --> 00:12:23,062 donde los congeladores de helados son llenados con licor de malta medio derretido. 294 00:12:23,062 --> 00:12:28,001 ¿comprenden? Mi querida amiga Majora Carter una vez me dijo: 295 00:12:28,001 --> 00:12:31,027 tenemos todo para ganar y nada que perder. 296 00:12:31,027 --> 00:12:33,052 Así es que, ahora que hemos pasado de tener 297 00:12:33,052 --> 00:12:36,008 la audacia de tener esperanza, a albergar la esperanza de tener audacia, 298 00:12:36,008 --> 00:12:37,097 Les insto a hacer algo. 299 00:12:37,097 --> 00:12:39,044 Les insto a hacer algo. 300 00:12:39,044 --> 00:12:41,019 Ahora mismo, todos somos renacuajos, 301 00:12:41,019 --> 00:12:44,048 pero les insto a que se conviertan en un gran sapo, que den ese gran salto. 302 00:12:44,048 --> 00:12:47,078 No me importa si Uds. están en la izquierda, la derecha, arriba del medio, dónde sea. 303 00:12:47,078 --> 00:12:51,054 Unanse a mí. Usenla. Yo tengo mucha energía. Ayúdenme a usarla. 304 00:12:51,054 --> 00:12:54,017 Aquí podemos hacer algo. 305 00:12:54,017 --> 00:12:56,084 Y en el transcurso, por favor tómense el tiempo para oler las flores, 306 00:12:56,084 --> 00:12:58,038 sobre todo si Uds. y sus alumnos las cultivaron. 307 00:12:58,038 --> 00:13:00,098 Soy Steve Ritz, esta es la Máquina Verde del Bronx. 308 00:13:00,098 --> 00:13:04,034 Tengo que agradecer a mi esposa y a mis familiares; a mis niños, 309 00:13:04,034 --> 00:13:06,010 gracias por venir todos los días, y a mi colegas, 310 00:13:06,010 --> 00:13:07,054 que creen en mí y me apoyan. 311 00:13:07,054 --> 00:13:09,067 Estamos abriéndonos camino dentro de una nueva economía. 312 00:13:09,067 --> 00:13:12,087. Gracias, que Dios los bendiga y que disfruten de su día. Yo soy Steve Ritz. 313 00:13:12,087 --> 00:13:15,004 Sí se puede! 314 00:13:15,004 --> 00:13:20,041 (Aplausos)

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Maria Magali Noriega
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Maria Magali Noriega is a Communications Specialist, and she is also an expert English to Spanish translator. She is a member of ATA: translates white papers and articles, websites contents, press releases, medical documents, video scripts, and also works doing subtitling. Two areas of expertise are microbiology and Food Safety.

She has done translations for the State of North Carolina, and for business organizations. She has also translated materials for several nonprofit organizations, helping them to put in practice alternative systems, and methodologies, like permaculture, and other environmental green practices.

She has not only worked doing translations, but also writing articles that has been published in all of the North Carolina Hispanic newspapers. She has also written video and radio scripts, and directed her own productions.

Maria Magali Noriega is a two time First Place Winner of the Excellence in Communications Award from the N.C. Government Officers, in the categories of: Feature Writing Spanish 2010, and Broadcast Public Service Announcement 2010.

Maria always goes the extra mile for her clients. She is very professional, but at the same time friendly, and easy to work with. She was born and raised in Lima, Peru. She also worked in Quito- Ecuador as a Communications Consultant before moving to USA. She has worked in these three countries doing translations from English to Spanish, creating communications strategies, and developing mass media materials. She is currently working in her own translation company.

Keywords: Document translation for business, Marketing and Public Relations, Quality control and Standards, Medical/Healthcare and Social Services, Travel and tourism, Literary/Publishing, Copywriter or editor, Proofreading, Voice Over, subtitling. See more.Document translation for business, Marketing and Public Relations, Quality control and Standards, Medical/Healthcare and Social Services, Travel and tourism, Literary/Publishing, Copywriter or editor, Proofreading, Voice Over, subtitling, Websites, Marketing, advertising and collateral, Spanish E-Learning Support, Certified and Notarized Document Translation Services, Marketing, advertising, websites, Spanish Multicultural Marketing, Spanish Document Management.. See less.

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