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Go Green Radio
Friday at 9 AM Pacific
October 30th 2020: L.A. Gardens That Grow Strong Communities
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On today’s episode of Go Green Radio, we’re going to talk about two very special community garden projects in Los Angeles. These gardens grow so much more than plants and food – they nourish the hearts and minds of the people in the community around them. Tune in as we talk about the USGBC-LA’s 2020 Legacy Project: the West Adams Resiliency Garden project, which centers on the needs of individuals undergoing the process of re-entry, whether returning from incarceration or recovering from other challenges such as homelessness. We will also discuss The Bay Foundation’s Table to Farm program with
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Ben Stapleton
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Ben is Executive Director at USGBC-LA. Ben launched and managed the La Kretz Innovation Campus in Downtown Los Angeles, most recently serving as SVP, Operations & Finance for the LA Cleantech Incubator (LACI). At LACI, Stapleton led major operational growth, program development, and partnerships to triple revenue for the non-profit. Simultaneously, he helped lead efforts that resulted in the La Kretz Innovation Campus becoming an iconic green building for the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power and the City of Los Angeles, with multiple certifications, as well as pilot projects targeting waste, water, and energy efficiency. Stapleton has also held the positions of Managing Director of
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Tobias Tubbs
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TOBIAS TUBBS is co-founder of Angel City Urban Farms, LLC, which has a mission to build gardens and offer healing and meaningful employment to formerly incarcerated people. He is the Chief Ambassador of the Insight Gardening program, Catalyst Program, and Words Uncaged of Lancaster Programming Facility. He also co-authored Human (2017), a book aiming to break the criminal stigma and dehumanization of people incarcerated. After 28 years in prison, Tubbs, sentenced to life in prison without parole, was released October 2018 when Former Governor Jerry Brown commuted his sentence. His work with Words Uncaged continuously tackles prison prevention, re-entry and transitioning by implementing progr
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Georgia Tunioli
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Community Engagement Program Manager, for THE BAY FOUNDATION. Georgia Tunioli is focused on implementing pollution prevention and waste reduction programs that serve communities and reduce environmental impact. Prior to joining The Bay Foundation, Georgia worked with the Center for Biological Diversity and its Climate Law Institute as a Clean Air Cities campaigner. She was also General Manager at TheKindLife.com where she oversaw content and communications. She has a B.S. in Environmental Science and B.A. International Relations with a concentration in Sustainable Development from the University of Redlands.
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Tashanda Giles
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Tashanda Giles is an environmental educator cultivating a network of like-minded individuals, organizations, and activists eager to support the learning and growth of urban youth in Los Angeles, California.
To date, Tashanda is applying innovative, relative place-based, project, and action-focused, environmental education at Environmental Charter Middle School Inglewood as a Green Ambassadors Teacher. She develops lessons that teach the importance and processes that lead to environmental and human impact. Lessons that are adapted for her student population and provides engaging learning activities through garden-based education.
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