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To some, perhaps the idea that they should look to the Bronx for true inspiration likely seems foreign.  Here are three examples of Bronx institutions and people who take my breath away and inspire me with hope as to ways to solve problems and create opportunities ...

Sustainable South Bronx (SSBX) (and its founder, Majora Carter) is truly inspirational as to how to leverage a green economy and other paths toward social equity & strength, economic performance, and greening/cleaning up some of the nation's dirtiest streets.

The Bronx Community College's Center for Sustainable Energy (CSE) providing servicesranging from training for jobs in solar installations to being on a path to being a leading biodiesel research / development center. (Note: was a key note speaker at their annual 2014 conference which gave me to learn about their programs and plans and to visit something that I'd never even heard of before, America's first hall of fame...)

And, something that I just learned about yesterday ...

Green Bronx Machine is both an institution and an individual:  Stephen Ritz. Ritz is a teacher in the poorest Congressional district in America with classrooms filled with children facing serious challenges to 'equality' in their opportunities.  And, as a teacher who any (sensible) parent would love to have their child to have, Ritz is doing more than his part to address and overcome these challenges.  

He has created a program focused on green