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By Jamie Nesbitt
The South Bronx has witnessed the birth of hip hop, Jennifer Lopez and Al
Pacino. Now it has a front-row seat to an environmental renaissance, as the
community turns injustice into economic empowerment. With the help of
Sustainable South Bronx (SSB), a nonprofit organization dedicated to helping
the beleaguered neighborhood through environmental and economic sustainability,
ordinary residents are becoming brownfield experts thanks to the Bronx
Environmental Stewardship Training (B.E.S.T.) program.
Created in 2001 by SSB Executive Director Majora Carter to address the community’s brownfield and unemployment issues, B.E.S.T. is a 10- to 14-week crash course in stabilization,
remediation and environmental justice. Trainees can become certified in
hazardous materials handling, OSHA (students learn how to perform Phase 1
Assessments), first aid, and CPR.
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