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To fill in the gaps. This talk was presented to a local audience at TEDxNJIT, an independent event. TEDx was created in the spirit of TED's mission, "ideas worth spreading." It supports independent organizers who want to create a TED-like event in their own community.


Urban Renewal TED TALK
By increasing biodiversity and nurturing biological life in the soil, a regenerative agriculture practice builds a farm’s internal strength and stability, rather than a dependency on outside inputs. Charles Rosen, founder of Ironbound Hard Cider, tells how this lesson learned from working with nature – not against it – has impacted his approach to workforce development and urban renewal in Newark, NJ. Instead of following a typical strategy focused on luring in external resources, such as outside developers and white-collar corporate jobs, he is creating conditions that allow the most underserved members of the community, such as the formerly incarcerated, to participate in—and benefit from—the city's revival.

Urban Renewal TED TALK

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Let's do English ESL deep listening: focus on meaning. To fill in the gaps. This talk was presented to a local audience at TEDxNJIT, an independent event. TEDx…