Description
Book SynopsisBlack and Green is a call to action for the Black community to join the green movement. The book offers insights, ideas, and strategies that demonstrate how Black people can benefit from this movement and also fuel the go-green effort. Ali builds on the premise that the call to go green has not quite resonated in the Black community and discusses several reasons as to why. Ultimately, he offers tangible benefits that Black colleges, churches, and even cities should be eager to embrace. These include better health, neighborhood crime reduction, and new jobs. This book clearly broadens the go green discussion to include the Black community in a way that is both compelling and engaging.
Trade ReviewA book from the heart and for the heart of the Black community. Make sure everyone you know reads this compelling book about saving the planet. -- Lester R. Brown, author of
Plan B 3.0: Mobilizing to Save Civilization
A marketer's gold mine! Ali combines an entertaining, yet skillful approach of connecting Black-American cultural insights with smart, well thought-out strategies, and examples to help increase Green Movement Participation among both Black and mainstream audiences....A must read for our planet and effective marketing! -- Pepper Miller, president, The Hunter-Miller Group, Inc. and co-author of What's Black About It? Insights to Increase Your Share of a Changin
The further we get away from nature the more troubles we encounter in health and education. Going green will be returning to our natural instincts. Clearly Jamal Ali understands this and has expressed it as it has never been expressed or explained before. This is a must read. -- Tyrone Powers Ph.D., director, Homeland Security and Criminal Justice Institute, author of Eyes to My Soul: The Rise or Decline of a Black FBI Agent
Jamal Ali has provided an essential framework of how we can tackle this issue with the assistance of all communities in a sustainable and practical way. -- Pamela Daniels-Halisi, senior vice-president in Community Banking
Table of Contents
Chapter 1 Preface Chapter 2 Acknowledgements Chapter 3 Introduction: Reuse Is Not New to Black People Chapter 4 Chapter 1: Going Green Starts at Home Chapter 5 Chapter 2: Rediscovering Your Neighborhood Chapter 6 Chapter 3: Food and Its Environmental Impact Chapter 7 Chapter 4: The Electric Car is Here Chapter 8 Chapter 5: Invoking Green in Education Chapter 9 Chapter 6: Cashing In on Green Chapter 10 Chapter 7: Black Institutions That Should Be Green Chapter 11 Chapter 8: Bury Me Green Chapter 12 Chapter 9: The Future of Green Chapter 13 End Notes Chapter 14 Resource Guide Chapter 15 Index
