Majora Carter

President MCG Consulting

  • The Bronx NY

MacArthur "genius" Fellow; One of 6 talks that launched TED.com in '06; Peabody Award winning broadcaster with ThePromisedLand.org; and Urba

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Biography

She’s probably the only person to receive: an award from John Podesta’s Center For American Progress, AND a Liberty Medal for Lifetime Achievement from Rupert Murdoch’s: New York Post.Fast Company Magazine named her one of the 100 Most Creative People in Business, The NY Times described her as “The Green Power Broker“, and the Ashoka Foundation’s Changemakers.org recently dubbed Majora Carter:
“The Prophet of Local”

Majora hosts the Peabody Award winning public-radio series: The Promised Land, and serves on the boards of the US Green Building Council, and The Wilderness Society.
She has a long list of awards and honorary degrees, including a MacArthur “genius” Fellowship.

She founded and led Sustainable South Bronx, from 2001 to 2008 — when few were talking about “sustainability“; and even fewer, in places like The South Bronx.

By 2003, Majora coined the term: “Green The Ghetto” as she pioneered one of the nation’s first urban green-collar job training & placement systems, and spearheaded legislation that fueled demand for those jobs. Majora’s 2006 TEDtalk was one of 6 presentations to launch that groundbreaking website.

Since 2008, her consulting company has exported Climate Adaptation, Urban Micro-AgriBusiness, and Leadership Development strategies for Business, Government, Foundations, Universities, and economically under-performing Communities.

Industry Expertise

Law Enforcement
Design
Real Estate Dev/Ops
Environmental Services
Transportation/Trucking/Railroad

Areas of Expertise

Visionary Leadership
Cost Reductions Through Smart Planning
Small Business Incubation

Accomplishments

Honorary Degrees

Sterling College – Honorary Doctorate of Humane Letters
Green Mountain College – Honorary Doctorate of Laws
Conway School of Landscape Design – Honorary MLA
York College/CUNY – Honorary PhD
The New School University – Honorary PhD
Mercy College – Honorary PhD

Peabody Award

2008-01-01

For the public radio show The Promised Land (thepromisedland.org) which Majora hosts and produces

MacArthur "genius" Fellow

2006-01-01

Education

New York University

MFA

Creative Writing

1997

Wesleyan University

BA

Film

1988

Stephen J. Ross Prize (Film Studies)

Affiliations

  • Board Member US Green Building Council, Board Member The Wilderness Society

Event Appearances

Green The Ghetto

TED  Monterey, CA

2006-03-13

Sample Talks

Home(town) Security

Majora builds on her groundbreaking 2006 TED talk to share experiences with others doing similar work across the US.

Style

Availability

  • Keynote
  • Moderator
  • Host/MC

Fees

$15000 to $30000*Will consider certain engagements for no fee