005: Team Dynamics and Giving Back to the Community with Denzel Austin Thompson

A Sustainable Mind - environment & sustainability podcast

Marjorie Alexander

Society & Culture, Science, Nature

4.6 • 588 Ratings

🗓️ 24 September 2015

⏱️ 29 minutes

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Summary

Denzel Austin Thompson grew up in North Philly. During a service trip to New Orleans he got the idea to plant urban gardens in empty lots in his neighborhood back home. He is the co-creator of the Philadelphia Urban Creators and has since received multiple awards for his continued commitment to the community and his neighbors.

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0:00.0	A Sustainable Mind, Episode 5.
0:05.0	This is A Sustainable Mind podcast, where we delve into the minds behind today's most impactful environmental campaigns, organizations, and startups, inspiring the environmental changemakers of tomorrow.
0:18.0	I'm your host, Marjor Alexander.
0:23.8	Today I'm your host, Marjorie Alexander. Today I'm excited to welcome to the show, young environmental changemaker and community
0:28.8	activist Denzel Thompson. I've actually been really excited about this interview for quite
0:33.6	some time because it is not every day that such a young person gets recognized on a national
0:38.8	level for the work that they're doing in their local community. In the case of Denzel, he had the
0:44.2	idea to create urban farms and empty lots in his own community of North Philadelphia. He received the
0:50.2	Nickelodeon Halo Award, which is given to five ordinary teens who are doing extraordinary
0:55.1	work by helping and leading others. And now at the age of 20, Denzel continues to give back
1:00.7	through urban farm management and volunteering with other local organizations.
1:05.1	Welcome to the show, Denzel. How are you?
1:07.3	Hello, I'm all right. How about yourself? I'm great. Thanks. So I wanted you to give a little bit of an introduction to who you are, what you do, and where you come from. First of all, my name is Benzel Alton Passon. That's my full name. I'm 20 years old. I'm currently trying to finish school and I'm not only doing school,
1:28.6	but I also go around. I still get back to the community. I still did my farming, even in my
1:33.2	backyard. And I also participate in various amounts of volunteering that needs help all over
1:38.0	the city, like such as, you know, animal shelters and different schools who also are in
1:43.8	fall off of gardening.
1:45.4	So I just hear and there move around and give advice as well.
1:49.2	Tell us a little bit about your childhood and how you grew up, because what I'm finding
1:53.4	is that a lot of people who are involved in environmental nonprofits and volunteer work
1:59.8	were introduced to nature early on growing up.
2:03.2	But that's not always a case for everybody.
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