Detroit's climate crisis — and how to build a resilient future everywhere | Anika Goss

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🗓️ 13 July 2023

⏱️ 11 minutes

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Summary

How can cities become resilient to the shocks of climate change? As a leading force behind Detroit's ongoing revitalization, Anika Goss spends a lot of time thinking about this question. Connecting the city's industrial past to its sustainable future, she explores the link between climate vulnerability and economic inequity, offering a vision for responding to both challenges at once.

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0:00.0	Ted Audio Collective.
0:02.0	Audio Collective. I'm Elise Hugh you're listening to TED Talks Daily. The world is full of intersections.
0:16.0	For instance climate vulnerability and poverty intersect.
0:20.0	City Visionary Anika Goss lays that out with clarity in her 2023 talk from the TED
0:25.6	countdown summit in Detroit. After a sponsor message, she offers a vision for
0:30.9	responding to climate change and economic inequity at the same time.
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0:58.7	I am a third generation Detroit.
1:02.3	My grandmother moved to Detroit in 1936
1:06.3	during the Great Migration and brought all of her southern ways
1:11.3	with her.
1:12.8	She had an abundant garden
1:15.8	with flowers for butterflies and honey bees and birds.
1:20.8	She preferred to take the bus to Eastern Market,
1:24.0	to purchase all of her meat just to make sure that it was fresh.
1:28.0	She owned a home on Mendota Street
1:32.0	and knew that home ownership would create wealth and opportunity
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