BIG: Blacks in Green

BIG™ is a national network, one of America’s most diverse eco-orgs, and a thought leader in green community economic development for communities of color. We serve as bridge and catalyst among communities and their stakeholders in the design and development of green, self-sustaining, mixed-income, walkable-villages within black neighborhoods. We teach Grannynomics™ and Green-Village-Building™ - a whole-system solution for the whole-system problems common to black communities everywhere. They highlight the health/wealth opportunities of the new green economy, the conservation lifestyle, and train community activists to lead where they live. We foster "walk-to-work, walk-to-shop, walk-to-learn, walk-to-play villages." We aim to increase household income by increasing the rate at which neighbor-owned businesses are created and sustained, thus keeping resident money active locally, supporting community self‐interests, and preserving the heritage of a place.