Ron Finley Garden Ted Talk
When the city tried to shut it down, finley’s fight gave voice to a larger movement that provides nourishment, empowerment, education — and healthy.
Ron finley garden ted talk. Ted blog ted blog culture a garden party with ron finley. Ron finley hosts a garden party, to plant vegetables in los angeles, with the help of 20 tedactive attendees. Ron finley describes himself as a “renegade gardener,” and he’s here to tell us all about his home, in south central, or south los angeles, as city planners attempted to rebrand the area.
Now, he's teaching others how to create healthy change in. In today’s ted talk, guerilla gardner ron finley tells the story of how he was issued a citation, and then a warrant for his arrest ron finley: The gardener and activist ron finley fought his city, and risked arrest, to plant an edible garden in front of his south central home.
Planting a vegetable garden beside a road is no longer a fineable action in los angeles. A story to inspire you and give you hope. And it's completely volunteer, and everything we do is free.
Kate torgovnick may may 13, 2013 at 1:30 pm edt. Ron finley is an artist, designer & gardener, based in los angeles. He has travelled widely talking about his work, including a ted talk watched by 3.5 million people (that’s where his nickname comes from.
Ted talk, ron finley, a guerilla gardener in south central l.a. Ted talk subtitles and transcript: If you’ve heard of ron finley, it might be because you’re one of the almost 3 million people who’ve watched his 2013 ted talk about guerrilla gardening in south los angeles.
Finley serves the community by teaching people the power of growing your own food. David lozano of san antonio was inspired to plant a community garden after watching ron finley’s talk. Food is the problem and the solution: