After trying for years to convince existing green businesses to come to the South Bronx, 35-year-old Omar Freilla took matters into his own hands, launching a series of green enterprises, the first of which is about to turn a profit.

From Colorlines: “The mainstream environmental movement is full of rich, white people who try to tell people of color what to do,” says Omar Freilla, the founder of Green Worker Cooperatives, a grassroots, green enterprise in the South Bronx. In truth, he adds, the poor have to be the ones in the driver’s seat. The group’s mission statement is straightforward: “Creating green-collar jobs and worker ownership in the South Bronx…because your work shouldn’t kill you, your community or the earth.”

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