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<v ->Hi, I'm Al Roker.</v>

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You know me as a host and the weather man

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at The TODAY Show, but I'm also a proud member

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of the Comcast NBCUniversal Team.

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My interest in sustainability stems

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from my professional focus on meteorology.

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Sustainability is an important focus for our company,

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and today, I'm talking with Susan Jin Davis,

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Chief Sustainability Officer for Comcast NBCUniversal

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to learn more about this important work.

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Susan, why is sustainability so important to Comcast?

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<v ->Well, I think it starts first with the fact</v>

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that we've got over 100,000 employees.

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<v ->Wow.</v>
<v ->And if engaged,</v>

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these employees can collectively do a lot of good.

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<v ->Mm-hmm.</v>
<v ->And so,</v>

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what we really start doing is saying, you know,

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how can we incorporate sustainability

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in all that we're already doing?

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<v ->Right.</v>
<v ->And really be purposeful</v>

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and thoughtful, intentional about how our operations

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affect the environment and what we can do about it.

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<v Al>You talk about environment.</v>

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we're here at Bartram Gardens.

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This is, in a way, a living embodiment

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of some of that sustainability commitment from Comcast.

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Tell me about that.

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<v ->Well, an example of how we tried</v>

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to integrate sustainability into what we do

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is with the partners, like Bartram's.

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So we spend each Comcast Cares Day coming

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to these beautiful facilities,

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and really doing good to the environment.

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We've built a compost facility,

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and we're looking at ways in which

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we can address some real food issues in Philadelphia.

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Our employees care deeply about this,

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and they're gonna be the way we get there.

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They're gonna be the way that we advance ourselves

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in the area of sustainability.

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<v ->We're here with Maitreyi Roy,</v>

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who is the Executive Director here at Bartram Gardens.

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Tell me about what goes on here.

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How do people partake in this?

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<v ->So our mission is to connect all audiences to nature.</v>

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For us, the idea that people get a chance

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to put their hands in the soil,

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grow something themselves,

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and then learn about what it takes

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to care for our natural environment is sort of our focus.

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<v ->In a real sense, this is an oasis,</v>

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in a food desert, that food is grown here,

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that people can't normally get.

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<v Maitreyi>It's exactly right.</v>

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We grow about 15,000 pounds of food

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from about an acre and a half of land,

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so it's intensive farming.

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We do it in collaboration with a group of leaders

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in the community.

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We feel like this garden is that wonderful place,

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like the great civic common,

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where our local community can come together.

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<v Sylvia>My name is Dr. Sylvia Briscoe,</v>

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and I love Bartram's because it's created a space

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for me to come and work with young people,

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work with food, work with community.

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<v Hajjah>My name is Hajjah Glover,</v>

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and this summer, I was the supervisor at Sankofa's Farm.

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For me, it's been a big part of my life,

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being able to have freshly grown organic fruits

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and vegetables here, and also,

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the fact that I'm a part of it, it means a lot to me.

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<v Ivy>My name is Ivy Harris,</v>

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and I've been coming to Bartram Gardens for about four

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or five years.

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I learned about all this by being a parent.

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Why it's important?

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To just teach her to be one with nature,

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because our health and our diet makes a difference

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with keeping our bodies healthy.

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<v ->I realize that Comcast NBCU actually has a lot of food</v>

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in its business, whether it's feeding our employees,

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our guests, whether it is in Spectacor,

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and the Wells Fargo Center here in Philadelphia,

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big venues where we show entertainment,

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and I realize, there really is a food strategy

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that Comcast can engage in,

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and Bartram's Garden is one place where we could do that.

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<v ->Susan, what are some of the goals?</v>

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I mean, almost, in a way, aspirational goals

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for our Comcast NBCUniversal,

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when it comes to sustainability?

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<v ->So our aspirational goals are to achieve</v>

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100% renewable energy, zero emissions,

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when it comes to our fleet, zero waste,

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and to achieve 500,000 green hours by 2020.

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<v ->I hope you learned more about our sustainability efforts</v>

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at Comcast NBCUniversal.

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Stay tuned as we bring you more updates,

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and remember, every small action really adds up

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to make a big difference in our environment.