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Virada Sustentável 2019 Event Promotes Sustainability in Favelas and Peripheries

By Clara Ferraz, Luisa Fenizola • Translation by Nadine Terasa • October 18, 2019

Clique aqui para Português Right now, from October 17 to 20, Rio de Janeiro is hosting another edition of Virada Sustentável (Sustainable Turn), an annual sustainable lifestyle event that takes place in cities throughout Brazil, […]

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5th Sustainable Favela Network Exchange of 2019: Sustainable Drumming and Favela Green Roofs

By Sofia Bazin • Translation by Edmund Ruge • October 16, 2019

Clique aqui para Português The Sustainable Favela Network (SFN) is a project of Catalytic Communities (CatComm)* designed to build and reinforce solidarity networks, bring visibility and develop joint actions to support the expansion of community-based initiatives that strengthen environmental […]

#MonitoringCrivella

Rio de Janeiro’s Landslide Mitigation Tactics, Part 1: A Technical History and Overview

By Abby Hanna • October 15, 2019

Clique aqui para Português During the first few months of 2019, the city of Rio de Janeiro experienced two major rainfall events that led to a total of 17 deaths and left hundreds homeless. With […]

#ParticipationWatch

‘It’s Either With Us or Not at All’—Popular City Planning Workshop Trains Black and Favela Leaders

By Luisa Fenizola • Translation by Sarah Jacobs • October 14, 2019

Clique aqui para Português On Saturday, September 28, an urban planning workshop took place at the Manguinhos Park Library, in Rio de Janeiro’s North Zone, organized by BR Cidades—a project that promotes building socially just […]

#HousingWatch

The Growth of the Global CLT Movement, Part 7: In Florida, CLTs as Climate Change Housing Solutions

By Priscilla Mayrink • October 8, 2019

Clique aqui para Português In celebration of the 50th anniversary of New Communities Inc., the world’s first Community Land Trust, and as planners and community members alike gather to celebrate at the Reclaiming Vacant Properties Conference 2019 in […]

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