Clique aqui para Português In the aftermath of the strong winds, torrential rain, flash flooding and landslides that killed seven people and left a trail of destruction and damage in favelas such as Rocinha, Vidigal, Complexo do Alemão, […]
Clique aqui para Português Initiative: Santa Marta Community Garden Contact: Community Garden Facebook | Planting Ideas Facebook | Website | Email Year Founded: 2017 Community: Santa Marta, South Zone Mission: To create a community garden that fosters environmental awareness and responsibility and produces healthy food Public Events: Gardening workshops […]
Clique aqui para Português Initiative: Horta Inteligente (“Intelligent Garden”) Contact: Facebook | Website | Email Year Founded: 2015 Community: Morro da Providência, Central Rio Mission: To collectively create new ways of inhabiting and relating to the […]
Clique aqui para Português On Saturday, February 23, community-based social and cultural development organization Instituto Raízes em Movimento (Roots in Movement Institute) hosted the event “Waste: Policies and Challenges,” bringing together local residents and guest speakers to address […]
Clique aqui para Português Originating among African-Americans in protest of the exclusion promoted by dominant economic and cultural systems, the hip hop movement easily won over Brazilian communities in the mid-1980s—ten years after taking off […]