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 […]
Clique aqui para Português Initiative: Pedala Queimados (“Cycle Queimados”) Contact: Facebook | Instagram | Email Year Founded: 2016 Community: Queimados (Baixada Fluminense) Mission: To stimulate the use of cycling as a means of transportation, democratize land […]
Clique Aqui para Português On August 10, residents of the small and intimate Trapicheiros favela in Rio de Janeiro’s North Zone organized a traditional winter festival “June party” (though this one was organized in August)—to […]
Clique aqui para Português Here on RioOnWatch, we often report on community-based solutions to housing and urban development in Rio. With this focus in mind, on occasion, we may publish articles such as this one, […]
Clique aqui para Português On June 7, Carlos André do Nascimento, director of the National Organized Graffiti Workshop Space (RONGO)—a community-based arts and environmental initiative and member of Rio de Janeiro’s Sustainable Favela Network—invited Catalytic Communities* […]