by Community Contributors
pollution
Favela Culture
The Peak and Decline of Fishing in Caju
For the original by Clarisse Werneck, Daniela Pereira and Ricardo Costa in Portuguese, published in Viva Favela, click here. Whoever looks at the small dozen boats moored at the beach of Caju, amongst the sea of rubbish and mud, […]
#EvictionsWatch
Favela Não Se Cala Mobilizes Residents in Complexo do Caju
“The solution to your problems does not come from the outside!” André Constantine proclaimed before a group of residents at a meeting in Complexo do Caju on Sunday, October 6. “We are here, also ‘favelados,’ […]
#Rio2016
Could Pope Francis’ Visit (Finally) Trigger Sanitation Improvements in Manguinhos?
Clique aqui para Português For the community of Varginha in Complexo de Manguinhos, a complex of favelas in Rio’s North Zone, the imminent visit of Pope Francis this week is a great honor. Pope Francis is […]
Policies
The Paradox of ‘Sustainable’ Pollution
For the original in French by Jane Zhang on Greenetvert click here. As the world’s governments gathered to discuss sustainable development at the Rio+20 conference last year, vast heavy metal pollution from a steel plant […]