Clique aqui para Português For the original article in Portuguese by Aline Lima and Marina Praça—community educators and directors of the Institute of Alternative Policies for the Southern Cone (PACS)—published on Medium click here. What […]
Clique aqui para Português In 1991, then-president Fernando Collor de Mello sent Brazil’s federal Congress a proposition of what would later become the country’s national waste management policy. The idea was to present that policy at the […]
Clique aqui para Português At an event held from December 9-15 at the Maré Museum and at the Center for Studies and Solidarity Actions of Maré (CEASM), the meaning of food sovereignty was discussed with a […]
Clique aqui para Português In Rio de Janeiro’s favelas, enterprising residents with their own businesses respond to their neighbors’ needs. In the favela complex of Maré alone, there are over 140,000 residents spread across 17 favelas. Each […]
Clique aqui para Português Initiative: Devas—Maré’s Artisans (Devas—Artesãs da Maré) Contact: Facebook | Instagram | Email Year Founded: 1996 Community: Nova Holanda, Complexo da Maré Mission: To build citizenship for women living in precarious social situations with low levels […]