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Community Land Trusts from Boston to Honduras, Puerto Rico to Hawaii, Go Beyond Housing to Address Climate Change and Resilience

By Bárbara Dias, Felipe Litsek • Translation by Maria Fernanda Godinho • August 24, 2024

Clique aqui para Português This is the latest in a series of articles about Community Land Trust (CLT) experiences around the world. On June 18 and 20, 2024 the 4th Annual Favela Community Land Trust […]

by Community Contributors

Rio Event Joins Organizers to Discuss Favela-Palestine Connections

By Alice Machado, Vinícius Ribeiro • Translation by Ujwala Murthy • August 7, 2024

Clique aqui para Português On Saturday, July 27, the ninth edition of Black July took place over a traditional countryside breakfast at Raízes do Brasil, space of the Small Farmers’ Movement (MPA) in Santa Teresa, […]

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World Localization Day: The Biggest Movement You May Be a Part of Without Realizing [REFERENCE]

By Sana Khan • June 21, 2024

Clique aqui para Português Each year on June 21, more and more people around the world are celebrating World Localization Day. In 2020, NGO Local Futures organized the first World Localization Day. Countless citizens, initiatives […]

Civil Society

1st National Sustainable Favela Network Exchange Expands Knowledge and Weaves Sustainability Among Favelas, Quilombos and Indigenous Communities Across Brazil [VIDEO]

By Iamê de Sá • Translation by Staff • July 31, 2023

Clique aqui para Português On June 6, 2023, 155 community organizers and allies from 12 Brazilian states—Bahia, Ceará, Mato Grosso do Sul, Minas Gerais, Pará, Pernambuco, Rio de Janeiro, Rio Grande do Norte, Rio Grande […]

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Sustainable Favela Network 5th Annual Full-Network Meet-Up: Connecting, Planning, and Ancestry in Morro do Salgueiro [VIDEO]

By Sustainable Favela Network • Translation by Staff • January 5, 2023

 Clique aqui para Português On Sunday, November 27, 2022, the Sustainable Favela Network (SFN)* held its first in-person full network meet-up since 2019, taking over the Raízes da Tijuca Carnival Bloco headquarters in Morro do […]

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