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A Feast on Watermelon Rinds and Banana Peels: Favela Orgânica [PROFILE] #SustainableFavelaNetwork

By Laura Bunn • January 30, 2019

Clique aqui para Português Initiative: Favela Orgânica Contact: Facebook | Website | Email Year Founded: 2011 Community: Babilônia and Chapéu-Mangueira, South Zone Mission: Valuing and sharing the food cycle through respect and love for what nature gives us […]

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Vila Laboriaux Collective Action Builds Agroforestry System: ‘In the future, we want to occupy the UPP’

By Cheyne Bull • April 27, 2018

Clique aqui para Português Bruno Degenring, 23, Vila Laboriaux resident and Favela Verde (Green Favela) president stands in front of an orderly community garden, stunning views of Rio’s iconic Sugarloaf Mountain behind him. Degenring is […]

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‘Strollability’ of Favelas is the Focus of the 13th Annual Circulando Event in Alemão

By Luisa Fenizola • Translation by Lucy McMahon • December 22, 2017

Clique aqui para Português Following last year’s event focused on ‘reinventivity’ in favelas, the 13th edition of the event “Circulating: Dialogue and Communication in Favelas” took place on December 9 in Complexo do Alemão, in […]

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Frutchá-Workshop for Conscious, Raw, and Vegan Food in City of God #SustainableFavelaNetwork [PROFILE]

By Juliana Torres • Translation by Grace Atwell • November 24, 2017

Clique aqui para Português Initiative: Frutchá – Workshop for Conscious, Raw, and Vegan Food Contact: WhatsApp +55.21.999.714.373 | Email Year Founded: 2017 Community: City of God Mission: To provide awareness and access to healthy and conscious food […]

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Santa Teresa Cinema Hosts Debate on Trash and Screens ‘Favela as a Sustainable Model’ Film

By Sophie Pizzimenti • October 3, 2017

Clique aqui para Português On September 28 in Santa Teresa’s Cine Santa movie theater, the short film Favela as a Sustainable Model by Catalytic Communities* (CatComm) was screened as part of the Santa Na Mesa festival […]

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