Clique aqui para Português On Saturday, June 29, Verdejar, a socio-environmental organization located along the edge of the Complexo do Alemão favelas in Rio de Janeiro’s North Zone, held an event to celebrate the environment […]
Clique aqui para Português Initiative: Teto Verde Favela (Green Roof Favela) Contact: Facebook | Email Year Founded: 2014 Community: Parque Arará, Benfica (North Zone) Mission: To mitigate the urban heat island effect and purify the air with […]
Clique aqui para Português A viaduct full of cultural activity that attracts local youth, and an urban park for leisure and playing sports. What is finally a reality in Madureira, in Rio’s North Zone, is […]
Clique aqui para Português The TransCarioca Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) line–an Olympic Project inaugurated two years ago–has left a trail of destruction and abandonment in the traditional neighborhood of Ramos in the Leopoldina Zone in the North […]
Clique aqui para Português “When you are fighting for your house, and your most basic needs–like safety and public health–trees are left behind. To talk to the City about the trees… I left it for last. But […]