by Community Contributors
Sustainable Glass
Clique aqui para Português Climbing one of the many slopes of Morro da Pedreira in Costa Barros in Rio de Janeiro’s North Zone, you might not guess you’d find a father up here with a […]
Sustainability
Favela Culture
Discover Favela Design!
Clique aqui para Português The exhibition O Design da Favela (Favela Design) at the Centro Carioca de Design (Carioca Design Center) is currently showing 125 pieces by artists, artisans and inventors from 15 communities in Rio de Janeiro, with […]
Interviews & Profiles
Sitiê: From Dump to Eco-Park in Vidigal [IMAGES]
Clique aqui para Português Dull concrete, broken equipment and sparse vegetation compose Vidigal‘s official “Ecological Park.” Like many residents, Felipe Paiva of Cidade Unida (“United City”) wasn’t impressed. His voice carried more than a hint […]
#GentrificationWatch
Sewers and Symbols in a Pacified Rocinha
By official count, 102,000 residents animate the streets of Rocinha, Brazil’s most populous single favela community. 10,000 mototaxis buzz up and down the uneven landscape. But what called my attention this past Friday was the […]
Policies
Waste Land Pickers Struggle from Landfill Closure
As the closing of Rio’s giant Jardim Gramacho landfill is presented at Rio+20 as an example of substituting an untreated open facility for a modern waste treatment plant, the community that worked there as the […]