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Cantagalo and Pavão-Pavãozinho Tackle Waste Management Issues on World Cities Day

By Jorge Sanchez Garcia • November 8, 2018

Clique aqui para Português On World Cities Day—Wednesday, October 31—Cantagalo and Pavão-Pavãozinho in Rio’s South Zone served as the meeting point for activists and community initiatives focused on waste management at the event “What do I do with […]

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Recycling to Stop Landslides: 2nd Sustainable Favela Network Exchange Visits Morro dos Prazeres

By Jessica Depies • November 6, 2018

Clique aqui para Português The Sustainable Favela Network (SFN) is a project of Catalytic Communities (CatComm)* designed to build solidarity networks, bring visibility, and develop joint actions to support the expansion of community-based initiatives that strengthen environmental sustainability and […]

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Sustainable Brazil ECCO Point #SustainableFavelaNetwork [PROFILE]

By Laura Bunn • July 24, 2018

Clique aqui para Português Initiative: Sustainable Brazil ECCO Point (ECCO Ponto Brasil Sustentável) Contact: Facebook | Website | Email Year Founded: 1999 Community: Headquarters in Honório Gurgel, North Zone, with activities in neighborhoods around metropolitan Rio Mission: To contribute […]

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Debate Discusses Government, Corporate, Civil Society, Community Approaches to Waste Management

By Sophie Pizzimenti • October 25, 2017

On Friday, October 20, the graduate economics program at Rio de Janeiro’s Fluminense Federal University (UFF) continued a series of events celebrating its 30 years of existence with a debate on the topic of community waste […]

ReciclAção's eco-bags in Morro dos Prazeres. Photo by Sophie Pizzimenti
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ReciclAção—RecyclAction—in Prazeres #SustainableFavelaNetwork [PROFILE]

By Sophie Pizzimenti • October 17, 2017

Clique aqui para Português Initiative: RecyclAction (ReciclAção) Contact: Facebook | Email Year Founded: 2013 Community: Morro dos Prazeres, Santa Teresa Mission: To orient human beings towards a different, more conscious way of seeing the environment through environmental education […]

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