Clique aqui para Português From August 23 to 30, Rio de Janeiro hosted the 5th The Global Summit at the Earth Sciences Museum in Urca. The event sought to give voice to the large, diverse people and organizations in attendance–around 150–that […]
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Clique aqui para Português The Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro are almost upon us, yet the city’s lack of preparedness continues to provide international media with an endless feed of concerning stories. The most […]
Clique aqui para Português For the original article by Hilaine Yaccoub* in Portuguese published by Brasil 247 click here. Hilaine Yaccoub, PhD in Anthropology of Consumption at the Fluminense Federal University (UFF), came to this conclusion after four years […]
Clique aqui para Português During the month of September 2015, a team of engineers, masons, and workers in Vale Encantado began the construction of the community’s second biodigester, this one designed as the first step towards a sewage treatment […]
Clique aqui para Português Waste management is a problem faced by virtually every favela in Rio de Janeiro. Most communities suffer inadequate or non-existent waste collection services because public agencies miscount the local population and provide inadequate services, […]