{"id":20699,"date":"2015-03-11T08:00:37","date_gmt":"2015-03-11T11:00:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.rioonwatch.org\/?p=20699"},"modified":"2016-04-05T10:54:14","modified_gmt":"2016-04-05T13:54:14","slug":"planting-ideas-manguinhos-launches-environmental-awareness-project","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rioonwatch.org\/?p=20699","title":{"rendered":"“Planting Ideas”: Manguinhos Launches Environmental Awareness Project"},"content":{"rendered":"

Clique aqui para Portugu\u00eas\"\"<\/em><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

On Wednesday March 4\u00a0community leaders, environmental activists and young people all from the North Zone<\/a> community of\u00a0Manguinhos<\/a> gathered at the community library to launch the project Plantando Ideias<\/a>\u00a0(Planting Ideas). The initiative is a joint collaboration between Teto Verde Favela<\/a>\u00a0(Green Roof Favela) and Favela Criativa<\/a>\u00a0(Creative Favela). Throughout the afternoon, residents of Manguinhos put on a series of events, from gardening to graffiti to a rap concert, all aimed at raising environmental awareness within the community.<\/p>\n

The goal\u00a0behind the Planting Ideas\u00a0project is simple: to make favelas greener. The idea, developed by 20 year old community resident Eduardo Costa, is that by involving the community members in ecological projects and building\u00a0an environmental discourse, residents\u00a0can\u00a0improve their own attitudes toward the environment.<\/p>\n

The screening of the documentary<\/a> Teto Verde Favela\u00a0explained\u00a0the ambitions of the organization: to encourage community residents to have more plants, and in particular, plants on rooftops. Ant\u00f4nio Soares, a biologist who works closely with Teto Verde Favela, explained that they are \u201cimplementing the idea of sustainability in communities through the green roof, with a green covering not only to ease the temperature in the houses but also to make it more beautiful, to give a natural beauty to the area.\u201d<\/p>\n

The concept developed by Careca Artes, community activist and founder of the initiative, is that the plants on the rooftops absorb heat, acting as a natural cooling system for the house. Moreover, by using rainwater and household compost, the project is completely sustainable.<\/p>\n

\"Careca<\/a><\/p>\n

To complement the Teto Verde Favela\u00a0project there was a poetry recital, short story reading, rap concert and graffiti exhibition, all emphasizing one theme: environmental awareness. The cultural component was organized by young Manguinhos residents who are part of the Favela Criativa\u00a0initiative<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\"Grafitti<\/a><\/p>\n

Since September of last year,\u00a0a combination of state and private sector funding has produced R$14 million to invest across 20 pacified<\/a> favelas in projects that will \u201ccontribute to the cultural, social and economic development of the favelas\u201d through Favela Criativa. Through the program, around 400 students are provided with the help and funding they need to produce an artistic project, receive qualifications and learn about community activism. Guilherme Folly, a teacher for Favela Criativa\u00a0in Manguinhos and Turano, said that while the students work on \u201cartistic cultural projects, it is also about service to the community.\u201d<\/p>\n

Both Teto Verde Favela and Favela Criativa\u00a0emphasize the need for community residents to take initiative and improve their communities through grassroots activism. The\u00a0event was opened by Careca Artes with a very simple but effective example of how this can be done. He organized the planting of a new cactus bed around the community sports center\u00a0in order\u00a0to re-habilitate and transform an arid and dirty space into a public garden that can be enjoyed by everyone from the community.<\/p>\n

\"New<\/a><\/p>\n

Ant\u00f4nio Soares highlighted the importance of these events as demonstrations \u201cto the rest of the society<\/a> that inside the favelas there are people who think.\u201d According to him, these events\u00a0show the other similar communities and the residents of their own neighborhood that they have the capacity to produce change, to be self-sustainable<\/a>, and as Careca put it, \u201cto have a better standard of life.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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