{"id":34338,"date":"2016-12-11T10:12:24","date_gmt":"2016-12-11T13:12:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.rioonwatch.org\/?p=34338"},"modified":"2017-07-25T09:14:23","modified_gmt":"2017-07-25T12:14:23","slug":"sao-paulos-sustainable-favela-da-paz-models-green-community-building-and-a-path-to-peace","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rioonwatch.org\/?p=34338","title":{"rendered":"S\u00e3o Paulo’s Sustainable ‘Favela da Paz’ Models Green Community-Building and a Path to Peace"},"content":{"rendered":"

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

The seeds for the Favela da Paz Institute<\/a> were planted 27 years ago when Claudio Miranda began playing samba<\/a> with his friends in S\u00e3o Paulo<\/a> favela Jardim \u00c2ngela. They made their instruments out of repurposed trash, metal and buckets because it made financial sense, but this knack for sustainable<\/a> practices grew into a samba band called Poesia Samba Soul<\/a> and a sustainable community known as Favela da Paz.<\/p>\n

Inspired by a visit he took in 2009 to the <\/span>Tamera<\/span><\/a> \u201cSchool and Research Center for a Realistic Utopia\u201d in Portugal, Miranda founded the Favela da Paz Institute, an umbrella organization which houses the samba band, Poesia Samba Soul, and their recording studio; <\/span>Sustainable Periphery<\/a>,<\/span> an environmental education project begun in 2010 which provides tours and classes on how to replicate their community model<\/a>; and Project\u00a0<\/span>Vegearte<\/span><\/a>, an educational initiative to promote healthy food<\/a> and sustainable cooking using biogas.<\/span><\/p>\n

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

Claudio’s brother F\u00e1bio Miranda de Moura left his job in 2010 to dedicate himself full-time to developing Sustainable Periphery. On tours, he leads visitors through the Poesia Samba Soul studio. \u201cAfter we formed our band in 1989, we started giving classes until we reached the point where we had 300 students. They started their own bands, but up to that point they had no recording space and neither did we, so at that point we had the idea to build the studio, even though we had few\u00a0resources,\u201d F\u00e1bio remembers. To cut costs and reduce pollution, they built the studio using 80% repurposed materials, including a marble bar counter and old guitars and drums which have been turned into lamps. Pipes near the ceiling and floor which connect to the outside circulate air to keep the studio fresh without the need for costly and energy-consuming air conditioning. <\/span><\/p>\n