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

Rio de Janeiro’s\u00a0Sustainable Favela Network (SFN)<\/a>* recently launched an update to its <\/span>Sustainable Favela Network Map<\/span><\/a>. The results were presented\u00a0during its last meeting of 2021, with 79 network members<\/a> in attendance from favelas across Greater Rio de Janeiro<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>The Sustainable Favela Network<\/a> brings together favela collectives installing solar panels, building bio-systems to treat sewage, setting up green roofs and community gardens, strengthening community belonging through grassroots museums and initiatives that act to guarantee and protect their communities, collecting their own data on public health as an advocacy tool, and much more.<\/p>\n

United in their belief that favelas are a source of solutions<\/a> and sustainability<\/a>, Sustainable Favela Network members are those facing down, every day, the challenges brought about by Rio’s chronic government neglect<\/a>. the network currently includes 195 leaders from 127 of Rio’s favelas, 70% of whom are black\/indigenous and 66% are women. The SFN also includes 232 technical allies and volunteers from numerous organizations and movements.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

The new map<\/a> includes a total 120 initiatives, located in 183 favelas across Greater Rio, some projects working in multiple communities. In 2021, the SFN organized itself according to 11 propositive thematic objectives: climate justice, socio-environmental education, <\/span>participatory policy-making, local culture and memory, food sovereignty, collective health, solidarity economy, right to sanitation, energy justice, just transport and sustainable housing. All future actions will be connected by these cross-cutting themes. In 2022, the network will be carrying out a large-scale climate justice project that will include numerous collective actions, trainings, media campaigns and the setting up of decentralized solar and green infrastructure systems.<\/span><\/p>\n

The Importance of Mapping Community Solutions<\/b><\/h3>\n
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City of God’s Alfazendo project has been applying Freirian socio-environmental education in the community’s schools for over 20 years.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Asset-Based Community Development <\/span><\/a>(ABCD), which has been growing worldwide<\/a> over the past thirty years, <\/span>is a more effective strategy for urban and community development than historical alternatives, whether in the presence of or without government investment. ABCD is employed by the Sustainable Favela Network, and involves focusing development strategies on the talents available in each community and in the potential of people, projects and territories, seeking to identify opportunities and investments for community development.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Based on ABCD principles, the SFN launched<\/a> the Map’s first edition<\/a> in 2017<\/span>. The new map<\/a> offers robust possibilities for research, including a calculator and filters.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

The user can, for example, conduct a precise search for SFN projects led by women, using a 100% volunteer team and focused on a specific Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) or on a specific SFN objective, or projects that were active during the pandemic:<\/span><\/p>\n