{"id":72039,"date":"2022-11-09T09:49:33","date_gmt":"2022-11-09T12:49:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/rioonwatch.org\/?p=72039"},"modified":"2022-11-12T15:52:14","modified_gmt":"2022-11-12T18:52:14","slug":"rio-de-janeiros-sustainable-favela-network-holds-world-cleanup-day-teach-in-in-vila-cruzeiro-favela-with-transvida-recycling-cooperative","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rioonwatch.org\/?p=72039","title":{"rendered":"Rio de Janeiro&#8217;s Sustainable Favela Network Holds World CleanUp Day Teach-In in Vila Cruzeiro Favela with Transvida Recycling Cooperative [VIDEO]"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/MrN7-WEaxTU\" width=\"1120\" height=\"630\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/bit.ly\/IntercambioRFSTransvidaROW\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span class=\"s1\"><i>Clique aqui para Portugu\u00eas<\/i><\/span><i><\/i><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/bit.ly\/RFSnoCEMnoROW\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-23766 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/rioonwatch.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/PT-e1439583827971.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"20\" height=\"20\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">On September 17, World CleanUp Day, Rio de Janeiro&#8217;s Sustainable Favela Network (<a href=\"https:\/\/bit.ly\/3nsyde6\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">SFN<\/a>) members came together with community youth in <a href=\"http:\/\/bit.ly\/2msKFwE\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Vila Cruzeiro<\/a>, in the <a href=\"https:\/\/bit.ly\/35nflU5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Penha Complex<\/a> of favelas in the city&#8217;s <a href=\"http:\/\/bit.ly\/2IgR5qe\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">North Zone<\/a>, to support the <a href=\"https:\/\/bit.ly\/3BJDnb8\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Transvida Recycling Cooperative<\/a> at a local public school, <a href=\"https:\/\/bit.ly\/3SewmWN\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Jos\u00e9 Carlos Brand\u00e3o Monteiro State School<\/a>, for a full-day program focused on solid waste. Workshops were held on composting, recycled handicraft production, vertical gardening and more, with 113 in attendance. The <a href=\"https:\/\/bit.ly\/CartilhaRFSTransvida\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">first SFN member booklet was launched in support of the Transvida Cooperative<\/a>, with SFN members distributing over 100 as they walked the community at the end of the day&#8217;s activities. <a href=\"https:\/\/bit.ly\/IntercambioRFSTransvidaVideo\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Check out the above video, activating English subtitles, on YouTube, here<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/rioonwatch.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Ilaci-Oliveira-apresenta.jpg\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-72280\" src=\"https:\/\/rioonwatch.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Ilaci-Oliveira-apresenta.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"321\" srcset=\"https:\/\/rioonwatch.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Ilaci-Oliveira-apresenta.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/rioonwatch.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Ilaci-Oliveira-apresenta-620x398.jpg 620w, https:\/\/rioonwatch.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Ilaci-Oliveira-apresenta-979x629.jpg 979w, https:\/\/rioonwatch.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Ilaci-Oliveira-apresenta-768x494.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a>Ilaci Oliveira Luiz opened the exchange by introducing the Transvida Cooperative, a socio-environmental initiative that, as she describes, works to collect and recycle the community&#8217;s waste, ensuring a more reliable source of income to <a href=\"https:\/\/bit.ly\/3lk10gG\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">waste pickers<\/a> who are among the community\u2019s most vulnerable residents. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">While developing Transvida, Oliveira noticed that many children of waste pickers accompanied their parents to help with trash collection. So she founded the <a href=\"https:\/\/bit.ly\/3BJDnb8\">Instituto Nacional Lar dos Sonhos<\/a> (The Home of Dreams National Institute) to educate and engage the children of 250 families in Vila Cruzeiro, aged 3 to 16. Her goal is to \u201cchange the fate of the next generations.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>&#8220;My hope for the future is to find a space to receive the waste pickers. Because we have no space to sort through the waste! Not even the Home of Dreams National Institute has an adequate space. This makes the work harder, but we will resolve it with with deduction. We&#8217;ve been at it for 11, 12 years. We&#8217;re force, focus and power! \u2014 Ilaci Oliveira<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The emotional opening was followed by the launch of the <a href=\"https:\/\/bit.ly\/CartilhaRFSTransvida\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">first SFN member booklet<\/a>, this one focused on recycling and solid waste and the Transvida Cooperative. The booklet was produced per a suggestion made by Oliveira in 2021 that all <a href=\"http:\/\/mapa.favelasustentavel.org\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">mapped SFN community members<\/a> have printed material that ties their projects to the network as a way to educate the community and supporters. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Next up, local youth split off for arts and crafts while the favela leaders from the Sustainable Favela Network had a round of introductions, followed by the day&#8217;s workshops.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/rioonwatch.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Grupo-de-manha.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-72281\" src=\"https:\/\/rioonwatch.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Grupo-de-manha.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2047\" height=\"735\" srcset=\"https:\/\/rioonwatch.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Grupo-de-manha.jpg 2047w, https:\/\/rioonwatch.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Grupo-de-manha-620x223.jpg 620w, https:\/\/rioonwatch.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Grupo-de-manha-1536x552.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/rioonwatch.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Grupo-de-manha-768x276.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2047px) 100vw, 2047px\" \/><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The first workshop was offered by Dona Josefa, a community organizer with grassroots group <a href=\"http:\/\/bit.ly\/2IvcGf8\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Verdejar<\/a> located in the favelas of nearby <a href=\"http:\/\/bit.ly\/2YtwzN6\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Complexo do Alem\u00e3o<\/a>. Dona Josefa introduced participants to the fundamentals of composting. She mixed a layer of soil with organic food waste and covered it up with leaves, answering questions as she went along. \u201cFood waste is not trash<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">,&#8221; she explained, &#8220;If more people composted, there would be much less trash in the streets.\u201d\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>&#8220;We must build awareness among people to separate all their residual waste, not just adults, but also kids. Everyone should be responsibie for their own waste, which we call trash, but it&#8217;s not trash: it&#8217;s recyclable and reusable!&#8221; \u2014 Dona Josefa<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/rioonwatch.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Dona-Josefa-apresenta.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-72282\" src=\"https:\/\/rioonwatch.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Dona-Josefa-apresenta.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2047\" height=\"721\" srcset=\"https:\/\/rioonwatch.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Dona-Josefa-apresenta.jpg 2047w, https:\/\/rioonwatch.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Dona-Josefa-apresenta-620x218.jpg 620w, https:\/\/rioonwatch.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Dona-Josefa-apresenta-1536x541.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/rioonwatch.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Dona-Josefa-apresenta-768x271.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2047px) 100vw, 2047px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Oliveira organized a workshop for children at the event to make musical instruments by reusing waste materials. Small plastic bottles were personalied by kids through paint, stickers, ribbons and sparkles and filled with a bit of rice. Rattles were created that are a common percussion instrument in Brazilian music.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A diverse, partially locally-produced and low-waste lunch was served by a team of women led by Ana Santos of the Serra da Miseric\u00f3rdia Integration Center (<a href=\"https:\/\/bit.ly\/3dIB8Ia\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">CEM<\/a>), who had led an <a href=\"https:\/\/bit.ly\/VideoRFSnoCEM\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">SFN exchange the prior month<\/a>. She worked with the school principal who hosted the event, Rachel de Lima, and cooking staff to produce a healthy, vegetable-based lunch, then led participants in song.<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>&#8220;As we work in the kitchen, first of all we&#8217;re talking about a kitchen replete with affection, because we&#8217;re all women. And a kitchen with even more affection because it&#8217;s inside a school! School meals are the most importante meals for our students, for a student who lives in a favela.&#8221; \u2014 Ana Santos<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<figure id=\"attachment_72283\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-72283\" style=\"width: 2048px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/rioonwatch.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Merendeiras.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-72283 size-full\" title=\"Elza Amaral (CIEP), Ana Santos (CEM), Selma Crispiniano (CIEP), Daiane Nava (Transvida Cooperative) e Sandra de Moura (Home of Dreams)\" src=\"https:\/\/rioonwatch.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Merendeiras.jpg\" alt=\"Elza Amaral (CIEP), Ana Santos (CEM), Selma Crispiniano (CIEP), Daiane Nava (Transvida Cooperative) e Sandra de Moura (Home of Dreams)\" width=\"2048\" height=\"534\" srcset=\"https:\/\/rioonwatch.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Merendeiras.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/rioonwatch.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Merendeiras-620x162.jpg 620w, https:\/\/rioonwatch.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Merendeiras-1536x401.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/rioonwatch.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Merendeiras-768x200.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2048px) 100vw, 2048px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-72283\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Elza Amaral (CIEP), Ana Santos (CEM), Selma Crispiniano (CIEP), Elizabeth, Daiane Nava (Transvida Cooperative) e Sandra de Moura (Home of Dreams)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">After lunch, F\u00e1tima de Castro Clemente, an eco-designer and environmental educator, taught how to create a vertical vegetable garden with little space and money. Using plastic bottles and a bit of rope, she showed how spices and leafy greens can be planted in the home. When asked what motivates her, she said she believes that \u201cRio\u2019s problem is trash,\u201d and that \u201cgardening can be a tool of <a href=\"http:\/\/bit.ly\/1UMSMdD\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">environmental education<\/a><\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.&#8221;\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/rioonwatch.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Horta-vertical.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-72285\" src=\"https:\/\/rioonwatch.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Horta-vertical.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2048\" height=\"1044\" srcset=\"https:\/\/rioonwatch.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Horta-vertical.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/rioonwatch.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Horta-vertical-620x316.jpg 620w, https:\/\/rioonwatch.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Horta-vertical-1234x629.jpg 1234w, https:\/\/rioonwatch.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Horta-vertical-768x392.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2048px) 100vw, 2048px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/rioonwatch.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Oficina-Abayomi.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-72385\" src=\"https:\/\/rioonwatch.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Oficina-Abayomi.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"398\" srcset=\"https:\/\/rioonwatch.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Oficina-Abayomi.jpg 1506w, https:\/\/rioonwatch.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Oficina-Abayomi-467x620.jpg 467w, https:\/\/rioonwatch.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Oficina-Abayomi-474x629.jpg 474w, https:\/\/rioonwatch.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Oficina-Abayomi-768x1020.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>Another volunteer, K\u00e1tia Freire of the Heroes Gallery Association in Greater Rio&#8217;s Belford Roxo municipality, held a workshop for youth in the creation of Abayomi dolls that are traditionally made out of scraps of cloth. As the African dolls were prepared, she told the story of how these dolls emerged. As the story goes, enslaved women in Brazil would take scraps of cloth from their own clothes to create dolls that were cherished by their children or other kids that lived in slavery. The workshop introduced a recognition of history and the black body to the day&#8217;s events, together with a tradition of reuse of materials, stimulating the children&#8217;s creativity and joy.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The last workshop of the day was organized by Valdirene Milit\u00e3o from <a href=\"https:\/\/bit.ly\/3eoyWL6\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Projeto Ricardo Barriga<\/a>, who demonstrated how to make colorful yet simple jewelry out of coffee capsules, illustrating that one&#8217;s own business can be built around reusing what is already available.<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>&#8220;Trash never leaves the planet! We have only one planet and it&#8217;s already very full. So we need to look at what we call trash, which would be that which serves no additional use, that can&#8217;t be transformed into anything else, and decide what we&#8217;re going to do with this material. What can we do to generate income from this? We need to look at the potential of what people call trash!&#8221; \u2014 Valdirene Milit\u00e3o<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/rioonwatch.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Oficina-Valdirene-Militao.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-72287\" src=\"https:\/\/rioonwatch.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Oficina-Valdirene-Militao.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2048\" height=\"1068\" srcset=\"https:\/\/rioonwatch.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Oficina-Valdirene-Militao.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/rioonwatch.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Oficina-Valdirene-Militao-620x323.jpg 620w, https:\/\/rioonwatch.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Oficina-Valdirene-Militao-1206x629.jpg 1206w, https:\/\/rioonwatch.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Oficina-Valdirene-Militao-768x401.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2048px) 100vw, 2048px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The workshops were followed by a discussion coordinated by Fabbi Silva, mobilization coordinator at <a href=\"http:\/\/bit.ly\/2KEl7rR\">Casa Fluminense<\/a>, a metropolitan organization that, among other advocacy activities, <a href=\"https:\/\/bit.ly\/3hLMOLD\">maps injustices and inequality across Greater Rio de Janeiro<\/a>. <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Silva invited the dozens of community organizers present to form groups by region and discuss issues with waste management in each of their corresponding areas. One participant talked about how the municipal waste collection utility mismanages materials separated by residents: \u201cPeople separate their trash, but when it is collected, it is mixed up again.\u201d\u00a0 Another community organizer called for community mobilization using social media platforms, where residents can discuss waste problems facing their community.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/rioonwatch.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Debate-com-Fabbi-Silva.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-72289\" src=\"https:\/\/rioonwatch.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Debate-com-Fabbi-Silva.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2048\" height=\"1542\" srcset=\"https:\/\/rioonwatch.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Debate-com-Fabbi-Silva.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/rioonwatch.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Debate-com-Fabbi-Silva-620x467.jpg 620w, https:\/\/rioonwatch.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Debate-com-Fabbi-Silva-835x629.jpg 835w, https:\/\/rioonwatch.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Debate-com-Fabbi-Silva-768x578.jpg 768w, https:\/\/rioonwatch.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Debate-com-Fabbi-Silva-678x509.jpg 678w, https:\/\/rioonwatch.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Debate-com-Fabbi-Silva-326x245.jpg 326w, https:\/\/rioonwatch.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Debate-com-Fabbi-Silva-80x60.jpg 80w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2048px) 100vw, 2048px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Meanwhile, as the day ended a two-man team led by Andr\u00e9 Rongo from <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/bit.ly\/2HHrYwa\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Rio\u2019s Graffiti Museum<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> joined the event to paint a mural at the school. Joining art and recycling, the artistic intervention called attention to the theme of recycling, involving kids and the educational space in the discussion. The artwork remained registered with its bright colors and shapes on a wall on the covered school yard: a sign language &#8220;Sustainable Favela Network&#8221; with the word &#8220;Recycling.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/rioonwatch.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Mural-RFS.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-72384\" src=\"https:\/\/rioonwatch.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Mural-RFS.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"2031\" height=\"603\" srcset=\"https:\/\/rioonwatch.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Mural-RFS.png 2031w, https:\/\/rioonwatch.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Mural-RFS-620x184.png 620w, https:\/\/rioonwatch.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Mural-RFS-1536x456.png 1536w, https:\/\/rioonwatch.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Mural-RFS-768x228.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2031px) 100vw, 2031px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/rioonwatch.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Graffiti-processo.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-72290\" src=\"https:\/\/rioonwatch.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Graffiti-processo.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"226\" srcset=\"https:\/\/rioonwatch.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Graffiti-processo.jpg 800w, https:\/\/rioonwatch.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Graffiti-processo-620x467.jpg 620w, https:\/\/rioonwatch.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Graffiti-processo-768x578.jpg 768w, https:\/\/rioonwatch.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Graffiti-processo-678x509.jpg 678w, https:\/\/rioonwatch.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Graffiti-processo-326x245.jpg 326w, https:\/\/rioonwatch.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Graffiti-processo-80x60.jpg 80w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Finally, at the end of the day, Ilaci Oliveira led exchange participants through Vila Cruzeiro, where over 100 <a href=\"https:\/\/bit.ly\/CartilhaRFSTransvida\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Transvida educational booklets<\/a> launched in the morning were handed out to residents. The group ended up at the headquarters of Lar dos Sonhos, where Oliveira and other volunteers support hundreds of community youth through a number of activities, trying to steer them onto better paths. There, she shared a heartfelt and emotional reflection on the children the organization had helped get to college and who were now working to help their community, and others they had been unable to ensure better outcomes due to the difficult circumstances faced by the surrounding community. In fact, this day had originally been scheduled for early June, only to be postponed due to Vila Cruzeiro having <a href=\"https:\/\/bit.ly\/3lTVzHp\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">just prior been victimized<\/a> by the second most deadly police massacre in Rio&#8217;s history.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">With dusk approaching, the group made its way back to the school, taking with them reflections on how sharing in knowledge, sensibilities and creativity can promote a more just and sustainable path forward.<\/span><\/p>\n<h3>Video by David Amen. Watch the video of the exchange and activate English subtitles <a href=\"https:\/\/bit.ly\/IntercambioRFSTransvidaVideo\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">here<\/a>.<\/h3>\n<h3>Don&#8217;t miss our slideshow below, or click <a href=\"https:\/\/bit.ly\/IntercambioRFSTransvidaFotos\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">here<\/a> to view on Flickr:<\/h3>\n<p><iframe src=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/slideShow\/index.gne?group_id=&amp;user_id=25093702@N00&amp;set_id=72177720302819489&amp;amp\" width=\"1030\" height=\"700\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" align=\"center\"><span data-mce-type=\"bookmark\" style=\"display: inline-block; width: 0px; overflow: hidden; line-height: 0;\" class=\"mce_SELRES_start\">\ufeff<\/span><span data-mce-type=\"bookmark\" style=\"display: inline-block; width: 0px; overflow: hidden; line-height: 0;\" class=\"mce_SELRES_start\">\ufeff<\/span><span data-mce-type=\"bookmark\" style=\"display: inline-block; width: 0px; overflow: hidden; line-height: 0;\" class=\"mce_SELRES_start\">\ufeff<\/span><span data-mce-type=\"bookmark\" style=\"display: inline-block; 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