{"id":79868,"date":"2024-10-16T10:48:32","date_gmt":"2024-10-16T13:48:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/rioonwatch.org\/?p=79868"},"modified":"2024-10-18T10:02:29","modified_gmt":"2024-10-18T13:02:29","slug":"rio-de-janeiro-hosts-1st-sustainable-favela-festival-festival-bringing-together-100-activities-from-90-favelas-open-to-all-and-free-of-charge-release","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rioonwatch.org\/?p=79868","title":{"rendered":"Rio de Janeiro Hosts 1st ‘Sustainable Favela Festival Festival’ Bringing Together 100 Activities from 90 Favelas\u2014Open to All and Free of Charge [RELEASE]"},"content":{"rendered":"

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100 ACTIVITIES, INCLUDING PERFORMANCES, WORKSHOPS FOR ALL AGES, DISCUSSION CIRCLES, FILMS, EXHIBITIONS, BOOTHS, FAIR, AND THERAPIES, SPREAD ACROSS 6 DIFFERENT SPACES AT RIO’S ICONIC DOWNTOWN FUNDI\u00c7\u00c3O PROGRESSO.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

This Saturday, October 19, the Sustainable Favela Network will host its first large-scale event open to the public after seven years of growing activity. The inaugural edition of the Sustainable Favela Festival: Favela Solutions at the Center will be a major solutions festival, bringing together over 1,300 residents from 90 favelas across Greater Rio, as well as the general public, at an iconic downtown cultural occupation. The event will feature over 100 activities, including artistic performances, workshops for adults and children, discussion circles, films, exhibitions, booths, a fair, and therapies. <\/em>Check out the program brochure<\/a> and program on Instagram<\/a>.\u00a0<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

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1st Sustainable Favela Festival: <\/b>FAVELA SOLUTIONS AT THE CENTER
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October 16, 2024\u2014This Saturday, October 19, 2024, the 1st Sustainable Favela Festival – Favela Solutions at the Center <\/strong>will take place at Fundi\u00e7\u00e3o Progresso in downtown Rio de Janeiro, from 9am to 5pm, featuring 100 activities and completely free of charge. The festival will occupy this iconic space of cultural production in the heart of downtown Rio de Janeiro with knowledge, technologies, and products generated in the favelas of Greater Rio by 100 socio-environmental community-based organizations<\/strong> and allies of the Sustainable Favela Network. The public, of all ages, is invited to join in learning and exchanging ideas, breaking down historical barriers, and recognizing the power and potential of Rio’s favelas.<\/p>\n

Introduction to the Festival<\/b><\/h3>\n

\"\"<\/a>The Sustainable Favela Network<\/a> has been growing since 2017, and is now made up of 700 members, including community organizers from over 300 favelas and technical allies, working together to fight for climate justice by realizing the potential of favelas as models of sustainable communities.<\/p>\n

These community groups and allies will host their 1st Sustainable Favela Festival this Saturday at Fundi\u00e7\u00e3o Progresso, located in Lapa, downtown Rio de Janeiro. The festival will showcase socio-environmental and cultural solutions, with activities and discussions from the Sustainable Favela Network aimed at the general public. From cultural performances, hands-on workshops, and discussion circles to exhibitions, booths, a fair, and therapies, the side area of Fundi\u00e7\u00e3o Progresso, just below the emblematic Lapa Arches, will be buzzing with solutions and hope generated by the city’s favelas.<\/p>\n

The program includes<\/a>…
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