{"id":82092,"date":"2025-11-11T14:02:14","date_gmt":"2025-11-11T17:02:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/rioonwatch.org\/?p=82092"},"modified":"2025-11-19T14:39:54","modified_gmt":"2025-11-19T17:39:54","slug":"2nd-sustainable-favela-festival-favelas-at-the-center-of-climate-solutions-brings-together-1300-people-and-launches-cop30-letter-from-the-worlds-informal-settlement","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rioonwatch.org\/?p=82092","title":{"rendered":"In Rio, 2nd Sustainable Favela Festival \u2018Favelas at the Center of Climate Solutions\u2019 Engages 1300 and Launches \u2018COP30 Letter From the World\u2019s Informal Settlements\u2019: \u2018Nothing That Impacts Us, Without Us!\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/XMiU7CR0Jmg?si=4N4dLcV68jVPQvfJ\" width=\"1030\" height=\"563\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><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; 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><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/bit.ly\/4qEYT9r\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong><em>Clique aqui para Portugu\u00eas<\/em><\/strong><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-23766 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rioonwatch.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/PT-e1439583827971.png\" width=\"20\" height=\"20\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><em>Bringing together <a href=\"https:\/\/bit.ly\/VideoFFS2\">1,300 people<\/a> on Saturday, October 18, at <a href=\"https:\/\/bit.ly\/3U8tgGA\">Fundi\u00e7\u00e3o Progresso<\/a> in <a href=\"https:\/\/bit.ly\/2ZqMubI\">Lapa<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/bit.ly\/2X5DZ4e\">downtown<\/a> Rio de Janeiro, the <a href=\"https:\/\/bit.ly\/SFF2ROWRelease\">2nd Sustainable Favela Festival<\/a> featured <a href=\"https:\/\/bit.ly\/ProgramacaoFFS\">140 activities<\/a> in a rich exchange of grassroots solutions from 100 favelas, shared with the wider public. Active since 2017, the Sustainable Favela Network (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.favelasustentavel.org\/about\">SFN<\/a>)*\u2014the event\u2019s organizer\u2014is now made up of 1,000 members from over 300 favelas, united in the fight for <a href=\"https:\/\/bit.ly\/ClimateJustFavelas\">climate justice<\/a>. In addition to this official coverage of the 2nd Sustainable Favela Festival, we are also publishing two complementary articles: one on the festival&#8217;s food sovereignty activities and another on its environmental education initiatives.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<p>One of the highlights of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.favelasustentavel.org\/festival-favela-sustentavel\">2nd Sustainable Favela Festival<\/a> was the launch of the <a href=\"https:\/\/bit.ly\/SignedCOPLetter\">COP30 Letter From the World&#8217;s Informal Settlements<\/a>. The manifesto is a collective creation developed by over 100 SFN members and technical allies, aiming to assert the leadership and central role of favelas, traditional and peripheral communities at the 30th United Nations Climate Change Conference (<a href=\"https:\/\/bit.ly\/46CgTs6\">COP30<\/a>)\u2014a global event focused on actions to fight <a href=\"https:\/\/bit.ly\/4b5DiiO\">climate change<\/a>, which will take place in Bel\u00e9m do Par\u00e1, Brazil, from November 10\u201321.<\/p>\n<h3><a href=\"https:\/\/bit.ly\/VideoFFS2\">Click here to watch the moving 10-minute video of the festival with English subtitles<\/a>.<\/h3>\n<p>The event opened with words of welcome by Theresa Williamson, Executive Director of Catalytic Communities (<a href=\"https:\/\/bit.ly\/SiteCatComm\">CatComm<\/a>)*\u2014the Sustainable Favela Network&#8217;s managing organization\u2014and by Thaysa Santos, network and team member. They welcomed everyone and provided guidance on the spaces and the full day\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.favelasustentavel.org\/atividade\/programacao-ffs-2025\">extensive program of activities<\/a>. Soon after, the intergenerational percussion group Misturidades, from <a href=\"https:\/\/bit.ly\/425jjO6\">Casa de Santa Ana<\/a> in <a href=\"https:\/\/bit.ly\/3hcAybH\">City of God<\/a>, kicked off the day\u2019s cultural performances.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_82094\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-82094\" style=\"width: 2560px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/rioonwatch.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/A-abertura-oficial-do-Festival-Favela-Sustentavel-foi-realizada-por-Theresa-Williamson-e-Thaysa-Santos.-Foto-Barbara-Dias-scaled-1.jpg\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-82094 size-full\" title=\"The Sustainable Favela Festival was officially opened by Theresa Williamson and Thaysa Santos. Right after, the percussion group Misturidades\u2014whose name plays on the group\u2019s mix of ages and generations\u2014from Casa de Santa Ana in City of God performed. Photo: B\u00e1rbara Dias\" src=\"https:\/\/rioonwatch.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/A-abertura-oficial-do-Festival-Favela-Sustentavel-foi-realizada-por-Theresa-Williamson-e-Thaysa-Santos.-Foto-Barbara-Dias-scaled-1.jpg\" alt=\"The Sustainable Favela Festival was officially opened by Theresa Williamson and Thaysa Santos. Right after, the percussion group Misturidades\u2014whose name plays on the group\u2019s mix of ages and generations\u2014from Casa de Santa Ana in City of God performed. Photo: B\u00e1rbara Dias\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1707\" srcset=\"https:\/\/rioonwatch.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/A-abertura-oficial-do-Festival-Favela-Sustentavel-foi-realizada-por-Theresa-Williamson-e-Thaysa-Santos.-Foto-Barbara-Dias-scaled-1.jpg 2560w, https:\/\/rioonwatch.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/A-abertura-oficial-do-Festival-Favela-Sustentavel-foi-realizada-por-Theresa-Williamson-e-Thaysa-Santos.-Foto-Barbara-Dias-scaled-1-620x413.jpg 620w, https:\/\/rioonwatch.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/A-abertura-oficial-do-Festival-Favela-Sustentavel-foi-realizada-por-Theresa-Williamson-e-Thaysa-Santos.-Foto-Barbara-Dias-scaled-1-943x629.jpg 943w, https:\/\/rioonwatch.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/A-abertura-oficial-do-Festival-Favela-Sustentavel-foi-realizada-por-Theresa-Williamson-e-Thaysa-Santos.-Foto-Barbara-Dias-scaled-1-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/rioonwatch.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/A-abertura-oficial-do-Festival-Favela-Sustentavel-foi-realizada-por-Theresa-Williamson-e-Thaysa-Santos.-Foto-Barbara-Dias-scaled-1-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/rioonwatch.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/A-abertura-oficial-do-Festival-Favela-Sustentavel-foi-realizada-por-Theresa-Williamson-e-Thaysa-Santos.-Foto-Barbara-Dias-scaled-1-2048x1366.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-82094\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Sustainable Favela Festival was officially opened by Theresa Williamson and Thaysa Santos. Right after, the percussion group Misturidades\u2014whose name plays on the group\u2019s mix of ages and generations\u2014from Casa de Santa Ana in City of God performed. Photo: B\u00e1rbara Dias<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h3>Cultural Performances<\/h3>\n<p>Throughout the day, numerous cultural performances took place on the main stage of the 2nd Sustainable Favela Festival, including: the Misturidades intergenerational percussion group (Casa de Santa Ana\/City of God); the theatrical productions <a href=\"https:\/\/bit.ly\/3Lh7tuR\"><em>Quariter\u00ea Queen, from Brazil, from the World<\/em><\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/bit.ly\/42UoqS0\"><em>And What If We Don\u2019t Quit?<\/em><\/a>\u00a0(<a href=\"https:\/\/bit.ly\/3L77Zvv\">CDDH Petr\u00f3polis<\/a>); <em>Funk and Environment<\/em> (<a href=\"https:\/\/bit.ly\/47q0bwl\">#EstudeoFunk<\/a>); ballet with the choreography <em>Story of the Black Dancer from the Community who Performed on Broadway<\/em> (<a href=\"https:\/\/bit.ly\/48Bn4gE\">Juliana Coelho Dance Company<\/a>\/<a href=\"https:\/\/bit.ly\/3heGgVd\">Cordovil<\/a>); <em>Baob\u00e1 Root<\/em> (<a href=\"https:\/\/bit.ly\/47ohzS6\">Abeb\u00e9 de Ouro Humanitarian Center\u2013CHAO<\/a>\/<a href=\"https:\/\/bit.ly\/36gSLei\">Maric\u00e1<\/a>); the Literary Soir\u00e9e (<a href=\"https:\/\/bit.ly\/3WVFl2S\">Ciranda Soir\u00e9e<\/a>\/<a href=\"https:\/\/bit.ly\/317A4Hx\">Rocinha<\/a>); <a href=\"https:\/\/bit.ly\/4hxoNYP\">Eddi MC<\/a> presenting hip-hop culture (<a href=\"https:\/\/bit.ly\/3Jsb09b\">Baixada Never Surrenders<\/a>); 180 NELES! (<a href=\"https:\/\/bit.ly\/33KbP5y\">Viradouro Cultural Artistic Occupation \u2013 OCA<\/a>\/<a href=\"https:\/\/bit.ly\/3lP5JXJ\">Complexo do Viradouro<\/a>, in <a href=\"https:\/\/bit.ly\/3hehHIy\">Niter\u00f3i<\/a>); and Bloco Afro \u00d2r\u00fanmil\u00e1 (<a href=\"https:\/\/bit.ly\/4hy6uTd\">\u00d2r\u00fanmil\u00e1 Afro Cultural Group<\/a>\/<a href=\"https:\/\/bit.ly\/2AJK5Sq\">Morro da Mineira<\/a>).<\/p>\n<h3><em>Browse the <a href=\"http:\/\/bit.ly\/FFS2FotosCultura\">Photo Album of Cultural Performances<\/a> at the 2nd Sustainable Favela Festival:\u00a0<\/em><\/h3>\n<p><a title=\"Apresenta\u00e7\u00f5es Culturais no 2\u00b0 Festival Favela Sustent\u00e1vel, 18 de outubro de 2025\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/catcomm\/albums\/72177720329965737\" data-flickr-embed=\"true\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/54887183974_2c5fe6a2d7_h.jpg\" alt=\"Apresenta\u00e7\u00f5es Culturais no 2\u00b0 Festival Favela Sustent\u00e1vel, 18 de outubro de 2025\" width=\"1600\" height=\"1200\" \/><\/a><script async src=\"\/\/embedr.flickr.com\/assets\/client-code.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3>Booths, a Fair and Solidarity Economy Workshops<\/h3>\n<p>The booths, fair, and solidarity economy workshops took place throughout the day at the Festival Market Space, featuring 50 stalls dedicated to exchanging information, selling beautiful, artisanal ecofriendly products and sharing experiences among a wide range of grassroots and favela-based collectives.<\/p>\n<p>One of the exhibitors at the 2nd Sustainable Favela Festival, Ana Beatriz Serafim, from the favela of <a href=\"https:\/\/bit.ly\/346nx9d\">Morro da Coroa<\/a>, runs a project that uses repurposed glass containers to create terrariums.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\u201cThe idea of working with glass recycling came from a kitchen where I used to work, where they&#8217;d throw away a lot of tomato sauce jars. I had the idea of making terrariums because I had already taken a gardening and environmental course, so I started researching and saw that glass is rarely recycled in Brazil. And glass is a big problem because it can take up to a million years to break down in nature\u2014it\u2019s the material that takes the longest. I think it\u2019s very important to create the habit of recycling and reusing, instead of producing more goods that consume more of nature\u2019s energy. That\u2019s how this project came about: not only as a second source of income, but also as a way to promote sustainability, recycling and reuse.\u201d \u2014 Ana Beatriz Serafim<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<figure id=\"attachment_82097\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-82097\" style=\"width: 2560px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/rioonwatch.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Ana-Beatriz-Serafim-from-Morro-da-Coroa-at-the-Reused-Packaging-Terrarium-Exhibit-booth-with-her-work-during-the-2nd-Sustainable-Favela-Festival-scaled-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-82097 size-full\" title=\"Ana Beatriz Serafim, from Morro da Coroa, showcases her work at the \u201cTerrariums Made from Reused Packaging\u201d booth during the 2nd Sustainable Favela Festival. Photo: B\u00e1rbara Dias\" src=\"https:\/\/rioonwatch.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Ana-Beatriz-Serafim-from-Morro-da-Coroa-at-the-Reused-Packaging-Terrarium-Exhibit-booth-with-her-work-during-the-2nd-Sustainable-Favela-Festival-scaled-1.jpg\" alt=\"Ana Beatriz Serafim, from Morro da Coroa, showcases her work at the \u201cTerrariums Made from Reused Packaging\u201d booth during the 2nd Sustainable Favela Festival. Photo: B\u00e1rbara Dias\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1709\" srcset=\"https:\/\/rioonwatch.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Ana-Beatriz-Serafim-from-Morro-da-Coroa-at-the-Reused-Packaging-Terrarium-Exhibit-booth-with-her-work-during-the-2nd-Sustainable-Favela-Festival-scaled-1.jpg 2560w, https:\/\/rioonwatch.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Ana-Beatriz-Serafim-from-Morro-da-Coroa-at-the-Reused-Packaging-Terrarium-Exhibit-booth-with-her-work-during-the-2nd-Sustainable-Favela-Festival-scaled-1-620x414.jpg 620w, https:\/\/rioonwatch.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Ana-Beatriz-Serafim-from-Morro-da-Coroa-at-the-Reused-Packaging-Terrarium-Exhibit-booth-with-her-work-during-the-2nd-Sustainable-Favela-Festival-scaled-1-942x629.jpg 942w, https:\/\/rioonwatch.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Ana-Beatriz-Serafim-from-Morro-da-Coroa-at-the-Reused-Packaging-Terrarium-Exhibit-booth-with-her-work-during-the-2nd-Sustainable-Favela-Festival-scaled-1-768x513.jpg 768w, https:\/\/rioonwatch.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Ana-Beatriz-Serafim-from-Morro-da-Coroa-at-the-Reused-Packaging-Terrarium-Exhibit-booth-with-her-work-during-the-2nd-Sustainable-Favela-Festival-scaled-1-1536x1025.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/rioonwatch.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Ana-Beatriz-Serafim-from-Morro-da-Coroa-at-the-Reused-Packaging-Terrarium-Exhibit-booth-with-her-work-during-the-2nd-Sustainable-Favela-Festival-scaled-1-2048x1367.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-82097\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Ana Beatriz Serafim, from Morro da Coroa, showcases her work at the \u201cTerrariums Made from Reused Packaging\u201d booth during the 2nd Sustainable Favela Festival. Photo: B\u00e1rbara Dias<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><strong>Some Participants of the Market Space:<\/strong> Recycled Crafts Exhibit (<a href=\"https:\/\/bit.ly\/41T4YF4\">Nete&#8217;s Crafts<\/a>\/<a href=\"https:\/\/bit.ly\/2XW8L4i\">Acari<\/a>); Clothesline of Wishes and Call to Action \u201cBe an Agent of Luxury from Waste\u201d (<a href=\"https:\/\/bit.ly\/3ZcIGN2\">Luxury from Waste<\/a>\/<a href=\"https:\/\/bit.ly\/2CYrDGT\">Complexo da Penha<\/a>); Rebuilding Dreams (Juntas Sustainable Collective\/<a href=\"https:\/\/bit.ly\/3tD0QVz\">Favela do Muqui\u00e7o<\/a>, Marechal Hermes); The Planet Needs Help (<a href=\"https:\/\/bit.ly\/4qr78pw\">45GERJ<\/a>\/<a href=\"https:\/\/bit.ly\/38BRUa3\">Olaria<\/a>); Terrariums Made from Reused Packaging Exhibit (Morro da Coroa); MUF Network (<a href=\"https:\/\/bit.ly\/3Evtd3k\">Favela Museum<\/a>\/Complexo do <a href=\"https:\/\/bit.ly\/2WNGH0I\">Pav\u00e3o-Pav\u00e3ozinho<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/bit.ly\/2SpKdvj\">Cantagalo<\/a>); Braiding with Art (Poder de Preta\/UNDEKE\/<a href=\"https:\/\/bit.ly\/2xzstqm\">Inha\u00fama<\/a>); Upcycle: Workshop on Making Fabric Bows for Women (<a href=\"https:\/\/bit.ly\/4oILuLR\">Edixe Social Ties<\/a>\/Campos El\u00edseos); Stencil Workshop (<a href=\"https:\/\/bit.ly\/3HoEgKg\">Mar\u00e9 Museum<\/a>); Art and Sharing Knowledge, Aromas, and Flavors: Tasting and Activity (Green Space Vegetable Garden Project\/<a href=\"https:\/\/bit.ly\/3hehHIy\">Niter\u00f3i<\/a>); See and Feel Exhibit (<a href=\"https:\/\/bit.ly\/4nx1tLU\">Favela Art<\/a>\/<a href=\"https:\/\/bit.ly\/2ImAzVp\">Complexo do Alem\u00e3o<\/a>); Make It Count (CDDH Petr\u00f3polis); Sale of Natural and Handmade Products (<a href=\"https:\/\/bit.ly\/4eko8GY\">Terra Afetiva<\/a>\/<a href=\"https:\/\/bit.ly\/2MmB6up\">S\u00e3o Jo\u00e3o de Meriti<\/a>); Sustainable Fair (Colo de M\u00e3e Community Association &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/bit.ly\/4qIeF3B\">Acolo<\/a>\/<a href=\"https:\/\/bit.ly\/34IKfog\">Madureira<\/a>); Cria Baixada Conscious Fashion (Recriar\/Semear\/Luz); Guardian\u2019s Necklace (Seeds from the Earth\/Complexo do 18, Piedade); Ana Crochet (Recanto da Areinha\/<a href=\"https:\/\/bit.ly\/2ZKEORG\">Rio das Pedras<\/a>); Sustainable Soap (Recanto da Areinha\/Rio das Pedras); Solidarity Bazaar \u201cBecause Recycling is an Act of Love\u201d (Recanto da Areinha\/Rio das Pedras); Malu\u2019s Vintage (<a href=\"https:\/\/bit.ly\/4jObeEG\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">National Movement of Positive Women Citizens<\/a>\/<a href=\"https:\/\/bit.ly\/1j33y2k\">Iraj\u00e1<\/a>); Sustainable Crafts Exhibit (<a href=\"https:\/\/bit.ly\/47fZWVM\">Marias in Action<\/a>\/<a href=\"https:\/\/bit.ly\/1LhL5ep\">Vila Kennedy<\/a>); EcoFashion Relic (<a href=\"https:\/\/bit.ly\/4oEB5Rg\">Favela In<\/a>\/Rocinha); Sustainable Clothing (Gallery of Heroes and Vila Esperan\u00e7a Capoeira Ensemble\/Furquim Mendes); Maria Biju (<a href=\"https:\/\/bit.ly\/4hUWYdb\">Maria Pimentel Marinho Women&#8217;s Movement<\/a>\/<a href=\"https:\/\/bit.ly\/3qdKYNd\">Itacolomi<\/a>); Biojewelry, Upcycle and Afro Bags (Women D\u2019art Collective\/Ladeira do Ascurra); Sale of Eco Bags, Reusable Bags and Sustainable Jewelry (Rio das Pedras Institute); Crafts Produced by the North Zone Initiative (<a href=\"https:\/\/bit.ly\/4qz8RsP\">Healthy Communities Network<\/a>); Sustainable Life Project (Porto da Pedra\/<a href=\"https:\/\/bit.ly\/2SVjMhr\">S\u00e3o Gon\u00e7alo<\/a>); Products from the Artisans of the Complexo da Coruja\/Covanca Community (<a href=\"https:\/\/bit.ly\/4qABZjr\">UNIFAMAERJ<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/bit.ly\/3JAsFeK\">Ecosol Forum<\/a>\/S\u00e3o Gon\u00e7alo); Ecosol Fair (Ecosol\/SG); Afro-Indigenous Forum (<a href=\"https:\/\/bit.ly\/3JE875d\">Ponto de Cultura Ofarere Cultural<\/a>\/<a href=\"https:\/\/bit.ly\/3tpc45G\">Tijuquinha<\/a>); Negr\u00edndia Fair (Ponto de Cultura Ofarere Cultural\/Tijuquinha); Fair of Traditional African-Derived Peoples (<a href=\"https:\/\/bit.ly\/47irkm8\">Sustainable Terreiro Institute<\/a>\/<a href=\"https:\/\/bit.ly\/377OcD6\">Sepetiba<\/a>); Agroecological Olodes (<a href=\"https:\/\/bit.ly\/4qwQrt3\">Hortel\u00e3 Collective<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/bit.ly\/48j41ap\">Vargem Grande Rural Fair<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/bit.ly\/3wty6T0\">West Zone\u2019s Web of Solidarity<\/a>); Greens and Vegetables Fair (<a href=\"https:\/\/bit.ly\/4hB9NZP\">Magic Peace Formula Agri-Culture<\/a>\/<a href=\"https:\/\/bit.ly\/48W1BkG\">Conjunto Haroldo de Andrade IV<\/a>, Barros Filho); Food Security and Sustainability (Senior Citizens\u2019 Social Garden\/<a href=\"http:\/\/bit.ly\/33uOYrJ\">Arar\u00e1<\/a>); Sewing and Sharing (<a href=\"https:\/\/bit.ly\/47P1PZM\">Parque Hor\u00e1cio Women&#8217;s Movement<\/a>\/Arar\u00e1); Duquesa Festeira Confectionery (Life&#8217;s+ Divas Women&#8217;s Movement\/<a href=\"https:\/\/bit.ly\/2wWwgyA\">Serrinha<\/a>); and <a href=\"https:\/\/bit.ly\/3IkspzQ\">Ra\u00edzes do Brasil<\/a> Craft Draft Beer (<a href=\"https:\/\/bit.ly\/3GkaOaC\">Small Farmers\u2019 Movement<\/a>).<\/p>\n<h3><em>Browse the <a href=\"http:\/\/bit.ly\/FFS2FotosFeira\">Photo Album of the Market and Health &amp; Food Justice Spaces<\/a> at the 2nd Sustainable Favela Festival:<\/em><\/h3>\n<p><a title=\"Feira, Espa\u00e7o Sa\u00fade e Alimenta\u00e7\u00e3o no 2\u00b0 Festival Favela Sustent\u00e1vel, 18 de outubro de 2025\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/catcomm\/albums\/72177720329965807\" data-flickr-embed=\"true\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/54886953516_73e979f1b9_h.jpg\" alt=\"Feira, Espa\u00e7o Sa\u00fade e Alimenta\u00e7\u00e3o no 2\u00b0 Festival Favela Sustent\u00e1vel, 18 de outubro de 2025\" width=\"1600\" height=\"1200\" \/><\/a><script async src=\"\/\/embedr.flickr.com\/assets\/client-code.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3>Health and Food Justice Space<\/h3>\n<p>The new area dedicated to health and healthy eating allowed favela-based collectives to offer agroecological lunches, as well as host discussion circles and activities focused on healthy eating, organic food production, reconnection with nature and care for the land. The space also featured activities promoting physical and mental well-being, including cycling workshops, body movement and singing sessions, capoeira, an environmental education game and waste management activities.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/bit.ly\/47sxYEX\">Carlos Greenbike<\/a>, from the <a href=\"https:\/\/bit.ly\/4lUQ8EN\">Pedala Queimados Association<\/a>, led the Bike de Cria workshop, which engaged children in a playful activity, including a session to teach basic bike repair.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\u201cThe Bike de Cria workshop provides a playful opportunity for children to take center stage. The bicycle speaks to everyone, you know? Last year, there was a girl from <a href=\"https:\/\/bit.ly\/2JpV3OV\">Provid\u00eancia<\/a> who didn\u2019t know how to ride a bike. This year, the idea is to engage with them to understand their relationship with bikes: do they know how to ride one or don&#8217;t they? And also to hold a repair workshop. If the bike&#8217;s at their house and the tire goes flat, what do they do? Do they wait until they have money to fix it, or can they make this small repair themselves and gain autonomy?\u201d \u2014 Carlos Greenbike<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<figure id=\"attachment_82099\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-82099\" style=\"width: 2048px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/rioonwatch.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Bike-de-Cria-workshop.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-82099 size-full\" title=\"Carlos Greenbike talks with participants of the \u201cBike de Cria\u201d workshop at the Health and Food Justice Space during the 2nd Sustainable Favela Festival. Photo: B\u00e1rbara Dias\" src=\"https:\/\/rioonwatch.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Bike-de-Cria-workshop.jpg\" alt=\"Carlos Greenbike talks with participants of the \u201cBike de Cria\u201d workshop at the Health and Food Justice Space during the 2nd Sustainable Favela Festival. Photo: B\u00e1rbara Dias\" width=\"2048\" height=\"1367\" srcset=\"https:\/\/rioonwatch.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Bike-de-Cria-workshop.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/rioonwatch.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Bike-de-Cria-workshop-620x414.jpg 620w, https:\/\/rioonwatch.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Bike-de-Cria-workshop-942x629.jpg 942w, https:\/\/rioonwatch.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Bike-de-Cria-workshop-768x513.jpg 768w, https:\/\/rioonwatch.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Bike-de-Cria-workshop-1536x1025.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2048px) 100vw, 2048px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-82099\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Carlos Greenbike talks with participants of the \u201cBike de Cria\u201d workshop at the Health and Food Justice Space during the 2nd Sustainable Favela Festival. Photo: B\u00e1rbara Dias<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><strong>Participants of the Health and Food Justice Space:<\/strong> Activities for Reconnecting with Nature (<a href=\"https:\/\/bit.ly\/3LhSiS7\">RJ Forest Bathing Collective<\/a>); Discussion Circle and Bike de Cria Workshop (Pedala Queimados); Bora Cri\u00e1 (<a href=\"https:\/\/bit.ly\/4okwTqe\">Casa Dois<\/a>\/Casa Branca); Health Promotion with a Personal Trainer (<a href=\"https:\/\/bit.ly\/4hEEZaA\">Home of Dreams National Institute<\/a>\/<a href=\"https:\/\/bit.ly\/2ZSr6QE\">Vila Cruzeiro<\/a>); Discussion Circle with <a href=\"https:\/\/bit.ly\/47vKTWP\">Salgueiro Herb Growers<\/a>; Hand in Hand for Better Food: Discussion Circle with <a href=\"https:\/\/bit.ly\/3X3GAND\">CONSEA-Rio<\/a>; Ok\u00e0n Od\u00f2: A Playful and Educational Experience for Children (Instituto Terreiro Sustent\u00e1vel\/Sepetiba); Small Gardens &amp; Big Results Intergenerational Project (Casa de Santa Ana\/City of God); Sprouting and Microgreens Workshop (Ra\u00edzes Collective); Grandma\u2019s Chat in the Kitchen (<a href=\"https:\/\/bit.ly\/4ohAPIl\">Sweet Memories by Claudia Queiroga<\/a>\/Nova Campinas); Climate Education Game on the SDGs (<a href=\"https:\/\/bit.ly\/3Lg5Sph\">Defenders of the Planet<\/a>\/<a href=\"https:\/\/bit.ly\/2O2QZHf\">Santa Cruz<\/a>); (Worm)composting Workshop (<a href=\"https:\/\/bit.ly\/3X5kBWx\">Minhoc\u00e1rio Arboreum<\/a>); Ladies of Agri: Plants that Care for the Earth and Us (<a href=\"https:\/\/bit.ly\/4oJwrkZ\">Parada Women&#8217;s Association<\/a>\/Parada S\u00e3o Jorge); Capoeira in Action (Gallery of Heroes and Vila Esperan\u00e7a Capoeira Ensemble\/Furquim Mendes); and Solid Waste Management (Zero Waste\/Solidarity Waste Collection\/<a href=\"https:\/\/bit.ly\/37SGvUk\">Pra\u00e7a Seca<\/a>).<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3>Exhibitions<\/h3>\n<p>The Exhibition Space brought the history of favelas and peripheral communities to life for visitors at the 2nd Sustainable Favela Festival. Attendees were able to explore eight exhibitions and speak directly with residents and project creators. The featured exhibitions included: <a href=\"https:\/\/bit.ly\/428fAPW\"><em>Favela Climate Memory<\/em><\/a> (ten favelas); <a href=\"https:\/\/bit.ly\/3zOe6dC\">Evictions Museum<\/a> (<a href=\"https:\/\/bit.ly\/2IpNNB7\">Vila Aut\u00f3dromo<\/a>); <em>Fragments of Memory<\/em> (<a href=\"https:\/\/bit.ly\/4fwksns\">Cerro Cor\u00e1 Residents in Motion<\/a>), <em>Women Warriors<\/em> (Favela Museum\/Pav\u00e3o-Pav\u00e3ozinho\/Cantagalo), <em>The Bay Detectives: Citizen Science in Action<\/em> (<a href=\"https:\/\/bit.ly\/2A5VkVa\">Sepetiba Ecomuseum<\/a>), <em>Memories of Mar\u00e9<\/em> (Mar\u00e9 Museum), <em>Rocinha: A Historical Journey Through Images<\/em> (<a href=\"https:\/\/bit.ly\/2I7cZgR\">Sankofa Museum<\/a>\/Rocinha) and <em>Women of Stone: 25 Years of Collective Sewing<\/em> (<a href=\"https:\/\/bit.ly\/430UVxV\">Women of Stone Collective<\/a>\/<a href=\"https:\/\/bit.ly\/1G23cDl\">Pedra de Guaratiba<\/a>).<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_82101\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-82101\" style=\"width: 2560px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/rioonwatch.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Bianca-Wild-from-Ecomuseu-Sepetiba-presents-the-activity-Bay-Detectives-Citizen-Science-in-Action-for-young-audiences-at-the-exhibition-space-during-the-2nd-Festival-scaled-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-82101 size-full\" title=\"Bianca Wild, from the Sepetiba Ecomuseum, presents the activity \u201cBay Detectives: Citizen Science in Action\u201d for young audiences at the exhibition space during the 2nd Sustainable Favela Festival. Photo: Felipe Carneiro\" src=\"https:\/\/rioonwatch.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Bianca-Wild-from-Ecomuseu-Sepetiba-presents-the-activity-Bay-Detectives-Citizen-Science-in-Action-for-young-audiences-at-the-exhibition-space-during-the-2nd-Festival-scaled-1.jpg\" alt=\"Bianca Wild, from the Sepetiba Ecomuseum, presents the activity \u201cBay Detectives: Citizen Science in Action\u201d for young audiences at the exhibition space during the 2nd Sustainable Favela Festival. Photo: Felipe Carneiro\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1707\" srcset=\"https:\/\/rioonwatch.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Bianca-Wild-from-Ecomuseu-Sepetiba-presents-the-activity-Bay-Detectives-Citizen-Science-in-Action-for-young-audiences-at-the-exhibition-space-during-the-2nd-Festival-scaled-1.jpg 2560w, https:\/\/rioonwatch.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Bianca-Wild-from-Ecomuseu-Sepetiba-presents-the-activity-Bay-Detectives-Citizen-Science-in-Action-for-young-audiences-at-the-exhibition-space-during-the-2nd-Festival-scaled-1-620x413.jpg 620w, https:\/\/rioonwatch.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Bianca-Wild-from-Ecomuseu-Sepetiba-presents-the-activity-Bay-Detectives-Citizen-Science-in-Action-for-young-audiences-at-the-exhibition-space-during-the-2nd-Festival-scaled-1-943x629.jpg 943w, https:\/\/rioonwatch.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Bianca-Wild-from-Ecomuseu-Sepetiba-presents-the-activity-Bay-Detectives-Citizen-Science-in-Action-for-young-audiences-at-the-exhibition-space-during-the-2nd-Festival-scaled-1-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/rioonwatch.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Bianca-Wild-from-Ecomuseu-Sepetiba-presents-the-activity-Bay-Detectives-Citizen-Science-in-Action-for-young-audiences-at-the-exhibition-space-during-the-2nd-Festival-scaled-1-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/rioonwatch.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Bianca-Wild-from-Ecomuseu-Sepetiba-presents-the-activity-Bay-Detectives-Citizen-Science-in-Action-for-young-audiences-at-the-exhibition-space-during-the-2nd-Festival-scaled-1-2048x1366.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-82101\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Bianca Wild, from the Sepetiba Ecomuseum, presents the activity \u201cBay Detectives: Citizen Science in Action\u201d for young audiences at the exhibition space during the 2nd Sustainable Favela Festival. Photo: Felipe Carneiro<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Bianca Wild, from the <a href=\"https:\/\/bit.ly\/3YUBbKv\">Sepetiba Ecomuseum<\/a>, presented an educational activity developed for schools called <em>Bay Detectives: Citizen Science in Action<\/em>. The activity\u2014which featured a sample of heavily polluted sand from Sepetiba Beach collected by <a href=\"https:\/\/bit.ly\/1CnoTw3\">COMLURB<\/a>, the municipal waste collection utility\u2014challenged students to identify which elements were natural and which were not.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\u201cWe place the material in boxes\u2014which we call stations\u2014and the students we work with have to investigate the residue and observe what belongs in that ecosystem and what doesn\u2019t. What they usually find is lots of plastic waste, along with decomposing organic matter&#8230; Our goal is to show that people only preserve what they love, and people only love what they know. So we want to show these children, these students, that the place where they live is rich in biodiversity and in history\u2014it\u2019s the fifth-largest bay in Brazil and home to the largest population of gray dolphins in the world.\u201d \u2014 Bianca Wild<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<figure id=\"attachment_82106\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-82106\" style=\"width: 2048px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/rioonwatch.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Mare-Museum-youth-celebrate-the-exhibition.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-82106 size-full\" title=\"Youth from the Mar\u00e9 Museum celebrate the exhibition at the festival. Photo: B\u00e1rbara Dias\" src=\"https:\/\/rioonwatch.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Mare-Museum-youth-celebrate-the-exhibition.jpg\" alt=\"Youth from the Mar\u00e9 Museum celebrate the exhibition at the festival. Photo: B\u00e1rbara Dias\" width=\"2048\" height=\"1365\" srcset=\"https:\/\/rioonwatch.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Mare-Museum-youth-celebrate-the-exhibition.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/rioonwatch.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Mare-Museum-youth-celebrate-the-exhibition-620x413.jpg 620w, https:\/\/rioonwatch.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Mare-Museum-youth-celebrate-the-exhibition-944x629.jpg 944w, https:\/\/rioonwatch.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Mare-Museum-youth-celebrate-the-exhibition-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/rioonwatch.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Mare-Museum-youth-celebrate-the-exhibition-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2048px) 100vw, 2048px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-82106\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Youth from the Mar\u00e9 Museum celebrate the exhibition at the festival. Photo: B\u00e1rbara Dias<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>M\u00e1rcia Santos, from the Seeds from the Earth Collective, visited the <em>Favela Climate Memory<\/em> exhibition and shared her experience.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\u201cIn my view, the exhibition shows what we don\u2019t normally get to see\u2014it shows things from inside the favela. It highlights the importance of memories, of preserving the memories of our struggles and our communities. I saw an image there, I think it was of the seamstresses from Rio das Pedras, and it really moved me\u2014the struggle of so many women, women like me: from a peripheral area, Black, poor, you know\u2014but who make all the difference in their communities. This needs to be shown. It\u2019s very important, it gives visibility to these people. And I think that, beyond the fight for preservation, it\u2019s also something that needs to be shown to the world.\u201d \u2014 M\u00e1rcia Santos<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<hr \/>\n<h3>Discussion Circles<\/h3>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.favelasustentavel.org\/atividade\/programacao-ffs-2025\">dozens of discussion circles<\/a> were moments of exchange among favela residents, organizers and collectives, along with allies\u2014dialogues about sustainable solutions, designed by favelas and for favelas. Participants from different communities shared experiences, challenges and solutions around themes such as the environment, solidarity economy, urban gardens, waste management and the guarantee of rights. The Community Land Trust Project facilitated the circle \u201cRight to Land and Climate Justice: Innovating with the Community Land Trust,\u201d while <em>RioOnWatch<\/em> invited attendees to \u201cPublish Your First Article with Us, as a \u2018Cria\u2019 or an Ally\u201d during their talk.<\/p>\n<h3><em>Browse the <a href=\"http:\/\/bit.ly\/FFS2FotosRodas\">Photo Album of the Exhibitions and Discussion Circles<\/a> at the 2nd Sustainable Favela Festival:<\/em><\/h3>\n<p><a title=\"Rodas de Conversa e Exposi\u00e7\u00f5es no 2\u00b0 Festival Favela Sustent\u00e1vel, 18 de outubro de 2025\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/catcomm\/albums\/72177720329978673\" data-flickr-embed=\"true\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/54887201194_49e3c8abb5_h.jpg\" alt=\"Rodas de Conversa e Exposi\u00e7\u00f5es no 2\u00b0 Festival Favela Sustent\u00e1vel, 18 de outubro de 2025\" width=\"1600\" height=\"1200\" \/><\/a><script async src=\"\/\/embedr.flickr.com\/assets\/client-code.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3>Hands-on Workshops for All Ages<\/h3>\n<p>The space where the hands-on workshops for all ages took place saw a steady flow of visitors throughout the day, with activities such as urban art, <a href=\"https:\/\/bit.ly\/3J59FVt\"><em>cordel<\/em><\/a> storytelling, composting, mapping emotional landscapes, reclaiming stories and promoting grassroots communication, biojewelry, seasons of the year and climate change, crafts, among others\u2014an exchange that involved a great deal of creativity.<\/p>\n<p>During the activity \u201cExchanging Ideas with <a href=\"http:\/\/bit.ly\/2SPEfDF\">Green Roof Favela<\/a>,\u201d Luiz Cassiano, from the Parque Arar\u00e1 favela, explained the efficiency of green roofs in <a href=\"http:\/\/bit.ly\/2ZLiRUG\">reducing temperatures in favela homes<\/a> and how this low-cost, nature-based solution that mitigates the effects of climate change can be expanded to other favelas. Using a model of a house with a green roof, Cassiano spoke with the audience about his experience developing this climate adaptation in the favelas.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_82108\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-82108\" style=\"width: 2560px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/rioonwatch.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Luiz-Cassiano-from-Parque-Arara-favela-shows-a-model-of-a-green-roof-during-the-activity-Exchanging-Ideas-with-Green-Roof-Favela.-Photo-Felipe-Carneiro-scaled-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-82108 size-full\" title=\"Luiz Cassiano, from the Parque Arar\u00e1 favela, shows a model of a green roof during the activity \u201cExchanging Ideas with Green Roof Favela.\u201d Photo: Felipe Carneiro\" src=\"https:\/\/rioonwatch.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Luiz-Cassiano-from-Parque-Arara-favela-shows-a-model-of-a-green-roof-during-the-activity-Exchanging-Ideas-with-Green-Roof-Favela.-Photo-Felipe-Carneiro-scaled-1.jpg\" alt=\"Luiz Cassiano, from the Parque Arar\u00e1 favela, shows a model of a green roof during the activity \u201cExchanging Ideas with Green Roof Favela.\u201d Photo: Felipe Carneiro\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1706\" srcset=\"https:\/\/rioonwatch.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Luiz-Cassiano-from-Parque-Arara-favela-shows-a-model-of-a-green-roof-during-the-activity-Exchanging-Ideas-with-Green-Roof-Favela.-Photo-Felipe-Carneiro-scaled-1.jpg 2560w, https:\/\/rioonwatch.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Luiz-Cassiano-from-Parque-Arara-favela-shows-a-model-of-a-green-roof-during-the-activity-Exchanging-Ideas-with-Green-Roof-Favela.-Photo-Felipe-Carneiro-scaled-1-620x413.jpg 620w, https:\/\/rioonwatch.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Luiz-Cassiano-from-Parque-Arara-favela-shows-a-model-of-a-green-roof-during-the-activity-Exchanging-Ideas-with-Green-Roof-Favela.-Photo-Felipe-Carneiro-scaled-1-944x629.jpg 944w, https:\/\/rioonwatch.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Luiz-Cassiano-from-Parque-Arara-favela-shows-a-model-of-a-green-roof-during-the-activity-Exchanging-Ideas-with-Green-Roof-Favela.-Photo-Felipe-Carneiro-scaled-1-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/rioonwatch.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Luiz-Cassiano-from-Parque-Arara-favela-shows-a-model-of-a-green-roof-during-the-activity-Exchanging-Ideas-with-Green-Roof-Favela.-Photo-Felipe-Carneiro-scaled-1-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/rioonwatch.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Luiz-Cassiano-from-Parque-Arara-favela-shows-a-model-of-a-green-roof-during-the-activity-Exchanging-Ideas-with-Green-Roof-Favela.-Photo-Felipe-Carneiro-scaled-1-2048x1365.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-82108\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Luiz Cassiano, from the Parque Arar\u00e1 favela, shows a model of a green roof during the activity \u201cExchanging Ideas with Green Roof Favela.\u201d Photo: Felipe Carneiro<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Ilaci Oliveira, from the <a href=\"http:\/\/bit.ly\/2TxBgSM\">Transvida Cooperative<\/a> in <a href=\"https:\/\/bit.ly\/2ZSr6QE\">Vila Cruzeiro<\/a>, led a reading workshop for children.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\u201cI\u2019m here at this beautiful moment of the 2nd Sustainable Favela Network Festival <a href=\"https:\/\/bit.ly\/4fwksns\">promoting reading<\/a>. What does it mean to promote reading? It\u2019s when you awaken in children the desire to love words, to love books.\u201d \u2014 Ilaci Oliveira<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<figure id=\"attachment_82109\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-82109\" style=\"width: 2560px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/rioonwatch.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/The-reading-workshop-with-children-took-place-in-the-handson-workshops-space-of-the-2nd-Sustainable-Favela-Network-Festival.-Photo-Barbara-Dias-scaled-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-82109 size-full\" title=\"The reading workshop with children took place in the workshop space of the 2nd Sustainable Favela Network Festival. Photo: B\u00e1rbara Dias\" src=\"https:\/\/rioonwatch.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/The-reading-workshop-with-children-took-place-in-the-handson-workshops-space-of-the-2nd-Sustainable-Favela-Network-Festival.-Photo-Barbara-Dias-scaled-1.jpg\" alt=\"The reading workshop with children took place in the workshop space of the 2nd Sustainable Favela Network Festival. Photo: B\u00e1rbara Dias\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1709\" srcset=\"https:\/\/rioonwatch.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/The-reading-workshop-with-children-took-place-in-the-handson-workshops-space-of-the-2nd-Sustainable-Favela-Network-Festival.-Photo-Barbara-Dias-scaled-1.jpg 2560w, https:\/\/rioonwatch.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/The-reading-workshop-with-children-took-place-in-the-handson-workshops-space-of-the-2nd-Sustainable-Favela-Network-Festival.-Photo-Barbara-Dias-scaled-1-620x414.jpg 620w, https:\/\/rioonwatch.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/The-reading-workshop-with-children-took-place-in-the-handson-workshops-space-of-the-2nd-Sustainable-Favela-Network-Festival.-Photo-Barbara-Dias-scaled-1-942x629.jpg 942w, https:\/\/rioonwatch.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/The-reading-workshop-with-children-took-place-in-the-handson-workshops-space-of-the-2nd-Sustainable-Favela-Network-Festival.-Photo-Barbara-Dias-scaled-1-768x513.jpg 768w, https:\/\/rioonwatch.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/The-reading-workshop-with-children-took-place-in-the-handson-workshops-space-of-the-2nd-Sustainable-Favela-Network-Festival.-Photo-Barbara-Dias-scaled-1-1536x1025.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/rioonwatch.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/The-reading-workshop-with-children-took-place-in-the-handson-workshops-space-of-the-2nd-Sustainable-Favela-Network-Festival.-Photo-Barbara-Dias-scaled-1-2048x1367.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-82109\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The reading workshop with children took place in the workshop space of the 2nd Sustainable Favela Network Festival. Photo: B\u00e1rbara Dias<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><strong>Workshops and Participating Activities:<\/strong> Exchanging Ideas with Green Roof Favela (Parque Arar\u00e1); When the Favela Innovates: Regeneration and Social Innovation (<a href=\"https:\/\/bit.ly\/3X8NEbG\">Reference and Information Center for Brazilian Arts and Culture<\/a>\/<a href=\"https:\/\/bit.ly\/3EaxsgE\">Gamboa<\/a>); On the Trail of Invaders: Socio-Environmental Solutions for the Control of Invasive Exotic Species (<a href=\"https:\/\/bit.ly\/3JBu6ty\">Agave Atelier<\/a>); Christmas Wreath Craft Workshop (Favela Museum\/PPG); Exhibition and Workshop on Soils (<a href=\"https:\/\/bit.ly\/3mt0z3M\">Embrapa Soils<\/a> \u2013 Embrapa &amp; School Program); Telling and Coloring: <em>Cordel<\/em> Stories for Children (Favela Art\/Complexo do Alem\u00e3o); Reclaiming Peripheral Stories (<a href=\"https:\/\/bit.ly\/4i7FJol\">Ag\u00eancia Lume<\/a>\/Rio das Pedras); Creativity, Waste and Nature: A Space Between Knowledge, Aromas, and Flavors \u2014 Tasting and Group Activity (Green Space Vegetable Garden Project\/Niter\u00f3i); Interactive Exhibition \u201cSeasons of the Year and the Impact of Climate Change\u201d (<a href=\"https:\/\/bit.ly\/4hEn5nZ\">Alfazendo<\/a>\/<a href=\"http:\/\/bit.ly\/2zukRUW\">EcoRede<\/a>\/City of God); Creative Notebook Workshop (<a href=\"https:\/\/bit.ly\/49qhhN5\">The Carolinas of Jacutinga<\/a>\/<a href=\"https:\/\/bit.ly\/2Xl0W7S\">Mesquita<\/a>); Sustainable Alternatives for Improving the Water Supply (<a href=\"https:\/\/bit.ly\/4qT7RjN\">Urban Waters Studies Laboratory<\/a>\/<a href=\"https:\/\/bit.ly\/2G9KCND\">UFRJ<\/a>); How to Build a Homemade Biodigester (Josefa Horta\/Complexo do Alem\u00e3o); Me and Space: Mapping the Emotional Landscape (<a href=\"https:\/\/bit.ly\/43BN8qq\">Horizonte NGO<\/a>\/<a href=\"https:\/\/bit.ly\/2SxloO8\">Vidigal<\/a>); Composting Is Giving Back to Nature What Belongs to Her: Strong Soil, Fertile Future! (<a href=\"https:\/\/bit.ly\/4nBMbpp\">Girassol Agroecological Supplies and Services<\/a>\/<a href=\"https:\/\/bit.ly\/2CbTwHO\">Mangueira<\/a>); Make Your Flag! (<a href=\"https:\/\/bit.ly\/47NcvYO\">Arremate Lab<\/a>\/<a href=\"https:\/\/bit.ly\/2Zrt2vo\">Duque de Caxias<\/a>); Urban Art Workshop (<a href=\"https:\/\/bit.ly\/32hiphR\">Guararapes<\/a>); Creative Territories in Motion: Innovation in Cultural Management (Reference and Information Center for Brazilian Arts and Culture\/Gamboa); and Biojewelry Workshop (Seeds from the Earth\/Complexo do 18, in Piedade).<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3>Healing Spaces<\/h3>\n<p>One of the most popular spaces was the care and self-care area, focused on activities that promote physical, emotional, and mental health: the Healing Space. There, discussion circles took place alongside individual and group sessions offering alternative therapies to the public.<\/p>\n<p>Flavio David, from the <a href=\"https:\/\/bit.ly\/2yLKSlv\">Parque da Cidade<\/a> favela in <a href=\"https:\/\/bit.ly\/3qMXkw0\">G\u00e1vea<\/a> and part of ColetivoFit, led a physical activity session focused on body care.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\u201cThe goal is to use the ball, not the [Pilates] equipment, alright? The idea is to train the body, strengthen the main bases\u2014the pelvic region, the abdomen, the spine, and the chest. We always start with an abdominal exercise.\u201d \u2014 Flavio David<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Marcia Souza offered Pranic Healing (Favela Museum\/PPG), an energy realignment practice that promotes physical healing.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\u201cI brought the Pranic Healing technique, which aligns and cleanses the chakras, bringing balance to the body. We work with eleven chakras, and the idea is to give the body ways to heal itself, because [our body] has memory. When we get hurt, the body heals\u2014but it also holds on to that memory, and sometimes it\u2019s stagnant energy, blocked pathways. The prana works to cleanse that. I turned to Pranic Healing to take care of myself, and it worked so well that I felt the urge to learn it and share it with other women.\u201d \u2014 Marcia Souza<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><strong>Healing Activities: <\/strong>Exercise and Health Practices (ColetivoFit Physical Activity\/Parque da Cidade); Therapy \u2014 Care and Self-Care Activity (<a href=\"https:\/\/bit.ly\/4nPS16N\">Women Caring for and Moving Territories<\/a>\/Pedreira); Favela Heals \u2014 Integrative Therapy (Favela Museum\/PPG); Healing and Creativity Workshop with Neurodivergent Mothers and Other Women (Women of Stone Collective\/Pedra de Guaratiba); Wellness Activities and Practices in Times of Climate Crisis (Naturalize Good Living Project\/<a href=\"https:\/\/bit.ly\/3hESN4v\">Vig\u00e1rio Geral<\/a>); \u201cThe People Caring for the People in Dialogue with the SUS\u201d (<a href=\"https:\/\/bit.ly\/2EborZk\">Fiocruz<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/bit.ly\/4oEMiBk\">Serra da Miseric\u00f3rdia Integration Center<\/a>\/Complexo da Penha); Care and Support Circle \u201cDevelopment with Purpose, Sustainable Pathways\u201d (Favela In\/Rocinha); \u201cWalking the Path of Afro-Healing: Ancestral Therapies\u201d (<a href=\"https:\/\/bit.ly\/47wauPj\">Makeda Network<\/a>); Nature Reconnection Circle: Forest Bathing and Other Activities (RJ Forest Bathing Collective); AcuSphera Healing Therapy (Favela Museum\/PPG); Integrative Environmental Health Practices (Marias in Action\/Vila Kennedy); \u201cInstant Poetic Life Experience Writings\u201d (In-Put Environmental Collective); and \u201cAnti-Stress Music\u201d Pocket Show (Lomaritaka Peripheral Music\/S\u00e3o Gon\u00e7alo).<\/p>\n<h3><em>Browse the <a href=\"http:\/\/bit.ly\/FFS2FotosRodas\">Photo Album of the Healing Space, Workshops and Film Club<\/a> at the 2nd Sustainable Favela Festival:<\/em><\/h3>\n<p><a title=\"Oficinas Manuais, Cineclube e Espa\u00e7o de Cura no 2\u00b0 Festival Favela Sustent\u00e1vel, 18 de outubro de 2025\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/catcomm\/albums\/72177720329957810\" data-flickr-embed=\"true\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/54887188683_1d88c3e05a_h.jpg\" alt=\"Oficinas Manuais, Cineclube e Espa\u00e7o de Cura no 2\u00b0 Festival Favela Sustent\u00e1vel, 18 de outubro de 2025\" width=\"1600\" height=\"1200\" \/><\/a><script async src=\"\/\/embedr.flickr.com\/assets\/client-code.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3>Film Club and CGD Course<\/h3>\n<p>At the Film Club, screenings included <em>Nature and Dreams<\/em>, <em>Horto\u2019s Roots<\/em>, <em>Trash? Not to Us! <\/em>and <em>Baixada Never Surrenders<\/em>. In addition, the <a href=\"https:\/\/bit.ly\/3JHnp8M\">Decodifica Institute<\/a> facilitated the course \u201cClimate Adaptation Indicators: Citizen-Generated Data to Connect the Global and the Local,\u201d with Kayo Moura, the institute\u2019s research coordinator, and Marcela Toledo, research analyst.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\u201cWe held a workshop on climate adaptation indicators and Citizen-Generated Data (CGD), connecting the local and the global. The goal was, first, to introduce the discussion about climate adaptation, recognizing favelas and peripheries as the areas most in need of it. Then, we gave an overview of what indicators are, so that community leaders and residents can have tools to formulate their own in different thematic areas. We also do an exercise, bringing people to think about the Global Goal on Adaptation (GGA), using its thematic axes as a guide for favelas to reflect on what their own adaptation targets would be and what indicators could measure these targets\u2014connecting the global and the local.\u201d \u2014 Kayo Moura<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<figure id=\"attachment_82112\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-82112\" style=\"width: 2560px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/rioonwatch.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Course-facilitated-by-Kayo-Moura-research-coordinator-and-Marcela-Toledo-research-analyst-at-the-Decodifica-Institute-scaled-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-82112 size-full\" title=\"Course facilitated by Kayo Moura, research coordinator, and Marcela Toledo, research analyst, both from the Decodifica Institute. Photo: B\u00e1rbara Dias\" src=\"https:\/\/rioonwatch.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Course-facilitated-by-Kayo-Moura-research-coordinator-and-Marcela-Toledo-research-analyst-at-the-Decodifica-Institute-scaled-1.jpg\" alt=\"Course facilitated by Kayo Moura, research coordinator, and Marcela Toledo, research analyst, both from the Decodifica Institute. Photo: B\u00e1rbara Dias\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1709\" srcset=\"https:\/\/rioonwatch.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Course-facilitated-by-Kayo-Moura-research-coordinator-and-Marcela-Toledo-research-analyst-at-the-Decodifica-Institute-scaled-1.jpg 2560w, https:\/\/rioonwatch.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Course-facilitated-by-Kayo-Moura-research-coordinator-and-Marcela-Toledo-research-analyst-at-the-Decodifica-Institute-scaled-1-620x414.jpg 620w, https:\/\/rioonwatch.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Course-facilitated-by-Kayo-Moura-research-coordinator-and-Marcela-Toledo-research-analyst-at-the-Decodifica-Institute-scaled-1-942x629.jpg 942w, https:\/\/rioonwatch.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Course-facilitated-by-Kayo-Moura-research-coordinator-and-Marcela-Toledo-research-analyst-at-the-Decodifica-Institute-scaled-1-768x513.jpg 768w, https:\/\/rioonwatch.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Course-facilitated-by-Kayo-Moura-research-coordinator-and-Marcela-Toledo-research-analyst-at-the-Decodifica-Institute-scaled-1-1536x1025.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/rioonwatch.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Course-facilitated-by-Kayo-Moura-research-coordinator-and-Marcela-Toledo-research-analyst-at-the-Decodifica-Institute-scaled-1-2048x1367.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-82112\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Course facilitated by Kayo Moura, research coordinator, and Marcela Toledo, research analyst, both from the Decodifica Institute. Photo: B\u00e1rbara Dias<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><strong>Films and Workshop:<\/strong> Workshops \u201cTrash? Not to Us! In Chaos, an Opportunity for Transformation\u201d (PSSHA Haroldo Sustent\u00e1vel) and \u201cClimate Adaptation Indicators: Citizen-Generated Data to Connect the Global and the Local\u201d (Decodifica Institute); documentary screenings <em>Cine Atitude<\/em> (<a href=\"https:\/\/bit.ly\/4nA6mEf\">Social Attitude NGO<\/a>\/<a href=\"https:\/\/bit.ly\/2SvoXEy\">Santa Marta<\/a>), <em>Horto\u2019s Roots<\/em> (<a href=\"https:\/\/bit.ly\/2teMkIh\">Horto Museum<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/bit.ly\/48Wt1Xw\">Horto Natureza<\/a>\/<a href=\"https:\/\/bit.ly\/1KPjJvO\">Horto<\/a>), <em>Nature and Dreams<\/em> (<a href=\"https:\/\/bit.ly\/3LfZkHi\">Favela Film Club<\/a>), and <a href=\"https:\/\/bit.ly\/49u0uc2\"><em>Baixada Never Surrenders<\/em><\/a>.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3>Press Conference<\/h3>\n<p>The official launch of the <a href=\"https:\/\/bit.ly\/SignedCOPLetter\">COP30 Letter From the World&#8217;s Informal Settlements<\/a> took place a few weeks before COP30 in Bel\u00e9m at a press conference during the 2nd Sustainable Favela Network Festival, attended by community leaders, representatives of socio-environmental movements, journalists and technical allies.<\/p>\n<p>The launch reinforced the role of favelas, traditional and peripheral communities as leaders in shaping pathways toward climate justice.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\u201cWe are holding this press conference three weeks before COP30, where decisions will be made that could guarantee\u2014or not\u2014our survival on this planet and environmental and climate justice. Our festival today focuses on community-based climate solutions. It is urgent to put favelas at the center of these discussions. This will be the first COP with many people raising their voices about the impacts of climate change on favelas and other peripheral areas, marginalized and neglected by the State for various reasons.\u201d \u2014 Theresa Williamson<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<figure id=\"attachment_82113\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-82113\" style=\"width: 2560px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/rioonwatch.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/From-left-to-right-Claudia-Queiroga-Doces-Lembrancas-Carmel-do-Sementes-da-Terra-Cleonice-CDDH-Petropolis-and-Thaysa-Santos-Terra-Afetiva-scaled-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-82113 size-full\" title=\"From left to right, Claudia Queiroga (Sweet Memories), Carmel Puri (Seeds from the Earth), Cleonice Fernandes (CDDH Petr\u00f3polis) and Thaysa Santos (Terra Afetiva) participate in the reading of excerpts from the COP30 Letter from the World\u2019s Informal Settlements during the press conference. Photo: B\u00e1rbara Dias\" src=\"https:\/\/rioonwatch.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/From-left-to-right-Claudia-Queiroga-Doces-Lembrancas-Carmel-do-Sementes-da-Terra-Cleonice-CDDH-Petropolis-and-Thaysa-Santos-Terra-Afetiva-scaled-1.jpg\" alt=\"From left to right, Claudia Queiroga (Sweet Memories), Carmel Puri (Seeds from the Earth), Cleonice Fernandes (CDDH Petr\u00f3polis) and Thaysa Santos (Terra Afetiva) participate in the reading of excerpts from the COP30 Letter from the World\u2019s Informal Settlements during the press conference. Photo: B\u00e1rbara Dias\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1709\" srcset=\"https:\/\/rioonwatch.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/From-left-to-right-Claudia-Queiroga-Doces-Lembrancas-Carmel-do-Sementes-da-Terra-Cleonice-CDDH-Petropolis-and-Thaysa-Santos-Terra-Afetiva-scaled-1.jpg 2560w, https:\/\/rioonwatch.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/From-left-to-right-Claudia-Queiroga-Doces-Lembrancas-Carmel-do-Sementes-da-Terra-Cleonice-CDDH-Petropolis-and-Thaysa-Santos-Terra-Afetiva-scaled-1-620x414.jpg 620w, https:\/\/rioonwatch.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/From-left-to-right-Claudia-Queiroga-Doces-Lembrancas-Carmel-do-Sementes-da-Terra-Cleonice-CDDH-Petropolis-and-Thaysa-Santos-Terra-Afetiva-scaled-1-942x629.jpg 942w, https:\/\/rioonwatch.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/From-left-to-right-Claudia-Queiroga-Doces-Lembrancas-Carmel-do-Sementes-da-Terra-Cleonice-CDDH-Petropolis-and-Thaysa-Santos-Terra-Afetiva-scaled-1-768x513.jpg 768w, https:\/\/rioonwatch.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/From-left-to-right-Claudia-Queiroga-Doces-Lembrancas-Carmel-do-Sementes-da-Terra-Cleonice-CDDH-Petropolis-and-Thaysa-Santos-Terra-Afetiva-scaled-1-1536x1025.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/rioonwatch.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/From-left-to-right-Claudia-Queiroga-Doces-Lembrancas-Carmel-do-Sementes-da-Terra-Cleonice-CDDH-Petropolis-and-Thaysa-Santos-Terra-Afetiva-scaled-1-2048x1367.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-82113\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">From left to right, Claudia Queiroga (Sweet Memories), Carmel Puri (Seeds from the Earth), Cleonice Fernandes (CDDH Petr\u00f3polis) and Thaysa Santos (Terra Afetiva) participate in the reading of excerpts from the COP30 Letter from the World\u2019s Informal Settlements during the press conference. Photo: B\u00e1rbara Dias<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<blockquote><p>\u201cNo decision affecting the climate should be made without including those most impacted\u2014and the solutions they bring\u2014in the decision-making process. Our climate crisis was produced through the same dominant, centralized, hierarchical, top-down system that today governs climate decision-making. However, the solution to this crisis must engage all people. We are all part of the solution for this new moment that the world is facing. Given the real impacts of climate change on our communities, we demand climate and economic justice from decision-makers. Nothing that impacts us, without us! There is no future without favelas and disenfranchised populations at the center of global climate decisions.\u201d \u2014 Giovane Vieira<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>The 2nd Sustainable Favela Network Festival reaffirmed its role in bringing together innovative socio-environmental solutions and strengthening the protagonism of favelas. In particular, this edition, with the launch of the <a href=\"https:\/\/bit.ly\/SignedCOPLetter\">COP30 Letter from the World\u2019s Informal Settlements<\/a>\u2014a manifesto defending the centrality of favelas, traditional communities and marginalized groups in global climate decision-making\u2014solidifies the Sustainable Favela Network as a space for political coordination and advocacy, highlighting that important solutions to the climate crisis are born in the favelas.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Save the date! The Sustainable Favela Network has already confirmed that the 3rd Sustainable Favela Network Festival will take place on October 17, 2026. It\u2019s going to be even more unmissable! Mark your calendars!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em>In addition to this official coverage of the 2nd Sustainable Favela Festival, we are also publishing two complementary articles: one on the festival&#8217;s food sovereignty activities and another on its environmental education initiatives.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<h3><a href=\"https:\/\/bit.ly\/VideoFFS2\">Click here to watch the moving 10-minute video of the festival with English subtitles<\/a>.<\/h3>\n<h3>Check out the Official Album of the 2nd Sustainable Favela Network Festival <a href=\"https:\/\/bit.ly\/FFS2Fotos\">on Flickr<\/a>:<\/h3>\n<p><a title=\"2\u00b0 Festival Favela Sustent\u00e1vel, 18 de outubro de 2025\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/catcomm\/albums\/72177720329824583\" data-flickr-embed=\"true\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/54869656122_3fa2e3ed39_h.jpg\" alt=\"2\u00b0 Festival Favela Sustent\u00e1vel, 18 de outubro de 2025\" width=\"1600\" height=\"1200\" \/><\/a><script async src=\"\/\/embedr.flickr.com\/assets\/client-code.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><em>*The 2nd Sustainable Favela Festival: Favelas at the Center of Climate Solutions is organized by the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.favelasustentavel.org\/about\">Sustainable Favela Network<\/a> with the support and partnership of <a href=\"https:\/\/bit.ly\/3Lt53am\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">re:arc institute<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/bit.ly\/3U8tgGA\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Fundi\u00e7\u00e3o Progresso<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/bit.ly\/3v5EcrO\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">CEDAE<\/a>. Individual donors to Catalytic Communities have provided extra support, allowing the event to scale beyond initial projections. The 2025 event is also part of three other essential pre-COP agendas taking place in the city of Rio de Janeiro: the<a href=\"http:\/\/viradasustentavel.org.br\/rio-de-janeiro\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u00a0Rio de Janeiro Sustainability Turnaround<\/a>, the<a href=\"http:\/\/sengerj.org.br\/semana-da-alimentacao-carioca-2025-de-11-a-18-10-o-rio-em-defesa-de-comida-boa-e-futuro-melhor\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u00a015th Annual Rio Agriculture Week<\/a>, and UN-Habitat\u2019s\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.inscricoes.circuitourbano.org\/conteudo\/view?ID_CONTEUDO=1372\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Urban October<\/a>. The Sustainable Favela Network (SFN), the Community Land Trust (CLT), and RioOnWatch are initiatives of the NGO Catalytic Communities (CatComm).<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>About the author:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/bit.ly\/3Gc3OJU\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">B\u00e1rbara Dias<\/a>\u00a0was born and raised in Bangu, in Rio\u2019s West Zone. She has a degree in Biological Sciences, a master\u2019s in Environmental Education, and has been a public school teacher since 2006. She is a photojournalist and also works with documentary photography. She is a popular communicator for N\u00facleo Piratininga de Comunica\u00e7\u00e3o (<a href=\"https:\/\/bit.ly\/3i2GcdN\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">NPC<\/a>) and co-founder of\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/bit.ly\/3vfY8bj\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Coletivo Fotoguerrilha<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h4><b>Support\u00a0<\/b><b><i>RioOnWatch<\/i><\/b><b>\u2019s tireless, critical and cutting-edge hyperlocal journalism, online community organizing meetings, and direct support to favelas\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/bit.ly\/FavelaCovidResponse\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">by clicking here<\/a><\/b><b>.<\/b><\/h4>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mh-excerpt\"><p>\ufeff\ufeff\ufeff\ufeff\ufeff\ufeff Clique aqui para Portugu\u00eas Bringing together 1,300 people on Saturday, October 18, at Fundi\u00e7\u00e3o Progresso in Lapa, downtown Rio de Janeiro, the 2nd Sustainable Favela Festival featured 140 activities in a rich exchange of <a 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