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The Peace Chalet, the Tela Firme Collective, the MST (Landless Workers' Movement), and the People's Summit distributed 2,200 meals to residents of the Terra Firme favela over three days. Photo: Bárbara Dias

‘No One in Terra Firme Will Sleep Hungry Today!’ Amid Adversity, Belém Favela Initiatives Distribute 2,200 Meals During COP30 With Support from the People’s Summit Solidarity Kitchen

By Julio Santos Filho • Translation by Fred Hanson • December 24, 2025

Clique aqui para Português This article is part of RioOnWatch’s special COP30 coverage of the peripheral communities of Belém, capital of the state of Pará, and local civil society movements confronting environmental racism, climate injustice […]

Rio de Janeiro Designs First Plan for Social Interest Housing: Popular Council Launches Campaign to Ensure Plan Addresses Real Needs

By Felipe Litsek • Translation by Staff • December 23, 2025

Clique aqui para Português For the first time in its history, Rio de Janeiro is drafting a Municipal Plan for Social Interest Housing (PMHIS, by its Portuguese acronym). In November, as the PMHIS entered its […]

‘We’re Planting the Future’: Reforestation Collective Action in Salgueiro Recovers Land Prone to Fires and Landslides with Native Atlantic Forest Fruit Trees

By Amanda Baroni Lopes • Translation by Kay Alvito • December 22, 2025

Clique aqui para Português This article is part of a series created in partnership with the Behner Stiefel Center for Brazilian Studies at San Diego State University, to produce articles for the Digital Brazil Project on environmental justice in the favelas […]

‘To Lose Your Memory Is to Lose Your Essence’: Vidigal Celebrates Its 85th Anniversary With Cultural Event Inspired by the ‘Favela Climate Memory’ Project

By Bárbara Dias • Translation by Kay Alvito • December 15, 2025

Clique aqui para Português On October 26, Vidigal, a favela in Rio de Janeiro’s South Zone, celebrated its 85th anniversary. Organized by the Vidigal Memories Nucleus, the celebratory event featured the Favela Climate Memory exhibition, a […]

Brazil’s First National Meeting of Community Architecture Highlights Women’s Leadership and the Power of Self-Built Architecture in Achieving the Right to Housing and to the City

By Aline Marieta • Translation by Kay Alvito • December 12, 2025

Clique aqui para Português Between November 11 and 14, 2025, the 1st National Meeting of Community Architecture (ENAC) took place at the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro’s (UFRJ) School of Architecture and Urbanism (FAU) […]