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August 16, 2019 in by International Observers // SOS Jardim Gramacho Mobilizes Residents and Recycling Cooperatives at Former Mass Landfill Site [PROFILE] #SustainableFavelaNetwork
August 14, 2019 in #MonitoringCrivella // Rio’s Rising Climate Vulnerability: A Decade-Long Timeline of Landslide Devastation [REFERENCE]
August 12, 2019 in by Community Contributors // The Experience of a Trans Man Living on the Outskirts of Rio de Janeiro
August 7, 2019 in *Highlight // The Pac’Stão Hip Hop Circle in Manguinhos Favela: ‘For the Love of Culture’
August 5, 2019 in *Highlight // Five Rio de Janeiro Cities Rank Among Brazil’s Worst for Basic Sanitation

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Asa Branca Wins the Gold! Is a Rio Favela Greener Than the LEED-Certified Olympic Village?

Clique aqui para Português The Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro are [...]

August 3, 2016

Green Favela Vale Encantado Breaks Ground on a Sewage Treatment Biosystem

Clique aqui para Português During the month of September 2015, a [...]

October 10, 2015

Greenbuilding Brasil Conference Introduces LEED-UP: Favelas as Models of Urban Sustainability

Clique aqui para Português Vale Encantado, a favela in the heart of [...]

September 20, 2014