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NOW AVAILABLE FOR DOWNLOAD—Favela CLT: A Sustainable Housing Model for the Global South

March 16, 2020 Now available for download, “The Favela Community Land Trust: A Sustainable Housing Model for the Global South,” chapter by Catalytic Communities’ Theresa Williamson published in Critical Care: Architecture and Urbanism for a [...]
NEW PUBLICATION—Favela vs. Asphalt: Suggesting a New Lens

March 1, 2020 Now available “Favela vs. Asphalt: Suggesting a New Lens on Rio de Janeiro’s Favelas and Formal City” chapter by Catalytic Communities’ Theresa Williamson published in the free downloadable book Comparative [...]
Rio de Janeiro’s Sustainable Favela Network and Its Take on the SDGs

Article published January 23, 2020 by the Consortium on Sustainable Urbanization. For the original article, click here. By Theresa Williamson Rio de Janeiro’s favela communities, over 1000 of them, provide shelter to some 24% of the city’s [...]
Join CatComm at the 2020 World Urban Forum in Abu Dhabi—And Vote for Us by the 11th!

The 10th World Urban Forum will be held in Abu Dhabi from February 8-13, 2020. Organized and convened by UN-Habitat, the World Urban Forum has become the foremost international gathering for exchanging views and experiences on sustainable [...]
Sustainable Favela Network’s Solar Working Group Provides Public Comment on Brazil Proposal Set to Damage Solar

Clique aqui para Português The following letter, written by the Sustainable Favela Network’s Solar Working Group (the SFN is a project of Catalytic Communities), was submitted on December 30, 2019 in response to Public Consultation 25 of [...]
Catalytic Communities Provides Training Course for SESC Community Development Workers [IMAGES]

From December 16-18, Catalytic Communities (CatComm) held a training program for 10 representatives of Brazil’s national Social Commerce Service (SESC). The three-day, 22-hour training, which included excursions to two Rio favelas, presented [...]

NOW AVAILABLE FOR DOWNLOAD—Favela CLT: A Sustainable Housing Model for the Global South

NEW PUBLICATION—Favela vs. Asphalt: Suggesting a New Lens

Rio de Janeiro’s Sustainable Favela Network and Its Take on the SDGs

Join CatComm at the 2020 World Urban Forum in Abu Dhabi—And Vote for Us by the 11th!

Sustainable Favela Network’s Solar Working Group Provides Public Comment on Brazil Proposal Set to Damage Solar

Catalytic Communities Provides Training Course for SESC Community Development Workers [IMAGES]

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