Articles by Theresa Williamson

NOW AVAILABLE—COMMUNITY MATTERS: Conversations With Reflective Practitioners about the Value and Variety of Resident Engagement in CLTs

December 20, 2022—Now available for download, Community Matters: Conversations With Reflective Practitioners about the Value and Variety of Resident Engagement in Community [...]

New Paths for Building Sustainable Cities: The Potential of Collective Land Management Based on the Community Land Trust

Clique aqui para Português As part of the UN’s Urban October’s Urban Circuit 2022 and World CLT Day 2022, the Favela Community Land Trust Project* held the [...]

CatComm Awarded Brazilian Federation of Architects and Urbanists Prize 2022

On November 26, 2022 Catalytic Communities (CatComm) was awarded the 2022 Brazilian Federation of Architects and Urbanists Prize (FNA—Federação Nacional dos Arquitetos e [...]

Rio de Janeiro’s Sustainable Favela Network Holds World CleanUp Day Teach-In in Vila Cruzeiro Favela with Transvida Recycling Cooperative [VIDEO]

On September 17, World CleanUp Day, Rio de Janeiro’s Sustainable Favela Network (SFN) members came together with community youth in Vila Cruzeiro, in the Penha Complex [...]

Research Is Also ‘By Us for Us!’ Leaders and Youth From 15 Favelas Prepare to Launch ‘Water and Energy Justice in the Favelas’ Report [RELEASE]

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE [View PDF] September 20, 2022—The same year that the Brazilian Census is being carried out, after a decade without updated official data on the [...]

First Law of Its Kind Outlines Provisions to Establish Community Land Trusts in Brazil [RELEASE]

Over their 50 years, Community Land Trusts have become a global instrument to realize the right to housing, and their potential is increasingly recognized in Brazil. The São [...]

Food Sovereignty in the Favela! Sustainable Favela Network Event Plants Seeds of Food Sovereignty in Complexo da Penha [VIDEO]

On August 6, Serra da Misericórdia, the largest remaining forest in Rio de Janeiro’s North Zone, hosted the first in-person post-pandemic exchange [...]

Join CatComm at the 2022 World Urban Forum in Katowice, Poland

The 11th World Urban Forum will be held in Katowice, Poland from June 26-30, 2022. Organized and convened by UN-Habitat, the World Urban Forum has become the foremost [...]

Video Press Release: Rio de Janeiro’s Cleanest Sewage Is in the Favela! Vale Encantado Establishes a Biosystem for Sewage Treatment and Solar Panels

Clique aqui para Português Press conference and launch event, on June 4, will be attended by residents and allies who are leading the projects. Click here to register. [View [...]

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