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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 [...]

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 [...]

Covid-19 in Favelas Unified Dashboard Launches Campaign Showing How Data Saves Lives

Action is part of the Covid-19 in Favelas Unified Dashboard’s campaign to overcome Rio’s pandemic data deficit. On October 26, Catalytic [...]

Who Does Favela Research Serve? Residents and Academics Demand Reciprocal Exchange [VIDEO]

The virtual panel on October 14, “Favela-Academia Dialogue: Necessary Steps Toward Environmental Education,” organized by Catalytic Communities’ Sustainable [...]

The Reinvention of Favela Artisans During the Pandemic [VIDEO]

On August 17, Catalytic Communities’ Sustainable Favela Network’s (SFN) Income Generation Working Group hosted the virtual teach-in “How Can Favela Artisans [...]

Favelas Hold Teach-In ‘Are Brazilians Without Memory? The Memory of the Pandemic in the Favela’ [VIDEO]

On July 27, the Memory and Culture Working Group of Catalytic Communities’ Sustainable Favela Network (RFS) held the online teach-in “Are Brazilians Without Memory? [...]

Resilient Favela Community Organizations During the Pandemic: Hear the Activists Speak [VIDEO]

On July 16, Catalytic Communities’ Sustainable Favela Network’s (SFN) Environmental Education Working Group held the online teach-in “How has [...]

Transformation of Basic Sanitation in Rio de Janeiro’s Favelas Debated at Online Teach-In [VIDEO]

On July 9, Catalytic Communities’ Sustainable Favela Network (SFN) Water and Sewerage Working Group held an online teach-in event, “Perspectives on the [...]

‘Is Solar Energy in Favelas Possible?’ [DEBATE + VIDEO]

Clique aqui para Português On June 10, Catalytic Communities’ Sustainable Favela Network’s (SFN) Solar Energy Working Group held an online teach-in “Is [...]

Check Out the Teach-In: ‘Food Sovereignty in Favelas During the Pandemic’ [VIDEO]

Clique aqui para Português On Brazil’s Rural Workers’ Day, May 25, Catalytic Communities’ Sustainable Favela Network (SFN) Gardens and Reforestation Working [...]

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