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Favela on Outskirts of Rio de Janeiro Gets Solar! Join Us for Launch of Photovoltaic System in Duque de Caxias

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE FAVELA ON OUTSKIRTS OF RIO DE JANEIRO GETS SOLAR! GRASSROOTS WOMEN’S GROUP INVITES PRESS AND ALLIES TO LAUNCH OF PHOTOVOLTAIC [...]

Sign Up: 1st National Sustainable Favela Network Exchange with Indigenous, Quilombola Leaders (English/Spanish on Zoom)

You are invited to the 1st ever national exchange of the Sustainable Favela Network! Join us on Zoom (Portuguese, English and Spanish) and YouTube (Portuguese) on Tuesday, [...]

First ‘Energy Efficiency in the Favelas’ Report Reveals New Insights About the Impacts of Energy Inefficient Services and Use on Poverty and Inequality

Citizen-researchers interview neighbors as part of the study that resulted in the Energy Efficiency in the Favelas report. Photo: Luiza de Andrade The collectives responsible [...]

ENGLISH LAUNCH: Energy and Water Justice in the Favelas Report

April 7, 2023—The report “Water and Energy Justice in the Favelas: Favela Researchers Gather Data Revealing Inequalities and Calling for Action” with [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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