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Brazil’s ‘Favela Community Land Trust’ Celebrates Five Years and Hosts International Exchange in Rio de Janeiro
The Favela Community Land Trust Project marked its fifth anniversary in 2023, having grown as a model for ensuring stability and security of tenure in [...]
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 [...]
1st National Sustainable Favela Network Exchange Among Brazilian Favelas, Quilombos and Indigenous Communities
1st National Sustainable Favela Network Exchange Expands Knowledge and Weaves Sustainability Between Favelas, Quilombos, and Indigenous Communities. Clique aqui para [...]
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 [...]