In World Habitat: Brazil’s first Community Land Trust
September 8, 2020—World Habitat features Favela CLT program. Brazil’s first Community Land Trust 8 Sep 2020 Residents of the Trapicheiros favela of Rio de Janeiro are [...]
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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? [...]
August 11, 2020 PRESS RELEASE—COVID-19 IN FAVELAS UNIFIED DASHBOARD 2nd PRESS CONFERENCE
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE [RELEASE IN PDF] COVID-19 IN FAVELAS UNIFIED DASHBOARD WILL HOLD ITS SECOND PRESS CONFERENCE THIS THURSDAY, 8/13 ‘BEHIND THE FAVELA CORONAVIRUS [...]
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 [...]
Teach-In ‘How Does the Pandemic Impact Waste Pickers?’ Reinforces #SupportAWastePicker Campaign
Clique aqui para Português In the wake of the #ApoieUmCatador (#SupportAWastePicker) campaign, which seeks to offer support to Rio de Janeiro’s waste pickers who are [...]
July 7, 2020—COVID-19 IN FAVELAS UNIFIED DASHBOARD LAUNCHED
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE [RELEASE IN PDF] RIO DE JANEIRO’S COVID-19 IN FAVELAS UNIFIED DASHBOARD TO LAUNCH JULY 9 Initiative unites diverse peripheral collectives and [...]
NOW AVAILABLE—ON COMMON GROUND: International Perspectives on the Community Land Trust
June 30, 2020—Just out, On Common Ground: International Perspectives on the Community Land Trust is a collection of twenty-six original essays, written by forty-two [...]
‘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 [...]