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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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
Is Rio de Janeiro’s Cleanest Sewage in the Favela? Sustainable Vale Encantado Community Invites Press to Unveiling of Full Biosystem for Sewage Treatment and Solar Panels [PRESS RELEASE]
Thirty years after the Rio ’92 Earth Summit, on April 30, press conference and launch event will bring together residents and allies responsible for the sustainable [...]
New Sustainable Favela Network Map Makes Palpable The Sheer Diversity of Favela Solutions
Clique aqui para Português Catalytic Communities’ Sustainable Favela Network (SFN) recently launched an update to its Sustainable Favela Network Map. The results [...]
Sustainable Favela Network Launches 11 New Thematic Objectives
September 2021—This month the Sustainable Favela Network concluded a multi-month planning process engaging over 160 network members to update our approach and design our [...]
At 1st Sustainable Favela Network International Exchange, 5 Nations Light a Path to Climate Justice
On August 28, 2021, 258 people from 33 countries gathered online to participate our the first Sustainable Favela Network International Exchange, where twenty community [...]
ANNOUNCEMENT: JOINT FAVELA PRESS CONFERENCE ON HUNGER FROM COVID-19, APRIL 29
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE [PDF] COVID-19 IN FAVELAS UNIFIED DASHBOARD AND SUSTAINABLE FAVELA NETWORK TO HOLD JOINT PRESS CONFERENCE ON THURSDAY, APRIL 29 ‘A YEAR OF LOSSES! [...]
COVID-19 IN FAVELAS UNIFIED DASHBOARD TO HOLD PRESS CONFERENCE DECEMBER 10
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE [PDF] ‘BEYOND INDIVIDUAL RESPONSIBILITY, WHAT IS THE ROLE OF GOVERNMENT TO CONTAIN THE SECOND WAVE? PUBLIC TRANSIT IN DEBATE’ Covid-19 in [...]