Join CatComm at 2019 Ecocity World Summit in Vancouver
The Ecocity World Summit is the longest-standing international summit that addresses building cities in balance with nature. This year, the Summit will take place in [...]
Workshops
Favela Community Land Trust Workshops, Part 3: Presentation to Public Authorities and Final Reflections
In Rio de Janeiro, from August 23 to 27, 2018, Catalytic Communities (CatComm) organized a series of workshops on Community Land Trusts (CLTs), together with a special [...]
Recycling to Stop Landslides: Second Sustainable Favela Network Exchange Visits Morro dos Prazeres
The Sustainable Favela Network (SFN) is a project of Catalytic Communities (CatComm) designed to build solidarity networks, bring visibility, and develop joint actions to [...]
Favela Community Land Trust Community Workshop: Methodology and Practice
Clique aqui para Português In Rio de Janeiro, from August 23 to 27, 2018, Catalytic Communities (CatComm) organized a series of workshops on Community Land [...]
2nd Sustainable Favela Network Exchange Visits Vale Encantado
The Sustainable Favela Network (SFN) is a project of Catalytic Communities (CatComm) designed to build solidarity networks, bring visibility, and develop joint actions to [...]
Favela Community Land Trusts
Catalytic Communities’ newest project has the potential of offering a land tenure security model for informal settlements around the world. We are studying the [...]
Asset-Based Community Development (ABCD)
Catalytic Communities engages in Asset-Based Community Development (ABCD). Here we highlight some of the primary differences between the traditional deficit-based community [...]
Vidigal Debate Series: 3rd Debate
[Click here for debates: 1, 2, and 4] On Tuesday May 6, the Vila Vidigal Neighborhood Association, Catalytic Communities, the Intersectoral Forum of Vidigal, Albergue da [...]
Evictions Resistance Techniques
Since November 2010 Catalytic Communities has been carefully documenting, tracking and following evictions patterns in favelas across the city. As a result, we have become [...]
Introduction to Gentrification
“Gentrificação” has become a hot word in contemporary Rio de Janeiro, introduced in 2011 to the common vernacular. Catalytic Communities was the first [...]