Tag: Brazil - Page 2
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Giant Alligator Playground Crocheted by Olek in Sao Paulo
The Brooklyn based artist participated in a local show covering a concrete playground in a mixture of knitted yarn and Brazilian ribbons.
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Brazil's Mass Penguin Die-Off 'Natural', Say Scientists
According to Brazil's center for coastal studies, nothing was found on the birds' bodies to indicate any human activity led to the deaths -- though questions still remain.
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Brazilian City Offers Vegetables in Exchange for Trash
Thanks to one Brazilian city's forward thinking recycling program, trading in trash has never been tastier.
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Colorful Box Hides Lovely, Transformer 270 Sq. Foot Tea Shop in Sao Paulo
A Brazilian firm translates small-spaces ideas into a cute shopping mall shop.
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Prisoners in Brazil Can Reduce Their Sentences by Producing Electricity
Thanks to an innovative new initiative underway at a correctional facility in Brazil, prisoners are being given the chance to slash their sentences while bringing a bit of light into the world -- literally.
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What Rio+20 Was and Wasn't in 17 Photos
Wrapping up our coverage of the UN Conference on Sustainable Development, we look at who came, who bailed out, what happened, and what didn't.
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Rio+20’s ‘Look at the Bright Side’ Phase Doesn't Hide the Process Needs Re-Thinking
The commitments made by countries and the intention to set Sustainable Development Goals are good achievements, just not enough to justify a summit like this. Is it time to re-design the UN environmental meetings to work for us?
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Rio+20 Ending: Saying Goodbye to All That
The mockery of the official meeting overshadows everything around it. Can we start thinking about what are we paying our 'representatives' for?
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The Walkout from Rio+20 Could Actually Mean We're Ready to Stop Caring About an Obsolete Process
As the conference heads to an end this Friday, over 100 young people with NGOs and indigenous representatives occupied the summit and walked out. Do they mean business?
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Activists Campaign to Bring Bikes into the Conversation at Rio+20
Can we be serious about bikes? For a means of sustainable transportation which is transforming cities around the world, it is not receiving the recognition it deserves. A group seeks to change that.
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A Cold Launch for the Official Rio+20 Conference on Sustainable Development
After opening remarks that felt tiring, secretary Ban Ki Moon announced 200 commitments will be taken by countries.
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Rio+C40: Is the Cities Approach to Tackling Climate Change a Viable Alternative to the Global Process?
C40 works as a network to connect and share best practices, in a take or leave approach. Is this pragmatism what we need in front of a global process that's increasingly disappointing?
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Rio+20's Culture, the Word on the Street, and Visual Messages Here and There
Take a look at some art events that are taking place around the city, find the low profile protestors and take a look at some messages in the street.
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Google Earth Helping Amazon Tribe to Preserve Their Forest and Their Culture
Google's first cultural map arms the Surui tribe with technological tools to fight illegal logging and document and protect their culture.
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Mayors Gloat About Cities' Sustainable Development Progress, Criticize Global Process at Rio+20
New York City mayor and C40 Chair Michael Bloomberg’s words were firm and self congratulatory, but that didn’t make them any less true: Cities seem indeed to be ahead of the global process.
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Brazilian Tribesmen See Ocean For First Time (Video)
So many important and beautiful 'firsts' in life are afforded to us while we're too young to appreciate them -- but perhaps in witnessing those moments through others, we ourselves can experience them anew.
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Arena Socioambiental Showcases Models for Sustainable Development at Rio+20
Smaller than other events, the Arena Socioambiental does a good job showing models that are working to lift people from poverty in a sustainable way.
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Mixed Messages, Colorful Marches: Walking the Rio+20 People's Summit
A self-organized gathering of NGOs, native communities and members of the civil society, the People's Summit is one big mess or one fine celebration, depending on how you want to look at it.
