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No Contexto da Ultrapassagem Climática, ‘As Cidades São o Cadinho e o Fogo que Impulsionam a Mudança de que Precisamos’, Afirma Autora Coordenadora Principal de Relatório Especial do IPCC Sobre Cidades
Norma de Morais, 70 anos, idosa aposentada moradora do Jardim América, na Zona Norte do Rio de Janeiro, senta-se sozinha em seu sofá, observando a destruição deixada em sua sala após a enchente de janeiro de 2024. Em seguida, tenta agir normalmente em sua cozinha, apesar da água contaminada que chega à altura da cintura. Com a intensificação das mudanças climáticas, cenas como essa estão se tornando cada vez mais comuns, afetando de forma desproporcional as comunidades mais vulneráveis do mundo.
‘Nós Pertencemos à Terra’: Uma Entrevista com John Mussington Sobre a Urgência de Aprendermos com o Sistema de Terras Comunitárias de Barbuda [VÍDEO]
Click Here for English Em abril de 2026, o ambientalista, líder comunitário e ativista barbudano John Mussington visitou o Rio de Janeiro para o Intercâmbio Global de Termos Territoriais Coletivos, organizado pelo Projeto Termo Territorial Coletivo*, a convite do Rondo Community Land Trust, TTC de Minnesota nos Estados Unidos, e do Centro Internacional para Termos Territoriais Coletivos, com o apoio da Fundação Robert Wood Johnson.
Com Início da Copa, Comunidades nas Cidades-Sede dos EUA e Canadá Reagem ao Aumento dos Aluguéis com o Termo Territorial Coletivo
Mapa Global de TTCs mostrando 627 Termos Territoriais Coletivos em todo o mundo em 24 de novembro de 2024. Fonte: Centro Internacional para Termos Territoriais Coletivos via Google My Maps Click Here for English Esta matéria faz parte da nossa série que reflete sobre os impactos dos megaeventos no Rio de Janeiro 10 anos após os Jogos Olímpicos Rio2016 e foi republicada com permissão e em colaboração com o Centro Internacional para Termos Territoriais Coletivos.
Cozinha Solidária e Escola Social, 'Doces Lembranças por Claudia Queiroga', Alimenta Corpos e Almas na Baixada Fluminense [PERFIL]
No terraço da Cozinha Escola Social, Claudia fala dos sonhos e ideias verdes que tem para o futuro—tudo com o intuito de envolver o bairro e tornar o espaço comunitário. Foto: Pauline Okyere Este artigo faz parte de uma série de perfis de iniciativas integrantes da Rede Favela Sustentável.
Projeto Inclusão: Transformando Vidas Por Meio do Amor ao Próximo, Educação, Esportes e Cultura em Éden, São João de Meriti [PERFIL]
Este artigo faz parte de uma série de perfis de iniciativas integrantes da Rede Favela Sustentável. Iniciativa: Projeto Inclusão Contato: Facebook | Instagram | WhatsApp +55 (21) 964686394 e 976688714 Ano de Fundação: 2014 Comunidade: Éden, São João de Meriti Missão: Transformar vidas através do amor ao próximo, educação, esporte e cultura.
'Os Favelados Pod' Tudo! Conheça a Mídia Vidigalense Que Destaca Jornadas e Desafios Cotidianos de Favelados Inspiradores
Recentemente, o RioOnWatch conversou, no Vidigal, com Saulo Paulino, fundador do podcast Os Favelados Pod, um programa em áudio e vídeo que promove diálogos com personalidades proeminentes das favelas nas áreas de empreendedorismo, arte, música, cultura e esportes. Criando rodas de conversa, o podcast destaca as jornadas de vida e os desafios cotidianos de favelados inspiradores, mostrando que eles podem, sim, realizar seus sonhos, alcançar uma vida de abundância e gerar riqueza.
Saiu no The Guardian-Como Lembranças de Água Limpa, Sapos e Ar Puro Podem Ajudar a Salvar as Favelas do Rio de Futuros Desastres Climáticos-Através da Exposição 'Memória Climática das Favelas' - RioOnWatch
Click Here for English Leia a matéria original por Júlia Dias Carneiro, em inglês, no The Guardian aqui. O RioOnWatch traduz matérias do inglês para que brasileiros possam ter acesso e acompanhar temas ou análises cobertos fora do país que nem sempre são cobertos no Brasil.
New Sustainable Favela Network Map Makes Palpable The Sheer Diversity of Favela Solutions [REFERENCE]
Clique aqui para Português Rio de Janeiro’s Sustainable Favela Network (SFN)* recently launched an update to its Sustainable Favela Network Map. The results were presented during its last meeting of 2021, with 79 network members in attendance from favelas across Greater Rio de Janeiro.
Fire Destroys Cultural and Tourist Landmarks in the Pavão-Pavãozinho Favela, Between Copacabana and Ipanema Beaches in Rio de Janeiro
Clique aqui para Português This article is part of a series created in partnership with the Behner Stiefel Center for Brazilian Studies at San Diego State University, to produce articles for the Digital Brazil Project on environmental justice in the favelas for RioOnWatch.
Between Alleys and Lanes, Lesbian Memories and Casa Resistências: The Lives of Gay Women in Rio's Maré Favela
Clique aqui para Português This article is part of RioOnWatch‘s series on Memories of Favela Power, which documents and celebrates the history of Rio de Janeiro’s favelas through narratives and reports from residents’ collective memory, in their daily struggle to lead fulfilling lives.
Capoeira — The Sublime Art of Subversion [VIDEO] - RioOnWatch
Clique aqui para Português This article is part of RioOnWatch‘s series on Memories of Favela Power, which documents and celebrates the history of Rio de Janeiro’s favelas through narratives and reports from residents’ collective memory, in their daily struggle to lead fulfilling lives.
The Challenge of Making Environmental Racism Visible as Reflected in the Documentary Film ‘How to Survive Environmental Racism’
Clique aqui para Português This article offers a behind-the-scenes look at the documentary How to Survive Environmental Racism. Divided into four chapters, the documentary-in-progress serves as a tool against the invisibility of Greater Rio de Janeiro’s Baixada Fluminense region’s climate crisis.
Memories Are Bulletproof: Three Years Without Kathlen and Her Baby
Clique aqui para Português June 2024 reflected three years since the murder of Kathlen Romeu and her unborn baby in the favelas of Complexo do Lins, in Rio de Janeiro’s North Zone. An event was organized to mark the date at the headquarters of Unidos do Cabuçu—a samba school from the Barro Preto favela, located in Complexo do Lins—in memory of Romeu.
Meet a Favela Griot, Carlos Duque, Whose Story of Struggle Against 1960s Evictions Led the Way for Favela Resident Organizing
Clique aqui para Português This article is part of RioOnWatch‘s series on Memories of Favela Power, which documents and celebrates the history of Rio de Janeiro’s favelas through narratives and reports from residents’ collective memory, in their daily struggle to lead fulfilling lives.
In Complexo da Maré, ‘Favela Climate Memory’ Exhibition Engages Youth from Ecoa Maré and the Institution's College Prep Course
Clique aqui para Português The Favela Climate Memory Exhibition, organized by museums and memory projects associated with the Sustainable Favela Network (SFN)*, is currently being shown as part of World Environment Month, at the Center for Studies and Solidarity Actions of Maré (CEASM) in Complexo da Maré, in Rio’s North Zone. The event opened on World Environment Day, and was attended by coordinators, students, and teachers of CEASM’s College Preparatory Course project.
Today Is World Localization Day: The Biggest Movement You May Be a Part of Without Realizing [VIDEO]
Each year on June 21, more and more people around the world are celebrating World Localization Day. In 2020, Local Futures, an NGO at the heart of this localization movement, organized the first World Localization Day.
Community Media Profile: PPG Informativo
Clique aqui para Português Check out our complete series of community media profiles here. RioOnWatch recently had the pleasure of speaking with Ana Muza Cipriano, the founder of PPG Informativo, to learn more about her work, the history of this favela-based media channel, its impacts, and how she understands the importance of the favela journalism ecosystem.
Counter-Narratives at the Heart of Afro-Brazilian Culture: 14th Urban Peripheries Literary Festival Celebrates Beatriz Nascimento
Clique aqui para Português Rio de Janeiro’s Urban Peripheries Literary Festival (FLUP) kicked off its 14th edition on Saturday, May 11 with an event held at Circo Crescer e Viver, in the area now known as Cidade Nova. Formerly recognized as Praça XI, the region stands as one of the cradles of Rio de Janeiro’s samba culture, home and terreiro [sacred space of Afro-Brazilian worship] of critical women like Tia Ciata, in the heart of downtown.
Three Years After Deadliest Massacre by Police in Rio de Janeiro History, Mothers of Jacarezinho Victims Continue Fighting for Justice
Clique aqui para Português Three years have passed since the Jacarezinho Massacre, during which Rio de Janeiro’s Civil Police (PCERJ) killed 28 residents in the deadliest police operation in Rio state history, the pain still plagues the Jacarezinho favela, particularly on Mother’s Day.
'Silvery Rain' from Ternium Brasil Steel Mill Harms Health, Economy, and Environment in Rio de Janeiro's West Zone
Clique aqui para Português This article is part of a series created in partnership with the Behner Stiefel Center for Brazilian Studies at San Diego State University, to produce articles for the Digital Brazil Project on environmental justice in the favelas for RioOnWatch. It was October 2012, and the streets of São Fernando—an area in Santa Cruz, a neighborhood in Rio de Janeiro’s extreme West Zone, or Planning Area 5 (AP5)—woke up completely covered in silver.
Complexo da Penha Hosts the 1st International Favelas Conference: Proposals Will Be Taken to the G20 Summit in November
Clique aqui para Português The 1st International Favelas’ Conference (IFC20) was held at the Central Única de Favelas (CUFA) headquarters in Complexo da Penha, in the North Zone of Rio de Janeiro, on Monday, April 29. A collaborative effort by CUFA, the National Anti-racist Front (FNA), and the Favelas Parliamentary Front, the initiative aims to gather the demands of the favelas of Brazil and 40 other countries.
The Historical Public Security Debate in Rio de Janeiro: Hunted Humans Vs. Security of Rights [OPINION]
Clique aqui para Português For the original opinion piece written by Guilherme Pimentel and published in Brasil de Fato on April 18, 2024, click here. On the day I write this article, there are police operations unfolding in several favelas in Rio de Janeiro.
Socio-Environmental Disasters in the Guandu Environmental Protection Area Alter the Lives of Fishermen in Greater Rio de Janeiro
Clique aqui para Português This article is part of a series created in partnership with the Behner Stiefel Center for Brazilian Studies at San Diego State University, to produce articles for the Digital Brazil Project on environmental justice in the favelas for RioOnWatch. At the beginning of 2020, almost 6 million people in Greater Rio de Janeiro were forced to change their habits in relation to water.
This Memory Will Not Be Erased: Six Years Without Marielle Franco and Anderson Gomes
Clique aqui para Português On March 14, 2018, six years ago, a barbaric crime took the lives of Rio de Janeiro Councilwoman Marielle Franco and her driver Anderson Gomes. A date that will never be erased from Brazil’s and the world’s memory, a world that united in mourning and indignation, demanding justice. However, to this day, her political femicide remains unsolved. It is still unknown who ordered Marielle Franco’s killing, and why.
'Favela Climate Memory' Exhibition Arrives in Santa Cruz Taking the Climate History of Five Rio Favelas to Young Audiences
Clique aqui para Português The Favela Climate Memory Exhibition, organized by museums and memory projects associated with the Sustainable Favela Network (SFN)*, is on display from March 1-31 at the Palacete Princesa Isabel, Santa Cruz Cultural Center, in the West Zone of Rio de Janeiro.
Marielle Lives On! In Maricá, the Little Owls Project Offers Nighttime Support for Single Mothers and Fathers
Clique aqui para Português March 14, 2024—This Women’s History Month, on the sixth anniversary of Marielle Franco’s political femicide, this article explores Marielle’s parliamentary legacy through a policy implemented by the municipality of Maricá. The initiative, known as the Little Owls Project, offers hope, particularly for women, single mothers in the city, situated in Greater Rio’s Eastern Region, to the east of the Guanabara Bay.
This Women’s Day, Learn About the Ongoing Relevance of Carolina Maria de Jesus, a Historic Afro-Brazilian Author from the Favelas
Clique aqui para Português Carolina Maria de Jesus said so much about Brazil. Her writing, charged with feeling and indignation, reflected a difficult reality not only experienced by the writer herself, decades ago, but by millions of Brazilians even today. Her works are documents that bear witness to the resistance of a Black woman from the favela.
Climate Anxiety in Rio de Janeiro's Favelas Is the Echo of Environmental Racism, Say #VoicesFromSocialMedia
Clique aqui para Português This article is part of a series created in partnership with the Behner Stiefel Center for Brazilian Studies at San Diego State University, to produce articles for the Digital Brazil Project on environmental justice in the favelas for RioOnWatch. It is also part of RioOnWatch’s ongoing #VoicesFromSocialMedia series, which compiles perspectives posted on social media by favela residents and activists about events and societal themes that arise.
Carnival of Literature! Spaces of Black Resistance, Rio de Janeiro's Samba Schools Host Literary Festivals that Boost Racial Literacy
Clique aqui para Português February 9, 2024—Afro-Indigenous Brazilian literature is a growing source of inspiration for samba schools as they organize Rio de Janeiro’s carnival parades. During the 2024 carnival, which starts today, a number of traditional samba schools will celebrate Brazilian Afro-Indigenous literary works in the Sambadrome. Portela created its plot based on A Color Defect, a novel by Minas Gerais-born writer Ana Maria Gonçalves.
2023 Retrospective of Best International Reporting on Rio’s Favelas (10th Edition)
Clique aqui para Português This is the 10th edition of our media watchdog series Best and Worst International Reporting on Rio’s Favelas, part of RioOnWatch’s ongoing conversation on the media narrative and portrayal of favelas. With some distance from the specter of Covid-19, the period of political transition and tension took center stage in early-year international media coverage of Brazil, particularly due to the January 8 attacks on Brasília.
It Isn't the Rain! What's Killing Rio de Janeiro's Favela Residents Is Environmental Racism, Say #VoicesFromSocialMedia
Clique aqui para Português This article is part of RioOnWatch’s ongoing #VoicesFromSocialMedia series, which compiles perspectives posted on social media by favela residents and activists about events and societal themes that arise. On Saturday night January 13, the Rio de Janeiro Metropolitan Region, especially the city’s North Zone and Greater Rio’s Baixada Fluminense, again experienced the consequences of extreme weather, which is lamentably becoming increasingly common with each passing year.
Meeting of the Waters in City of God: Local Project Strengthens Identity and Salvages Memory of the Community’s Rivers
Clique aqui para Português This is the final in a series of articles on water justice in the favelas resulting from the course “Climate Justice in Community Journalism: From Pitching to Writing.” The course, conducted by the RioOnWatch team in collaboration with the Sustainable Favela Network (SFN)* Youth Working Group took place between July and September 2023.
Water Justice in Rocinha: Chronic Water Shortages, a Constant Battle
Clique aqui para Português This is the first in a series of articles resulting from the course “Climate Justice in Community Journalism: From Pitching to Writing.” The course, conducted by the RioOnWatch team in collaboration with the Sustainable Favela Network (SFN) Youth Working Group took place between July and September 2023.
Rio de Janeiro City Council Recognizes 160 Grassroots Anti-racist Media Producers on Historic Evening at the Brazilian Press Association
On a historic evening during Brazilian Black Awareness Month, on November 27, Rio de Janeiro’s City Council, through the Special Commission to Combat Racism, chaired by Councilmember Mônica Cunha, delivered motions of praise and recognition to over 160 anti-racist communicators from Rio de Janeiro, at the Brazilian Press Association (ABI), in Centro. The honorees were alternative media collectives, journalists, actors, local leaders, influencers, and anti-racist content producers.
No Transparency: Magé, in Greater Rio de Janeiro, Threatened with Solid Waste from Neighboring Municipalities
Clique aqui para Português The issue of garbage in Magé, a municipality in Greater Rio de Janeiro’s Baixada Fluminense region, has been a longstanding concern for residents and socio-environmental activists. According to the Magé Climate Forum, the municipality is being targeted through political maneuvers to become the final dumping ground for solid waste generated by other cities in the metropolitan area.
Bumba-meu-boi Brilho de Lucas Keeps Maranhão Folklore Alive in Rio
Clique aqui para Português During the celebration of Brazil’s Folklore Day 2023, we learned more about how the residents of Parada de Lucas, in Rio de Janeiro’s North Zone, continue to breathe life into ‘bumba meu boi,’ a northeastern Brazilian, Black and indigenous folkloric expression, strongly tied to the saints associated with Brazil’s June Festivals. The ‘matraca‘ and the ‘pandeiro‘ make the ground tremble… This heritage was left by our grandparents.
Rio de Janeiro's First Housing Cooperative: Explore the History of Shangri-lá In Taquara, Jacarepaguá, West Zone
Clique aqui para Português In the neighborhood of Taquara, in Rio de Janeiro’s West Zone, nestled in a place popularly known as Boiuna, on the edge of a local river, a small community lives out their days in the bustling metropolis. Crossing the discreet gate that guards the entrance, you will find long two-story buildings with apartments side-by-side and an extensive balcony on the second floor. There is a courtyard in front adorned with garden beds and trees, a church, and a community center.
Favela Communications Pioneer Zé do Caroço: Community Media, Legacy and Samba [VIDEO]
Clique aqui para Português This video report relives passages of the life of favela communicator José Mendes da Silva, forever known as Zé do Caroço, whose name resonates in one of the most famous Brazilian sambas, written by Leci Brandão.
RIP ‘Subnormal Agglomerations,’ Part 1: Local Diversity, Strength, and Belonging in a New Official Term
Clique aqui para Português This is the first article in a series of three about how Brazil’s census bureau, IBGE, held an unprecedented week-long workshop to debate how to change the term “subnormal agglomerations” from the perspective of favelas and working-class settlements.
A Critical Look at the Double-Standard of Heritage Conservation in Rio de Janeiro: The Case of Horto Florestal [REFERENCE]
The United Nations still frequently uses the term “slum” synonymously with “informal settlement” to describe where at least 1 billion of the world’s people live. Broadly speaking, “informality” when it comes to housing indicates a form of urban planning without public sector planning and oversight. However, the condition of the “informal” is more complex and warrants a critical exploration.
The Challenges Faced by Community Journalists in the Largest Favela Complex of Rio de Janeiro's Baixada Fluminense
Clique aqui para Português Complexo da Mangueirinha, in Duque de Caxias, is the largest cluster of favelas in Greater Rio de Janeiro’s Baixada Fluminense region.
The Babilônia Favela's Solar Energy Tour: Community Organizers' Mini-Course on Solar Energy [VIDEO]
Clique aqui para Português On June 3, Rio de Janeiro’s Sustainable Favela Network (SFN) launched a Mini-Course for Favela Solar Energy Ambassadors in the Babilônia favela, in the city’s South Zone. The gathering brought together community organizers from the network to discuss and introduce the course’s theme: “the role of solar energy in realizing energy and climate justice,” under the leadership of Revolusolar, a member of the SFN active in the field for eight years.
'Defavelization' of Favela do Lixão Highlights Threats of Real Estate Speculation in the Baixada Fluminense
Clique aqui para Português This is our latest article in a series created in partnership with the Behner Stiefel Center for Brazilian Studies at San Diego State University, to produce articles for the Digital Brazil Project on water issues and the LGBTQIAPN+ population in Rio’s favelas and in the Baixada Fluminense for RioOnWatch.
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