Community action/Rio de Janeiro
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| Location | Rio de Janeiro, Brazil |
| Coordinates | 22° 54' 39.65" S, 43° 12' 33.74" W |
The aim of this page is to recognise, celebrate and encourage the self-empowerment of community agency networks (CANs) and community groups' activism for climate, environment and many other sustainability topics across Rio de Janeiro.
News
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Half the world’s 100 largest cities are in high water stress areas, analysis finds, theguardian.com (Jan 22, 2026) — Beijing, New York, Los Angeles, Rio de Janeiro and Delhi among those facing extreme stress, while London, Bangkok and Jakarta classed as being highly stressed- How memories of clean water, frogs and fresh air could help save Rio’s favelas from future climate disaster, theguardian.com (May 14, 2025)
- ‘I think, boy, I’m a part of all this’: how local heroes reforested Rio’s green heart, theguardian.com (Oct 10, 2024)
- Across South America, canopy bridges evolve as a lifeline for tree-dwelling wildlife, news.mongabay.com (Mar 04, 2026)
- Amazon villages build autonomous energy systems after mega-dam failed pledges, news.mongabay.com (Feb 18, 2026)
- Indigenous women lead a firefighting brigade in Brazil’s Cerrado, news.mongabay.com (Jan 07, 2026)
- Argentina’s co-operativas escolares: A case study in co-op education, thenews.coop (May 12, 2026) — In 1946, national legislation formally established the teaching of co-operativism and the creation of school co-operatives
- Across South America, canopy bridges evolve as a lifeline for tree-dwelling wildlife, news.mongabay.com (Mar 04, 2026)
- Stingless bees from the Amazon granted legal rights in world first, theguardian.com (Dec 29, 2025)
- Amsterdam, along with other major European cities, bans public adverts for meat and fossil fuels [BBC], Daily Alternative (May 22, 2026)
- Solidarity fields in Syria: Reviving local seed production, globalvoices.org (May 21, 2026) — A community garden on Damascus's edge is quietly rebuilding Syria's agricultural memory
- How reindeer herds, nature and Sámi culture can thrive when forests are restored across northern Europe, theconversation.com (May 15, 2026)
International events
[edit | edit source]Global or International events
Jun 03, 2026 (Wed) — World Bicycle Day, The bicycle is a "symbol of sustainable transport and conveys a positive message to foster sustainable consumption and production, and has a positive impact on climate." (United Nations), June 3 each year, un.org- Jun 05, 2026 (Fri) — World Environment Day, June 5, annually, worldenvironmentday.global
- Jun 08, 2026 (Mon) — World Oceans Day, June 8 each year, worldoceanday.org
- Jun 12, 2026 (Fri) — World Day Against Child Labour, every year on June 12, ilo.org
- Jun 17, 2026 (Wed) — World Day to Combat Desertification and Drought, each June 17, un.org
- Jun 21 and all of June — World Localization Day, worldlocalizationday.org
- Jun 22, 2026 (Mon) — World Rainforest Day, June 22 is World Rainforest Day, worldrainforestday.org
2021-2030, UN Decade on Ecosystem Restoration, International community action events
CDC videos
[edit | edit source]Each week 3 different short videos from across the world.
Community networks, Community action/Philippines, Arts, sport and culture / ...This week's featured UK videos / ... read more about Cosmolocalism
Rio de Janeiro video
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Networks and sustainability initiatives
[edit | edit source]- Neighbourhood initiatives across Rio de Janeiro
Communities online
[edit | edit source]RioOnWatch.org, English language mirror to Favela.Info, a collective blog about the changes and happenings in Rio de Janeiro in the lead up to the 2016 Olympic Games, to be held in the city.
Food activism
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Imagine that a friend tells you there's a fancy new restaurant in town. At first, you might not care, since there's a pretty slim chance of you eating out at any kind of restaurant. Now imagine your friend telling you that at this gourmet dining hall, with high-end lighting design, furniture, and art installations, homeless patrons are not just welcomed, but fed for free.
Towards sustainable economies
[edit | edit source]Circuito Rio Ecosol - SEDES on facebook, Rio's solidarity economy circuit
Social inclusion
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- Catalytic Communities (CatComm/ComCat)[1] or CatComm - uses technology to link grassroots community groups so they can learn from each other's successes, and support one another's work. When community organizations tackle local problems, their work would be easier if they knew about successful programs in similar neighborhoods around the world.
CatComm realizes people solve crises in their communities every day, and the Internet is the perfect tool to replicate these successes.They collect and posts how-to examples in our Community Solutions Database. These real-life stories address a wide range of issues, from HIV prevention to spurring economic growth, providing effective care for children and the elderly, and much more. The database of over 130 projects inspires people to make a difference around the world.
- Catalytic Communities (CatComm/ComCat) (a.k.a.: Comunidades Catalisadoras (ComCat)), link checked 18:05, 30 November 2021 (UTC)
Sharing
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Rio de Janeiro is a city of extremes. Inequality is rampant, and while a small elite enjoy the "luxury" of housing, high quality education, and concentrated public funding, the majority of its citizens share the rest. The best examples of sharing are born not out of excess but from scarcity and collective problem solving. How do you build a house without money? How can you study if you can't afford to pay for a bus to class? How can a farmer survive with no land? How can people without access to resources reasonably start up a working business? And of course – how can people help each other stay safe?[2]
These community groups are transforming Rio de Janeiro into a Sharing City:
Sustainable transport activism
[edit | edit source]Walkable city streets are commonly closed on Sunday in major cities (of Brazil), one notable example being Avenida Atlântica in Copacabana, Rio De Janeiro.[3]
Cycling activism
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Rio de Janeiro, also known simply as Rio, is the capital of the state of Rio de Janeiro. It is the second-most-populous city in Brazil after São Paulo with a population of 13 million people following 2025, and the sixth-most-populous city in the Americas.
Bike Itaú is a public bicycle sharing system in the city of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. It is run by PBSC Urban Solutions and started on 20 February 2018, and is sponsored by the municipal government of Rio de Janeiro in partnership with Banco Itaú. The system replaced the old one, operated by Serttel a private concessionaire, that began operations in October 2011. The old bike sharing system had 4000 bicycles available at 400 rental stations located throughout several neighborhoods in the city. The rental stations are powered by solar panels.
Trees, woodland and forest
[edit | edit source]- Reforestation Rio, Reforestation Program of the Municipality of Rio de Janeiro, storymaps.arcgis.com, added 12:29, 14 October 2024 (UTC)
News archive
[edit | edit source]- How memories of clean water, frogs and fresh air could help save Rio’s favelas from future climate disaster, theguardian.com (May 14, 2025)
- ‘I think, boy, I’m a part of all this’: how local heroes reforested Rio’s green heart, theguardian.com (Oct 10, 2024)
- Sustaining birds, bees & communities, Rio’s grassroots agroforestry, news.mongabay.com (Aug 13, 2024)
- Rio de Janeiro bay reforestation shows mangroves’ power to mitigate climate disasters, apnews.com (May 24, 2024)
- Rio’s dolphins back from the brink of extinction thanks to education and research, news.mongabay.com (Apr 30, 2024)
- Record heat index of 62.3C scorches Brazil’s Rio de Janeiro, aljazeera.com/ (Mar 18, 2024)
- Rio's residents garden their way out of hunger, BBC News (Jul 02, 2022)
The three-degree world: cities that will be drowned by global warming, Nov 3, 2017...The Guardian
- The Favela as a Community Land Trust: A Solution to Eviction and Gentrification? Nov 15, 2016...rioonwatch.org
- Solidarity Economy Part I: Cooperative Development in Rio and Beyond, Sep 29, 2016...rioonwatch.org
- Rio de Janeiro named as first 'fully committed city' in fight against climate change, August 31, 2015...edie.net
- The Cost of Living in Rio de Janeiro Is Too Damn High, time for the Surreal? January 30, 2014...globalvoicesonline.org
About Rio de Janeiro
[edit | edit source]Rio de Janeiro, also known simply as Rio, is the capital of the state of Rio de Janeiro. It is the second-most-populous city in Brazil after São Paulo with a population of 13 million people following 2025, and the sixth-most-populous city in the Americas.
External links
- Public transport in Rio de Janeiro, Social issues in Rio de Janeiro, Sustainability in Rio de Janeiro
References
- ↑ (a.k.a.: Comunidades Catalisadoras (ComCat)), link checked 18:05, 30 November 2021 (UTC)
- ↑ By Shanna Hanbury, May 17, 2018 Shareable
- ↑ wikipedia:Ciclovía#Brazil
| Authors | Phil Green |
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| License | CC-BY-SA-3.0 |
| Cite as | Philralph (2014–2026). "Community action/Rio de Janeiro". Appropedia. Retrieved June 3, 2026. |