The favela community of Vale Encantado in Rio de Janeiro are using a biosystem for sewage treatment and solar panels to make their neighbourhood economically and environmentally self-sufficient, while facing down a long-term threat of eviction. Nestled in the Tijuca Forest in Rio de Janeiro’s north zone, the favela community of Vale Encantado was founded. <a class="view-article" href="https://soundsandcolours.com/subjects/environment/building-self-sufficient-communities-in-rios-favelas-67840/">Read Article</a>
Relations between the U.S. and Brazil are strained by conflicting alliances in the Ukraine war. Decades ago, a Disney cartoon parrot and Carmen Miranda once played a part in U.S.-Brazilian diplomacy.