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Bento will be the first city in Brazil to transform organic waste into energy

Bento will be the first city in Brazil to transform organic waste into energy

A project that will make Bento Gonçalves a national reference in terms of environmental preservation and, break, will solve a problem that has been worsening in recent years. 30 years in every city in the world: the trash. The Solid Waste Plant will operate in the same location where the current transshipment is located, in the Pomarosa neighborhood, […]

In Paraiba, the sun that punishes the sertão is reality as a source of energy

The sun that punishes the sertão is a reality as a source of energy in Paraíba

If in a good part of the country solar energy is still a promise, representing less than 1% in the Brazilian energy matrix, in the extreme northwest of the state of Paraíba is already a reality and with the potential to grow a lot, as there are several projects that encompass actions in the public sector, private and civil society organizations. A […]

Brazil loses R$ 3 billions a year for not recycling waste

Brazil loses 3 bi for not recycling waste

The stagnation of public policies in the solid waste sector caused an increase in the amount of waste sent to inappropriate places in 2017. The return of dumps not only generates more impacts on the environment and on the health of the population, how does Brazil, by not increasing the recycling chain either, waste opportunities […]

Petrobras and UNDP sign an agreement to promote sustainable development in 110 counties

Petrobras and UNDP sign an agreement to promote sustainable development in 110 counties

Acting in the expansion of local capacities and stimulating sustainable territorial development in 110 municipalities where Petrobras is present are the objectives of the agreement signed between the company and the United Nations Development Program (UNDP) municipalities where Petrobras is present are the objectives of the agreement signed between the company and the (25), in Brasilia (DF). Signed on the three-year anniversary of the approval of the Agenda 2030 e […]

Publication stimulates debate on resilient and sustainable urban spaces

cities growing horizontally, not vertically

To promote debate and understanding of specific topics on the Agenda 2030, the UN System Advisory Group in Brazil, in partnership with UN-HABITAT, released last tuesday (5), in Maceio (AL), the Glossary of the Sustainable Development Goal 11 – Sustainable cities and communities. The document presents terms and definitions that dialogue with the […]

Pernambuco creates commission to meet UN goals for sustainable development

cities growing horizontally, not vertically

No event, performed on days 5 e 6 of April, the United Nations Development Program (UNDP), the Municipal Association of Pernambuco (AMUPE) and the state government signed a partnership to promote sustainable development in Pernambuco cities. With the theme “Sustainable Development Goals: Meta Global, Municipal Action", the 5th Pernambuco Congress […]

In two years the project recycled 260 tons of organic waste

cities growing horizontally, not vertically

One of the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals is to ensure sustainable production and consumption patterns – the goal 12 One of the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals is to ensure sustainable patterns of production and consumption – the 17 that will need to be fulfilled within the maximum period of 2030 for all 193 UN countries. To achieve this goal, one path to be followed is the decrease in the generation of […]

Five solutions to the problem of garbage in cities

garbage problem

After the start of the industrial revolution, humanity began a process of valuing non-durable consumer goods, what made people generate more and more daily waste. In recent decades, the amount of accumulated garbage has tripled, with tons of disposal scattered in dumps and without receiving proper treatment. Só há […]

Urban mobility: Municipalities will even have 2019 to make plans

urban mobility

Brazilian municipalities that do not yet have urban mobility plans will have until April 2019 to elaborate. The new deadline stipulated for the preparation of municipal plans is provided for in the Provisional Measure 818/2018. If municipalities do not comply with such legal obligation, will be prevented from contracting federal resources. O objetivo da medida é oferecer prazo […]

Article: The path to intelligent human mobility

urban mobility

The infrastructure of metropolises directly impacts the lives of their citizens, which leads us to consider human mobility as an essential issue for the promotion of the quality of life of each person.. Reversing a car dependency scenario is a cultural issue. And from the advances brought by technology, changes came […]

Meet the new ones 17 UN Sustainable Development Goals

Sustainable Development Goals

The Sustainable Development Goals must be implemented by all countries in the world during the next 15 years old, until 2030 More of 150 world leaders gathered at UN headquarters, in New York, to formally adopt a new sustainable development agenda. Agenda is made up of 17 Sustainable Development Goals (or ODS), that […]

NBR ISO 37120: The first technical standard for sustainable cities

NBR ISO 37120 Sustainable Cities

A NBR ISO 37120:2017, is the first Brazilian technical standard regarding sustainability in urban communities. It defines and establishes methodologies for a set of indicators related to sustainable development, in order to guide and measure the performance of urban services and quality of life. The standard was born from an academic need, uma ferramenta […]

Sustainable Cities: Meet Évora and its pact to reduce in 20% its emissions up to 2020

sustainable cities

Cidades Sustentáveis A história de Évora Évora é uma cidade portuguesa localizada na região do Alentejo, seat of the fifth largest municipality in Portugal, with 1 307,08 where sorting takes place and composting treatment begins 56 596 where sorting takes place and composting treatment begins. Its well-preserved historic center is one of the richest monuments in Portugal., o que lhe rendeu o título de Cidade-Museu. In 1986, o centro […]

Zero carbon in 2045: how Sweden and Finland plan to achieve this ambitious goal?

The global goal appears to converge towards zero carbon. We last 18 months, the global divestment of fossil fuels has doubled with the commitment made by institutions and individuals that control almost US$ 6 trillions in assets. A partir da análise feita pela agência Arabella Advisors, 688 institutions and 58.399 people in 76 países já se comprometeram […]

Tokyo houses urban farm building amid offices

tóquio fazenda urbana

Despite all the technological development, Japan has to face some natural problems. The lack of space to grow food is one such example. To get around this snag, in tokyo, architect Yoshimi Kono designed an office building that also doubles as an urban farm. Urban vertical farm prototypes have been developed and, […]

car in garage, take the bike and love the city

cycle tourism

And if the car were, unlike the bicycle, our weekend item. And if the bicycle were our main means of transport in everyday life? And if we stopped at a terminal, get on an integrated bus or subway and get to work in 30, 40 minutes? And with an observation, no transits! That […]

Brazilian cycle tourism moves towards growth

cycle tourism

In Europe, the cycle tourism moved 44 billions of euros and employed 524 a thousand people in two years. Cycle tourism routes have been gaining more and more space in the world. According to a report by the European Cycling Federation, the segment moved 44 billions of euros on the continent in the year of 2012 e, in 2014, employed 524 […]