Category Archives: General

Originally posted on Indiĝenaj Inteligenteco:
In late December 2012, the United Nations Security Council approved the dispatch of an “African-led intervention force” to Mali’s to help the army reconquer the north of the country from Tuareg separatists and their…

Seeds of Hope TED talks are my absolute favorite form of edutainment, so when I was invited to speak at a Los Angeles Fred Talk in December, I was one happy Brazilian! FRED is a TED with Friends. And good … Continue reading →

Originally posted on Americas South and North:
This is gross: Five years ago, Rio de Janeiro’s “favela” hillside slums had such a bad rap that they were virtual no-go zones, where drug lords laid down the law and outsiders set…

Originally posted on cape/caracas:
Simply breathtaking, there is a neighbourhood in Sao Paulo that’s almost entirely covered in street art. This is Beco do Batman (Batman Alley) in Villa Madalena. Get there by following the green metro line all…

Originally posted on finallygettingdowntobrasstacks:
I think it may have started with the photos of old Rio. Someone posted a series of black and white photos from the 1890s to the 1970s, and I found myself looking at them with a…

Originally posted on Falsa Carioca:
Last night, CIEE took us to one of Rio’s most famous samba schools. When I first heard the term samba school I thought that it was a community school that taught others sambas but they’re…

Originally posted on A Window Of Wisdom:
“The amount of love that is within each of us is endless like a well that is filled with enough water to quench the thirst of the world ,and all you have to…

Originally posted on Helen Finch:
Last week, as I walked along the banks of the River Irwell, on a still dank January afternoon, the sound of a digger echoed across the water. I realised that the last industrial chimney in…