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Small-Scale Waste-Water Treatment Systems Utilizing Water Hyacinth

Opinion, by Alfonso Stefanini RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - Rio's Guanabara Bay, a geographically mountainous and aesthetically beautiful area, is polluted daily with domestic...

Integrated Urban Agriculture at the Zona Portuária Area in Rio?

Opinion, by Alfonso Stefanini RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - The historic Zona Portuária (Port Zone) in Rio is presently going through a formidable revitalization...

Driving in Rio: the Fast and the Furious

Opinion, by Alfonso Stefanini RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – Having a car in Rio de Janeiro is like a box of chocolates: you never know...

Rio de Janeiro’s Botanical Garden has a Dirty Secret

Opinion, by Alfonso Stefanini RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - The Jardim Botânico do Rio de Janeiro (Botanical Garden), located in the South Zone of...

Food Waste in Restaurants: a Global Problem

Opinion, by Alfonso Stefanini RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – Growing up in the family restaurant business and working with environmental management for restaurants in both...

Rio+20 (Paper Edition): The Paperless Cultural Transition

Opinion, by Alfonso Stefanini RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - UN began its PaperSmart (Integrated Sustainable Papersmart Services), paperless program at Rio+20, where paper was replaced...

Rio+20 (plastics edition): The Problematic Plastic Island States

Opinion, by Alfonso Stefanini RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - In light of the 193 UN member states represented at Rio+20, I believe we should incorporate...

Bioregionalism for Rio de Janeiro

Opinion, by Alfonso Stefanini RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - Valentine's day in Brazil was on June 12th and if you gave flowers to that special...

The Closing of Jardim Gramacho Landfill

Opinion, by Alfonso Stefanini RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - The first time I went to the Gramacho landfill, about three years ago, I was dumfounded...

The Political Compromise of the Forest Code

Opinion, by Alfonso Stefanini RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - "Veto the Forest Code, Dilma!" This is what you hear on the streets from the...

Key Meetings at Rio+20 for Brazil

By Nathan M. Walters, Senior Contributing Reporter RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - Politicians in Brazil and Rio will be busy with meetings in June during the...

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