‘Green favela’ a ray of sustainable hope in Brazil’s concrete jungle

At first glance, it looks like any other shantytown in Brazil: a precarious jumble of tin-roof shacks and shoddy streets.

But look closer, and the community garden, rainwater harvesting system and environmental education program are visible too: This “favela” is remarkably green.

By Pascale Touillaud via The South African

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