Map of Social and Environmental Innovations in Rio de Janeiro
There are several initiatives that have no specific headquarters. Therefore, they are listed below. You will find a brief description and contact information if you want to know more.
A digital collection that gathers audiovisual records of cultural relevance, focusing on black culture.
Free technical lessons in DJing in funk music , located in the Jacarepaguá neighbourhood. Creation of didactic content for the internet.
An initiative which takes literature to the favelas and organises literary events that speak in the language of those who had and are denied access to such events. They problematise the fact that literary events normally take place far away from the favelas.
This is an audio-visual collective from the Baixada Fluminense. The group is united in the desire to provoke the production / exhibition of images and amplify their social and aesthetic implications as they form part of the region’s reality and way of life.
An initiative designing a mobile application with the objective of creating a “garbage map” of the city of São Gonçalo, in the State of Rio. The user can register markers by geolocation which help draw attention to locations where there is a lack of garbage collection or open dumps.
The project seeks to create conditions that favour the child’s connection with nature, for the well-being of children and for the health of the planet.
Open and free distance education initiative l with accessibility in Brazilian Sign Language for elementary and high school students.
This is an online search tool, like Google, which allocates 80% of its profits every month to reforestation projects around the world, including in the Brazilian Atlantic Forest.
A travel platform with purpose, that is, trips that have a positive impact on the lives of those who travel and those who receive the traveller, through interaction with local projects.
A guide collating the cultural practices in the favelas. ** Updated until 2014
A social innovation agency which creates value for companies through social initiatives.
An initiative to support women seeking safe and legal abortions outside Brazil.
A technology laboratory for activists that creates new ways for people to influence and reframe politics through civic technology. They have several projects, such as Meu Rio, a multi-cause mobilization network for direct political influence.
An Initiative which develops pedagogical practices and innovative actions seeking balance between society and the environment. The Permacultural School focuses on the integration of permaculture and agroecology in the curriculum of public schools on the outskirts of the city of Rio de Janeiro.
Free educational blockchain technology training programme aimed at low-income people, with the objective of training professional programmers at an international level, to work for global companies in the partner portfolio.
This is an online and collaborative platform that brings together like-minded initiatives and events related to social and environmental causes in Rio de Janeiro.
Project that brings together students from public and private schools so that together they identify a local problem based on the SDGs – sustainable development goals, and work on a solution together.