Tag: ecology

Brazilian Amazon on fire

Brazil May Become the Saudi Arabia of Ethanol. Or the Iraq

Not everything that pretends to be sustainable truly is. Environmental and social concerns ("the ...

At the Guapuruvu site you buy a shirt and get a tree

Making Business Sense Out of Planting Trees in Brazil

Guapuruvu is the name of a gigantic tree originated in Brazil. It grows fast ...

Your typical DC Beltway traffic jam in the US

A View from Brazil: We’re All Pyromaniac Neros and Bush Is a Bigger One

Some 2000 years ago, a Roman emperor with artistic inclinations was accused of burning ...

José Marcolino and family by Sérgio Tomizaki/Agência Meios

Recycling in Brazil Becomes Ticket Out of Poverty and Inspires World

When he was unemployed, after years working as a welder, 49-year-old José Marcolino da ...

A Brazilian Furniture Hub Discovers Design and Ecology

In operation for over 40 years, with 312 companies in nine cities and generating ...

UK’s Foreign Minister Discusses Environment and Biodiesel with Brazil

Brazil’s Minister of Foreign Relations, Celso Amorim, met yesterday, July 3, with his counterpart ...

Brazil Hosts Over 100 Environment Ministers for Global Eco Conference

Beginning Monday, March 13, two meetings sponsored by the United Nations in Curitiba will ...

Bacanga Park in Maranhão state, Brazil

It’s a Brazilian State Park. But You Wouldn’t Know by Going Inside.

To get a bird’s eye view of the park, we have to compete with ...

Brazilian Bank to Give US$ 100,000 Award to Amazon Project with Zero Destruction

Brazil’s Banco da Amazônia is launching the Banco da Amazônia Award for Conscious Entrepreneurship ...

Brazil’s Eco Prize Has New Category: Sustainable Business Management

Companies interested in competing for the Eco Prize 2005 have until today to register. ...