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Norway’s payouts and Brazil’s efforts reduce amazon deforestation by 75 percent
September 29, 2015Back in 2008, Norway, a country far away from all things amazon, decided to support Brazil’s rainforest with a payout of $1 billion to the latter. It’s been years and the Scandinavian nation is finally paying out its final $100 … Continue reading3
Posted in Awareness and Hype | Tagged Brazil, Deforestation, Norway | Leave a commentSolar powered helipad kit unveiled in Brazil
April 18, 2011The Brazilian’s sure know how to land their choppers in an eco-friendly way in some otherwise- inaccessible locations. Very recently, the first solar-helipad kit was unveiled at the Latin American Aero and Defense International Exhibition and Conference on Aerospace and … Continue reading3
Posted in Awareness and Hype | Tagged Brazil, Helipad, Solar_Powered | Leave a commentJames Cameron’s visit to the tribes of Brazil
April 21, 2010You’ve probably seen the Avatar movie in 3D and marveled at its realism and awesomeness. If that wasn’t enough, you could join James Cameron on his trip into the woods to meet the tribes of Brazil, in an effort to … Continue reading3
Posted in Other Stuff | Tagged Avatar, Brazil, James_Cameron | Leave a commentThe Solar City Tower in Rio for the 2016 Summer Games
April 1, 2010The 2016 Summer Games in Rio hopes to be carbon-zero and are making a serious effort towards achieving it. Swiss architects, RAFAA Architecture and Design have come up with a concept design for the summer games. The Solar City Tower … Continue reading3
Posted in Architecture | Tagged Brazil, Energy_generator, Solar_Power, Waterfall | Leave a commentAdvertisement in Brazil encourages urinating while taking a shower to save water
August 7, 2009An animated video ad has been released in Brazil encouraging people to urinate in showers to save water. It has been aired on TV and has many characters including, Mahatma Gandhi, King Kong, Statue of Liberty, an alien and many … Continue reading3
Posted in Recycle | Tagged Advertising, Brazil, Water_saving | Leave a commentYour daily dose of beef is destroying the Amazon Rainforest
June 22, 2009The deforestation of tropical forest for is estimated to produce 17% of the world’s greenhouse gas emissions and cattle farming is the biggest threat to the remaining Amazon rainforest. Reportedly, a fifth of the Amazon forest is already lost since … Continue reading3
Posted in Other Stuff | Tagged Amazone_Rainforest, Brazil | Leave a commentBrazil sugarcane workers are soon to feel the corporate axe
June 7, 2008Brazil sugarcane workers are soon to feel the corporate axe, Brazilian Sugar Cane Industry Association (UNICA) said 80% of the 500,000 jobs would be gone within three years and admitted that moving to a tractor-based system would cause pain and … Continue reading3
Posted in Biofuels | Tagged Brazil | Leave a commentGarbage could be the new Bio-Fuel
May 26, 2008Environmentalists today want giant corporations to look for alternative energy resources in trash. Until now, looking for bio fuel meant that precious food crops could become scarce since corporations would want to make the most from it. The best alternative … Continue reading3
Posted in Biofuels | Tagged Brazil, USA | Leave a commentBrazil & US to produce Biodiesel
April 28, 2008Brazil has been the world’s largest producer of ethanol from sugar cane for nearly three decades and the country has more than 30,000 filling stations that market the biofuel. U.S. Company Amyris Biotechnologies and Brazilian sugar and ethanol group Crystalsev … Continue reading3
Posted in Biofuels | Tagged Biodiesel, Brazil | Leave a comment