Brazil

Rio de Janeiro’s 2016 Olympics Park Will Focus On Nature Preservation And Urban Legacy

August 25, 2011

Images: Courtesy of Rio de Janeiro’s mayor office.

Authorities from Rio de Janeiro announced the winning project in the international contest held to design the Olympic Park to be built for the 2016 games. The winning project is focused in the preser…

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Brazil Builds $127 Billion "Offshore City" to Harvest Oil in the Deep Sea

August 24, 2011

Photo credit: Strocchi via Flickr/CC BY

Want to get a feel for how crazy the post-peak oil fossil fuels industry is getting? Here’s as good an example as any: Brazil’s state-owned oil company Petrobras is about to embark on an unprecedented oil-gathe…

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Airport ‘Bicycle Shuttle’ In Rio De Janeiro (Video)

August 23, 2011

Mikael Colville’s Brazilian Friend Biking From Rio’s Airport. Image: Vimeo screen capture.

There was a wave of bike celebrities visiting Latin America a few weeks ago when David Byrne hit the road to promote the Spanish version of Bicycle Diaries and…

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Lush Garden Sprouts From Living Room Soil At Brazilian House

August 18, 2011

Photos: Courtesy of Juliana Freitas.

Growing an indoor garden has many benefits: bringing life into spaces, improving air quality and even making yourself more productive are some of them. In order to incorporate green inside the home, we’ve seen the…

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The Threatened Zo’é Tribe of the Amazon Rainforest

August 18, 2011

Distinctive because of their long lip plugs, the Zo’é are a threatened tribe living deep in the Amazon rainforest.

Google Begins Mapping For Street View in the Amazon

August 18, 2011

Photo: markg6 / cc

It is one of the most remote and biodiverse regions on the planet, with a cultural and ecological treasure-trove typically reserved only for those hardy and adventurous enough to unlock it. But soon, experiencing the wonders of the…

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Vehicle Maintenance Workshop Recycled Into Stunning Cultural Center In Brazil

August 16, 2011

Photos: Helio Sperandio.

An old shed that used to serve as a vehicle maintenance workshop and a warehouse for the Federal University of Goias in the city of Goiania, Brazil, was recycled into a stunning cultural center for the institution.

Following…

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Glowing "Ghost" Mushrooms Reappear in Brazil After 170 Years

August 11, 2011

Photo: Panellus stipticus, one species of glowing mushrooms (Wiki Commons)

If you think glowing mushrooms are the figment of some trippy imagination, think again. After its initial discovery back in 1840, one of the most bioluminescent species of mush…

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Glowing "Ghost" Mushrooms Reappear in Brazil After 170 Years

August 11, 2011

Photo: Panellus stipticus, one species of glowing mushrooms (Wiki Commons)

If you think glowing mushrooms are the figment of some trippy imagination, think again. After its initial discovery back in 1840, one of the most bioluminescent species of mush…

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Creative Vertical Garden Built With Dozens Of Hanging Flowerpots In Brazil

August 9, 2011

Photos: Rosenbaum.

Building on the great response their awesome vertical garden with recycled plastic bottles received, Brazilian design studio Rosenbaum has come up with another vertical garden for their latest Lar doce lar project (a segment at a p…

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