As Twitter goes increasingly mainstream in the UK, as witnessed in its increasing use in radio phone-ins on the BBC it looks like its about to do the same here in Brazil. Or is it? This weeks Epoca magazine devoted it’s cover to the rise of the phenomenon here in Brazil. However, we’re asking a [...]

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The headlines that we read in the Brazilian press stated that one in five Paulistas (residents of the State of Sao Paulo) are sedentary although the findings seem to throw up some other interesting trends in terms of excercise and phsysical activities in Brazil.   
According to a recent study on behalf of the State government [...]

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International Women’s Day yesterday saw the annual collection of articles across the Americas about the role of women in society. In Brazil, Folha de Sao Paulo reported the findings of a number of different studies which emphasise the implications  the changing position of women in society, the workplace and within families and the household.  Increasingly [...]

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We’ll try to get some clips from the event onto the site in the next few days – a small first clip here…
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This is a link to a nice story taken from Bloomberg about the issue of racial discrimination in Brazil. As the article states “A commodities-led boom is fueling growth; the real beat the Swiss franc as the best-performing major currency during the 12 months through yesterday, gaining 22 percent against the dollar to the franc’s [...]

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Above is the third part of our set of interviews at the popular weekend market in Lagoa de Conceicao, Florianopolis. We asked the Ecofeira regulars about their attitudes and usage of plastic bags. Interesting responses can be seen above.
Whilst we’re on the subject a quick follow up to earlier post about the campaign  “Mude o [...]

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The video clip above is the second of 3 peices of research conducted by TWRAmericas at the popular weekend Ecofeira market in Lagoa de Conceicao, Florianopolis. On the ongoing debate about green consumerism, thanks to the digital magazine Envolverde for the followingIDEC (the Brazilian Institute for the Defense of the Consumer) and Vitae Civilis [...]

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Much of the media coverage this week in the Brazilian football press has focused on horrific scenes at the end of the match last Sunday between Avai and Criciuma. When a flare thrown into the Criciuma fans exploded leading to a retired 62 year old fan losing his right hand. There have been many attempts [...]

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The need to attain educational and professional qualifications, and to combine such studies with the economic necessity of working to support families are amongst the principal concerns of young people across South America.
Research identified the need to encourage forms and systems of education that do not force young people to quit work and encourage [...]

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What better excuse than today being World Aids Day, to put up a clip of our very own Lara Vainer discussing her recent involvement researching on the project ‘experimento elastico‘ with artist Adriana Bertini. The innovative project is part of the “Muro Graphia” programme funded by SESC in Sao Paulo. The project which has [...]

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