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Singing in the flood

April 18, 2010 rescharf 3

I simply couldn’t resist reproducing this video, published earlier by The Good Blood. In Rio, fun and joie de vivre come first:

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Vik Muniz in Wasteland

April 5, 2010 rescharf 5

You may have heard of Vik Muniz, the highly successful New York-based Brazilian artist that experiments with all sorts of materials, from diamonds to chocolate, […]

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Brazil, 20 years from now

February 24, 2010 rescharf 5

From the Chrystal Ball series: The Brazilian Ministry of Science and Technology released today a study that outlines how the country and the planet will […]

Animals for export

February 12, 2010 rescharf 3

  by Sylvia Estrella* According to the United Nations, animal traffic is the third main illicit activity practiced in the planet, after drugs and weapons […]

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Biopirates attack!

January 20, 2010 rescharf 1

by Sylvia Estrella* Only 12 countries are considered mega-biodiverse, that is, they have 70% of all the species of vertebrates, insects and plants known by […]