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Posts Tagged ‘Jamie Worms’

May 10th, 2010 - 10:15 am § in Bolivia, Brazil, Culture, Day in the Life, Social Entrepreneurship

Sex and Violence Sells: But Please, No Gawking Allowed!

Why do people travel? Personally, I travel to see different landscapes, absorb local culture, photograph natural phenomena, hike beautiful mountains, and eat exotic foreign food. I think many people are in the same boat. Recently, both here in Brazil, and on vacation in Bolivia, I was introduced to [...]

March 25th, 2010 - 10:52 am § in Brazil, Event, Good Ideas, News

World Urban Forum: Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Between March 22 and 26, the city of Rio de Janeiro will host the 5th edition of the World Urban Forum (WUF), sponsored by the United Nations agency for human settlements, UN-Habitat. It is the first time this event will be held in Latin America. A record number of people from over 170 countries hav[...]

February 23rd, 2010 - 6:41 pm § in Brazil, Good Ideas

It All Started with Our Apple IIGS…

When I was little, my family bought a computer over which my sister and I would constantly fight. To quote a great movie, The Gods Must Be Crazy: “It was the most useful thing the gods had ever given them, a real labor-saving device. But the gods had been careless. They had sent only one. And [...[...]

February 18th, 2010 - 9:58 am § in Around Town, Brazil, Day in the Life, Event, Looking for Opportunity, News

Removal is a Social Crime!

Last week, I went to a demonstration in downtown Rio where favela residents were protesting against the city’s decision to remove several of their homes and neighborhoods. About two hundred men, women, and children —representatives from several communities — gathered in front of City Hall with[...]





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