06.2024

🌱 Sustainable Change with Social Impact in Brazil: Together for a Livable Future


An eventful time in Brazil lies behind us. Our discussions were groundbreaking, including meetings with local communities, non-governmental organizations, and church representatives.


💡 Solar Power and Education Promotion: In Northeast Brazil, we visited inspiring projects based on renewable energies that also improve educational opportunities.


Photovoltaic systems finance school fees, while the production of bricks from seashells not only provides affordable building material but also alleviates environmental impact. The solarization of a university in Recife demonstrates how sustainable technologies can shape the future. Our goal is to support projects that drive secure and sustainable change.


🌿 Water Management and Conservation: The Amazon, a paradise on Earth, yet facing significant challenges. Clean water is scarce, deforestation threatens biodiversity, and social development stagnates. Together, we discussed how incentives for change can be created. There are diverse solutions, from sustainable reforestation to alternative energy generation. Now it's up to us to implement these ideas with the active participation of all stakeholders on the ground.


♻️ Circular Economy and Plastic Recycling: Strolls along the beautiful tropical beach are marred by plastic waste washed ashore from the ocean. In discussions with the mayor, new forms of resource recovery were considered, creating jobs, promoting nature and tourism, and being economically viable (Impact3).


With a backpack full of impressions and agreed project plans, we leave Brazil, ready for the next phase of our commitment.


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