We Can’t All Be Wonder Woman
By Daniela Matheus I’m always dueling between the pleasures and the challenges all women face every day, and I believe one of the great challenges is multitasking. Women are very proud, and of course I think we should be, of our capacity for multitasking. Women are famous for doing many things at the same time; for example, taking care of children, More...
New Year’s Worries
By B. Michael Rubin I’m worried about Brazil. It’s not the political scandals that have ousted seven ministers from Dilma’s Cabinet in her first year in office. Corruption is so widespread among More...
Happy Christmas
December 8 marks the day 31 years ago that John Lennon died. In honor of his memory, the editors are posting this article, which was written previously by the founder of CIE, Nelson Santos. ***** On More...
21st CENTURY THANKSGIVING
By B. Michael Rubin Thanksgiving is one of the biggest holidays of the year in the US. Nearly every American is given a 4-day weekend to travel long distances to reunite with family. Thanksgiving always occurs on More...
Curitiba’s Association for Children with Heart Disease
“From now on, our work will be able to extend our reach and build our own headquarters, ready to accommodate distressed families who come to us, more fully than we have in the past.” This is the view of Maureen More...
Curitiba Imagines the Future of Cities at CICI 2011
What does the ideal city of the future look like? This is the central question of the Second International Conference on Innovative Cities, CICI 2011, which will be sponsored by the Federation of Industries of More...
Be Careful when Lighting Fireworks
City Hall’s Buildings and Real Estate Safety Commission (COSEDI) warns of the necessary precautions to be taken when igniting fireworks. Fireworks add that little extra something to June parties and the commemoration More...
A “Fair” Economy Is on the Rise in Brazil
What is the common denominator between a laptop bag, ladies’ purses and makeup bags, and the idea of “equity” in society?The answer is simple: Fair Trade. Commonly interpreted as an exchange between countries More...
ISC Students “Shake It for Haiti”
By Paul Combs When I first learned that our International School of Curitiba National Honor Society (NHS) was planning a talent show to raise money for Haiti relief, I recall thinking how pleased I was with not More...
Jaime Lerner at International Conference on Innovative Cities
Architect Jaime Lerner won the audience on the first day of CICI 2010 in Curitiba – the International Conference on Innovative Cities. He demonstrated that, in fact, cities are not the problem, cities are More...