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 only their global awareness, but also their desire and commitment to provide much needed aid for the Children of Haiti Project (COHP). Then 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...
Charity Evening Opens Curitiba’s Christmas Celebrations
Curitiba’s Christmas celebrations officially started on the night of 24th November with a charity event at Castelo do Batel, in the presence of Mayor Beto Richa and the president of the Social Action Foundation More...
Coming of Age
By John Derek Punchard One thing we are all worried about is getting older. We have all heard the saying ‘Life begins at 40’. But, is it true? I remember looking at myself in the mirror More...
Botanical Garden Commemorates “Pink”
The Botanical Garden received pink lighting to commemorate the International Month for Breast Cancer awareness as of 7p.m. on 1st October. Curitiba has joined the world’s principal capitals which, in October, More...
Parents Contribute to Obesity in their Children
Parents lack a firm hand in controlling their children’s diet. That was the conclusion of a study conducted at the Harvard School of Medicine (USA), about the growth of childhood obesity. After monitoring More...
FAS: Combating Inequality
“Services are designed to tackle social inequalities, generate employment and income assistance for populations at risk within the standards of citizenship,” said Fernanda Richa, president of the Foundation More...
Does Sex Count as Exercise?
By Dr. Alessandro Loiola Sexual activity is one of many standards used to measure the general health level of adults. Theoretically – being mindful of your neighbors- the more sex you have and the better More...
History of Valentine’s Day
Valentine’s Day originated with the legend of Saint Valentine, a priest who lived in the 3rd century C.E., who used to secretly marry young couples in love. The practice was outlawed by Emperor Claudius II when More...
Merry Christmas
By Nelson Santos On December 8, 1980, the news arrived like a shock. The radios interrupting their current programs, telephones ringing back and forth across the city, a sequence of bulletins, each with more More...