Convention on Biological Diversity
At the opening of the Cities Meeting of the 10th Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity (COP-10), the executive secretary of the Convention, Ahmed Djoghlaf, praised Curitiba and cited its pioneering programs relating to the environment. The event was held in Nagoya, Japan in parallel with the 5th Meeting of the Parties More...
2010 Brazilian Design Biennial
The 2010 Brazilian Design Biennial, organised by the Paraná Design Centre and the Federation of Industries of Paraná (FIEP) through the International Centre for Innovation (C2i), has begun. This is the first time More...
Curitiba 2030
How do we want our city to look twenty years from now? Will it be a more modern, more technological, more sustainable, less violent and more civilized city? It’s not only up to the government agencies to find More...
Volvo Curitiba Competing for Hybrid Bus Production
The Volvo plant operating in the Industrial City of Curitiba (CIC) is competing with the units of the company in Mexico, China, and India for an investment of US$ 30 million for the production of hybrid buses. The More...
Tree Policy Geared to City Environment
Considering the great benefits that the city’s trees bring the population, Curitiba’s City Council requested specific services of City Hall regarding the trees. ”We believe that pruning should be treated More...
Unilivre, the Independent University for the Environment
By Silvia Oliveira Photos: Raul Mattar It integrates architecture and the environment. It encourages discussion about ecology. It enhances sustainability. Unilivre – the Independent University for the Environment More...
Educating for Sustainability
By Paul D. Combs It seems wherever we turn today, we are hearing about the virtues of sustainability development, a subdivision of the grand topic of environmentalism. One common definition of sustainability development More...
Fifth Brazilian Soil Symposium
City Council President, João Claudio Derosso (PSDB), attended the opening of the Fifth Brazilian Symposium on Soil Education at the Botanical Campus of the Federal University of Paraná. Other council members More...
Green IT
By Raul Hiromu Sumiya Nowadays computers have become more present in our lives, directly or indirectly. Even if you don’t like them, it’s likely that you already had contact with these machines. For example, More...
Curitiba Wins the Global Sustainable City Award 2010
Curitiba has won the Global Sustainable City Award, which is awarded to the world’s most sustainable city each year. The award is organised by the Globe Forum, of Sweden. “Sustainable development is one More...