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- Oil leakage at the Frade basin in Brazil: notes on contingence plan.
- Transformations are taking place at Jardim Gramacho, the set of the Waste Land Documentary.
- Notes on urbanization issues 1: people relocation and the Indonesian transmigration program.
- Dividends and challenges of oil self-sufficiency in Brazil.
- Climate change as a trigger to industrial trends: benefits and implications.
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Oil leakage at the Frade basin in Brazil: notes on contingence plan.
Brazilian path towards the consolidation of domestic oil industry imposes proportional social and environmental responsibilities. This relation holds due to the embedded risks of the business that is commonly associated to major environmental accidents and increasing operational difficulties. In general, … Continue reading
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Transformations are taking place at Jardim Gramacho, the set of the Waste Land Documentary.
Transformations are taking place at Jardim Gramacho, the set of the Waste Land Documentary. “When you see yourself as a garbage picker you see yourself as a garbage. We are recycling pickers and for this reason we created the association of … Continue reading
Notes on urbanization issues 1: people relocation and the Indonesian transmigration program.
The presence of homeless and other categories of habitants living at risk is a major concern for policy makers and public authorities anywhere. The subject is not particularly new and references about the theme date back to old societies facing … Continue reading
Dividends and challenges of oil self-sufficiency in Brazil.
The oil and gas industry in Brazil has experienced remarkable achievements in the last decade lead by effective long term investments in prospection capacity and pragmatic management efforts. The self-sufficiency in oil production announced in 2006 was one of most … Continue reading
Climate change as a trigger to industrial trends: benefits and implications.
While scientists struggle to provide robust evidences about the human weight on the climate change phenomenon the industry sector steps sharply to use the theme as a commercial appeal. The rationale behind industry strategy is simple. First, the sense or … Continue reading
A medieval village, its two billion years bedrock and a high technology nuclear waste repository in Sweden.
Forsmark is a XIV century village located in one of most beautiful spots of the Sweden side of the Baltic sea, 150km from Stockholm and making maritime border with Finland. Despite it’s small dimensions the village has a historical importance … Continue reading
Notes on the relation between labor productivity, work regulation and environment pressure in developing countries.
Productivity is a notorious determinant of competitiveness, essential for both national development and residents welfare. Thus it is not surprising that organizations address great effort towards the development of procedures and technologies that allow increment in the relation of output … Continue reading
Energy saving policies in China: brief notes
Developing countries in general and China in particular have followed different routes towards emission reduction targets. In China, solutions are usually developed within technology intensive schemes, remarkably those related to efficiency in productivity and energy usage. Systematic improvement in energy … Continue reading
Raizen: Ethanol to the world.
Every year, between November and March ethanol becomes a disputed topic between Brazilians. Usually, the discussion goes around the well-known effects of shortage in fuel supply, consequence of seasonality production of sugar cane. The consequences follow the general principles underlying … Continue reading
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Tagged Brazil, Cosan, Energy industry, Ethanol, Royal Dutch Shell, São Paulo
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Back to Waste Land (Lixo Extraordinario)
Few weeks ago we laid down some words on the extraordinary Waste Land (Lixo extraordinario), a documentary coproduced by England and Brazil. Now, the movie was just announced as candidate to the Oscar Awards sponsored by the American Academy of … Continue reading
Tragedy in Rio de Janeiro, nature in rage or negligence?
Tragedy in Rio de Janeiro, nature in rage or negligence? The heavy rains of mid-summer are part of a natural phenomenon that repeats every year in Brazil. What is uncommon is the intensity of the events that have become more … Continue reading
National Policy for Solid Residuals in Brazil.
Few days ago we posted a interview with Moby produced by Brazilian Tv Channel Globo News. The topic of residuals waste is again a hot issue in the country and now it is a promising step toward the end of open waste … Continue reading
“99 is not 100”
“99 is not 100” Just watched an inspiring interview with Moby. He is the brain behind the extraordinary documentary soundtrack recorded in Brazil called “Lixo extraordinario” (“Waste Land”). The interview is great and the documentary itself is very remarkable. Highlights … Continue reading
Inspiration
Sideriver is a web based discussion forum turned to share and debate well succeed cases of environment protection projects and experiences surrounding us in our daily life. The name of the blog is based on an ancient practice in Japan … Continue reading
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