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The project Eco-Advance: Ecolabels and Sustainable Public Procurement, funded by the German International Climate Initiative (IKI), aims to increase the use of sustainable public procurement (SPP) and Type-1 Ecolabels as tools to improve climate...

We interviewed Bruno Wendling, Director-President of Mato Grosso do Sul Tourism Foundation about climate action in Bonito, a renowned ecotourism destination in Brazil. “As tourism destination managers, the sooner we mainstream climate action in our...

Taking into account the businesses presented by the groups at the São João and Teijin settlements (Cerrado - Braziliann Savannah) in the fields of experiential tourism, gastronomy and honey production, this project had as its main objective the co...

The Rio-based Jadir Taekwondo Association (AJTKD) has been awarded the BBC's Teamwork Award, which is part of its inaugural Green Sport Awards. AJTKD has put sustainability at their heart of what it does. Running a successful environmental education...

Trase has launched a new smartphone app that informs supermarket customers in Brazil about the environmental and social performance of the meat products that they purchase. Called Do Pasto ao Prato, meaning “From Pasture to Plate”, the app aims to...

A community meeting, named Junta Local, occurs every weekend in Rio de Janeiro. It values ​​the goods of those who eat and those who produce. The event has the purpose of presenting healthy and local food at a fair price and bringing producers and...

“The government is a really big buyer, so [it] can use the strength to propose new and necessary patterns toward healthier and more sustainable parameters. Especially when we are talking about children and fundamental guarantees such as food security...

How a passion for both nature and philosophy led this biologist-turned-Minister-of-Environment to becoming a tireless advocate for sustainable consumption and production.

On March 10 to 11, 2020, the MAC Meeting of the Consumer Information Programme took place in Brasilia, Brazil.

To engage students from different Brazilian states for adopting conscious consumption practices