GREEN ANT PROJECT
About the project
The Formiga Verde project is a Community-Based Environmental Education Program that combines the perspectives of agroecology and permaculture in the favela.
The main objective is to promote environmental conservation and the maximization of local ecosystem services through environmental education and reforestation, always in conjunction with the territory's education, environmental and cultural institutions.
SUPPORT
PARCERIA
START
Eletrobras
FormigAção Collective - Morro a Formiga
2022
REALIZATION:
.png)
Project History
Eixos do Projeto
In 2021, the Institute was selected by the Eletrobras companies' Socio-Environmental Projects Notice.
With this resource, the project gains strength and new areas of action. The Program has three areas of action: Community, Children and Environment.
Community
Training workshops aimed at young people and adults from Morro da Formiga for the development of low-cost sustainable technologies and practices, relating knowledge from agroecology and permaculture.
The chosen themes prioritize income generation and food security for resident families, as well as a legacy for the community space, such as: management of agroforestry systems; composting and bioconstruction.
The workshops take place monthly and prioritize the exchange of knowledge between socio-environmental initiatives in Rio's favelas.
Childhoods
Educação ambiental para 350 crianças da educação infantil e ensino fundamental da Escola Municipal Jornalista Brito Broca. Também é desenvolvido um Curso de Formação Continuada de Educação Ambiental para Infâncias voltado para toda a equipe de 25 profissionais da EMJBB.
As aulas são semanais e trabalham com muita ludicidade o vínculo com a natureza e as problemáticas socioambientais do território.
Environment
Continuous reforestation actions and technical workshops for the training of local reforestation agents, combining traditional knowledge with technical and scientific knowledge.
The reforestation will take place in the area bordering the community and the Tijuca National Park through the implementation of agroforestry systems and in conjunction with the Rio de Janeiro City Hall's Mutirão Reforestation program. This partner will provide seedlings and help select the locations where the plantations will be developed.
Equipe Formiga Verde
General Coordination - Clara Trevia | Childhood Axis Coordination - Aurea França | Educators - Ana Coimbra, Carlos Daniel and Juliana Menezes | Community Axis Coordination - André Leonardo | Environment Axis Coordination - Ana Souza | Controller - Camilla Ribeiro | Press Office - Gisele Machado and Bruno Morais, Marrom Glacê Consulting | Accounting - Renato Antunes, Verdant Accounting | Design - Carlos Daniel
Follow the Project's activities
