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A white-skinned woman is smiling and looking at the camera, and we can see the tip of her shoulders. She is wearing a red shirt. In the background are a part of dark gray couch and a dark gray wall.

Maria Fujihara: development without contradictions

By Evelyn Araripe San Francisco, United States

Light green vegetables growing, in rows, amid some trees under a cloudy sky. On the right side is a man wearing an orange shirt and gray trousers. He is crouching, tending the plants.

How Not to Eat Poison

By Mariana Della Barba São Paulo, Brazil

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Em primeiro plano, está a roda de uma bicicleta apoiada ao chão. Só está enquadrada a roda de trás e, atrás do aro, um homem branco sorri e mexe na correia da bicicleta. Ele está sentado no chão, com uma das pernas dobradas. Ele tem cabelos curtos pretos, usa óculos escuros, camiseta vermelha, uma bermuda azul e está com os pés descalços.

Wheels for peace: making cities safer for cyclists

By Instituto Update Brasília, Brazil

A sweet potato is held up by a white man wearing a jacket with yellow, gray and blue stripes. The hand and potato are in focus, while the man is out of focus. His left arm, which is holding up the potato, has colorful tattoos. The man is smiling. In the background are various stacks of cardboard boxes. Printed on the potato’s skin, in the center, are the words “F*ck plastic” inside a dark brown square, and “nature&more” below it.

Laser printing offers an alternative to plastic packaging

By Suzana Camargo São Paulo, Brazil

Photo of a laboratory with a variety of glass vials. The ones towards the left are empty, while the ones in the middle and on the right have a small quantity of yellow and green liquid. In the back, towards the right, are test tubes filled with the same yellow liquid.

Bioeconomy: a revolution that brings business and environmentalism together

By Gabriela Torres São Paulo, Brazil

A thin man with white skin, short gay hair and beard, wearing all black (polo shirt, shorts and sneaker) is standing facing the left side of the photo and looking at the camera. The ground around him is covered in plastic waste, ending in the sea behind him. At the top of the picture, above the landscape, is a bright blue sky.

David Katz: monetizing waste to end plastic pollution

By UN Environment New York, United States

A rocky shore is littered with a variety of waste, among them tires, colored plastic balls, metal barrels and pieces of wood. In the back is a thin strip of dark sand, the sea, and a gray sky.

How 4 Asia-Pacific entrepreneurs are cashing in by going plastic-free

By UN Environment Bangkok, Thailand

The photo shows a plain field with short, light green grass. In the foreground, a landing strip crosses the image from left to right along the bottom. The strip is made of black asphalt, with horizontal markings painted in white. Directly behind it is a hangar (a long white structure shaped like a house) and other small buildings. In the background are low hills, also covered in grass, with white wind energy turbines. Further back, the sky is a grayish blue and the sun is setting, its rays running across the image and blowing out the right side of the photo.

Circular Economy: maximum reuse within a life cycle

By Eleni Lopes São Paulo, Brazil

The frontal structure of a hydroelectric dam, in gray concrete, appears in the back of the photo. In front of it are streams of water being released into a gray river. Near the edges of the image, the sides of the structure rest upon a ground covered in thin, light green grass. Near the upper edge of the photo is a thin strip of light blue sky.

Opinion: A Brazil without Megadams

By Mauricio Voivodic and Carlos A. Nobre São Paulo, Brazil

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