Mexican Sunflower | First steps for Eco Caminho’s Agroforestry
One of the main projects of Eco Caminhos is Agroforestry. And the first step is already being carried out by our team under the guidance of our forest engineer, Bruno Nirello. It all starts with the planting of Mexican Sunflower (Tithonia diversifolia), the idea is to use this plant’s nutrients and properties to improve soil […]
Interview | Working as volunteer in Eco Caminhos was the most important life experience for Catalin
Catalin Ghila decided to totally change his live at age 34. The Romanian, who worked as a truck driver in the United Kingdom, grew tired of the lifestyle he had and decided to follow an old dream of visiting Brazil. In the search for some project that fueled his desire for change he found Eco […]
Interview with Tanja Volunteer in Brazil
Tanja, why did you decided to join the Eco Caminhos team? I wanted to live something different. I was studying in Danemark with a lot of dreams about Living in an organic way. In Danemark I bought organic food and I had many ideas on how I wanted to live in harmony, but I found […]
Rehabilitation at a Brazilian eco farm: “A place where you can find relief and clarity”
Currently, I am 21 years old and I have been working for Eco Caminhos for 9 months. I was born and raised in the Netherlands and faced a lot of problems whilst growing up there. I was someone who placed tremendously high demands on himself and from that, succumbed to severe depression. I thought it […]
An island in the middle of the mountains
When you arrive to Nova Friburgo, in the State of Rio de Janeiro, and you ask people how to get to the rural neighbourhood of Cardinot, they answer: “Cardinot? It’s kind of far, you take a bus to get there, but I don’t know when it arrives or how long it will take to do […]
Which tragedy represents you? Or which tragedy does the media make you represent?
Journalism is -or should be- a daily practice of intelligence and character, according to journalist Claudio Abramo. Hence, nowadays, if it wasn’t for this kind of natural selection between the different media, in which the elite is always at the top and in front of any shred of truth (like an apex predator), we could […]
Research shows that social circles determine the adoption of sustainable habits
The habits and example given by friends, family and coworkers is a determining factor when adopting new attitudes related to a more sustainable behaviour in everyday life, this according to the study “Pathways to a more sustainable lifestyle”. Several men and women from different social classes and ages were interviewed, half of them already engaged […]
Eco Caminhos in the Newspaper A Voz da Serra
The newspaper A Voz da Serra, from Nova Friburgo, published today a very interessting text about Eco Caminhos. Our team was very pleased with the result: a entire page with photos and with many knowledge about our goals as a company and social project. For sure this is the first of many others news disclosures about us. […]
