Month: February 2008

Recife Brazil: More Bikes

A cargo bike like this costs a month’s salary for some. CD vendor on two wheels. I previously visited Recife and Olinda in 2005, and for some reason it feels like there are more people riding bikes now… my imagination? perhaps. But bikes make a […]

Recife, Brazil: Public Recycling

P1000961, originally uploaded by Sustainable Flatbush. P1000960, originally uploaded by Sustainable Flatbush.   Public Recycling bins for Paper (Papel), Glass (Vidro), Metal (um, Metal), and Plastic (Plastico). These bins were not around when I was here in for Carnaval in 2005; I haven’t poked my […]

Recife, Brazil: Organic/Inorganic

P1010105, originally uploaded by Sustainable Flatbush.

Lixo (trash) Organico and Lixo Inorganico dancing together. Anyone know what SESC stands for?

Recife, Brazil: Bicycle Sound System

P1010102, originally uploaded by Sustainable Flatbush. Cargo bikes are very big here, carrying everything from huge bottles of water to sounds for the party!

Foreign Correspondent

Okay, so I’ve been a rather bad blogger for a week or two, but I have a really good excuse: I’m in Recife, Brazil for Carnaval! Needless to say it’s crazy here (in a good way), but I have a few photos to post that […]