Eyes of Sustainability

by Igor Oliveira

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Changing my School

February 21st, 2010 No Comments

I would like to present some of my initiatives to promote sustainability and social change at the Management School of UFRGS, my university in Brazil. I would appreciate very much if these actions were applied by other students who believe these issues are really important.

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Back to Porto Alegre

September 16th, 2009 5 Comments

I arrived in Brazil a few days ago, so I would like to describe some of the impressions I have of the city of Porto Alegre, where I returned to live after 13 months in Europe.

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The car and the tax

August 9th, 2009 1 Comment

A comment to the last post challenged me with a question. Could a sustainable tax shift work in Brazil? The author referred to an example cited in Lester Brown’s Plan B: a cut in labor taxes followed by an increase in energy-related tariffs. Genius, said the commentator.
I respond stating that sustainable taxation is a powerful [...]

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