by Sarah Gregoire, Carbon Advisor at Sustainable Carbon
I recently went on trip to the North of Brazil (São Miguel do Guamá, State of Pará, surrounded by the Amazonian tropical rainforest) with EcoAct. Together, we went to visit a Sustainable Carbon fuel-switching project at Cerâmica Menegalli, a manufacturer or brick and tiles. The purpose of the trip was to get to know the project and its social, economic and environmental benefits.
This trip was an amazing experience because during the two days we had the chance to:
- visit the Ceramic and understand its reality,
- get to know the local people,
- talk to the Mayor of São Miguel do Guamá, Márcia Cavalcante,
- learn about the actions of the city to protect the Amazon and the actions to improve the social conditions of the inhabitants of the city,
- visit a church and school partially financed by the ceramic owner. Meeting children at the school was particularly emotional as they had learned some French words and sang a nursery rhyme to us.
Read more about my experience in Sao Miguel do Guama here.
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