'I had no idea it would snowball this far': Why a Brazilian favela facing eviction decided to go green
In Brazil's crowded favelas, green space is hard to come by, but this São Paulo community is showing how more sustainable favelas can give back to their residents.
"You have to remove the seeds before they flower." Maria de Lourdes Andrade Silva is showing me how she picks the buds off a flowering basil plant as she tends to a vibrant community garden in a favela in São Paulo, Brazil – South America's largest city. "If you leave it to flower, it'll use up all its energy and it will die," she says....
"You have to remove the seeds before they flower." Maria de Lourdes Andrade Silva is showing me how she picks the buds off a flowering basil plant as she tends to a vibrant community garden in a favela in São Paulo, Brazil – South America's largest city. "If you leave it to flower, it'll use up all its energy and it will die," she says....
