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[02 – Arquivos/Dropbox/2014]
Na pasta ‘American students’, os alunos estrangeiros postaram suas biografías. O
recorte seguinte tras a biografia de RO, que por estudar engenharia ambiental interessou-
se pela disciplina oferecida pela NOVA e pelos estudos sobre o cerrado brasileiro.
[03 – Biografia/Dropbox/2014]
My name’s RO and I’m 20 years old. I study Environmental Engineering with a focus
on water filtration. I enjoy healthy living, growing vegetables, bicycle riding, salsa
dancing, playing guitar and reading books on activism. I like to live simply and sus-
tainably, shop local and keep in the environment in mind.
I come from a very big family of six kids and Puerto Rican descent. I am very pas-
sionate about social justice issues regarding filtered water, uncontaminated soil,
breathable air and access to land to grow food. I worked in the Solid Waste Manage -
ment field this past summer on waste reduction, recycling and resource recovery. I
would like to focus my academics on water related issues such as quality, access to
wells, filtration and storage. I am excited to meet you all.
As biografias também foram importantes como recurso auxiliar na definição das
subtemáticas ambientais que os participantes enfocariam durante as visitas a Brasília e re-
giões goianas. Em 2014, as subtemáticas definidas pelos participantes foram: (1) Arquite-
tura e sustentabilidade (Architecture and sustainability); (2) Saúde e questões ambientais:
saneamento (Health and environmental issues: sanitation); (3) Mudanças climáticas (Cli-
mate change); (4) Poluição da água e fontes naturais de água (Water pollution and water
natural resources). Já em 2015, temos: (1) Práticas sustentáveis: design de construções
ecológicas (Sustainable practices: ecological building design); (2) Práticas de permacultu-
ra para tratamento de água (Permaculture practices for water treatment); (3) Aquecimento
de água solar (Solar water heater); e (4) Ecoturismo como um recurso para fazendas
(How ecoturism is a sustainable way to farm).
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