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Name: Alexander Surname: Rojas Profession: Engineer Engineer and Professor in UERJ, Department of Informatics and Computing Science Link with Santa Marta: with the past government, Uerj was invited to participate to a project in Santa Marta, and as well in other communities. Inicially the project was called “Educaçao sanitaria e ambiental”. The objective was basically to teach to low-income community population, to use elementary sanitary instruments and waste’s treatment. In the case of Santa Marta, the project was major: it has been done a census with all the people living in the community. The objective of this census, besides giving a training about sanitary uses, was to count all the people from the community, and to collect all personal datas, with a socialeconomical, educational, and environmental profile, with the objective, for the future, with the purpose to have a base on what elaborate bills, even symbolic and granted, that could have been issued by Light (the energy company). Besides this, this act gave a new vision of citizenship: the fact that people could have received their bill with their name and address, sent by a State Company, should have given a new vision of membership to citizens. Date of the inteview: 13/01/2010
Name: ----------Surname: S urname: ----------Profession: UPP Policeman n Link with Santa Marta: He’s working in the UPP since the implantation of the Unit Date of the inteview: 26/02/2010
Name: Josè Mario Surname: Hilario Profession: Community politician Link with Santa Marta: President of Inhabitants Association, living in the community. Date of the inteview: 07/01/2010
ZE’MARIO HILARIO
NELSON MOREIRA
MARIO DEL REI
OBSERVING
ALEXANDRE ROJAS
Name: Mario Surname: Del Rei UndersecreP f Profession: i P liti i Politician, U d tary of Integration and Special Specia Projects for Municipality of Rio de d Janeiro. Link with Santa Marta: Militant of PSB (Partido Socialista Brasileiro), was always involved in valorization of ethical principles. He fights for development and improvement of quality life of low-income population. He denounced the abandon in which public health and education are manifesting in Rio. Promoted projects for homeless, excluded as invisible, as social restaurants. He collaborated with Governor Garotinho during the remotion of many people living in risked areas, offering them worthy houses, with water, light, and basic sanitation. He’s at present responsible for Integration and Special Projects in the communities of Rio. Date of the inteview: 15/01/2010
Santa Marta: the complexity of problems
UPP POLICEMAN
Name: Nelson Surname: Surname: Moreira Profession: Economist and Climate Change Manager for Environment Environm ment Secretary Secretary of Rio’s Municipality (SMAC) Link with Santa Marta: He takes care about all the political sector linked to global overheating, not only in environmental impacts, but as well in economical and social sectors. In Rio de Janeiro has been decreed a law, that states that every building with more that 180 sq mt of surface, need to provide an environmental compensation: this means that every 180 sq mt built, is necessary to plant a tree, and then an other one every 60 sq mt extra. This is an educational process, that tries tries to sensitize people to collaborate with public power. These themes are extended to communities as well: it exists a politic about sanitation in social housing, focused on decreasing emissions and improving quality of life. For Santa Marta, with SMAC, he proposed a project of green roofing. Date of the inteview: 27/01/2010