About Onda Verde
We are a non-governmental and non-profit entity that disseminates information about the environment and sustainability. We act in the conservation of the biological diversity of the Atlantic Forest Biome and stimulate actions for sustainable development.
We mobilize, empower, include and awaken people for the exercise of citizenship and environmental preservation.
Our actions involve environmental education, forest restoration, support for scientific research, sustainable constructions and strengthening of public policies, based on the following areas:
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Protection to the Atlantic Forest
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Reforestation
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Management Plan Preparation and Implementation
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Education for sustainability and social inclusion
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Development of social and environmental projects
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Technical consultancy in environmental projects
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Conservation of water resources
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Selective collection programs and projects
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Bank of areas for planting
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Sustainable development
Our Mission
Integration with the environment and preservation of life.
Our History
On January 25, 1994, Onda Verde was created by a collective of young environmentalists who sought to build a fairer, more supportive and sustainable world.
We continue struggling for the implementation of public policies that can contribute to the environment and improve the quality of life of the population of Baixada Fluminense, Rio de Janeiro.
TIMELINE
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More than 1,000 participants in Environmental Education actions.
2019
2014 - 2018
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Environmental Education – 35,000 elementary and high school students and 2,000 people – teachers and school managers from Baixada Fluminense, Rio de Janeiro.
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Construction of the Creative Economy Center (2015). About 5,000 people have been served to date.
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Construction of the Young Photographer's House (2016) and implementation of the Free Bird project: environmental education and social inclusion through photography.
2009 - 2013
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Metropolitan Arch Project - training in Environmental Education programs.
2004 - 2008
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Environmental education – 33,500 students from the public school system.
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Onda Verde begins the Forest Restoration work of the Atlantic Forest – 100,000 seedlings (2006).
1999 - 2003
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Environmental Education – about 3,000 students from the cities of Baixada Fluminense, Rio de Janeiro.
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Construction of the Atlantic Forest Research Center (2003).
1994 - 1998
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Onda Verde is founded.
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Partnership with Solidaridat und partnershcaft Foundation.
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Onda Verde becomes a neighbor of the Biological Reserve of Tinguá (1997).
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Construction of the Environmental Education Center (CEA) – more than 10,000 visitors served per year. (1998).
