Wednesday, June 13, 2012

Rio+20: megacities strive to survive - and thrive

Christian Science Monitor: In Rio de Janeiro, a gray-green river running thick with waste is flanked by the squatter settlement of Mandela on one side and the ornate turrets of the national public health ministry on the other. Kids paddle on hoods of cars and swim in the murky water, which the state environmental service condemned as having "pathological contamination" from sewage. Local pastor Antônio Carlos Costa says there is nowhere else for kids to play, though he pleads with them not to swim in "Copacalama," as the...

URL: http://www.csmonitor.com/World/2012/0612/Rio-20-megacities-strive-to-survive-and-thrive-video
Enclosure: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KvosscrwZSg&feature=player_embedded

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