Come to know about our Environmental Study!

Two days ago, we conducted our Environmental Study that we were talking about in previous posts. At the end of the visit to the Cota 200 neighborhood, people from the neighborhood made lunch for us. We also planted small plants like cacti, to take home ... Oh, it was incredible!

But, calm down! That, first of all, we will explain to you what we have learned. Now, you are ready to know every detail about the neighborhoods Cota and, especially, the Cota 200! Uhul!

The Cota neighborhoods are old communities, more than 60 years old, built in the midst of the forest, before there is concern for the preservation of vegetation. They have this name because they are embedded in the mountain range, each occupying a topographic dimension. It sounds crazy, right? However, it is not! Do you believe?

Before, there were several neighborhoods Quotas that were being occupied, such as 95, 400 and 500. But the people who were in them were forced to withdraw because of security concerns. These safety issues range from house slides because of rainfall to environmental preservation.

The people were brought to the neighborhood Cota 200 by the government, so they carry out the construction of Anchieta ... Anchieta is essential for the people who live there. And that does not mean that many people can´t move because of their family history. However, the change had to happen. After all, they were in dangerous and environmental preservation areas, were not they?

Cota 200 is not a sustainable neighborhood, it is not ecologically correct or economically viable. But it is located in a sustainable region, in the largest Atlantic Forest reserve in the country...

Today, in danger areas, instead of houses, we can see "flashes" of land in the middle of the forest and wreckage of shacks spread high in the occupations. The CDHU (State Housing and Urban Development Company), a state government company, wants to transform the Cota 200 neighborhood into a sustainable region.

The intention of the project is to implement, in the neighborhood, sustainability solutions. Sustainable construction, water reuse, materials recycling, improvement of appearance, such as mandalas paintings on the walls and application of sewage network and sustainable energies are some measures planned for Cota 200, a historical area of ​​irregular occupation in the Serra do Mar.