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Join the Cerrado restoration network in Brasilia

Join the Cerrado restoration network in Brasilia Collect native seeds, plant trees, and work beside local farmers to help the Cerrado savanna grow back around Brasilia. The Araticum network links seed collectors, farmers, and researchers across nine Brazilian states. What you can do in Brasilia - Fill the Araticum membership form and join the Cerrado restoration network - Take part in a working group on knowledge, local groups, maps, or public policy - Share a native seed restoration Cerrado project that uses natural regrowth, direct seeding, or native-tree farming - Learn from seed collectors, including Cerrado de Pé in Chapada dos Veadeiros - Read the member principles on inclusive restoration before you join How to join The public path is the form on the associe-se page. Members get periodic news and invites to meetings, events, working groups, and task forces. Members follow the charter: wide participation, science plus traditional knowledge, landscape-scale work that keeps farming and wild species together, cooperation, transparency, respect for traditional peoples, and environmental, labour, and human-rights law. The programme is ongoing. Why it matters in Brasilia Araticum (Articulação pela Restauração do Cerrado) started in 2020 with an aim of 2 million hectares by 2030 across nine Brazilian states. By June 2026 more than 27,000 hectares were under restoration, with seeds from more than 150 native species. More than 400 people from 180 organizations take part. Coordination includes Rede de Sementes do Cerrado, Semeia Cerrado, Embrapa, ICMBio, Agroicone, COOCREARP, and WWF-Brasil. The network was named a UN World Restoration Flagship in 2026. This row is separate from the Cultiva Lab garden at SESI Lab in Brasilia: here you join a national savanna network, not a single demo plot. Healthy savanna holds water in the territory, feeds native fruit, and can bring seed income to local groups. Find more community projects in Brasilia. Good to know - How do I become an Araticum member? Fill the membership form. You then receive news and invites to meetings and working groups. - Who can join Araticum? People and organizations that accept the inclusive-restoration principles. The network already holds more than 400 people from 180 organizations. - What will I actually do? You can join one of four working groups: restoration knowledge, stronger local organizations, territorial maps, or opportunities and public policy.
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Food & GardenBrasilia

Meet Cerrado growers at Alimenta in Brasilia

Meet Cerrado growers at Alimenta in Brasilia Palco Territórios brings field stories to the city: coffee from the highlands, red fruits, and grills that celebrate Brazilian regions. You hear how origin shapes flavour and livelihood. What you can do in Brasilia - Follow Palco Territórios programming 5 to 7 November 2026 inside the fair (news on Palco Territórios) - Join Jornada Turismo Gastronômico - Sabores que Alimentam Negócios with Clayton Barrosa on 5 November, 16:00 to 19:00, Arena Made in Quadrado - Listen for debates on specialty coffee, consumer trust, and how producers reach urban tables How to join Enter Alimenta Sebrae at Parque da Cidade after registration on alimentasebrae.com.br. Stage times are listed per activity; many seats are Gratuito. Why it matters in Brasilia Capital diners often meet ingredients only on a plate. Hearing a grower describe soil, harvest, and fair pay reconnects city kitchens to the Cerrado and to partner regions. That thread supports markets that keep family farms in business. Find more community projects in Brasilia. Good to know - Is Palco Territórios only about meat? The stage mixes coffee, berries, tourism, and regional grills across the three days. - Where is Clayton Barrosa's farm? He produces specialty coffee in Alto Caparaó, Minas Gerais; the fair session happens in Brasilia. - Do I need a business to attend? Talks target food entrepreneurs, but the organiser opens registration to the general public.
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CommunityBrasilia

Adopt a public square in the DF

Adopt a public square in the DF The Governo do Distrito Federal programme Adote uma Praça lets residents, companies, and institutions maintain and improve plazas, gardens, roundabouts, and other public spaces through formal cooperation terms. Cultiva Lab itself sits in this programme: civic care making the capital greener and shadier block by block. What you can do - Read the programme overview on the GDF Adote uma Praça page - Download forms and the adopter manual from SEPE documentos - File a request at your Administração Regional or via E-Protocolo for a square you want to steward - Partner with neighbours or a local organisation on native planting, shade trees, water infiltration, lighting, or accessibility How it works SEPE coordinates terms of cooperation after Seduh viability checks. Hundreds of spaces across the DF have been adopted; officials cite more than 200 active spaces citywide. Adoption is voluntary maintenance and improvement, not ownership of public land. Why it matters Shade, permeable ground, and native species are the cheapest climate adaptation a hot inland capital has, and a tended square is where neighbours meet the people they will build the rest with.
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Weigh Brazil's energy transition at SESI Lab

Weigh Brazil's energy transition at SESI Lab Each cycle SESI Lab picks one transversal theme and runs it through exhibitions, educational activities, teacher training, publications, and technical partnerships. For 2025 and 2026 that theme is energy and the energy transition, which turns the museum on the Monumental Axis into a public room for working out how Brazil powers itself. What you can do - See which energy exhibitions and activities are running now on Exposições and the daily programação - Read the free digital curation Eficiência Energética: Aerogeradores, which connects electricity, renewable sources, and the form and function of a wind turbine - Walk the permanent Imaginando Futuros gallery, built to make visitors question the choices and decisions that shape the future (acervo digital) - Watch for the free course for education professionals on energy and sustainability, and for Night Lab evenings that take up the annual theme How it works The theme travels through the whole programme rather than sitting in one room. The interactive show Energia, Sou Watt? placed visitors at ten stations balancing economic growth, social justice, and environmental protection while deciding policy on nuclear power, mobility, production, and housing; it closed on 7 September, so treat it as a format to ask for rather than a live ticket. The Festival Energia brought five free public panels to Brasília: energy scenarios and transition, science communication and the climate emergency, decarbonisation and mobility, climate justice and sustainable development, and art and the climate emergency. Why it matters An energy transition is settled by people who can picture the trade-offs. A museum that hands you the dilemma instead of the conclusion builds exactly the civic muscle that climate policy runs on.
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Build circuits and learn energy efficiency

Build circuits and learn energy efficiency SESI Lab's Maker and Biomaker rooms teach energy through your hands. In Construindo circuitos com massinha, participants sculpt modelling clay, test which materials conduct, light an LED, and end up talking about careful use of electricity. The oficina sits on the museum's Eficiência Energética thematic axis and its CTSA framing asks participants to propose their own conscious-consumption actions. What you can do - Check the programação and register for the day's oficinas at opening time (box office, kiosks, or the official ticket platform) - Read the open workshop records and tutorials in the acervo, such as circuitos com massinha and insetos elétricos, then rebuild them in a classroom or at home - Ask about Maker and Biomaker sessions and short courses through O SESI Lab - Use the same recipes to start a household conversation about where the electricity actually goes How it works Places are limited and filled by arrival order; some activities hand out passwords about 30 minutes before the start. Biomaker is presented as a rare public lab of its kind in Brazil. Each oficina is published in the digital acervo with its curricular links, references, and a build tutorial, so the recipes stay usable far outside the museum. Why it matters Closing your first circuit is where energy stops being a bill and becomes something you can reason about: what conducts, what wastes, and what you can repair yourself.
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EventCommunityBrasilia

Bridge peripheries through Diálogos com Territórios

Bridge peripheries through Diálogos com Territórios Diálogos com Territórios is SESI Lab's inclusion programme, linking the museum with cultural groups and social organisations from Brasília's peripheries. Residencies combine maker skills, audiovisual work, entrepreneurship, accessibility, and environmental education so communities co-create the science culture instead of only receiving it. What you can do - Watch SESI Lab programming and news for open showcases, oficinas, and calls tied to Diálogos - Follow O SESI Lab educational programmes if your collective works with youth, culture, accessibility, or environmental education - Attend the free public showcases when residencies close (past cycles have produced games, prototypes, publications, and performances) - Connect partner organisations (coverage cites groups such as Jovem de Expressão and Casa Akotirene) through the museum's education team How it works Selected DF groups join mentored residencies with dozens of formation hours, then share results with the public. Cycles are periodic, so treat each closing date as a window into an ongoing programme rather than a single ticketed festival. Why it matters Climate and energy decisions land hardest on the edges of a city. A museum that runs its environmental education with those neighbourhoods, not about them, is how science culture stops being a downtown privilege.
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Host the travelling SESI Lab near you

Host the travelling SESI Lab near you SESI Lab Itinerante packs about ten interactive apparatuses plus a workshop area so the museum experience can travel across the Distrito Federal and other Brazilian states. Schools and local partners can request the kit and add teacher formation shaped to local needs, and everything the museum builds is mirrored in a free digital acervo. What you can do - Explore the travelling exhibits and oficinas in the acervo Itinerante - Ask your school network, municipal culture desk, or SESI regional office how to host a stop - Rebuild the workshop recipes (light badges, motor cars, electric insects, conductive dough) in a classroom, using the published tutorials - Run the free digital exhibition BioOCAnomia Amazônica with students: it puts bioeconomy, biodiversity conservation, and reducing climate change impacts at the centre of Amazonian development How it works The itinerant set carries a slice of the long-duration exhibition and of the educational action programme. Hosts negotiate dates and training with SESI Lab, so there is no permanent street pin because the venue moves. The digital acervo stays open to anyone with a connection, at no cost. Why it matters Inquiry science should not stop at the Rodoviária. A travelling lab plus an open archive lets a distant classroom touch the same phenomena, and reuse the same lesson, as the Esplanada galleries.
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Food & GardenBrasilia

Walk Brasília's living agroforest gallery

Walk Brasília's living agroforest gallery Cultiva Lab turns about 6,200 m² between SESI Lab and the Biblioteca Nacional into an open-air agroecology laboratory. Roughly 90 species from four Brazilian biomes (Cerrado, Amazônia, Mata Atlântica, Caatinga) grow together to answer one question in public: can you restore an ecosystem and produce food on the same piece of ground? What you can do - Walk the Cultiva Lab gallery and read its four growth phases as they unfold: pioneer species and first harvests, then ecological succession, vegetation layering, and a mature canopy - Look for the short-cycle food crops planted between the large trees (corn, squash, cassava, vegetables, medicinal herbs) and for the sensors that track soil and climate - Follow the pedagogical trails and mediated activities on soil regeneration, biodiversity, food security, and the relationship between city and nature - Trace circular economy in practice on site: water, nutrient, and material flows are routed back through the system to cut waste How it works The technical design came from IPOEMA (Instituto de Permacultura), structured by forest engineer Cláudio Jacintho, and was approved by IPHAN and the urban-planning bodies. The plot sits inside the GDF Adote uma Praça programme and feeds SESI Lab STEAM and CTSA education. Entry follows museum ticketing, including free first-Sunday admission (Visite). Over five years the project plans residencies for 50 artists and 50 researchers working on soil regeneration, carbon capture, and agroforestry systems. Why it matters The numbers are stated honestly. About 3 to 5 tonnes of food in the first two years go to ten social institutions in the Distrito Federal, and the system is expected to capture roughly 10 tonnes of CO2e a year against the some 700 tonnes the museum's own activity generates. Cultiva Lab is not sold as an offset: it is a measured public experiment showing that food, forest, and culture can share the same ground in the middle of a capital.
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Join a community garden in Brasilia

Join a community garden in Brasilia In Brasilia, neighbours can look for urban gardens and community plots through the municipal portal and partner listings linked below. What you can do in Brasilia - Open the Programme page Brasilia and search for horta or agricultura urbana - Use the city portal if you need the latest secretariat contact - Ask on site how to volunteer on watering or harvest days How to join Hours and addresses vary by garden. The linked page does not always list every plot: call or message the secretariat if you need a map for your district. When & where Approximate location: city centre of Brasilia. Recurring: check the organiser page for current garden hours and open days. Why it matters in Brasilia A shared plot in Brasilia turns a sidewalk corner into shade, salad greens, and a place to meet the people who grow food next door. Good to know - Is this page only national? Some links point to federal or state hubs. Use the city portal for local names. - Can I start a new plot? Many cities run registration for new community gardens. Ask the agriculture or environment office. Source & repost Shared here so you can get inspired or find action already happening near you. Solarpunker does not own or organise it. Source: Programme page Brasilia. Organiser: Coordenadoria de Agricultura, Prefeitura de São Paulo. Details checked: 2026-10-10.
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Join a tree mutirao in Brasilia

Join a tree mutirao in Brasilia Volunteers in Brasilia can register for restoration mutiroes listed by SOS Mata Atlantica or coastal partners when events are open for their region. What you can do in Brasilia - Open SOS Mata Atlantica voluntariado and filter events near Brasilia - Read the Brasilia portal for municipal tree planting calls - Wear closed shoes and bring water as organisers request How to join Sign-up opens per event. If no date is listed for your city, ask the municipal environment office via the portal. When & where Approximate location: city centre of Brasilia. Recurring: register when the organiser posts a mutirao date. Why it matters in Brasilia Native trees in Brasilia cool streets, feed pollinators, and give neighbours a shared Saturday story. Good to know - Is Tamar only on the coast? Coastal cities often list Tamar days separately. Inland cities may use SOS or municipal mutiroes. - Do I need experience? Organisers train first-time planters on site. Source & repost Shared here so you can get inspired or find action already happening near you. Solarpunker does not own or organise it. Source: SOS Mata Atlantica voluntariado. Organiser: SOS Mata Atlantica. Details checked: 2026-10-10.
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Join a solidarity fair in Brasilia

Join a solidarity fair in Brasilia Brasilia residents can find solidarity fairs, exchange points, and mutual-aid programmes that swap goods and skills through the pages below. What you can do in Brasilia - Browse Programme page Brasilia for solidarity economy listings - Search the Brasilia portal for feira de troca or economia solidaria - Visit a fair and ask how to volunteer or bring clean donations How to join Fair dates sit on municipal or NGO pages. The linked portal does not set every neighbourhood schedule. When & where Approximate location: city centre of Brasilia. Recurring: check the fair page for market days. Why it matters in Brasilia Swaps in Brasilia keep useful goods moving and build trust between neighbours who meet face to face. Good to know - Does the city hall run every fair? Local fairs are run by cities or NGOs. The portal helps you find contacts. - What can I bring? Clean clothes, books, and tools are common. Ask the fair page before you load a car. Source & repost Shared here so you can get inspired or find action already happening near you. Solarpunker does not own or organise it. Source: Programme page Brasilia. Organiser: Municipal social development and partner NGOs. Details checked: 2026-10-10.
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Visit the circular economy polo in Ceilândia Norte

Visit the circular economy polo in Ceilândia Norte In 2024 Reciclotech installed the Polo Distrital de Economia Circular in Ceilândia Norte, joining collection, sorting, recycling, training, and local jobs for that macrorregião. How it works Read the polo on Programando o Futuro: Reciclotech (3rd edition) and confirm visiting or training arrangements with the executor. Street hours are not published on that page. When & where - Ceilândia Norte, Distrito Federal (named 2024 site; no street lot on the partnership page) - Approximate pin for Ceilândia Norte - Recurring: confirm with Programando o Futuro before travelling Why it matters A polo in Ceilândia keeps reverse logistics where people already live and look for work. Source & repost Shared here so you can get inspired or find action already happening near you. Solarpunker does not own or organise it. Source: Programando o Futuro: Reciclotech partnership record.
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Train at the Reciclotech centre in Gama

Train at the Reciclotech centre in Gama The executor Programando o Futuro runs Reciclotech's practical courses from its headquarters in the Gama industrial sector. Discarded electronics arriving from PEVs become the benches for basic IT, computer maintenance, and robotics. How it works Enrol on programandoofuturo.org.br/cursos or in person. Classes are 100% practical and on site. Bring ID and proof of address. Confirm open groups on the executor's page before travelling; this is not a drop-in museum workshop. When & where - QI 06 Lotes 20/80, Setor de Indústria, Gama Leste, Brasília-DF, CEP 72.445-060 - Approximate pin on Sind QI 6 in the Gama industrial sector - Recurring: in-person courses; check dates with Programando o Futuro: Reciclotech Why it matters The city's leftover machines and the city's next technicians can share one industrial lot. Source & repost Shared here so you can get inspired or find action already happening near you. Solarpunker does not own or organise it. Source: SECTI-DF: Reciclotech · Programando o Futuro: Reciclotech.
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Drop electronics at Águas Claras metro

Drop electronics at Águas Claras metro One named Reciclotech PEV sits at Metrô Estação Águas Claras, on Avenida Pau Brasil 2500. It is a walk-up box in a station people already use, not a special trip across the DF. How it works Take Reciclotech-accepted electronics to the station PEV. Confirm it is still listed on the SECTI PEV table before you go: the directory is the live list, and counts differ across official pages. When & where - Metrô Estação Águas Claras, Avenida Pau Brasil 2500, Águas Claras, Brasília-DF (address as on the SECTI Reciclotech PEV table) - Recurring: standing drop-off; station hours follow Metrô-DF, not a Reciclotech timetable Why it matters A box on the commute is how reverse logistics becomes ordinary. Source & repost Shared here so you can get inspired or find action already happening near you. Solarpunker does not own or organise it. Source: SECTI-DF: Reciclotech · PEV table.
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Drop electronics at SESC 504 Sul

Drop electronics at SESC 504 Sul Another named Reciclotech PEV is at SESC 504 Sul, W3 Sul, Quadra 504/505, Asa Sul: a Plano Piloto walk-up point on a street people already use for sport and culture. How it works Take Reciclotech-accepted electronics to the SESC PEV. Confirm it is still listed on the SECTI PEV table before you go. When & where - SESC 504 Sul, W3 Sul, Quadra 504/505, Asa Sul, Brasília-DF (address as on the SECTI Reciclotech PEV table) - Recurring: standing drop-off; building hours follow SESC, not a Reciclotech timetable Why it matters Asa Sul gets a box of its own, so reverse logistics is not only a satellite-city chore. Source & repost Shared here so you can get inspired or find action already happening near you. Solarpunker does not own or organise it. Source: SECTI-DF: Reciclotech · PEV table.
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Walk the Cultiva Lab agroforest

Walk the Cultiva Lab agroforest An open-air agroecology laboratory of about 6,200 m² between SESI Lab and the Biblioteca Nacional, planted with roughly 90 species from the Cerrado, Amazônia, Mata Atlântica, and Caatinga, and designed to regenerate soil while it produces food. How it works Enter with a SESI Lab ticket or on the free first Sunday of the month. Walk the pedagogical trails, find the short-cycle food crops growing between the trees and the monitoring sensors that follow soil and climate cycles, and check exposições for the mediated activities matched to the current growth phase. When & where - Setor Cultural Sul, Bloco A, Asa Sul, Brasília-DF, CEP 70070-150 (beside Rodoviária do Plano Piloto) - Outdoor gallery between SESI Lab and Biblioteca Nacional (approximate pin for the garden edge) - Recurring: Tue–Fri 9h–18h (entry until 17h); Sat, Sun, holidays 10h–19h (entry until 18h). Free first Sunday of the month. Confirm on Visite. Why it matters The harvest goes to ten social institutions in the DF, and the carbon and soil measurements are published as research rather than sold as an offset. Regeneration becomes something you can check on during a walk downtown. Source & repost Shared here so you can get inspired or find action already happening near you. Solarpunker does not own or organise it. Source: SESI Lab: Exposições / Cultiva Lab · Visite.
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