My bday!

In good company...

In front of a beautiful sunset

With my mate Gisele

At Leonardo's bday

Futuro das aguas

This picture was taken from my mobile phone, and uploaded to my blog from my mobile phone! The wonders of technology... I am a bit late I know, but I am really excited about this feature on my new phone!

The event was a conference about the future of water, which took place this week here in Rio. Different speakers, experts, came to talk about water, from an economic, scientific or artistic point of view.

The Making of The Museum

This is my other blog about the making of the museum of the sea - the project I am working on with UFRJ. I'll be using it it to keep a record of the process of creating the museum.

Hard day at work

Yesterday we went around the Ilha do Catalão by boat with Alejandro, who does research on the pollution of the Guanabara Bay around the Fundão. We wanted to see the area that is going to belong to the Museum and that we can use for biology and ecology activities. The idea is to have navigation classes starting from there as well, and all sorts of navigation-related activities.

The area around the Museum probably used to be beautiful. It still is, in a way, but it is so polluted that it is difficult to see it. It's still rich in endemic flora, such as mangrove, guava and pitanga trees, and it's home to various species of birds and fish.