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climate change environment

Cleaning Streets With Pool Water? A Lisbon District Is Making Swimming Sustainable

by Maria Maia April 10, 2025April 10, 2025

Image of students participating in an outdoor class in the city of Vilnius, Lithuania.

In The News education

Vilnius, A City Becomes An Open-Air Classroom

by Vanessa Sarmiento September 24, 2024March 13, 2025

Boats sitting on the beach near Lisbon.

climate change climate change

Aguas Grandes: How A Portuguese Town Faces A Rising Threat Of Flooding

by Maíra Streit September 17, 2024

Scene from Director Spike Lee's "Do The Right Thing", which follows the events of the hottest day of the summer in Brooklyn, New York.

Green climate crisis

Scorcher! How The Heat Waves Of Climate Change Could Fuel Urban Violence

by Vanessa Sarmiento September 17, 2024March 13, 2025

a man standing in front of a building

Society portugal

Pascoal: Born In Portugal, Citizen Of Nowhere

by Vanessa Sarmiento September 17, 2024March 16, 2025

A photograph of drama "Na boca do tubarão" performed in Lisbon.

Migrant Lives migrants

In Lisbon, A Brazilian Theater Troupe Explores A Unique Migrant Experience

by Ana da Cunha August 25, 2024

Photo of people walking near the cathedral in Porto

Food / Travel tourism

Could Porto’s Sustainable Tourism Experiment Work In Lisbon?

by Ariana Moreira August 16, 2024

Dropping some Garum, a special sardine-based sauce, on a plate of fish.

Food / Travel gastronomy

In Lisbon, Caesar’s Favorite Sauce Makes A Comeback

by Álvaro Filho August 12, 2024

A group of cars parked on a side road in Lisbon, Portugal.

Green transportation

Lisbon Postcard: Parking Spaces And The Dilemma Of Modern Mobility

by Frederico Raposo July 8, 2024

Photo of a cable car in the street Lisbon

Society housing crisis

Lisbon Has A Plan To Fight Gentrification And Mass Tourism: Bring Back The Locals!

by Ana da Cunha July 8, 2024

Photo of a man riding a bicycle in a lane reserved for cyclists.

Future urbanism

Out With The Car, In With The Urban “Super-Island”

by Vanessa Sarmiento May 21, 2024

Photo of visit of Forest In The Middle Of Lisbon

In The News urbanism

How Miyawaki “Pop Up” Forests Spread Across The Urban Jungle Of Lisbon

by Vanessa Sarmiento May 21, 2024

So eager to modernize, the 19th century’s rulers did not properly weigh up the potential effects of their disentailment policies, leaving a vast pool of church property unprotected. In the case of the Convent of Beato António, what the 1755 earthquake did not destroy, the expulsion of the friars did, and whatever was not later harnessed for industrial uses was left to languish until the late 20th century, when the decision was made to restore former monastic sites as convention centers.

Society urban planning

Converting Convents? A Sacred Response To Lisbon’s Housing Crisis

by Ana da Cunha and Nele Van Den Broek April 30, 2024

The body of the writer Sophia de Mello Breyner Andresen being moved to the National Pantheon in July 2014.

Women Worldwide women

Women Of Disquiet: A Loud, Hard ‘No’ To Portugal’s Paid Housewife Scheme

by Dora Santos Silva April 23, 2024

Photo of an elderly man walking near tramway tracks in Lisbon, Portugal

Society dementia

Aging Cities Of The Future — How Urban Planning Can Factor In For Dementia

by Vanessa Sarmiento February 22, 2024March 15, 2025

For LGBTQ+ Who Fled Bolsonaro’s Brazil, The Fear Of “Homophobe President” Winning Again

LGBTQ Plus portugal elections

For LGBTQ+ Who Fled Bolsonaro’s Brazil, The Fear Of “Homophobe President” Winning Again

by Vanessa Sarmiento November 13, 2023

Single Parents In Portugal Turn "It Takes A Village" Into A Practical Reality

Society portugal

Single Parents In Portugal Turn “It Takes A Village” Into A Practical Reality

by Vanessa Sarmiento November 13, 2023

Image of people dancing, holding hands, in Lisbon, Portugal.

Society traditions

Marchas Populares, A Great Lisbon Tradition Is Missing Men

by Vanessa Sarmiento November 13, 2023March 14, 2025

Photo of Brazilian singer Nega Jaci

The Brazilian Singer Trying To Shake The Sexism Out Of Samba

by Vanessa Sarmiento June 27, 2023