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Diêgo Lôbo

Diêgo works with communications and fundraising for CESE, a Brazilian NGO. He is Chief-in-Editor of "E esse tal Meio Ambiente?", a 3-year-blog addressing environmental issues formed by young professionals with different backgrounds and skills, from all over the country. As a result of this work, he has published a book, participated and covered several events and also received national and international recognition. He is interested in discussions regarding climate issues, communication, social movements, human rights and so on.

Bottled Water Use, or Are We Really Drinking Unicorn Tears?

Posted by: Larisa Rankovic and Diêgo Lôbo Posted date: February 04, 2013 | comment : 2

Mexico and Australia are two opposite poles when it comes to bottled water use. Larisa Rankovic and Diêgo Lôbo report. ...

Photo Essay: The Beauty of Chile, a South American Pearl

Posted by: Diêgo Lôbo Posted date: January 25, 2013 | comment : 0

Chile offers some of the most breath-taking landscapes in the world. ThinkBrigade reporter Diêgo Lôbo shares his photo visions of the magical place. ...

Water is Life, Bottled Water is a Business with Lives

Posted by: Larisa Rankovic, Borut Tavcar, and Diêgo Lôbo Posted date: November 07, 2012 | comment : 0

Bottled water consumption and sales have been increasing exponentially since its emergence as a widely-accepted commercial beverage. This post looks at some of the negative consequences and ways of addressing these. ...

The Economic Might of China – Building with BRICS – Part 3

Posted by: Anna Zhou, Diêgo Lôbo, and Pabitra Mukhopadhyay Posted date: July 02, 2012 | comment : 0

Cue China, the newest country to join the circuit of world superpowers and an extremely important member of BRICS. The economic might of the country has grown considerably since the cultural revolution and now rivals that of the United States. ...

Rio+20: Brittany Trilford demands world leaders to lead

Posted by: Diêgo Lôbo Posted date: June 25, 2012 | comment : 2

Brittany Trilford, a 17-year-old girl from New Zealand, won the Tcktcktck competition "Date with History" and was invited to speak on behalf of the children and youth at the opening ceremony of the Rio+20 Summit, in front of world leaders from 130 different nations. This is what she had to say: ...

Brazil and its Controversial Speech – Building with BRICS – Part 2

Posted by: Diêgo Lôbo, Anna Zhou, and Pabitra Mukhopadhyay Posted date: May 21, 2012 | comment : 3

Brazil, the host country of the Rio+20 Summit, is suggesting essential changes in the world and promoting sustainable development. But in real politics it is doing the exact opposite. ...

Fighting Climate Change by Connecting the Dots

Posted by: Diêgo Lôbo Posted date: May 12, 2012 | comment : 0

Special Weekend Supplement : Last Saturday, on May 5th, it was Climate Impacts Day where thousands of people in over 100 countries connected the dots between problems and solutions, causes and consequences of Climate Change in their lives. ...

Building with BRICS – Part 1

Posted by: Anna Zhou, Diêgo Lôbo, and Pabitra Mukhopadhyay Posted date: May 01, 2012 | comment : 1

A sequel of four articles by Anna Zhou, Diêgo Lôbo and Pabitra Mukhopadhyay. In the first part the authors discuss the multidimensional debates in the run up to Rio+20 and possibility of BRICS role in finding a way through the confusion. ...

People’s Summit: organized civil society influencing negotiations at Rio+20

Posted by: Diêgo Lôbo Posted date: April 11, 2012 | comment : 0

It is very likely you have already heard about the Earth Summit Rio+20, the UN Conference on Sustainable Development, that will take place in the city of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, twenty years after the biggest worldwide leader’s meeting in history. ...