M.U.R.P. Capstone 71

Together We Make Santa Marta Home

Alexandro Bazan, Samantha Farr, Stephanie Gerretsen, Mabel Kessler, Julia Mantey, Alexandra Markiewicz, Shirley Rempe, Kelly Richardson, Charlotte Wilson, Julia Upfal
Ana Paula Pimentel Walker
Santa Marta is located in São Leopoldo, a city approximately 30 kilometers north of Porto Alegre, Brazil. São Leopoldo has a conglomeration of informal and formal settlements, which include regularized neighborhoods and public housing projects. Santa Marta faces a host of environmental challenges that result from trash dumping in public spaces, trash burning, animals opening trash bags, and inadequate sewage, water systems, and road infrastructure.  In March 2015, the University of Michigan team visited Santa Marta to gather information from interviews, surveys, participatory mapping exercises, and visioning sessions. During the trip, we established relationships with the students and teachers from the…

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