Dispatches from Rio+20
Terran Giacomini and Terisa Turner / June 16, 2012 / 3 min read
On 15 June, our first day at the organized Rio+20 events, a group of about 30 Friends of the Earth
International delegates headed out on a bus to Santa Cruz, Pedra de Guaratiba, a community located
just outside of Rio de Janeiro. Santa Cruz is one of seven communities surrounding Rio that will receive
international guests as part of the Toxic Tour organized by Friends of the Earth, Justica Global, (Global
Justice) Associacao Homens do Mar (Association of Ocean People) and twelve other organizations.