coordinators
Fê gebara
Fê co-created Aldeia Lixo Zero with Mariazinha and Julia Yawanawá, Indigenous leaders from Mutum Village in the Yawanawá territory. She is a Brazilian writer, climate scientist, and mother who has worked alongside Indigenous peoples and traditional communities on biodiversity conservation, climate action, and behavioural change since 2004. She collaborates with the Yorenka Tasorentsi Institute and the Runyn Pupykary Yawanawá Institute to advance Indigenous rights and support the continuity of traditional knowledge and medicines. Her work places particular emphasis on supporting elders and knowledge keepers and helping ensure that ancestral knowledge is passed on to and continues to guide future generations.
itamara souza
Born and raised in Acre, Itamara has worked in community-based projects, solidarity economy, and sustainable waste management since 2013. She has worked as a field technician and project coordinator at Acre’s Secretariat for Solidarity Economy and at Cooperativa Catar, where she progressed from a technical position to superintendent. Her work has included supporting the formalisation of waste-picker associations and coordinating the Aldeia Lixo Zero project with Yawanawá villages. This experience led her to represent Rio Branco internationally at the Zero Waste Cities Meeting. Currently studying Environmental Management, Itamara also brings practical knowledge of agroecology and additional training from SESCOOP/AC. A mother of two, she combines technical expertise, lived experience, and a deep commitment to the land and environmental education.
Rio Gregório Indigenous Territory
ISABELLE SANTOS
Isabelle Santos is a permaculture practitioner with over ten years of experience in environmental regeneration and sustainable living. Recognized for her environmental activism in Recife, promoting community gardens and composting initiatives in partnership with the city government and the Aldeia Lixo Zero project.She co-founded Aldeia da Vida, an initiative dedicated to Indigenous ancestral practices, working closely with the Yawanawa people. Her work focuses on strengthening cultural identity, protecting territories, and bridging Indigenous knowledge with contemporary socio-environmental solutions.
Sara broring braz
Founder of Projeto Terra do Sol & Solar.
Born in Canada, she grew up across different countries, developing strong cultural adaptability.
With over 11 years as a Cardiac Physiologist, she bridges conventional and ancestral medicine through her work at Terra do Sol & Solar, in alliance with indigenous people & forests.
THALES Paschoalino
As part of the Terra do Sol team, he immersed himself in Indigenous traditions, serving in roles from hands-on support to translator and cultural guardian across Europe and Armenia.
Through Aldeia Lixo Zero, he supports Indigenous communities both in Europe and in the forest, working directly with the land and its guardians.
AMANDA GOIS
Amanda Gois is dedicated to preserving Indigenous knowledge in the Amazon, working as a translator and cultural facilitator bridging Western and Indigenous worlds. She partners closely with Aldeia Mutum and the Rio Gregório Indigenous Territory, supporting the Yawanawá people and maintaining direct relationships with local villages. Her work reflects a deep commitment to sustainability and the protection of the Amazon as essential to planetary balance. Through lived experience within Yawanawá traditions, she integrates ancestral wisdom with regenerative practices to strengthen Indigenous autonomy and protection.