formigas-de-embaúba

formigas-de-embaúba is a nonprofit organization, run by forest maker Rafael Ribeiro, that promotes environmental education through the planting of native mini-forests by students in public schools in Brazil, bringing the urgency of ecosystem regeneration and climate change mitigation to the new generations.

Rafael is a co-founder of formigas-de-embaúba and manages planting and partnerships. He researches and works at the intersection of education and ecology and, between 2010 and 2016, worked with financial structuring and fundraising for energy and infrastructure projects in Latin America and acted as a mentor in several institutes supporting social organizations.