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	<title>Paraty Green Map</title>
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	<description>Paraty's Ecotourism and Sustainability Guide</description>
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		<title>Casa Turquesa</title>
		<description><![CDATA[History of this business:
Owner Maria Teresa Etrusco, a Sao Paulo native, after living in France opened her doors on May 1, 2008 after 2 years of planning and design, and 5 years to create a new concept of pousada in historical Paraty, the boutique pousada. Casa Turquesa is a cut above the rest, and unique [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://paratygreenmap.com/en/?p=643</link>
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		<title>Open Green Map</title>
		<description><![CDATA[We are happy to announce that we are moving our map on to the new Open Green Map. We are working to move all of the 60 sites from Paraty Green Map to Open Green Map, so you may see a reduced number of sites for the next few months.
The Open Green Map (OGM) offers [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://paratygreenmap.com/en/?p=634</link>
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		<title>Libero Brasil</title>
		<description><![CDATA[History of this location:
Libero Brasil Design is a trendy jewelry shop located in the heart of Paraty’s Historical Center. The collection is made locally in Partay by Ana Maria Graca, a Brazilian artist who studied in Belo Horizonte and in Florence Italy.  She developed a technique of polishing marble similar to the technique used in [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://paratygreenmap.com/en/?p=252</link>
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		<title>Mae Terra</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Story about this location:
Three years ago, Ms. Denise Maria Detogni started Mae Terra (My Land), her own handicrafts shop in the Centro Histôrico of Paraty. Since Paraty is a major tourist spot in Brazil, her bilingual skills (English and Portuguese), help her in communicating with both locals and tourists alike. She hires local people not [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://paratygreenmap.com/en/?p=270</link>
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		<title>Pinga Festival</title>
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&#8220;For four days, from 23 to 26 August, Paraty performs one of the largest festivals dedicated to the spirits in the country. The Festival of the Drip in its twenty-fifth edition, concludes that the product has made the city famous in colonial times, arousing the jealousy of the Portuguese bagaceira. The sugar cane spirit was [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://paratygreenmap.com/en/?p=275</link>
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		<title>Atelier Almir dos Santos</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Story about this location:
Almir dos Santos plays many roles on his Ilha do Araujo. He has been an artist for 20 years and a handicraft artist for 10 years. He is president of his island&#8217;s community association and organized the creation of a library for the common good. The library grew from 1,019 books to [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://paratygreenmap.com/en/?p=378</link>
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		<title>Mosaic</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Story about this Location:
This art shop has unique and homemade jewelry.  It also has different hand crafted mirrors and plaques.  Everything in the store is hand-crafted by the owner and one other person who works in the store.
Sustainable Features:
The owner of Mosaico Rendeiro lives locally so it is very easy for her to [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://paratygreenmap.com/en/?p=213</link>
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		<title>Pousada Pardierio</title>
		<description><![CDATA[
History of this business:
This pousada was built on an area next to the colonial port.  Pousada Pardieiro Hotel is one of the oldest hotels in Parati which is right next to the sea. A 3 star Parati pousada in the historical centre of Parati in the state of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
Sustainable features:
This pousada [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://paratygreenmap.com/en/?p=399</link>
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		<title>Atelier Gringo</title>
		<description><![CDATA[
History of this artist:
Of the many local artists in Paraty, Gringo may be the most well travelled.  Gringo was born in Paraty, yet has traveled the world from Thailand to  Hong Kong to Malaysia.  After all of these travels, he returned to his home, Paraty, and now creates authentic local art of [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://paratygreenmap.com/en/?p=401</link>
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		<title>Atelier Silvinho</title>
		<description><![CDATA[History of this artist:
Silvio Cezar de Oliveira, known as Silvinho, is a native of Paraty.  As a young person,  he began working for the Secretary of Turismo and Culture in Paraty.  Silvinho has also been a camera man for ECO TV.  One of his favorite pastimes is surfing at Trindade.
Sustainable Features:
Silvinho [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://paratygreenmap.com/en/?p=352</link>
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