(ANS – Pindamonhangaba) – On Friday 16 August
the exact replica of the modest house where St John Bosco spent his childhood was inaugurated in Pindamonhangaba
The event brought together more than a hundred people
This building has the mission of being an educational space that inspires young people with the values of joy
friendship and faith that marked the life of St John Bosco
The reproduction of the house in which Don Bosco lived his first years of life is a powerful symbol
especially because it was the scene of the famous Dream at Nine Years of age
The Rector of the Salesian presence in Pindamonhangaba
stating: "For us this environment is not only a place to remember Don Bosco
But we really want it to be a place that strengthens Don Bosco's charism
his love for God and his love for young people."
Superior of the Salesian Province of Sao Paulo
stressing that "on this day when we celebrate the 209th birthday of Don Bosco
here in the Salesian Province of Sao Paolo
will be a centre from which the Salesian charism radiates
adolescents and young people will be able to find inspiration for their dreams."
the Dream at Nine Years of age was reenacted
Fr Alexandre Luís de Oliveira presided over the Mass
The inauguration of Casa Don Bosco in Pindamonhangaba was not only a tribute to the past
reaffirming the Salesian mission to transform the lives of young people through education and faith
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Illustration: Pindamonhangaba, c.1827, Jean-Baptiste Debret | Photo: Eduardo Cesar The marks of time: at left
forests and mountains of Pindamonhangaba in 1827
eucalyptus trees and an eroded hill on the outskirts of Bananal in 2015Illustration: Pindamonhangaba
Jean-Baptiste Debret | Photo: Eduardo Cesar
“The region is becoming increasingly mountainous
The road is flanked by very dense virgin forest; in some places it is becoming quite rough and difficult to negotiate” – Saint-Hilaire
a businessman from the Brazilian city of Bananal
found it strange when he spotted from his car a fiftyish gray-haired man who looked like a foreigner
The man had climbed up a steep bank and was holding onto a shrub at the entrance to Silva’s small farm on Tropeiros Highway
a French botanist from the National Museum of Natural History in Paris
had only climbed up the bank to collect a specimen from a plant that had caught his attention
It was nine o’clock on the morning of June 9
the first day of an expedition to trace the São Paulo portion of a trip that French naturalist Auguste de Saint-Hilaire made to the area in March and April of 1822
EDUARDO CESARIn the field: Gaglioti collects branches from a tree…EDUARDO CESAR
Four botanists spent five days perusing sites
on the border between the states of São Paulo and Rio de Janeiro
in the São Paulo metropolitan region—some of which had changed considerably while others still looked preserved when compared with Saint-Hilaire’s records
published in the book Segunda viagem do Rio de Janeiro a Minas Gerais e a São Paulo [Second trip from Rio de Janeiro to Minas Gerais and São Paulo]
In many cases the changes were significant
but neither Saint-Hilaire nor the botanists on the June expedition yielded to nostalgia
Although he was fascinated by the tropical flora
the French naturalist anticipated that the forests might disappear and give way to progress and civilization
“He thought about development alternatives for Brazil
and he had a utilitarian view of space,” says Sérgio Romaniuc Neto
a researcher at the Botanical Institute of São Paulo and leader of the expedition
When the virtual herbarium went online in 1990
who coordinates the museum’s virtual collection
began to plan trips to retrace the routes taken by the French naturalist
will take them from France to northern São Paulo State
Just before he reached the entrance to the Joana D’Arc farm as the field work began
Romaniuc stopped on the side of the road to peruse the landscape
but it’s not primary anymore,” he explained
pointing to one of the stands of trees amidst pastures and areas of eucalyptus and bamboo
but they too are part of the secondary vegetation
“It looks like there are no native species anymore,” Pignal said as he came down from an embankment
“Maybe none have been introduced,” comments Marc Jeanson
coordinator of the French national herbarium at the museum in Paris
as he collects a branch from a shrub of the genus Mimosa
Dotted along the edges of the road and the forests were many simple yellow flowers of bitter melon (Momordica charantia)
of no importance to the botanists—“a sign of plant globalization,” Jeanson points out
The forest they were examining occupied what is now a defunct coffee plantation
because it was already there in the 1950s when his family bought the land
“It’s still preserved just like it was,” he added
Eduardo Cesar… pressing the specimens…Eduardo Cesar
Diversity Before continuing on to the city
Silva walked over to a neighboring farm and pointed to a river
It was almost completely covered over by Surinam grass
an exotic species adopted as cattle feed because of its low cost
but now they’re gone.” On that day and the next
Romaniuc saw rivers that Saint-Hilaire had described as generous in size
now transformed into timid streams covered by earth that slides down from the hills
which are more susceptible to erosion because of the pastures
as he approached what was then the village of Bananal on his way from Minas Gerais to Rio de Janeiro
anxious to return to Paris because of his ailing mother
The road is flanked by very dense virgin forest.” Nearly 200 years later
the botanists confirmed that the mountains are clearly still standing
“We’ve lost biodiversity due to uncontrolled agricultural development
which has swept aside any concern about environmental balance,” said Romaniuc late on the morning of the first day
“We can’t imagine Saint-Hilaire at time zero,” observed Pignal
who has been traveling to Brazil since 1993 and was in the city of Salvador the previous week
sugarcane and grazing.” When he arrived in the town of Areias
Saint-Hilaire noted the diversity of the landscape: “This intermixture of coffee plantations
these small dwellings surrounded by black people’s shacks
and groups of travelers coming and going—together lend this region the appearance of great variety.”
on an embankment with JeansonEduardo Cesar
Saint-Hilaire arrived in Rio de Janeiro in the company of the French ambassador in 1816
and before coming to this region he had previously traveled around the states of Rio
Other Europeans were also exploring Brazil on their own expeditions during that time
Botanist Carl Friedrich von Martius and zoologist Johann von Spix
explored extensively from São Paulo to Amazonas from 1817 to 1820
Russian-German Baron Georg Heinrich von Langsdorff traveled through several states with a team of 39 including a botanist
Saint-Hilaire explored the countryside of Minas Gerais with Langsdorff
indefatigable man I’ve ever met in my life
I learned to travel without wasting a single instant
to subject myself to all manner of hardships
and to suffer cheerfully through every kind of discomfort”
some of which are protected by the Serra da Bocaina National Park
A large wolf apple André Luiz Gaglioti
a botanist studying several plant groups from Saint-Hilaire’s collection as part of his postdoctoral research at São Paulo State University (Unesp)
used the opportunity of a layover with the group to investigate a pasture behind the farm/hotel where they were staying
“I saw on Google Earth that there’s a forest over here,” he said
He was disappointed at first when he found that the forest consisted mostly of bamboo and had no scientific interest
they came across a strip of forest alongside a tank that holds water for cattle
but it should have some interesting things.”
There they found a tree from the botanical family Anacardiaceae
It looked typical of the region—and therefore was probably
a native species—so they collected a branch for more detailed identification in the laboratory
they collected parts of a shrub known as a wolf apple (Solanum lycocarpum)
inexplicably much taller and with larger fruit than the shrubs of the same species in the Cerrado savannah of central Brazil
The collected plants were organized at the end of each day
placed between newspaper pages and pressed between sheets of cardboard
They would later be identified in the laboratory and compared with the ones collected by Saint-Hilaire
to give a comparative look at the species in that area 193 years ago versus today
the botanists’ preliminary analysis confirmed that
they had found an earpod tree (Enterolobium contortisiliquum)
a candeia (Moquiniastrum polymorphum) and a shortleaf fig (Ficus guaranitica)
Cattley guava (Psidium cattleianum) or Brazilian sassafras (Ocotea odorífera)
all typical of the Atlantic Forest and reported by Saint-Hilaire
and this reinforced their hypothesis on loss of biodiversity
Eduardo CesarA preserved spot: the church of Nossa Senhora da Escada
Saint-Hilaire accumulated nearly 2,000 species of birds
the French naturalist was the first to describe yerba mate (Ilex paraguariensis)
he published the three-volume book Flora Brasiliae Meredionalis
in which he described the plants he had collected in Brazil
An unexpected forest Late on the first day
the botanists unexpectedly identified a preserved strip of forest on a hill next to the highway from Bananal to the nearby city of São José do Barreiro
“It’s similar to the ones that covered the hills and valleys in this region 200 years ago,” Romaniuc said
“Over there in the middle is a Cecropia hololeuca
a tree that grows in mature ombrophilous (rain-loving) forests
and down here near the road there’s a Cecropia pachystachya
which is typical of areas that have been undergone more change.” The former species is also called silver cecropia
The two trees stood out in the forest because of their thin trunks and leaves shaped like an open hand
Eduardo CesarFlower and fruit of a wolf apple shrub (Solanum lycocarpum)Eduardo Cesar
they reached the well-preserved forests of the municipality of Pouso Alto
a rare tree species of the Urticacea family with flowers simpler than those of the nearby species
Saint-Hilaire arrived in Pouso Alto on March 12
having sent an assistant ahead of him to introduce himself to the comandante
so it was the vicar who examined his documents
and then proceeded to take leave without offering the desired resting place
“So we were obliged to seek out a secluded corner in a small shop
where they gave me a filthy room full of fleas
At night we witnessed a tremendous brawl between mulattos,” he wrote
Nor did the children escape his ethnological perspective
Upon passing through the town of Taubaté on March 26
he wrote: “In nearly every house one can see children who are quite beautiful
but that changes by the time they reach the age of 12 to 15; by then they are thin and sickly-looking
no doubt from a poor diet and unhealthy or insufficient food.”
a professor at the University of Mogi das Cruzes
a 5,300-hectare (53 square-kilometer) forested area partially occupied by farmers and residents of outlying neighborhoods
they traveled around the outskirts of Mogi das Cruzes under a light rain
“This area still has many elements of the original biodiversity
but they are losing out to expansion by the outlying neighborhoods,” Romaniuc observed
Eduardo CesarRed cecropia (Cecropia glaziovii)Eduardo Cesar
The next stop was at the church of Nossa Senhora da Escada
which had been an Indian settlement before the time of Saint-Hilaire’s visit
“There are so few left here today that I haven’t seen a single one
in either the city or the surrounding areas,” he wrote
He was also struck by the poverty of the place: “Most of the houses are built around a square
and you can tell how poor it is from the fact that I asked for sugarcane rum at several shops and had no success.” The main square
is still there and is surrounded by houses that no longer have the look of poverty
Romaniuc asked several people if they knew anything about the river behind the church
No one had heard anything about the river; it had been covered over
and the site was occupied by several houses
“Saint-Hilaire said he had immense difficulty obtaining information from the residents of the places he found,” he said
the botanists returned to São Paulo along a road that was bucolic and tree-lined in the times of Saint-Hilaire but is now completely urbanized—a wide avenue that cuts through the outskirts of Mogi
then opens onto an extensive slum area to the right as you come into Guaianazes
the first São Paulo neighborhood encountered from that direction
Project Saint-Hilaire Virtual Herbarium (nº 2006/57363-4); Grant Mechanism: Research Grant; Principal Investigator: Sérgio Romaniuc Neto (Botanical Institute of São Paulo); Investment: R$160,123.56 (FAPESP)
Book SAINT-HILAIRE, A. Segunda viagem do Rio de Janeiro a Minas Gerais e a São Paulo. Belo Horizonte: Editora Itatiaia, 1976, or through Brasiliana Eletrônica
© Revista Pesquisa FAPESP - All rights reserved
Brazil - February 2023 - The Salesian Social Center of Pindamonhangaba
in order to expand and promote social projects is looking for new partners
6 it received a visit from Victor Alcântara da Graça
Executive Director of "ABRINQ," a foundation that promotes the defense of the rights and exercise of citizenship of children and adolescents
"The perspective is to implement an educational action based on sports
stimulating the commitment to collaborations that promote the sustainability of new projects," highlighted the center's Director
After the closure of the activities of the Pindamonhangaba training house
managed to consolidate and expand the social services of the center
which is now attended by 100 low-income children
in the Pre-University Exam Preparation Course
But according to ABRINQ's Executive Director
which has 79 thousand square meters and is located across from the Serra da Mantiqueira
can allow for multiple activities and further growth
"We will help the Salesians increase the number and
Victor Alcântara also got to know the "Jataí Project," founded in 2002
which offers courses and workshops for people in situations of risk and social vulnerability in the "Moreira César" neighborhood
and got to know the projects and activities of the Salesian Cooperators
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Brazil - March 2023 - The Salesian Youth Ministry of the Brazil-Sao Paulo Province (BSP) organized the 8th edition of the "Acampabosco" event in Pindamonhangaba
from various regions of São Paulo State
were able to experience the spirit of community and family
exchange of experiences and religious celebrations
"This is a beautiful courtyard where young people can come together
It is important that young people are helped to confront themselves - Don Bosco himself did that," concluded Fr
the Salesian community of Pindamonhangaba hosted the fourth edition of "AcampaBosco"
a project carried out by the Salesian Youth Ministry of the Province of São Paulo (BSP)
members of the Salesian Youth Movement Provincial Council (SYM) and young people from various communities of the BSP Province
The objective of “AcampaBosco” is to promote
the protagonism and leadership of the young people in Salesian communities
welcomed Steinert to talk about the company’s development
He emphasized their investment in state-of-the-art technologies and infrastructure
having implemented an integrated system of collection and smelting of scrap aluminium cans since 1991
With 4 smelting plants and a processing capacity of more than 300 thousand tons of aluminium per year
Latasa Reciclagem stands out as the largest aluminium recycling company in the country
its diversified product portfolio serves various industries
Steinert visited the site in Pindamonhangaba
to learn more about Latasa’s journey of innovation and technology
which has been undertaken with the aim of recycling 100% of the aluminium processed
Steinert Eddy separates non-ferrous metals
the Steinert KSS | XT LI (left) sorts into pure furnace-ready aluminium
Latasa uses a process known as “Garimpeiro Urbano” (Urban Mining)
which represent 96.07% of the country’s aluminium can generation
This initiative involves 22 non-ferrous metal collection centres
working together with local suppliers of recyclable material
Latasa’s final production follows the current Aluminium Scrap Classification Table
which lists the names and characteristics of 20 types of scrap material identified in the domestic market
The Aluminium Scrap Classification Table was prepared by ABAL (Brazilian Aluminium Association) and follows recommendations from the Institute of Scrap Recycling (ISRI)
multinational aluminium manufacturing company
approached Latasa looking for a new type of scrap material to work with
Taint/Tabor is described as clean mixed old alloy sheet aluminium
To generate the required high purities of the desired products
that can separate different aluminium qualities
“When we got to the stage that involves cleaning the scrap
we already knew about magnetic separators (of various types)
it was not just cleaning that was required
but separating the scrap by different densities or by type of chemical composition
That’s when we turned to Google and found Steinert
where we discovered several types of equipment
and the one that interested us the most was the X-ray”
explains Latasa’s plant manager José Garcia
the first tests were carried out with Taint/Tabor scrap
The results met the expectations of the equipment that Latasa and Novelis needed
The partnership with Steinert was consolidated and
the Taint/Tabor Processing Line was inaugurated at Latasa Recycling Plant 1 with the implementation of Steinert KSS | XT LI
Pure aluminium leaves the Steinert KSS | XT LI for smelting
For the processing of all types of collected materials
and with the aim of achieving pure and furnace-ready aluminium
Latasa makes use of an automated plant with Steinert separation technologies in operation
The Latasa plant in Pindamonhangaba operates:
§ Steinert UME – Overbelt magnet for the separation of ferrous metals from aluminium scrap
§ Steinert EddyC – Eddy current separator to clean the non-ferrous metals from non-metallic residues
§ Steinert KSS | XT LI (X-ray transmission + 3D laser + inductive sensors) – Sorting System with a combination of sensors that separates impurities from aluminium and produces furnace-ready aluminium
With input material received from different collection sources
the mechanical processing begins with two stages of shredding
the material fractions are screened into different particle sizes
the material undergoes the separation processes
passing first the Steinert UME for the separation of ferrous materials
and then onto the separation of non-ferrous metals from non-metallic residues with the Steinert EddyC eddy current separator
The material produced by the eddy current separator is forwarded for selection and separation with the Steinert KSS
of clean aluminium from other materials (remaining heavy metals)
using the Steinert KSS sensor combination technology (X-ray transmission + 3D laser + induction)
Material that has paint is subjected to a process called decoating
and the paint-free material is ready to be melted
The use of an automated plant and advanced technologies demonstrates Latasa’s commitment to adopting sustainable practices and maximizing the recovery of valuable materials during the aluminium recycling process
A study of the company’s process and tests were carried out at the Steinert Latinoamericana Test Center in the metropolitan region of Belo Horizonte
and the choice of the most suitable technology were also analysed
The result was that Steinert’s Combined Sensor Sorting was found to be the best solution
With the implementation of Steinert KSS | XT LI technology
Latasa has made a leap forward in innovation and efficiency in its process of separating and recovering aluminium and valuable materials
Final aluminium made from recycling material
This technology is applied to maximize the recovery of earnings
giving maximum value to each product and reducing the amount of waste material
“The big difference is the ability to perform unique separation for each material to meet the needs of each customer
We have great flexibility in creating a product according to the application that the customer is seeking
which would only be the physical preparation of the material with the corresponding granulometry for use in the equipment
This is the key differentiator: having low operating costs and delivering such high flexibility to the customer
allowing them to choose several applications”
guarantees Vinícius Souto – Managing Director of STEINERT Latinoamericana
Making operational costs feasible and facilitating the sorting of different materials under different criteria in a single piece of equipment
the use of STEINERT KSS was the step Latasa was looking for to innovate in the sector and further improve its processes
Steinert has enjoyed a consolidated partnership with Latasa since 2019
We believe in the potential of applying separation technology to improve aluminium recycling
consolidating significant gains in the sector and outlining plans for the future
Steinert Latinoamericana maintains close contact and reliable face-to-face and/or remote support for customer needs
This proximity and commitment ensure assertiveness in planning and the results achieved
Thinking about the future and further improving its results
Latasa aims to invest in the innovation and automation of other plants
Latasa demonstrates a solid commitment to sustainability and plays an important role in the production chain in the aluminium recycling sector
We are proud of this partnership and proud to work together promoting the circular economy and the reduction of environmental impacts caused by primary aluminium production
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