| Production (Decentralised), Design (Decentralised) |
TREATSTOCK |
“Treatstock is a 3D printing network, where 3D designers and print services can come together to produce 3D printed products for people all over the world. The site unites both a 3D printing marketplace and an online ... |
WORLDWIDE |
on-going |
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| DI (Decentralised), DP (Distributed) |
Pinshape |
Pinshare is a platform where designers can sell their 3D models for print or give them away for free. The end customer is consumers who owns 3D printers at home. The consumers who doesn’t own a printer can also use Pi... |
VANCOUVER - CANADA |
Ongoing |
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| Distributed Production (Decentralised) |
3D Hubs |
“3D Hubs is an online 3D printing service platform. It operates a network of 3D printers with over 20,000 locations in over 150 countries, providing over 1 billion people access to a 3D printer within 10 miles of thei... |
Amsterdam |
Ongoing |
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| Distributed Production (Decentralised), Distributed Design (Decentralised) |
LOWES - 3D PRINTING AND SCANNING SERVICE IN HARDWARE STORE |
Authentise with their innovative software and service allows 3D files to directly be stream to 3D printers without downloading the file. This prevents the illegal use and distribution of the files. Because it can provid... |
USA |
ongoing |
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| Distributed Production (Decentralised) |
KITCHENTOWN |
KitchenTown is an 11,000 square foot shared-space processing kitchen and an incubator opened to serve the needs of small food produces who produces locally made small-batch products. It provides users space as well as s... |
SAN MATEO - CA - USA |
ongoing |
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| Distributed Production (Decentralised) |
MAKETIME |
An article by Patrick Sisson at Curbed describes MakeTime as “an online marketplace that connect makers with manufacturers, factories and assembly lines, offering up unused production capacity to companies of all scal... |
LEXINGTON KY - USA |
ongoing |
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| DP (Decentralised) |
PICK YOUR OWN |
Pick-your-own idea is for home or commercial users to pick their own fruits from the local farms near them. In the website PickYourOwn.org, there is a list of farms located all around the country who provides their prod... |
usa |
ongoing |
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| DD (Distributed) |
QUIRKY |
Quirky is an invention platform that connects inventors with users who has other skills for developing the idea and with the companies that specialized in a specific product category for manufacturing. “According to t... |
NYC |
ongoing |
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| DI (Distributed) |
Skillshare |
Skillshare is a global learning community for creators which has classes in the subjects such as design, DIY, Technology, film, photography, business, writing, music and culinary. It is an online peer-to-peer education ... |
Worldwide |
ongoing |
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| DP (Decentralised) |
Techshop |
Techshop is chain of co-working spaces/workshops that provides access to use of industrial tools and equipment. Their CEO, Mark Hatch describes Techshop as “membership based DIY fabrication studio and workshop” and ... |
WORLDWIDE |
ongoing |
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| DP DD (Distributed) |
PRECIOUS PLASTIC |
Precious Plastic is an open-source project which shares the blueprint of developed machines to recycle plastic waste to produce new products. The machines include a plastic shredder, extruder, injection molder and rotat... |
INDHOVEN, NETHERLANDS |
ongoing |
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| DP (Centralized) |
SHAPEWAYS |
Artists and designers who upload their digital models to Shapeways can have them printed and shipped to them. They can also set up shop and list their products for online sale. For online shopping, Shapeways print the p... |
NY |
ONGOING |
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| DD (Distributed), DP (Decentralized) |
FIRSTBUILT |
FirstBuild is a project where on-line and local community members can design products and help solve engineering challenges for GE. There is an online platform in which the community can share their ideas and co-create ... |
LOUISVILLE KY USA |
ONGOING |
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| DD (Distributed), DP (Decentralised) |
LOCAL MOTORS |
Local Motors (LM) is a motor vehicle manufacturing company focused on low-volume manufacturing of open-source motor vehicle designs using multiple microfactories. Their products include the Rally Fighter automobile and ... |
USA |
On-going |
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| DI&S (Distributed), DD (Distributed) |
Microsoft - PATENT FOR PAY-AS-YOU-GO COMPUTING |
Microsoft patented a pay-as-you-go computing model “A computer with scalable performance level components and selectable software and service options has a user interface that allows individual performance levels to b... |
USA |
In the state of patent |
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| DP (Decentralsied), DD (Decentralsied) |
100K GARAGES |
ShopBot is a company that designs, manufactures and distributes CNC routers for milling, drilling, and cutting of wood, plastic, metals and other materials. Their CNC routers are commonly used in fablabs, schools and va... |
Worldwide |
ongoing |
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| DP (Decentralised) |
Makerbot - IN-STORE 3D PRINTING |
Users can go to a Makerbot store with a 3D file and get it printed in the store. The type of user can be a designer/maker who wants to print a prototype or print the final product of their design or it can be a user who... |
USA |
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| DP (Distributed) |
Stratasys - 3d Printer Leasing |
“Stratasys, Ltd. is a manufacturer of 3D printers and 3D production systems for office-based rapid prototyping and direct digital manufacturing solutions.” (Wiki) StrataSys offers leasing service of some models of t... |
USA |
ONGOING |
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| DS (Distributed) |
LINUX |
Linux is an free and open-source operating system that is used in smartphones, personal computers, netbooks, supercomputers, servers, embedded devices, home appliances, cars etc. The underlying source code may be used, ... |
Worldwide |
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| DS (Distributed) |
Sourceforge |
SourceForge is an online platform for storing and distributing free and open-source software projects. It also provides tools such as collaborative revision control systems for tracking and controling the changes to sou... |
Worldwide |
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| DS, DD, DI (Distributed) |
Hackaday.io |
In 2014, Hackaday.io started as a project hosting site to provide a hosting space for documenting hardware and software projects (http://hackaday.com/2014/02/18/hackaday-launches-our-own-hosting-site/). Now, it is a soc... |
Worldwide, Based in Pasadena CA USA |
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| DP, DI&S (Distributed) |
Arduino |
"Arduino is an open-source prototyping platform based on easy-to-use hardware and software. Arduino boards are able to read inputs - light on a sensor, a finger on a button, or a Twitter message - and turn it into a... |
Worldwide |
ongoing |
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| DI (Distributed) |
Wikipedia |
Wikipedia is a non-commercial internet encyclopedia of which the content can be created and edited by its users. The website is owned and managed by Wikimedia Foundation and its costs are paid by donations from users. A... |
Worlwide |
ongoing |
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| DI (Distributed) |
BlaBlaCar Car Sharing |
BlaBlaCar is a platform for long-distance ride sharing community, that connects drivers and passengers want to travel together between cities sharing the cost of the journey.
The driver can share the information of the... |
France based, Worldwide |
ongoing |
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| DI (Distributed, C2C) |
Waze Traffic and Navigation App |
Waze is a smartphone and tablet navigation application in which users can share real time, location based, distributed information about map and traffic such as travel times, traffic condition, accidents, speed and poli... |
Worldwide |
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| DRE |
Grameen Shakti |
The company offers solar home systems with a service package inclusive of end-user credit, installation, maintenance and repair, take-back services. End-users, low-income households and small businesses living in rural ... |
Bangladesh |
on going |
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| DRE |
Bboxx |
BBOXX, founded in 2010, has built up 42 shops across 3 countries in Africa, where its sells its own Solar Home Systems (SHS) and related accessories, including a platform called SMART Solar to monitor energy use and the... |
Rwanda, Kenya, Uganda |
on going |
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| DRE |
Solarkiosk |
The company targets local entrepreneurs, especially women, for the provision of energy services through charging stations. Solarkiosk design and installs the E-Hubb, a charging station provided with solar panels and ene... |
Ethiopia, Kenya |
on going |
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| DRE |
OMC Power |
OMC Power offers energy solutions to telecommunication companies, through large stand-alone power plants running on solar, wind and biogas. Telecommunication companies get the power plant installed on site and pay accor... |
India |
on going |
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| DRE |
OFF-GRID: ELECTRIC |
The M-POWER, a private company operating in low middle-income contexts around Africa, offers to Tanzania rural people Solar Home Systems (SHS) based on an innovative Business to Customer offer. The offered SHS, includes... |
Tanzania |
on going |
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| DRE |
Husk Power |
The company provides energy solutions by installing biomass power plants and then wiring villages to deliver electricity. Husk Power design and installs the mini grids that can also be connected to the national grid. A ... |
India |
on going |
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| DRE |
Indigo |
Indigo allows customers purchase a Solar Home System (SHS) for only 10 euro; composed by a 3-watt solar panel, battery, two LED lamps and one phone charge unit with cables. Customers then pay on a pay-as-you go system: ... |
11 countries around Sub-Saharan Africa |
on going |
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| DRE |
South African township's solar-powered cafe |
The project offers a solar-powered connection center and charging point, bringing low-cost access to IT services to the community of Alexandra. It is free for students, and subsidized for adults.
The only thing that us... |
Alexandra, South Africa |
on going |
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| DRE |
Domestic Biogas |
Biogas Sector Partnership installed biogas plants in households, providing biogas for cooking and lighting. A plant costs between 350 and 450 €; about one third of this is paid in-kind, through the family providing la... |
Nepal |
on going |
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| DRE |
Solar Transition |
Solar transition, settled up in Ikysawa village (Kenya), is a village recharging station that provides renewable energy for a range of daily services: lantern and battery charging and renting, charging of mobile phones,... |
Ikisaya Village, Kenya |
on going |
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| DRE |
Shared Solar |
Shared Solar offers to houses and small businesses of off-grid rural villages a decentralized solar station connecting houses and small business through local mini-grid. Users pre-pay per time through scratch cards or e... |
Ruhira Village, Uganda |
on going |
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| DP (Distributed production of Products) |
Retraço Novo |
Bianca Baggio Moda Sustentável is a factory that uses scraps from the textile industry to produce new garments. The selected fabrics are washed and taken to Projeto Retraço Novo where they are classified according to ... |
Londrina, Brazil |
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| Decentralized Production |
BONJOUR ESPAÇO COLABORATIVO |
Bonjour Espaço Colaborativo is a coworking environment that provides infrastructure and office management for people who want to structure their business and develop their projects. It aims to contribute to the collabo... |
JOINVILLE, BRAZIL |
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| Distributed Information/knowledge (DI) |
SABOR DE SOBRA |
Sabor de Sobra is an ongoing project that promotes sustainable practices on food consumption. It offers eco-gastronomic workshops that bring information and knowledge to the community, students of gastronomy and food pr... |
JOINVILLE, BRAZIL |
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| Distributed Renewable Energy |
ECOA |
Ecoa Energias Renováveis is a company that operates in the field of electricity generation , using renewable sources. It focuses more specifically on solar and wind. Ecoa also provides consultancy services and advice o... |
JOINVILLE, BRAZIL |
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| Decentralized Knowledge |
OMUNGA |
The social fashion company Omunga develops education projects through the construction of libraries and teacher training so that children and teenagers living in regions of extreme social vulnerability in Brazil and aro... |
JOINVILLE, BRAZIL |
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| Distributed Information/knowledge (DI) |
INCONSCIENTE COLETIVO |
(In)Consciente Coletivo is an informal organization led by Designers that produces an itinerant event that brings together representants of the creativity sector and spectators, offering a creative showcase and promotin... |
JOINVILLE, BRAZIL |
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BEM COMUM |
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JOINVILLE, BRAZIL |
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INSTITUTO CARANGUEJO |
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JOINVILLE, BRAZIL |
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OCENAOMARE |
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FLORIANÓPOLIS, BRAZIL |
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ECO EXPERIÊNCIAS |
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FLORIANÓPOLIS, BRAZIL |
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ECOVERTTE |
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RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL |
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GLOBUSINESS |
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CURITIBA, BRAZIL |
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COMMUNITY GARDENS |
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LONDRINA, BRAZIL |
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BIOSFERA |
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CURITIBA, BRAZIL |
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CICLO ORGÂNICO |
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RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL |
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SEMENTE |
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RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL |
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MOVELARIA PARANISTA |
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ALMIRANTE TAMANDARÉ, BRAZIL |
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CENTRAL DO ABACAXI |
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CURITIBA, BRAZIL |
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Banco de Tecidos |
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São Paulo and Curitiba, BRAZIL |
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ENTRE NÓS, SHARED WARDROBE |
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SÃO PAULO, BRAZIL |
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CURITIBA LÚDICA |
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CURITIBA, BRAZIL |
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RENOVA GREEN |
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CURITIBA, BRAZIL |
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BSBIOS |
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MARAVILHA, BRAZIL |
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ARMAZEN DA CRIATIVIDADE |
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CARUARU, PERNAMBUCO, BR |
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L.O.U.Co LAB |
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Recife, Brazil |
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PROGRAM ONE MILLION CISTERNS |
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NORTHEAST, BRAZIL |
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ECOHUS |
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Recife, Brazil |
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CASA AMARELA |
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RECIFE, BRAZIL |
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ECONÚCLEOS |
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RECIFE, BRAZIL |
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GOMA |
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RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL |
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ATELIER RITA HOSKEN |
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BELO HORIZONTE, BRAZIL |
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TIÊ |
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NOVA LIMA/MG, BRAZIL |
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WATER PURIFIERS |
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JOINVILLE, BRAZIL |
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BROOKFIELD |
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SÃO PAULO, BRAZIL |
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MULTI TONNER |
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CURITIBA, BRAZIL |
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DOUTOR RESOLVE |
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CURITIBA, BRAZIL |
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JOANINHA |
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SÃO PAULO, BRAZIL |
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LAVANDERIA COMUNITÁRIA SÃO PEDRO |
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TERESINA, BRAZIL |
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JBT |
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SÃO PAULO, BRAZIL |
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BUG BIOLOGICAL AGENTS |
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PIRACICABA, BRAZIL |
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RPH GROUP |
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PORTO ALEGRE, BRAZIL |
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AKMEY |
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INDAIAL, BRAZIL |
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HEXAGON AGRICULTURE |
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FLORIANÓPOLIS, BRAZIL |
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PEDALA MACEIÓ |
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MACEIÓ, BRAZIL |
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PRAIA ACESSÍVEL |
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MACEIÓ, BRAZIL |
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RIZOFLORA |
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VIÇOSA, BRAZIL |
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MEYER |
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MACEIÓ, BRAZIL |
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ESCRIBO |
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RECIFE, BRAZIL |
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OXI AMBIENTAL |
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SÃO PAULO, BRAZIL |
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RATHER |
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MACEIÓ, BRAZIL |
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