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About Barbara Crane Navarro - Rainforest Art Project

I'm a French artist living near Paris. From 1968 to 1973 I studied at Rhode Island School of Design in Providence, Rhode Island, then at the San Francisco Art Institute in San Francisco, California, for my BFA. My work for many decades has been informed and inspired by time spent with indigenous communities. Various study trips devoted to the exploration of techniques and natural pigments took me originally to the Dogon of Mali, West Africa, and subsequently to Yanomami communities in Venezuela and Brazil. Over many years, during the winters, I studied the techniques of traditional Bogolan painting. Hand woven fabric is dyed with boiled bark from the Wolo tree or crushed leaves from other trees, then painted with mud from the Niger river which oxidizes in contact with the dye. Through the Dogon and the Yanomami, my interest in the multiplicity of techniques and supports for aesthetic expression influenced my artistic practice. The voyages to the Amazon Rainforest have informed several series of paintings created while living among the Yanomami. The support used is roughly woven canvas prepared with acrylic medium then textured with a mixture of sand from the river bank and lava. This supple canvas is then rolled and transported on expeditions into the forest. They are then painted using a mixture of acrylic colors and Achiote and Genipap, the vegetal pigments used by the Yanomami for their ritual body paintings and on practical and shamanic implements. My concern for the ongoing devastation of the Amazon Rainforest has inspired my films and installation projects. Since 2005, I've created a perfomance and film project - Fire Sculpture - to bring urgent attention to Rainforest issues. To protest against the continuing destruction, I've publicly set fire to my totemic sculptures. These burning sculptures symbolize the degradation of nature and the annihilation of indigenous cultures that depend on the forest for their survival.

Ouro Legal e Ouro Ilegal – Se a Barrick Gold Corporation ou os garimpeiros estivessem escavando seu jardim e contaminando sua única fonte de água com cianeto ou mercúrio, você ainda estaria enfeitado com joias, relógios e acessórios de ouro?

Local legal de mineração de ouro contamina terras Indígenas com cianeto! Direito à vida em vez de lucros legais de ouro! Local illegal de mineração de ouro contamina terras Indígenas com mercúrio! Nada diz “eu te amo” como… 20 toneladas … Continue reading

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These Hidden Carbon Sinks May Prove Crucial for Our Survival! — Mother Jones

This story was originally published by the Guardian and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. Off the Caribbean coast of Colombia, rare manatee calves have been spotted in the canals and rivers of Cispatá Bay’s mangrove forests. The once-critically endangered American … Continue reading

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Or légal et or illégal – Si Barrick Gold Corporation ou des orpailleurs cherchaient de l’or dans votre arrière-cour et contaminaient votre seule source d’eau avec du cyanure ou du mercure, vous décoreriez-vous toujours avec des bijoux, des montres et des accessoires en or ?

Un site d’extraction d’or légale contamine les terres autochtones avec du cyanure Droit à la Vie sur les bénéfices légaux de l’or ! Plus vous en savez, moins l’or brille ! Rien ne dit « je t’aime » comme… 20 … Continue reading

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Coming to Terms with Climate Commitments: How difficult is carbon neutrality to achieve? — The EPIC Energy Blog

Source: https://climatechange.ucdavis.edu/science/carbon-sequestration/biological/ In my last post on “coming to terms” with climate commitments, I focused on the terms and the meaning of various climate commitments. It is important to understand what they mean but it is equally important to understand … Continue reading

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Legal Gold and Illegal Gold – If Barrick Gold Corporation or wildcat prospectors were digging for gold in your back yard and contaminating your only source of water with cyanure or mercury, would you still decorate yourself with gold jewelry, watches and accessories?

Right to Life over legal gold profits ! Right to Life over illegal gold profits ! Nothing says “I love you” like… 20 tonnes of mining waste?! That’s how much waste rock is dug up and discarded to produce the amount of … Continue reading

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Following the Rhythm of Mother Earth — HUMAN WRONGS WATCH

Learning from Indigenous Peoples’ food systems and their respect for nature. Indigenous Peoples’ food systems have survived for centuries, generating an incredible diversity of food without depleting the natural resource base of surrounding ecosystems. ©National University of Columbia/Daniel Baena (FAO)* … Continue reading

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Neocolonialismo – Estrazione dell’oro legale e illegale e altre industrie minerarie contro le popolazioni Indigene, la fauna selvatica e l’acqua!

Miniera d’oro legale – image: Bloomberg “Ogni giorno mi sveglio e tutto ciò che vedo intorno a me è dolore e tristezza perché Barrick Gold ha ucciso tutto qui. Tutto è morto.” dice Torres, la cui famiglia vive a Las … Continue reading

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Do You Know Tesco’s Burning Secret ? — World Animals Voice

WATCH: Tesco’s burning secret Tesco is fanning the flames of the forest fires raging across Brazil. The UK supermarket buys meat from companies owned by Amazon rainforest destroyers, and sells chicken and pork fed on soya from deforested land elsewhere … Continue reading

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¡Neocolonialismo! – ¡Minería de oro legal e ilegal y otras industrias mineras contra los pueblos Indígenas, la vida silvestre y el agua!

Mina de oro legal – foto: Barrick Gold Corporation “Todos los días me despierto y todo lo que veo a mi alrededor es dolor y tristeza porque Barrick Gold mató todo aquí. Todo está muerto”. dice Torres, cuya familia ha … Continue reading

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All in A Day’s Work: Militarism, Climate Crisis, and Colonization !— SM(Art) Bombs Comics

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