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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.

Neocolonialismo – Mineração de ouro legal e ilegal e outras indústrias de mineração contra povos Indígenas, animais selvagens e água!

Mina de ouro de uma mineradora legal – foto: Barrick Gold Corporation “Todo dia eu acordo e tudo que vejo ao meu redor é dor e tristeza porque Barrick Gold matou tudo aqui. Tudo está morto.” diz Torres, cuja família … Continue reading

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The Terrible Toll of Tar Sands Mining on Canada’s Native People! — Mother Jones

This story was originally published jointly by Undark, NBC, and Inside Climate News and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. Fort McMurray, Canada — The first mine opened when Jean L’Hommecourt was a young girl, an open pit where an … Continue reading

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Néo-colonialisme – Extraction d’or légale et illégale et autres industries minières contre les peuples autochtones, la faune et l’eau !

Mine d’or légale – photo: Barrick Gold Corporation “Chaque jour, je me réveille et tout ce que je vois autour de moi, c’est de la douleur et de la tristesse parce que Barrick Gold a tout tué ici. Tout est … Continue reading

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Campanha traz perspectiva histórica do desmatamento na Amazônia — Ecoamazônia

Um anúncio de jornal veiculado em 1971 é o mote do mais recente vídeo lançado pela campanha Chega de financiar o desmatamento com dinheiro público!, que segue sensibilizando a audiência sobre a importância de restringir a concessão de recursos públicos apenas … Continue reading

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Neo-Colonialism – Legal and Illegal Gold Mining and other Extractive Industries vs Indigenous Peoples, Wildlife and Water!

Legal gold mine – photo: Barrick Gold Corporation “Every day I wake up and all I see around me is pain and sadness because Barrick Gold killed everything here. Everything is dead.” says Torres, whose family has lived in Las … Continue reading

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The Art of Dressing Sustainably?

3 ways in which you can start your path to a more sustainable wardrobe and lifestyle that won’t break the bank or consume your life.   By Sara Roberts You’ve heard it all before, from the cute informative Instagram posts to the angry Tik … Continue reading

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COLONIALISMO del 21° secolo: implementato da corporazioni e ONG? Di chi è in gioco la sopravvivenza qui, Survival? La sopravvivenza delle foreste pluviali e delle popolazioni Indigene o di Cartier e altri nel settore della gioielleria in oro e diamanti? – Stai pensando di fare una donazione a una ONG? Si prega di leggere prima questo! – 2024!

“La follia dell’uomo ha aumentato il valore dell’oro e dell’argento a causa della loro scarsità; mentre la natura, come un genitore amorevole, ci ha donato gratuitamente le cose migliori, come l’aria, la terra e l’acqua, ma ci ha nascosto quelle … Continue reading

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As mudanças climáticas forçarão novos encontros com animais – e aumentarão os surtos virais!

O estudo de modelagem é o primeiro a projetar como o aquecimento global aumentará a troca de vírus entre as espécies Os morcegos terão uma grande contribuição para a transmissão de vírus entre espécies no futuro, segundo um estudo de … Continue reading

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COLONIALISMO del siglo XXI: ¿implementado por corporaciones y ONG? ¿De quién está en juego la supervivencia aquí, Survival? ¿La supervivencia de los bosques tropicales y los pueblos Indígenas o Cartier y otros en la industria de la joyería de oro y diamantes? – ¿Estás pensando en donar a una ONG? ¡Por favor, lea esto primero! – 2024

“La necedad del hombre aumentó el valor del oro y la plata debido a su escasez; mientras que la naturaleza, como padre amoroso, nos dio gratuitamente las mejores cosas, como el aire, la tierra y el agua, pero nos ocultó … Continue reading

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Kids Are Freaked Out About The Climate Crisis. Can Bedtime Stories Help? — Mother Jones

When author Katherine Applegate was touring schools for her book Wishtree—a novel on prejudice for tweens, told through an oak tree’s perspective—students kept wanting to talk about the climate crisis. They were stressed about whether polar bears would die, panicked … Continue reading

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