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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.

How agriculture hastens species extinction — Stigmatis

BY BRIT MCCANDLESS FARMER JANUARY 1, 2023 on 60 Minutes, correspondent Scott Pelley reported on something scientists are calling the sixth mass extinction. There have been five great die-offs in the history of our planet, when at least 75 percent of the … Continue reading

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POR FAVOR, OUÇA A MENSAGEM DO XAMÃ YANOMAMI – O APELO DA FLORESTA! E descubra como podemos ajudar os povos Indígenas!

foto: Renato Soares « Ei – olhe para nós!Nós vemos vocêTentamos te mostrarVocê nunca se preocupou em aprender nossa línguaVocê estava sempre olhando para baixoAvisamos desde o inícioA terra está vivaEsta terra somos nósTodos nósVoce queria as pedrasOuroSuas coisas brilhantesTítulos – … Continue reading

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We definitely need to prioritize what we use energy for! — Darcy Hitchcock

Just as the Southwest is having to make tough choices about what to use Colorado River water for, we may have to do the same with energy. We may need to prioritize what we use energy for — Darcy Hitchcock

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S’IL VOUS PLAÎT,  ÉCOUTER LE MESSAGE DU CHAMAN YANOMAMI – LE PLAIDOYER DE LA FORÊT TROPICALE ! Et découvrez comment nous pouvons aider les peuples Indigènes !

photo: Renato Soares « Hey – Regardez nous Nous vous voyons Nous avons essayé de vous montrer Vous n’avez jamais pris la peine d’apprendre notre langue Vous regardiez toujours vers le bas Nous vous prévenons depuis le début a terre … Continue reading

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Heavier Storms Are Here. Rain Gardens Can Help! — Mother Jones

In 2021, on San Francisco’s wettest October day on record, an “atmospheric river” dumped a stunning 4.02 inches of rain downtown, causing highways and neighborhoods in the area to flood. 1,177 more words Heavier Storms Are Here. Rain Gardens Can Help. … Continue reading

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PLEASE LISTEN TO THE YANOMAMI SHAMAN’S MESSAGE – THE PLEA OF THE RAINFOREST! – And discover how we can help Indigenous peoples!

photo: Renato Soares « Hey – Look at me We see you We tried to show you You never bothered to learn our language You were always looking down We’ve been warning you since the beginning The land is alive … Continue reading

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Free-Flowing Rivers As Nature-Based Solutions — Stigmatis

The Zambezi River carrying sediment downstream. WWF Jeff Opperman Contributor | 27 Dec. 2022 This is the fifth in a seven-part series that explores the application of Nature-based Solutions (NbS) to climate and nature challenges, with a focus on water management in Africa … Continue reading

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Domanda sui regali di Natale? – Se i cercatori cercassero l’oro nel tuo giardino e contaminassero la tua unica fonte d’acqua con il mercurio, ti abbelliresti ancora con gioielli d’oro?

Dobbiamo ripensare il nostro rapporto con l’intero mondo vivente e non pensare più come consumatori in un’economia, ma riconoscere che siamo organismi in un ecosistema. I popoli Indigeni usano l’acqua di fiumi e torrenti nei loro territori ancestrali per bere, … Continue reading

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Revealed: Exxon Made “Breathtakingly” Accurate Climate Predictions in 1970’s and 80’s! — Mother Jones

Destroying Nature, drop by drop… This story was originally published by the Guardian and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. The oil giant Exxon privately “predicted global warming correctly and skilfully” only to then spend decades publicly rubbishing such science in … Continue reading

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¿Pregunta sobre el regalo de Navidad? – Si los buscadores de oro estuvieran buscando oro en su patio trasero y contaminaran su única fuente de agua con mercurio, ¿todavía se adornaría con joyas de oro?

Necesitamos repensar nuestra relación con todo el mundo vivo y no pensar más como consumidores en una economía, sino reconocer que somos organismos en un ecosistema. Los pueblos indígenas utilizan el agua de los ríos y arroyos en sus territorios … Continue reading

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