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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.

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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who is barbara? crane? navarro? — utahan15

“who is barbara crane? navarro? and why does nothing but another same screen appear when i try to visit her sight that is names not the same would you wanna be jezebel or benedict judas or herod fuck no hey … Continue reading

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¿Para los regalos de San Valentín? – Toda esa selva tropical perdida, todo ese mercurio que se filtra en los sistemas de agua, envenenando a los pueblos indígenas y la vida silvestre. ¡Solo por un poco de oro! ¡El verdadero precio de este oro es demasiado alto! ¡No podemos permitírnoslo!

« ¿No entiendes por qué queremos proteger nuestro bosque? ¡Pregúntame, te responderé! Nuestros antepasados fueron creados con él al principio de los tiempos. Desde entonces, nuestra gente se ha comido su caza y sus frutos. Queremos que nuestros hijos crezcan riendo … Continue reading

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Fit for Life (Part 2): Protecting nature — Ned Hamson’s Second Line View of the News

The western worldview is that humans are separate from nature. The indigenous perspective is the opposite, that we are connected to everything. … Fit for Life (Part 2): Protecting nature Fit for Life (Part 2): Protecting nature — Ned Hamson’s Second … Continue reading

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Sacs à main chics à l’aube : la lutte de succession fait rage pour le géant du luxe LVMH | Bernard Arnault — Les Actualites — Tiny Life

Pochoir: EZK La marche du luxe s’est accélérée la semaine dernière lorsque Bernard Arnault, co-fondateur, président-directeur général de LVMH – alias “le loup en cachemire” et homme le plus riche du monde – a remis à sa fille Delphine les … Continue reading

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Para presentes de dia dos namorados? – Toda aquela floresta tropical perdida, todo aquele mercúrio se infiltrando nos sistemas de água, envenenando os povos indígenas e a vida selvagem. Só por um pouco de ouro! O verdadeiro preço deste ouro é muito alto demais! Não podemos pagar!

« Você não entende por que queremos proteger nossa floresta? Me pergunte, eu vou te responder! Nossos ancestrais foram criados com ele no início dos tempos. Desde então, nosso povo comeu sua caça e seus frutos. Queremos que nossos filhos cresçam … Continue reading

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The year ahead for water: Creative destruction! — Stigmatis

From the “Uberization” of the water sector to radical decentralization to a new partnership model, these themes will ripple across the industry in 2023. Image via Shutterstock/Sandris Veveris By Will Sarni | Jan.13 2023 This year, we will see the water … Continue reading

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A marcha do veneno: 14 mil pessoas foram intoxicadas por agrotóxicos durante governo Bolsonaro!

Casos levaram a uma morte a cada três dias; número real de intoxicações pode ser até 50 vezes maior Por Bruno Fonseca, Júlia Rohden, Agência Pública/Repórter Brasil Durante o governo de Jair Bolsonaro (PL), 14.549 pessoas foram intoxicadas por agrotóxicos … Continue reading

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Pour les cadeaux de la Saint Valentin ? – Toute cette forêt tropicale perdue, tout ce mercure s’infiltrant dans les systèmes d’eau, empoisonnant les peuples autochtones et la faune. Juste pour un peu d’or ! Le vrai prix de cet or est beaucoup trop élevé… Nous ne pouvons pas nous le permettre !

«Vous ne comprenez pas pourquoi nous voulons protéger notre forêt? Demandez-moi, je vous répondrai! Nos ancêtres ont été créés avec elle au début des temps. Depuis, notre peuple a mangé son gibier et ses fruits. Nous voulons que nos enfants … Continue reading

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Madagascar’s Unique Creatures Face a Wave of Extinction! — Mother Jones

This story was originally published by the Guardian and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. From the ring-tailed lemur to the aye-aye, a nocturnal primate, more than 20 million years of unique evolutionary history could be wiped from the planet if … Continue reading

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