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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.

Brazilian environmentalists and turtle breeders shot dead along with teenage daughter | Global development | The Guardian — Ned Hamson’s Second Line View of the News

Posted on January 17, 2022 by Barbara Crane Navarro - Rainforest Art Project

Source: Brazilian turtle breeders shot dead along with teenage daughter | Global development | The Guardian Brazilian turtle breeders shot dead along with teenage daughter | Global development | The Guardian — Ned Hamson’s Second Line View of the News

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La Natura è l’unico vero Gioiello! – Un suggerimento regalo indimenticabile per San Valentino!

Posted on January 16, 2022 by Barbara Crane Navarro - Rainforest Art Project

« L’oro cannibale … I nostri anziani non sapevano del denaro … Il denaro non ci protegge … non crea la nostra gioia. Per i bianchi è diverso. Questi bianchi sono mangiatori di terra coperti di fumi epidemici. Pensano di essere … Continue reading →

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The Tipping Point that will destroy the world! – Please Watch this Six Minute Film NOW! — Ned Hamson’s Second Line View of the News

Posted on January 16, 2022 by Barbara Crane Navarro - Rainforest Art Project

Originally posted on LANDBACK Friends: George Monbiot is known for his environmental and political activism. He writes a weekly column for The Guardian and is the author of a number of books. Popular culture is finally beginning to be alarmed … Continue reading →

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How do we stop the world’s ecosystems from going into a death spiral? A #SteadyState Economy — Palm Oil Detectives

Posted on January 16, 2022 by Barbara Crane Navarro - Rainforest Art Project

Steady State Economics: An Interview with Martin Tye Australasian Regional Representative, Centre for Advancement of Steady State Economics (CASSE) What is a Steady State Economy? A Steady State Economy is a mildly fluctuating economy that does not exceed ecological and … Continue reading →

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¡La Naturaleza es la única Joya verdadera! – ¡Una sugerencia de regalo inolvidable para el día de San Valentín!

Posted on January 15, 2022 by Barbara Crane Navarro - Rainforest Art Project

« Oro Caníbal … Nuestros mayores no sabían sobre el dinero … El dinero no nos protege … no crea nuestra alegría. Para los blancos, es diferente. Estos blancos son comedores de tierra cubiertos de humos epidémicos. Creen que son todopoderosos, … Continue reading →

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Chile: 40 proyectos mineros cercan 16 parques y reservas nacionales — Observatorio de Conflictos Mineros de América Latina

Posted on January 15, 2022 by Barbara Crane Navarro - Rainforest Art Project

ESPECIAL MINERÍA #NaturalezaAcorralada 12/01/2022 Los proyectos mineros se ubican al interior, en los límites o en zonas próximas a las áreas protegidas. En Chile, los decretos que crean los parques y reservas no contemplan una zona de amortiguamiento en torno … Continue reading →

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Rich nations could see ‘double climate dividend’ by switching to plant-based foods (Carbon Brief) — Uma (in)certa antropologia

Posted on January 15, 2022 by Barbara Crane Navarro - Rainforest Art Project

carbonbrief.org Ayesha Tandon 10.01.2022 | 4:00pm Adopting a more plant-based diet could give rich countries a “double climate dividend” of lower emissions and more land for capturing carbon, a new study says. Animal-based foods have higher carbon and land footprints … Continue reading →

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A Natureza é a única Joia verdadeira! – Uma sugestão de presente inesquecível para o Dia dos Namorados!

Posted on January 14, 2022 by Barbara Crane Navarro - Rainforest Art Project

« Ouro canibal … Nossos mais velhos não sabiam sobre dinheiro … O dinheiro não nos protege … ele não cria nossa alegria. Para os brancos, é diferente. Esses brancos são comedores de terra cobertos por vapores epidêmicos. Eles pensam que … Continue reading →

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Agrotóxicos “matadores de abelhas” estão proibidos na Europa, mas com exportação permitida. Brasil é o principal destino!

Posted on January 14, 2022 by Barbara Crane Navarro - Rainforest Art Project

A UE proibiu os neonicotinóides para proteger as abelhas. No entanto, novos números mostram que eles ainda estão sendo fabricados na Europa, mas que corporações como a Bayer e a Syngenta continuam exportando milhares de toneladas para países com controles fracos, … Continue reading →

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Nós, povos da Amazônia, estamos cheios de medo. Em breve vocês também terão. — Existe Guarani em São Paulo

Posted on January 14, 2022 by Barbara Crane Navarro - Rainforest Art Project

Por muitos anos, nós, os líderes indígenas e os povos da Amazônia, temos avisado vocês, nossos irmãos que causaram tantos danos às nossas florestas. O que você está fazendo mudará o mundo inteiro e destruirá nossa casa – e destruirá … Continue reading →

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