Earlier this year we made a film with the indigenous Brazilian environmental activist @txaisurui and the street artivist @mundano_sp where we put a 150 metre artwork of the @tescofood logo into a deforested area of the Amazon. We wanted highlight the relationship between Tesco and the multi-billion dollar meat company #JBS that has been linked to human rights abuses and an estimated 1.5 million hectares of deforestation. Tesco has pledged to be deforestation-free but while we were out there we saw firsthand how supposedly protected indigenous territory in the forest is being destroyed for for meat production linked to JBS.
Defending indigenous territory is one of the most effective ways to protect the Amazon for our futures and the futures of our children. These forests are home to one in ten species on Earth. Medicines for Parkinson’s and leukaemia come from these forests. The trees here hold up to 140 billion tons of carbon, which helps keeps the planet cool. And yet scientists have warned that the Amazon may be on the brink of collapse. To highlight the complicity of companies like Tesco in this destruction Mundano turned from street artist to forest artist – designing a huge piece of artwork of the Tesco and JBS logos. Installing it on the ground was incredibly difficult. The indigenous community who helped us on the ground with the installation face regular attacks and incursions into their forest by farmers who burn the trees to turn into arable land. We tried to install the artwork on a number of occasions within Txai’s territory, but Txai and her community were chased off their own land by ranchers. Txai and her mother @neidinha_defensora_da_floresta and their organisation @kanindebrazil are fighting every day to protect these forests for all of us. Help them by telling @tescofood it’s time to stop doing business with #JBS
Heydon Prowse | Director
Gabriel Uchida | Producer
Sophie Outhwaite | Production Manager
Giulia Costa | Assistant Producer
Joe Wade – Writer
Don’t Panic – Creative Agency
Flying Shoe Films – Production company
Camera – Micael Hocherman
Camera – João Pedro Orban
Sound/camera/drone – Joao Faissal
Fixer – Marcelo Araújo
Happy 100th birthday to my Mamita Rafaela Mallqui!! My Quechua Queen!! 😍 MUNAKUYKI AWICHAY! She will always be my favorite backseat singer – here are some of her greatest hits!! Hoy celebramos tus 100 años! PACHAK KAWSAYNIYKITA SAMINCHAYKU!! 🥰🥰🥰🥰
Happy 100th birthday to my Mamita Rafaela Mallqui!! My Quechua Queen!! 😍 MUNAKUYKI AWICHAY! She will always be my favorite backseat singer – here are some of her greatest hits!! Hoy celebramos tus 100 años! PACHAK KAWSAYNIYKITA SAMINCHAYKU!! 🥰🥰🥰🥰
Happy 100th birthday to my Mamita Rafaela Mallqui!! My Quechua Queen!! 😍 MUNAKUYKI AWICHAY! She will always be my favorite backseat singer – here are some of her greatest hits!! Hoy celebramos tus 100 años! PACHAK KAWSAYNIYKITA SAMINCHAYKU!! 🥰🥰🥰🥰
Happy 100th birthday to my Mamita Rafaela Mallqui!! My Quechua Queen!! 😍 MUNAKUYKI AWICHAY! She will always be my favorite backseat singer – here are some of her greatest hits!! Hoy celebramos tus 100 años! PACHAK KAWSAYNIYKITA SAMINCHAYKU!! 🥰🥰🥰🥰
Happy 100th birthday to my Mamita Rafaela Mallqui!! My Quechua Queen!! 😍 MUNAKUYKI AWICHAY! She will always be my favorite backseat singer – here are some of her greatest hits!! Hoy celebramos tus 100 años! PACHAK KAWSAYNIYKITA SAMINCHAYKU!! 🥰🥰🥰🥰
Happy 100th birthday to my Mamita Rafaela Mallqui!! My Quechua Queen!! 😍 MUNAKUYKI AWICHAY! She will always be my favorite backseat singer – here are some of her greatest hits!! Hoy celebramos tus 100 años! PACHAK KAWSAYNIYKITA SAMINCHAYKU!! 🥰🥰🥰🥰
Happy 100th birthday to my Mamita Rafaela Mallqui!! My Quechua Queen!! 😍 MUNAKUYKI AWICHAY! She will always be my favorite backseat singer – here are some of her greatest hits!! Hoy celebramos tus 100 años! PACHAK KAWSAYNIYKITA SAMINCHAYKU!! 🥰🥰🥰🥰
Happy 100th birthday to my Mamita Rafaela Mallqui!! My Quechua Queen!! 😍 MUNAKUYKI AWICHAY! She will always be my favorite backseat singer – here are some of her greatest hits!! Hoy celebramos tus 100 años! PACHAK KAWSAYNIYKITA SAMINCHAYKU!! 🥰🥰🥰🥰
Since first laying eyes on @jeannedekroon a decade ago, I knew I wanted to be her friend. Our shared passion for the woven arts and the women behind the looms has culminated in this blossoming collaboration to bring prosperity and dignity to these artists (who I have formerly referred to as artisans) who by maintaining ancestral ways of weaving and harvesting natural fibers – are also doing the important job of preserving traditional farming techniques and keeping indigenous languages alive. This is what the UN is now calling bio-cultural heritage and it goes hand in hand with the preservation of biodiversity. What a radical thought. A vision of fashion that goes beyond “sustainable,” economies rooted in the feminine principle where incoming wealth seeds regeneration. That is the vision those of us in this work are collectively holding: the brands pictured here @zazi.vintage, @moonrising.co and @kullvi_whims are but a few. @madeforawoman, @oshadi_collective and @estethica_fashion are others. This is a moment where we can redefine luxury to mean supporting the well-being of entire communities and the eco-systems they steward… stay tuned for more on Woven Women…. 🕸️ photo by @miguelpalominofotografo 💓
Since first laying eyes on @jeannedekroon a decade ago, I knew I wanted to be her friend. Our shared passion for the woven arts and the women behind the looms has culminated in this blossoming collaboration to bring prosperity and dignity to these artists (who I have formerly referred to as artisans) who by maintaining ancestral ways of weaving and harvesting natural fibers – are also doing the important job of preserving traditional farming techniques and keeping indigenous languages alive. This is what the UN is now calling bio-cultural heritage and it goes hand in hand with the preservation of biodiversity. What a radical thought. A vision of fashion that goes beyond “sustainable,” economies rooted in the feminine principle where incoming wealth seeds regeneration. That is the vision those of us in this work are collectively holding: the brands pictured here @zazi.vintage, @moonrising.co and @kullvi_whims are but a few. @madeforawoman, @oshadi_collective and @estethica_fashion are others. This is a moment where we can redefine luxury to mean supporting the well-being of entire communities and the eco-systems they steward… stay tuned for more on Woven Women…. 🕸️ photo by @miguelpalominofotografo 💓
Since first laying eyes on @jeannedekroon a decade ago, I knew I wanted to be her friend. Our shared passion for the woven arts and the women behind the looms has culminated in this blossoming collaboration to bring prosperity and dignity to these artists (who I have formerly referred to as artisans) who by maintaining ancestral ways of weaving and harvesting natural fibers – are also doing the important job of preserving traditional farming techniques and keeping indigenous languages alive. This is what the UN is now calling bio-cultural heritage and it goes hand in hand with the preservation of biodiversity. What a radical thought. A vision of fashion that goes beyond “sustainable,” economies rooted in the feminine principle where incoming wealth seeds regeneration. That is the vision those of us in this work are collectively holding: the brands pictured here @zazi.vintage, @moonrising.co and @kullvi_whims are but a few. @madeforawoman, @oshadi_collective and @estethica_fashion are others. This is a moment where we can redefine luxury to mean supporting the well-being of entire communities and the eco-systems they steward… stay tuned for more on Woven Women…. 🕸️ photo by @miguelpalominofotografo 💓
Since first laying eyes on @jeannedekroon a decade ago, I knew I wanted to be her friend. Our shared passion for the woven arts and the women behind the looms has culminated in this blossoming collaboration to bring prosperity and dignity to these artists (who I have formerly referred to as artisans) who by maintaining ancestral ways of weaving and harvesting natural fibers – are also doing the important job of preserving traditional farming techniques and keeping indigenous languages alive. This is what the UN is now calling bio-cultural heritage and it goes hand in hand with the preservation of biodiversity. What a radical thought. A vision of fashion that goes beyond “sustainable,” economies rooted in the feminine principle where incoming wealth seeds regeneration. That is the vision those of us in this work are collectively holding: the brands pictured here @zazi.vintage, @moonrising.co and @kullvi_whims are but a few. @madeforawoman, @oshadi_collective and @estethica_fashion are others. This is a moment where we can redefine luxury to mean supporting the well-being of entire communities and the eco-systems they steward… stay tuned for more on Woven Women…. 🕸️ photo by @miguelpalominofotografo 💓
Since first laying eyes on @jeannedekroon a decade ago, I knew I wanted to be her friend. Our shared passion for the woven arts and the women behind the looms has culminated in this blossoming collaboration to bring prosperity and dignity to these artists (who I have formerly referred to as artisans) who by maintaining ancestral ways of weaving and harvesting natural fibers – are also doing the important job of preserving traditional farming techniques and keeping indigenous languages alive. This is what the UN is now calling bio-cultural heritage and it goes hand in hand with the preservation of biodiversity. What a radical thought. A vision of fashion that goes beyond “sustainable,” economies rooted in the feminine principle where incoming wealth seeds regeneration. That is the vision those of us in this work are collectively holding: the brands pictured here @zazi.vintage, @moonrising.co and @kullvi_whims are but a few. @madeforawoman, @oshadi_collective and @estethica_fashion are others. This is a moment where we can redefine luxury to mean supporting the well-being of entire communities and the eco-systems they steward… stay tuned for more on Woven Women…. 🕸️ photo by @miguelpalominofotografo 💓
Since first laying eyes on @jeannedekroon a decade ago, I knew I wanted to be her friend. Our shared passion for the woven arts and the women behind the looms has culminated in this blossoming collaboration to bring prosperity and dignity to these artists (who I have formerly referred to as artisans) who by maintaining ancestral ways of weaving and harvesting natural fibers – are also doing the important job of preserving traditional farming techniques and keeping indigenous languages alive. This is what the UN is now calling bio-cultural heritage and it goes hand in hand with the preservation of biodiversity. What a radical thought. A vision of fashion that goes beyond “sustainable,” economies rooted in the feminine principle where incoming wealth seeds regeneration. That is the vision those of us in this work are collectively holding: the brands pictured here @zazi.vintage, @moonrising.co and @kullvi_whims are but a few. @madeforawoman, @oshadi_collective and @estethica_fashion are others. This is a moment where we can redefine luxury to mean supporting the well-being of entire communities and the eco-systems they steward… stay tuned for more on Woven Women…. 🕸️ photo by @miguelpalominofotografo 💓
Suggested accounts to follow: @womenwagepeace @jewishvoiceforpeace @sharonbrous @gabormatemd
Suggested reading: Jonathan Kuttab’s Beyond a Two State Solution 🕊️ Comments off because your arguments that ANY violence is justified are doing more harm than good 🙏🏽 Sending up prayers for justice, peace, liberation and the end of suffering for ALL living beings 🙏🏽
Suggested accounts to follow: @womenwagepeace @jewishvoiceforpeace @sharonbrous @gabormatemd
Suggested reading: Jonathan Kuttab’s Beyond a Two State Solution 🕊️ Comments off because your arguments that ANY violence is justified are doing more harm than good 🙏🏽 Sending up prayers for justice, peace, liberation and the end of suffering for ALL living beings 🙏🏽
Suggested accounts to follow: @womenwagepeace @jewishvoiceforpeace @sharonbrous @gabormatemd
Suggested reading: Jonathan Kuttab’s Beyond a Two State Solution 🕊️ Comments off because your arguments that ANY violence is justified are doing more harm than good 🙏🏽 Sending up prayers for justice, peace, liberation and the end of suffering for ALL living beings 🙏🏽
Suggested accounts to follow: @womenwagepeace @jewishvoiceforpeace @sharonbrous @gabormatemd
Suggested reading: Jonathan Kuttab’s Beyond a Two State Solution 🕊️ Comments off because your arguments that ANY violence is justified are doing more harm than good 🙏🏽 Sending up prayers for justice, peace, liberation and the end of suffering for ALL living beings 🙏🏽
Suggested accounts to follow: @womenwagepeace @jewishvoiceforpeace @sharonbrous @gabormatemd
Suggested reading: Jonathan Kuttab’s Beyond a Two State Solution 🕊️ Comments off because your arguments that ANY violence is justified are doing more harm than good 🙏🏽 Sending up prayers for justice, peace, liberation and the end of suffering for ALL living beings 🙏🏽
Suggested accounts to follow: @womenwagepeace @jewishvoiceforpeace @sharonbrous @gabormatemd
Suggested reading: Jonathan Kuttab’s Beyond a Two State Solution 🕊️ Comments off because your arguments that ANY violence is justified are doing more harm than good 🙏🏽 Sending up prayers for justice, peace, liberation and the end of suffering for ALL living beings 🙏🏽
I too have been holding off on posting my personal thoughts on the horror unfolding in Israel/Palestine, waiting for a “wiser and deeper response.” But in the meantime, @doctorshefali has articulated my thoughts better than I ever could. Thank you @ecoshaker for bringing this video to my attention. Please watch until the end and please share so that we can start to populate our polarized feeds with a new narrative, a third way, rooted in the feminine principle. Awakening the mother within us all is the only way we will break free from toxic, patriarchal, violent war machines and warmongers leading their people astray with untenable and unsustainable solutions. The root of this violence is the lack of female voices in leadership on either side. Grateful for groups like @womenwagepeace doing tireless peace work, especially during these seemingly hopeless times, and praying for the safe return of Vivian and all hostages, as I pray for the end of the indiscriminate bombing on Gaza and for all the mothers grieving their children, on both sides of that wall. 💔🕊️
Oh @valariekaur… your words are a healing balm for our wounded and shattered hearts… what does love want you to do? 🕊️💔
Indigenous women’s bodies have been subjugated to violence and exploitation since “Brazil” was first invaded over 500 years ago. Similarly the lands and waters they they have protected with their lives have been subjected to unspeakable destruction. The catastrophic droughts and fires ravaging biomes like the Amazon right now are a direct consequence of this unchecked violence. At the 3rd Indigenous Women March in Brasilia I saw a young girl break down in anguish as she recounted how land grabbers were threatening to dig up the grave of her father, the Cacique, in order to terrorize them into giving up their land. These same land grabbers then burned 2000 hectares of primary rainforest in order to clear it and the subsequent smoke forced her community from their ancestral home. The animals that once lived in that forest, the once clean waters, the charred trees – are as much victims of this violence as these women are. We cannot address these issues separately, and we cannot afford to pretend that this violence doesn’t not extend to us. It has just been confirmed that the Amazon is at its tipping point, no longer a carbon sink helping us in the fight against climate change, but now due to our ambivalence and lack of action – one of Earths most critical ecosystem is on the brink of collapse. Once it goes we will all suffer for it… my plea is for us to wake up! Our leaders (on either side of the political spectrum) are not doing enough. This is an EMERGENCY. 🚨
