Sao Paulo Mural Uses Ash and Mud to Protest Amazon Deforestation

Brazilian artist Mundano unveils a massive mural highlighting environmental destruction and calling out corporations like Cargill for their role in deforestation.

• The mural, located on an 11-floor building in Sao Paulo, uses ash from Amazon wildfires and mud from floods to depict environmental devastation.
• Indigenous leader Alessandra Korap Munduruku is featured in the mural, symbolizing resistance against deforestation and corporate exploitation.
• Mundano's art specifically targets Cargill, urging the company to fulfill its promise to eliminate deforestation from its supply chain by 2025.
• The mural incorporates natural pigments, including clay from Indigenous lands and urucum, a red fruit used by Amazon tribes.
• Brazil is currently experiencing severe droughts and wildfires, exacerbating the environmental crisis in the Amazon and surrounding regions.

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