A young Indigenous man relates his experience of moving away from his village for the first time to live in Altamira, one of the Amazon’s most heavily deforested cities
After proclaiming “to hell with this hellish life,” the author of Macunaíma sailed the Amazon and Madeira rivers “before saying enough already.” In his travel-diary-turned-book, emotions overflow and Nature overwhelms
In this interview, Ehuana Yaira talks about the indivisible relationship between the Forest and the female body. The Yanomami artist and writer was the first member of her people to give a public talk in Europe, as part of the series “Rainforest is Female,” held at the Centre de Cultura Contemporània de Barcelona
"Avatar" is a 2009 epic science fiction film directed by James Cameron and produced by Cameron and Jon Landau. The film is set in the mid-22nd century on the planet Pandora, where humans are mining for valuable minerals. The story follows Jake Sully, a paraplegic marine who becomes an avatar driver, allowing him to control a genetically engineered Na'vi body. As Jake becomes immersed in the Na'vi culture, he finds himself caught between his loyalty to the human corporation and his growing connection to the Na'vi.