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Brussels, Sep 23 (EFE), (Camera: Leopoldo Rodríguez).- The Spanish embassy in Belgium inaugurated Wednesday a mural called "Butterfly Effect" by the Spanish artists Olimpia Velasco and Esther Pizarro.The work aims to raise awareness against climate change.The mural is part of a joint initiative between the Brussels City Council and the Spanish embassy.FOOTAGE OF THE PRESENTATION.SOUNDBITES OF OLIMPIA VELASCO, ARTIST:"The mural is called the Butterfly Effect. It talks about the fact that small actions in a specific part can become in great changes or having consequences in another part of the world. ""We wanted to highlight the idea of the tree since it gives the city the 'green' part. It integrates the city into nature. Then we have the woman, who represents the human being, in a bid to continue fighting so that women have the same rights and freedoms as men, which is something that we haven't achieved yet. The woman enters the tree to connect with nature to create that connection between human beings and nature under the idea that returning to nature is also returning home."
Two French urban climbers, Alain Robert, also known as the "French Spiderman", and Leo Urban, climb up Frankfurt's 153-meter "Skyper" building in Germany. The pair say they made the climb in order to raise awareness on the issues of climate change.
Tired of seeing the lush Amazon destroyed over many years, Brazilian street artist Mundano decided to let nature speak for itself: he has painted a giant mural in Sao Paolo using ashes he collected from the scorched rainforest.
Brazilian street artist Mundano painted a mural in Sao Paolo using ashes collected from the rainforest to raise awareness about climate change.
Sao Paulo, Oct 16 (EFE) .- Brazilian artist Mundano gives life to more than 200 kilos of ash collected in the Amazon which were a result of the recent fires in Brazil with a huge mural in Sao Paulo, where he seeks to denounce the environmental "dismantling" that is taking place in his country.(Camera: WALLACE CARVALHO / SEBASTIAO MOREIRA) SHOT LIST: BRAZILIAN ARTIST MUNDANO'S MURAL IN SAO PAULO, BRAZIL.SOUND BITES: ARTIST MUNDANO (IN PORTUGUESE):1. (I want) to incite people to reflect on what future they want. because climate change is already a reality, we already see its impact all over the world. 2. I had the idea to reflect on 'café labrador', which is an iconic work by Portinari, because she is a pioneer in showing inequality and the impact of agribuisiness. 3. When the forest is reduced to ashed, we too become ashes. 4. Then I thought that (the gray) would be more dramatic, more cisceral and more shocking, and that is the goal of the mural.5. I think we are witnesses of the greatest socioenvironmental settlement in our history under the Bolsonaro government and we cannot keep quiet.
U.S.-led air strikes hit 10 units of Islamic State fighters in Syria in recent days as well as militants with the al Qaeda-linked Khorasan Group. Jillian Kitchener reports.
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