ISA launches series of t-shirts that celebrate the people who care for forests and life

2024-04-12 14:15:00

Kaue Ferreira, from ISA, with the Pimenta do Rio Negro t-shirt|Claudio Tavares/ISA Clara de Assis, from ISA, with the Babaçu do Xingu t-shirt|Claudio Tavares/ISA Patrícia Ribeiro, from Rede Xingu+, with the Muvuca t-shirt de Sementes|Claudio Tavares/ISA Veronice Cardoso, from ISA, with the Roça Quilombola t-shirt|Claudio Tavares/ISA

The series of “Food for body and soul” t-shirts, launched by the Instituto Socioambiental (ISA) as part of the celebration of the organization’s 30th anniversary, presents examples of biodiversity that are the result of the knowledge and ways of life of indigenous peoples, quilombolas and traditional communities . The illustrations are by Catarina Bessell.

Study published by ISA showed that these people and their economies are, together, responsible for protecting one third of the forests in Brazil. Positive impact is fundamental for our times: mitigating the effects of the climate emergency.

Giving visibility to the knowledge and cultures of indigenous peoples, quilombolas and traditional communities strengthens their ways of life and their connection with the territories.

These cultures are living heritage of Brazilian culture and the relationship with nature has guaranteed, continues to guarantee and will guarantee the conservation of forests, rivers, seas and the country’s different biomes.

With this, associations are strengthened in the processes of organizing and marketing products, and become agents for articulating their cultures and defending their rights.

Patrícia Ribeiro, from Rede Xingu+, with the Pequi do Xingu t-shirt | Claudio Tavares/ISA Kaue Ferreira, from ISA, with the Roça Quilombola t-shirt |Claudio Tavares/ISA Clara de Assis, from ISA, wearing the Pimenta do Rio Negro t-shirt|Claudio Tavares/ISA

For those who buy, each t-shirt brings the knowledge of people and communities, as well as their struggles and resistance to maintain their cultures and territories, fundamental for climate regulation.

With socio-biodiversity economies, the future could be different. Wear that shirt!

Pequi do Xingu T-shirt

The “Food for body and soul” series of t-shirts presents the Pequi do Xingu, a fruit that symbolizes the economy of caring for the forests of the Kisêdjê people, in Mato Grosso. The oil production initiative from the Xingu pequi received the UN Equatorial Prize in 2019.

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Muvuca Seeds T-Shirt

The “Food for body and soul” series of t-shirts presents the Seed Muvuca, a technique that mixes knowledge and seeds for the forest restoration process. The seeds are collected by traditional people and communities to then be sown in degraded areas and river banks and generate the forests of the future.

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Babaçu do Xingu T-shirt

The “Food for body and soul” series of t-shirts presents the Babaçu do Xingua fruit that moves indigenous and riverside organizations in the Terra do Meio region, in Altamira, Pará. Babassu coconut flour, produced from its shell, is rich in nutrients and has started to be part of school lunches in the region .

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Roça Quilombola T-Shirt

The “Food for body and soul” series of t-shirts presents the Roça Quilombola, part of the Traditional Quilombola Agricultural System, recognized by Iphan as Brazil’s intangible cultural heritage. The quilombola farm is a symbol of the agricultural diversity of the quilombola communities in Vale do Ribeira, in the southeast of São Paulo, portrayed in the film “From Quilombo to Favela – Food for black resistance”.

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Black Rio Peppers T-Shirt

The “Food for body and soul” series of t-shirts presents the Rio Negro Peppers, one of the symbols of the agricultural diversity of the indigenous peoples of the region, in the northwest of Amazonas. There are at least 78 varieties of peppers, which, dehydrated and pounded with salt, produce jiquitaia.

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Participate:

Clara de Assis Andradeadvisor to the ISA executive secretariat
Francisco Cleunilton Moreira de Souzaadministration technician at the Floresta no Centro store, from ISA
Kauê Fillip Ferreira Silvaadministrative assistant at ISA
Patrícia Ribeiro Castanhaadministrative assistant at Rede Xingu+
Veronice Cardoso Matosadministrative assistant at the Floresta no Centro store, from ISA

Photography: Claudio Tavares, documentary filmmaker at ISA