Matteo Callegari

Human ‘behavioural crisis’ at root of climate breakdown, say scientists New paper claims unless demand for resources is reduced, many other innovations are just a sticking plaster

www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Merry Christmas from the native community of Nuevo Perù, Loreto. I was invited to bring a celebration for the community with my non profit, Light for the Amazon.

It’s amazing…sadly I’ll be back in Williamsburg in no time!

Taking a walk in the Amazon forest with Rolando, a native Yaguas.

Podcast: Reforestation done right, from Haiti to Honduras and Ho Chi Minh City On this episode of the podcast, we discuss numerous examples of reforestation projects around the world that prioritize communities as well as the environment. Listen here: This is a part two to the e...

Mr Trillion Trees, ecologist Thomas Crowther, is now more of a restoration guy vs tree planting evangelist, Wired reports,

www.wired.com/story/stop-p...

Our podcast delved into how to do reforestation via the “right tree, right place, right community” approach that he more closely aligns with:

Getting ready with the team at Light for the Amazon…we are celebrating the holidays with a Chocolatada for 350 children I. Santa Maria de Ojeal!

New ep. is up! Jarrett Earnest & I talk memory, art, grief, friendship, Polaroids, Peter Schjeldahl, Genesis P-Orridge, writing in the second-person, his new book, VALID UNTIL SUNSET, and a lot more, so GO LISTEN! chimeraobscura.com/vm/episode-5...

‘A psychedelic renaissance’: How hallucinogens can aid conservation Harvard-trained ethnobotanist and host of the popular podcast Plants of the Gods, Mark Plotkin is no stranger to psychedelic plants. But many people across the world, particularly in countries where t...

Hallucinogens are having a moment in popular culture, but they’re also gaining attention from the conservation community

Ethnobotanist Mark Plotkin discussed this how it can boost Amazon conservation & Indigenous rights w/ podcast host @mikedigirolamo.bsky.social, listen here or via your fave app:

Native Americans are building their own solar farms For decades, Native Americans were reliant on the US government to bring them power. Now, that may be changing.

Native American tribes are leading the way in the clean energy transition, training community members and building out renewable infrastructure. 

The path to energy sovereignty continues Indigenous communities’ legacy of environmental stewardship 🌳 
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This is both good and bad : more and more people are looking for help for their mental health. But the number of people who experience mental health issues is rapidly increasing and there’s not enough practitioners…and the help is also getting burned out and needs help.
www.npr.org/sections/hea...

Astronomers Discover Rare Solar System Where Planets Orbit in Mathematical Harmony The "resonant" planets could provide insight about how such systems form and evolve—and why our own solar system is not synced up

Not sure how to interpret this, but it sounds pretty
Astronomers Discover Rare Solar System Where Planets Orbit in Mathematical Harmony

Another one of my paintings from my butterfly series. Oil on linen. I’m interested in the infinite variety that I encounter in nature. On a walk in the rainforest rarely I see the same butterfly twice.

Otorongo, oil on Indian linen, 44 x 34 inches.

Shows look really good. Kind of incredibile that they only are activated for 2 hours.

People experience climate hopelessness when they see climate change as a massive problem with futile response options. Can that be changed?

Yes! Learning about climate innovations reduces hopelessness

#socpsych #psychsky

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Without Reciprocity, Ayahuasca Consumption Is Extractive As COVID-19 devastates Amazonian communities, spiritual tourists are abandoning the cultures holding the sacred traditions of Ayahuasca.

Reciprocity is key to preserve what we are lucky to still have. Too many people in the field of psychedelics have an outdated colonialist approach toward the local healing traditions that have kept this medicine alive.

Oil on Indian Linen 54 x 42 inches

Just edited a short video on medicinal plants:

www.lightfortheamazon.com/research

Funny thing is the book makes perfect sense if you read it after having experienced heightened states of consciousness with plant medicine.

Studio wall with finished paintings and a framed drawing.

The Israelis and Palestinians Doing Ayahuasca Together Some peace activists and researchers believe the powerful psychedelic can help build mutual reconciliation between the two communities.

Roseman’s study, published in Frontiers in Pharmacology in 2021, noted that the majority of the 31 interviewees said their ceremony experiences led them to relate with fellow participants on a level “beyond local collective identities”.

Finished the drawing of this poison dart frog. Now I’m curious to see how the painting will turn out.

My studio in Brooklyn, NY.

There were cities in the Amazon rainforest until the conquistadores came and brought small pox causing massive epidemics. Using agroforestry it was possible to have sustainable sources of food without cutting down the forest
www.scientificamerican.com/article/lost...

I’m excited to go back to Santa Maria de Ojeal, Peru with my non-profit Light for the Amazon and support the children with a big Holiday Celebration.
www.lightfortheamazon.com

Work in progress, color pencil on toned paper. Study for a oil painting…first time working with a frog!

This painting was presented in Los Angeles for my solo exhibition at Giovanni’s Room. https://giovannisroomla.com/matteo-callegari-1

This painting was presented for my first solo exhibition in Los Angeles at Giovanni’s Room in March.

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Poverty is killing the Amazon rainforest. Treating soil and farmers better can help save what’s left Saving the remaining Amazon rainforest in Brazil will require ensuring that the 28 million people who live there can sustainably make a living.

Poverty is killing the Amazon rainforest. Treating soil and farmers better can help save what’s left

Can’t wait to be back in Santa Maria de Ojeal, a small village by the Amazon river. For the fourth straight year Light for the Amazon, my small non profit, will help the children celebrate the holidays.

One of my recent paintings of butterflies: Reflect, 2023, oil on Indian linen, 12 x 15 inches.