🔥 In this episode of Power, People and Planet Podcast, Kumi Naidoo sits down with Thiago Mundano — the Brazilian street artist and activist turning waste, ashes, and struggle into art that speaks for the planet.
From the streets of São Paulo to the heart of the Amazon, Mundano’s work bridges the worlds of waste pickers, Indigenous defenders, and environmental justice — transforming discarded materials into powerful symbols of resistance and renewal.
This conversation dives deep into:
🌍 How art can challenge systems of extraction and inequality
♻️ The dignity and power of waste pickers as environmental frontliners
🔥 Mundano’s project “Ashes of the Forest”, created from the remains of Amazon wildfires
🎨 The role of artivism in reclaiming hope and humanity amid climate chaos
Kumi and Mundano explore what happens when artists dare to confront power — and when creativity becomes both a weapon and a lifeline.
💬 “When art comes from the ashes, it carries truth. And when truth moves people, change begins.”
Join us in this journey through art, courage, and the fight for the Earth’s lungs.
📍References
Thiago Mundano: https://www.instagram.com/mundano_sp/
Pimp My Carroca: https://www.instagram.com/pimpmycarroca/
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