On the week of Synchronicity Earth’s tenth anniversary, Founder Jessica Sweidan reflects on the cultural shifts toward conservation we have seen in the past decade. Our work on the ground with people, in places where biodiversity is rich and often, the most threatened, is the primary focus of the day [...]
The Fabric of Life Series was designed to highlight people and projects working to save species and ecosystems threatened by the fashion industry. It aimed to provide a better understanding of the threats that the current fashion supply chain presents to people and nature, introduce innovative solutions and organisations that are addressing these threats [...]
In July 2018, Synchronicity Earth teamed up with the ZSL EDGE of Existence team at London Zoo to bring in artist Louis Masai to paint a series of 6 giant murals. Louis brought his distinct 'patchwork' style to the project, highlighting some of the weird and wonderful species, which are Evolutionarily Distinct and Globally Endangered, [...]
In the media, narratives around nature are - more often than not - shot through with doom and gloom. Disappearing species, deforestation, plastics in the ocean, rivers running dry: reading about the natural world can make us feel helpless and overwhelmed by the scale of the damage we are doing to our planet. But what [...]
ATM dedicates much of his time to painting gorgeous images of threatened bird species on walls. His work has become a familiar and well-loved feature of many urban streets in cities far and wide. Synchronicity Earth is working with ATM to explore aspects of the relationship between finance and environmental degradation and the disappearance [...]
Synchronicity Earth is proud to be launching its Fabric of Life series in partnership with The Environmental Funders Network, Canopy Planet and The Sustainable Angle. Fabric of Life is a series of collaborative and participatory events to engage and empower participants to support change by providing: • An understanding of the threats that the current fashion [...]
Louis Masai at London Zoo For the past two weeks, our good friend Louis Masai has been painting a series of huge murals in a shadowy, forgotten corner of London Zoo (actually the Nuffield building, home to the Institute of Zoology). Visitors emerging from the underpass will see the grey, brutalist walls transformed, brought [...]
Clare Shenstone is an English painter who holds a master's degree from the Royal College of Art. Shenstone's portraits exist in some of today's most prominent public and private collections including The National Portrait Gallery and The Sir Robert and Lady Sainsbury collection. Shenstone has been awarded the Brian Sinfield Fine Arts Award (2000) [...]
"The earth is our home. Unless we preserve the rest of life, as a sacred duty, we will be endangering ourselves by destroying the home in which we evolved, and on which we completely depend.” [...]
“The ingenuity with which we continue to reshape the surface of our planet is very striking, but it’s also sobering. It reminds me of just how easy it is for us to lose our connection with the natural world. Yet it’s on this connection that the future of both humanity and of the natural [...]