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Mar 25, 2022 5 tweets 4 min read
We teamed up with @Justseeds to share these beautiful works of art in solidarity with the Indigenous Batak peoples of North Sumatra, Indonesia, whose sacred forests are currently being threatened by predatory agribusiness. RT this thread in solidarity!

Art: Andrea Narno For the Indigenous Batak Peoples of North Sumatra, land is their identity. If they lose their land and their forests, they lose a part of themselves.

Art: Saiyare Refaei
Aug 19, 2021 4 tweets 2 min read
It’s been a lot of heavy news lately, so we’re taking a breather to celebrate #WorldOrangutanDay! In Malay, “orangutan” means “forest people.” While they’re actually primates not people, they are very similar to us, sharing 97% of our DNA!! (1/4) Image The Sumatran Orangutan is an arboreal creature, which means it lives, eats, & sleeps almost exclusively in the tree tops of the rainforests of Sumatra, Indonesia - this is part of the reason it’s so important to #KeepForestsStanding 🌳(2/4)