The Forest Firefighter

This massive artwork in Sao Paulo has to be one of the most striking murals I've seen in quite a while. The 1,000-square-meter painting by Mundano was created using 200 kilograms of ashes. According to Reuters, the Brazilian street artist travelled thousands of miles across the country to collect ashes from the Amazon fires.

"I'm using evidence of the crime," said Mundano, calling the giant fresco an act of "artivism". "This mural is a protest, a cry for help," he added. "I support fire brigades and also for this fire culture to stop, it's leading us to self-destruction."

Great job, Mr. Mundano. We hope this will call the attention to the crisis before our forests are gone.

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