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Amazon Rainforest Trees As Sentient Beings
by Sarah duPont "Trees are poems that the earth writes upon the sky.” ― Kahlil Gibran The Amazon Rainforests has the largest amassing of trees, holding three times more trees than stars in the Milky Way. There are around 390 billion trees-so many that...
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River of Gold at IFF Panama & Taos Environmental Film Festival
River of Gold and producer Sarah duPont have been honored by International Film Festival Panama as one of only four "Special Presentations" of the four-day festival. Upcoming Film Festivals: IFF Panama https://www.iffpanama.org/en ROG will be screened on Sunday...
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AAF to Attend IAC 9th Annual Gold Conference in NYC, April 4-5
AAF will participate in the Initiatives in Art and Culture conference - Gold: Legacy, Leadership, and Luminescence AAF has been invited to participate in the Ninth Annual International Gold Conference of Initiatives in Art and Culture (IAC) April 4-5, 2019 at Bohemian...
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River of Gold Wins BEST DOCUMENTARY at ARPA Film Fest in Los Angeles
Amazon Aid congratulates Sarah duPont, the cast and productions team on RIVER OF GOLD's win for Best Documentary at the 21st ARPA International Film Festival on November 4, 2018 at the Egyptian Theatre in LA. River of Gold is a powerful, important and timely film...
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Amazon Aid Launches Voices for the Amazon
Amazon Aid Foundation is excited to introduce Voices for the Amazon, an online platform where students can post poems, artwork, videos and mixed media that express the importance of the Amazon rainforest. Voices aggregates all of these posts into a mosaic. Use the...
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Become an Amazon Warrior
Unsure how you can protect the Amazon rainforest? Amazon Aid has created a menu of ways in which you can help. Amazon Warriors are dedicated to defending and protecting the Amazon Rainforest by their own actions. Through education, awareness and advocacy, young people...
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Screening of River of Gold at Museum of Tolerance in LA for ROG curriculum debut
Amazon Aid Foundation and the Museum of Tolerance hosted a special screening of documentary RIVER OF GOLD, a film by Amazon Aid Foundation, on Sunday, October 21, 2018 at 3:30 p.m. at the Museum of Tolerance in Los Angeles, CA. A panel discussion moderated by Museum...
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River of Gold screening at Responsible Jewelry conference in Chicago October 19
Sarah duPont will participate in a panel discussion with experts on topics concerning responsible jewelry metals and gems sourcing after a screening of Amazon Aid's documentary about illegal gold mining and related deforestation, mercury contamination and poisoning,...
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Keep trees in the Amazon Rainforest standing: just watch a short video! AAF & Caremob team up
Amazon Aid Foundation has teamed with Caremob, an innovative online fundraising platform (patent-pending) that "unlocks" donations from corporate donors to charities as website visitors view videos. Additionally, those who sign in and view videos to unlock donations...
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