A creative and original campaign led by Júnior Hekurari Yanomami to bring global awareness of the true cost of gold mining damage to Yanomami Indigenous communities was launched in order to coincide with the 2023 Oscars ceremony in Hollywood.

Below is the video that Oscar nominees received to publicize the harm caused by illegal gold mining:

« Congratulations on your nomination.

One of the biggest symbols of success can soon be in your hands, the Oscar. But your symbol of success costs too much for our people. That is why I offer you a different statue, our hero. Omama is the creator and warrior of the Amazon and the Yanomami people. Omama protects us. But even Omama needs allies in the fight against illegal gold mining.

Please, help us »

Twenty nominees in the main Oscars categories received a wooden statuette of the Yanomami deity Omama as part of a campaign against illegal gold mining.

 

https://thecostofgold.com/illegalgoldextracted/

This excellent initiative reminds us all that gold is a colonial relic and that we must change the unsustainable cultural habit of admiring & wearing gold for futile and superficial ideas of status and value.

The change starts with you!

Please #BoycottGOLD4Yanomami !!!

 

Please read The True Cost of Your Jewelry here…

Source: And the Oscar goes to: “The Cost of Gold”! | Barbara Crane Navarro