About this campaign
This merch, with a design by Erika Harada, is available as part of the Feminist Bird Club's 2024 Birdathon for the Congo and all funds will be donated to the Friends of the Congo. In order to have the best chance of your items arriving before the birdathon starts on May 17, please order by April 25. After the first campaign ends, shirts will still be available but they will just arrive after the event!
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The Democratic Republic of the Congo is a hub for biodiversity and carbon sequestration. There are an astounding 18 bird species found only in the Congo. For centuries, heavy mining and lumber processing has destroyed tropical forests in the Congo and displaced the native birds in the region. When we shift our focus, we see a similar story from the people of the Congo.
Since colonial rule started in the 1800s, Congolese have faced displacement, violence, and death for the extraction of oil, minerals, and lumber. Through the pillars of climate justice, the communities most impacted by the destruction can receive the financial resources and power to create sustainable solutions to the climate crisis in the Congo. When people benefit, birds benefit.
This illustration depicts ten bird species found only in the Congo, highlighting the unique biodiversity of the country. The text reads ?Birdathon For The Congo? with the ten selected bird names listed. Birds include Prigogine's Nightjar, Lendu Crombec, Black-lored Waxbill, Sassi's Olive Greenbul, Bedford's Paradise-flycatcher, Upemba Masked Weaver, Congo Peafowl, Yellow-crested Helmetshrike, Congo Bay-owl, and Prigogine's Double-collared Sunbird.
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Erika Harada is a multi-disciplinary artist with a focus in textile design, printmaking, and illustration. Visit her website/shop, kimagureya here. Follow on Instagram @kimagureya_
Kimagureya means "capricious", but it's also a play on words, as the suffix "-ya" means "shop"! Erika is most definitely someone who likes to study and work on a lot of different forms of art at once, and the name of her shop reflects that.
Her focus is on katazome, a traditional Japanese textile printing process which involves the dyeing of fabrics or paper by laying down rice paste as a resist, using handcut stencils. It's a lot of work and despite working on it for 3 years now, she still learns a lot with every new print she makes.
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