The Amazon fire in august 2019, captivated the world, and drew our urgent attention again on the global climate crisis and its devastating effects on ecology, biodiversity, regional / global weather pattern and how our choices are enmeshed in a detrimental way in amplifying these. 2019, saw a deep spike in the Amazon fire; 84% increase, with an over-all 74,000 instances of fire. The installation draws the critical relevance of the Amazon to the planet earth, and how important is to preserve it, to prevent a catastrophic and irreversible, climate change. The Amazon rainforest holds the equivalent of 10 years’ worth of global greenhouse gas emissions. It also accounts for 20% oxygen generation on the surface of earth; an overall 6% oxygen generation on the planet’s atmosphere. The Amazon has already lost 17% of its forest cover due to anthroprocene. According to scientists, 20-25% loss would be the tipping point, where an epic ecological disaster of no return, if we do not urgently alter the course.

Who’s /steik/? looks at the probable reason for this manmade catastrophe. Interestingly, like any good riddle, the answer is the question. 80% the deforestation of the Amazon is due to cattle ranching, as Brazil has recently become the largest exporter of meat in the world. A stark reminder that how globalisation, increase in affluence in developing countries and irresponsible consumerism, devastate the planet’s ecology, in seemingly disconnected and unfathomable ways.