Forests don’t grow overnight, but neither do movements. In partnership with the Naked Difference, artist Xia Carstens created her striking piece in support of Greenpop, an organisation restoring ecosystems one tree, one community, and one hopeful act at a time.

Xia’s artwork draws the eye inward through sweeping plants, branches and climbing vines, all guiding you toward a single focal point: the endangered Cape Parrot. Fewer than 2,000 of these birds are believed to remain in the wild. By placing it at the heart of the piece, framed by sunlight and symmetry, Xia highlights something Greenpop knows well: when we protect habitats, we don’t just save species, we revive entire ecosystems.

Greenpop’s work stretches across Southern Africa, restoring land through large-scale tree-planting, forest restoration projects and community food-growing initiatives. Their Family Food Garden programme even teaches families to grow their own produce, greening communities while fighting hunger at its roots.

“I hope what I have created draws people’s attention to the cause,” Xia says, and it does just that – inviting us to look closer, think longer and care more deeply.

Here’s to rewilding, replanting and regrowing what matters.

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