This mural was completed March 2008, commissioned for the Greenheart shop's bathroom, an eco-fair trade store north of downtown. I tried to represent the theme of the store, "fair to producers, good to the earth". Two of the walls emphasize the connection between all people through hands. The Greenheart is being held and surrounded by a multitude of hands, this image is reflected in the mirror on the opposite wall, underneath the image of a red cloth being woven by two hands in the top corner and being recieved by two hands in the bottom corner. This image emphasizes the connection between producers and consumers- how people are connected to each other and the need for this connection to be a mutually positive relationship instead of an exploitative one. The other two walls show the importance of taking care of our environment. There is a bamboo tree on one wall representing sustainable resources. The tree on the opposite wall is a cacao tree, from which chocolate is made. Fair trade chocolate is important to ensure the protection of rainforests and prevent child slavery within the mainstream chocolate industry. Both trees are shown with intact root systems, symbolizing the importance of addressing the "root" cause of problems. No society and no eco-system is sustainable if it is not growing from healthy roots.
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