We Tried to Warn You

Posted on February 18, 2024 by Ken Dowell

Environmental Crisis Posters, 1970-2000

Poster House, New York

Happy Earth Day, New York!
Happy Earth Day, New York!, 1992, Paula Scher
A Cloudy Morning, Earth Day '95
A Cloudy Morning, Earth Day ’95, Seymour Chwast
Earth Day, 1970
Earth Day, 1970, Robert Rauschenberg
That's All Folks!
That’s All Folks! 1971, designer unknown
Ecology Flag t-shirt
Ecology Flag T-shirt, based on design by Ron Cobb
Socks by Vivienne Westwood
Socks by Vivienne Westwood
The Green New Deal
The Green New Deal, 2019, Gavin Snider
Emission Controls
Emission Controls, issued by EPA, 1973
Ecology Today, Jean-Michel Folon
Ecology Today, Jean-Michel Folon, 1981. Promotes Green Party candidate for French presidency.
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6 Responses to We Tried to Warn You

  1. retrosimba's avatar retrosimba says:
    February 18, 2024 at 10:46 am

    May those messages resonate with as many as possible. In visits to Europe the last couple of years, it was eye-opening to see how far ahead of the United States countries such as Portugal, Ireland, Scotland and Norway are in taking unified action to protect the environment.

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  2. Yeah, Another Blogger's avatar Yeah, Another Blogger says:
    February 18, 2024 at 12:03 pm

    Humans are their own worst enemies.

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  3. Jackie, The Baseball Bloggess's avatar Jackie, The Baseball Bloggess says:
    February 20, 2024 at 9:10 am

    Everything old is new again … that’s clearly true of art with a message. I’d forgotten about that once-ubiquitous ecology flag.

    And, how about the bald eagle? We used it as the poster child of environmental responsibility in the 1970s-80s, brought it back from near extinction, and now are threatening it again with lead poisoning from carcasses left by lazy hunters, landfills, etc.

    I guess we never learn. What good reminders … thanks for sharing!

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  4. jmankowsky's avatar jmankowsky says:
    February 22, 2024 at 6:30 pm

    A really interesting mix!

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  5. Pam Lazos's avatar Pam Lazos says:
    February 23, 2024 at 11:26 am

    These are great, Ken!

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  6. RoseMary Griffith's avatar RoseMary Griffith says:
    March 18, 2024 at 10:50 am

    I totally remember the Porky Pig one!

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