Green Patriotism: Images Inciting Action

When they’re not photographing solar panels or riding bikes in Spain, the Canary Project team has been working on the Green Patriot Posters campaign.  The campaign draws inspiration from the iconic images of World War II, when patriotic posters like this urged conservation and sustainability action – strikingly similar messages to those used today in our battle against global warming.

In World War II, such images helped to mobilize and motivate citizens across the nation to change their consumption habits and act for the common good … and the hope is that a new set of equally powerful, positive images as created through the Green Patriot Poster campaign will incite motivation and action of the same degree to address issues of climate change.  To that end, the Canary Project and project partners are commissioning poster designs from leading firms, designers, artists and photographers around the world, and will also host an online poster design competition starting in September.

The first “installment” of the Green Patriot Posters was unveiled last month in Cleveland in the form of bus ads, designed by world-famous, Cleveland-born artist Michael Bierut, promoting public transportation and green jobs.  (Our friends at Treehugger reported on the Cleveland project and Green Patriot Posters last week.)

The Canary Project share their thoughts about the Green Patriot Poster campaign and additional photos from Cleveland on their page at Changents.com.  To view new Green Patriot work, learn more about the campaign or submit your own art for the contest (starting in September), visit greenpatriotposters.org.