McCormack School Kids Get Creative About Carbon Footprints
(Photo by Green Patriot Posters)
There are many ways to respond to the overwhelming concept of climate change -- often I find a nice organic wine to be quite soothing and medicinal when I start to hyperventilate while calculating the new coastlines that will result from melting polar caps.
The Canary Project has a more productive, or at least more creative response. They use "visual media, events, and artwork that builds public understanding of human-induced climate change and energize commitment to solutions." Using the power of images, they educate and motivate the public, with the goal of addressing climate change while we still have some options. One way they do this is through Green Patriot Posters, founded by Ed Morris, who also founded The Canary Project.
Green Patriot Posters makes modern, updated versions of those "We Can Do It!" style posters from World War II. They want to galvanize people to build a sustainable economy, and to adopt sustainable practices in their everyday lives, and they design cool posters to get the message out.
The latest Green Patriot Posters project is a partnership with Citizen Schools, a non-profit that provides after school programs to low-income middle school kids.
Together, they developed a curriculum to teach the students at McCormack School in Dorchester, MA about climate change. Then they developed a public art campaign, to let people know that kids are engaged in building their own sustainable futures.
In addition to learning about climate change, the kids designed really awesome sneakers with messages about reducing your carbon footprint -- get it? Footprint + sneakers? Totally creative, and educational, and fun.
And I have to admit, much more practical (and legal) than feeding organic wine to middle school kids.
(Photo by Green Patriot Posters)
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