As attention to Earth Day picked up again in 1990, so did the frequency of events land celebrations on college campuses, in city parks and other gathering places around the world. But rather than spilling any more green ink writing about Earth Day 2009, I dug up the best Earth Day posters I could find spanning the last 39 years.
As might be expected, the earlier posters were much more difficult to track down (mostly because there were fewer events to advertise). I also found the paucity of posters from the 1980′s indicative of Reagan-era anti-environmentalist sentiment.
1970
(Pogo via Walt Kelley)
1971
(Pogo via Walt Kelley)
1982
(via Shigeo Fukuda)
1990
(via markbult)
1991
(via Istvan Orosz)
1992
(via Niklaus Troxler)
1994
(via Encore Design)
1995
(via Paul Rand)
1999
(via pibburns.com)
(via Butterfly-Stamps)
2000
(via Bob Masse)
Were you able to locate any of the wanted posters for Earth Day founder Ira Einhorn, who killed his girlfriend, hid her in a trunk, then ran to France and lived the high life for years until they finally caught his sorry ass.
I'm surprised by how many extremely mediocre posters are in this collection. The early ones are all great, but once it hit the 90s the quality started to decline fast.
I think I liked 1992's best. simple yet effective.
I love 2003 poster!
Thanks for sharing!
Underwhelming!
Wow, talking about a trip down memory lane!
RT
http://www.anonymity.es.tc
The ones from the 2000s are far more strong than the 1990s. The one from the Pennsylvania state government is so retro, with the shape of the state and the eagle. Like that one!
Like the clear, bright images of plants and water on the 2006 one from Washtenaw Community College.
It's interesting that the tones of the posters vary so much, from peaceful to militant.
the army one is retarded…an oxymoron
wtf-
The Army one is there because of the sheer irony of it. I actually think it's kind of funny, but you'd be surprised to learn the U.S. Army Earth Day posters were the best indexed and most easily locatable series of posters on the internet.
The ’94 design is really hard to read, and I didn’t even really try. That’s never good when it comes to poster design. The ’92 poster is really powerful with the red blood of the trees that were cut down.
they all luk crap to me, i think i can do better…. no let me rephrase that… i knw i cn do beter. its effective to have a creativ bone in every one of us..
Whoa! Thanks for including my poster in this! i feel honored haah. I wonder if you remember where you found it?