Posts tagged with ‘earth day’ (2)
Posted by Jessica Bell
on Friday, May 14, 2010
Theodor Seuss Geisel, better known as Dr. Seuss, is famous for the 60-odd children’s books he wrote, notably Green Eggs and Ham, The Cat in the Hat, and How the Grinch Stole Christmas.
What most don't know about him, though, is that when it came to illustrating books, Dr. Seuss expressed hidden opinions on the current political and environmental issues of his day.
Through works like The Lorax (shown above,) he expressed his disdain for consumerism and did so with the justification that "there’s ...
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Posted by Ainslie Cruickshank
on Wednesday, April 28, 2010
In line with Earth Day last week on April 22, the CBC created a photo essay called The Environment. This collection of photos looks at the effect people have had on the environment since the creation of Earth Day in the 1970s. The CBC uses some of the worst instances of human caused environmental destruction as a reminder of how much harm we cause.
The essay begins with a photo of a crying First Nations man who participated in a commercial that aired in the United States in 1971. The commercial ...
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