This summer we have seen a lot of interest in posters from the World Wars, thanks to the opening of an exhibit at the National Agricultural Library . There is a wonderful online presentation of the show, curated by Corey Bernat, at Beans are Bullets . I have been fascinated by the similarity in the messages from the two World Wars to the messages environmentalists are saying today: walk more, conserve more, save more. We previously

looked at food, gardening and canning with Food Posters From the Past are Recipes for the Present ; here we look at more posters addressing conservation. Read more: Countdown to Copenhagen: Posters from the Past that Can Guide Us in the Future Image credit: Hennepin County Library in Minneapolis. … Read the full story on TreeHugger

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Posters from the Past that Can Guide Us in the Future (Continued)