Nov. 23, 2009
Communications professionals employ sophisticated analysis of image, word, attitude and action. The professionals at Environmental Communication Network have started a blog on environmental communication and culture called Indications. The posts so far entertain with the wide variety of materials posted. The Sierra Club’s video, coal is too dirty even for college, shines with unexpected ineptitude. World Wildlife Fund Canada’s witty like goad to change provokes a chuckle. Watching super models strip for climate change? Does it prompt you to get active? The photographs of artists Chris Jordan and Edward Burtynksy are stunning — which might or might not be good at provoking action.
Chris Jordan's photo of baby albatross starved to death with a full stomach of plastic.
Creating a culture of environmental activism via images is rather different from, say, creating a generation of smokers or coke drinkers. In our remediated society, is the image of green enough to create a green reality? Can images of enviro-destruction inspire?
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