2010.54.3426

Listening to the Earth
1979
19.00 in HIGH x 12.50 in WIDE
(48.26 cm HIGH x 31.75 cm WIDE)
All Of Us Or None Archive. Gift of the Rossman Family.
2010.54.3426

Lower rleft corner has: "Art / Michael Myers". Lowe right corner has: "Design / Sharpshooter Studios, Berkeley, CA".

The top of the poster has a thin unprinted border overall. The top edge of the poster has the text: "Listening To The Earth". The top of the poster has a light blue background, a drawing of a man sitting leaning against a mass of boards and barbed wire, with a fox and a hare, and the text: "Our society is Heading in / Two Conflicting Directions. / One is to preserve regional culture, / community identity, natural resources / and political autonomy. / The second involves an expanding / economy, increased urbanization, / and the spread of a global / way of life. / The conflict between / these is expressing itself / in crises in energy, / natural resources, / growth and development, / and cultural priorities. / What Could a Bioregional Perspective / Hope to Achieve? / Could it extend the concept / of local identity to include / a recognition of planetary / interdependence? / This is what / we seek to explore. / The Bioregional Basis of Community Consciousness". Below this is a blue banner wit the text: "A / Public / Symposium, / April / 7-10, / 1979 / San / Francisco / Admission to all four days of the / conference is $10. It will be held / at the First Unitarian Church and / at Fort Mason, in San Francisco. Below the banner is another light blue field, with two drawings of male figures, at left a man is digging bolts out of the ground with a large wrench, and at right a man with a snorkel, spear gun, and inner-tube is standing in front of a full garbage can. The drawings are accompanied by the text: "Sponsored by / Planet Drum Foundation / with a grant from the California Council for the Humanities and Public Policy / On April 7, 8, 9 and 10 leading environmen- / tal thinkers, representatives of government / agencies, scholars in the humanities, innova- / tors in alternative energy and agriculture, / social critics and authors will meet in a / public symposium to address these issues, / and to examine what possibilities exist for / social and individual action. / You are invited to join them in that effort.". The bottom of th eposter has a schedule for the 4 day event and information about tickets.
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