Poster of the Week – An Open Letter to the People of a Dying Planet

Today is Earth Day. This poster was made 51 years ago, for the first Earth Day. Please read it. Please heed it. Its warnings could have been made today, but the situation now is more dire.

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Poster Text:

An Open Letter to the People of a Dying Planet.

For years, experts have pleaded with you to conserve your resources.

Ecologists have warned that your fumes and bulldozers and wastes and chemicals have already tipped the balance of nature against you.

And still, the vast majority of you can't, or won't comprehend.