Milton Glaser, the designer behind the iconic ‘I ♥ NY’ logo, has turned his attention to global warming, creating a logo for an awareness campaign titled ‘It’s not warming, it’s dying’. “There is no more significant issue on Earth than its survival,” Glaser told design publication Dezeen. “The questions is, ‘how can anyone not be involved?'” Speaking of the design – a disk with a black-green gradient running from North to South – Glaser said, “I can never answer the question of how ideas originate, and apparently, neither can anyone else. But, symbolically, the disappearance of light seemed to be an appropriate way to begin.”
Not every socio-geographic-political campaign can be as clever and universally loved as "I ♥ NY". But Milton Glaser, the world famous graphic designer who is responsible for the NY love phrase has come up with another doozie. This time it is in relationship to climate change which he considers more appropriately, "It’s not warming, it’s dying." His slogan and icon are causing quite a stir which is just what this issue needs.
Is this the end or is it the beginning? Is it the birth of something new or the death of something old? Not even Milton Glaser, its creator is sure. But just to make sure that everyone is paying attention, he coined the phrase, "It’s not warming, it’s dying", to get everyone’s attention. Good work from one of the world’s greatest graphic designers.
Milton Glaser’s latest geography campaign is not like the uplifting, “I ♥ NY”. It is quite the opposite. "it’s not warming, it’s dying" is his response to what is happening to our planet. This article also pin points the insights of some other very wise and funny people.
Not the popular solution to homelessness that ‘Housing first is, this ‘isolated in the middle of nowhere approach’ may provide some very positive support to long term recovery.
“Perhaps most readily associated with a patently American 1950s nostalgia – recalling varsity football game nights, wholesome cheerleaders, and spiffy sock hops – saddle shoes (or oxfords) were actually first conceived as a men’s athletic golfing shoe in the early 1900s. During the 1930’s stagflation, saddle shoes swiftly became a unisex sensation when high school girls deemed them ideal for the snazzy new Jitterbug’s accompanying acrobatics, sliding, and spinning.”
“Several years ago Knox Gelatin introduced a new product named Nutrajoint with great fanfare. This supplement contains gelatin, vitamin C and calcium, and advertisements touted “recent scientific studies” proving that gelatin can contribute to the building of strong cartilage and bones.”
Once again, the ‘traditional’ food of bone broth is proving itself to be an essential, affordable nutrient. In my own ‘Back to Basics’ project, I am repeatedly finding that traditional foods and ingredients are invaluable to healing and health.
Check out this Norm’s Farms Elderberry Review where I (Jessica owner of www.deliciousobsessions.com) discuss Norm’s Farms natural elderberry products. Elderberries are great immune boosters.
Back to basics, again. (By now you probably know I have a project and a facebook page called ‘Back to Basics’). It is becoming more specific about what basic is. It is about the revival and creation of healthy traditions. These traditions involve producing, gathering, preparing and eating foods in ways that were practiced to an extent for centuries and existed even thousands of years ago. They kept our ancestors alive, strong and healthy. Those who came before us were eating nutrient dense food and we can again, too.
Norm Lenhardt founder of Norm’s Farms
Well, elderberries are one of those foods that have been around forever. They were gathered and used very similar to the way they are today. In fact, Roger Lenhardt, son of the original ‘Norm’ explained to me that the purple dye used in the pre-historic cave paintings came from elderberry. You can’t get much more traditional than that with a plant. In addition, "The elderberry is a great case where modern clinical studies are actually starting to confirm what ancient alternative healers have known for hundreds, if not thousands, of years — the elderberry improves immune response."
A quote from their website: “Norm’s Farms, founded by Ann, Rodger, and Erin Lenhardt in Pittsboro, NC, is a way of carrying on Norm’s work and vision. The Norm’s Farms family believes in the sustainable production of healing foods made with natural, simple ingredients–just like the elderberries Norm’s Farms grows. Because the Norm’s Farms family recognizes that their small Missouri farm cannot keep up with the company’s demand, they have begun working with small family farmers in North Carolina to help establish elderberry orchards. Norm’s Farms will have a local source of elderberries for their products in addition to those grown in Missouri.”
Just in case you had any doubt about how spectacular Norm’s Farms elderberry products are, here is something that equals thousands of words. The only thing more would be a taste. You will have to place an order to do that.
