Save the planet and think green! Everyone has heard this in some way at some point in their life. It is very common to be told to “be more green” or use “green” energy, but rarely is it ever specified what to actually do to achieve these goals. Almost everyone can agree that climate change is an issue and we need to do something to change this, yet the big corporations that are really causing the problems do not get as much backlash as individuals do. It is often publicized that “YOU” need to make a difference and save the planet. But can one person really cause that much change? The people who can make a true difference are the large companies that are producing all these greenhouse gases and pollution that are causing these problems to become so massive in the first place. I found two civic artifacts that use green in some way to promote a call for change. I will first look into how the first artifact using a temporal and interpersonal lense to connect with the viewer. Next I will analyze how the second artifact uses a tree to convey their message in a creative way. Then I will identify the similarities they both have in using the commonplace of “green” and how they both use an illustration of a continent or world in some way. Finally, I will examine both artifacts in their connection to some of the UN’s sustainable development goals.

artifact 1 :

artifact 2 :

general layout:

introduction

para 1 – 1st artifact through temporal and interpersonal lense

para 2 – 2nd artifact through creative lense

para 3 – both artifacts and commonplace of “green”

para 4 – both artifacts and use of countries/maps

para 5 – both artifacts and UN SDG’s (both similar and different)

conclusion