A while ago, Treehugger showcased some old food posters from Canada, America and Britain. They called it “Food posters from the past are recipes for the present”. Most of these posters emerged as wartime messages, many of which are politically charged.
These are a fascinating historical account of people being informed to be conscious about the effect their consuming patterns have on others. When you scroll down, imagine how these could be used now. Imagine words that could easy be replaced and rearranged to illustrate how society now functions around consumption.
“Live Simply- avoid all food waste”.
Surely we don’t need another war to remind us of sensible, sustainable all-consuming actions.
Katherine Hui is currently the Social site editor at Green Thing, a web-based public service in London that inspires people to lead greener lives through creative content.
Before this, she worked as the Development Manager at Social Innovation Camp, an organization that encourages people to use web and mobile-based technology to mobilise social change. She oversaw 300 ideas submission and helped build 20 prototypes – five of which have gone on to get further funding or investment.
Katherine’s came over to the UK form Canada in 2007 for an MSc program at the London School of Economics. Before arriving in London, she managed a small environmental start-up in Vancouver called the Canadian Climate Change Alliance.
Katherine is football mad. She is a loyal supporter of Arsenal FC, plays for Islington Borough Ladies FC and coaches for Gunners in Islington in her spare time. Her second favourite hobby is kite surfing and she can sometimes be found chasing the wind.
