Our friends at The Beehive Design Collective have just officially released their “The True Cost Of Coal” graphic. Here’s a quick description from their website!
“In 2008, the Beehive Design Collective allied with Appalachian grassroots organizers fighting Mountain Top Removal Coal Mining, a practice which blasts mountains into moonscapes to fuel the ever-growing global demand for electricity. Our team of volunteer artists and educators have put countless hours into designing “The True Cost of Coal,” a visually stunning graphic multi-tool for activists and ordinary folks seeking real solutions.
We are all impacted by coal, and we all play a part in the system that demands coal as fuel. The Beehive’s True Cost of Coal Campaign is helping more people understand the real impacts of our national energy choices, so we can build a sustainable future.”
Pick up a copy from the Hive’s awesome webstore or from them while they’re on tour.
that poster is amazing…i like.
Did someone steal this out of the art room at the Trans-Allegheny Lunatic Asylum??? What is this????
It is rather Bosch-eque, wouldn’t you say, Brushy? I think it succeeds in in creatively representing the death cycle of coal, its ties to the larger industrial economy, and the resistance against its abuses. Congrats, Bees!
Btw, EM, the workshops for AppRising are Sept 25-26, and the day of action is on the 27th.
Kinda looks like someone had a little to much mexican and got the runs, then caught it on paper???