Social Justice Posters - Sydney Angove
Social Justice Posters
Environmental Justice is Social Justice
Recently, social justice issues have become prominent conversations globally. Discrimination based on race, gender, age, sexual orientation, and nationality is rightly being rejected by communities at all levels of society. These issues are important, and it is my goal to continuing learning how to become a better advocate and ally in the face of injustice. Additionally, I’ve become increasingly interested in the damage being done to the environment and the implications of climate change for future generations.
A transformative realization came for me when I was introduced to the idea that environmental justice and social justice are intertwined. The root is to create change and these pressures derive from the same sense of urgency to build a better future. Unequal government regulations are limiting or denying specific groups equal access to the resources available to the rest of society. The Human Impact Report published by the Global Humanitarian Forum stated that hundreds of thousands of lives are lost every year due to climate change, and further, that number will increase to half a million in 20 years. Climate change-related economic losses amount to more than one hundred billion US dollars per year. The facts and figures continue. In short, if changes are not made to protect the environment the voices working to protect social rights will fall silent in the face of an inhabitable atmosphere.
In consideration of making a meaningful social justice poster, I created designs centered on a concise statement to communicate these ideas. Environmental justice is social justice. My hope is that these posters do not go ignored or misunderstood. The foundation of the righteous anger the world is feeling toward underprivileged groups is conceptually synonymous with the environmental crisis. Previous generations are leaving young people with an unjust system, and without immediate actions, these effects can become irreversible.
That is why my pieces feature high contrast, bold design. I selected a serif to indicate the formality as these issues are meant to translate into a systematic change of laws, regulations, and restrictions in regard to pollution. In the first and second pieces, the center-aligned balance of the text is meant to draw attention to the gravity of the statement as it takes the center stage of this conversation.
Color was also an important factor to design a poster that pulled attention to it. My second poster featured a range of colors to both do this, and indicate the inclusivity of this issue. This problem is faced globally, and to make a meaningful change it will take global change.
My asymmetrical design was balanced using a heading on one side, but body text to fill the other. The theme of repetition was borrowed from my second design to reiterate the urgency of the unchanging message.
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