GIVE EARTH A CHANCE
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: Six weeks before the first Earth Day, the University of Michigan-based group Environmental Action for Survival (ENACT) organized a groundbreaking teach-in. The “Give Earth a Chance”-themed event, which took place in Ann Arbor from 11-14 March 1970, generated extensive print and television news coverage.
label: Description (Brief)
content: ENACT commissioned this button to promote the teach-in. Cricket Breitmeyer, a junior in UM’s art department, produced the camera-ready artwork for the button, using a pointillism style to mimic one of NASA’s famous full-size images of Earth from space. For the lettering, she used dry-transfer type from Letraset.
label: Description (Brief)
content: The button, with its white background and blue printing, reads “GIVE EARTH A CHANCE” written in a circle around a blue and white graphic of Earth. Lettering on the button’s edge reads “Environmental Teach-In — U. of M. — Enact”.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
topic: label: Subject
content: Environmental Movement
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content: Medicine and Science: Biological Sciences
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content: Environmental Buttons
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of J. Michael McCloskey
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1999.0248.08
label: catalog number
content: 1999.0248.08
label: accession number
content: 1999.0248
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Button
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: metal (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 3/16 in x 1 3/4 in; .47625 cm x 4.445 cm