Environmental Button
date: label: Date made
content: 1987
notes: label: Description
content: This button depicts the polar bear, one of the most beloved species on the planet. It, along with the whale, gorilla, and elephant, is sometimes referred to as “charismatic megafauna” because of its popularity with humans.
label: Description
content: Environmental groups have often used charismatic megafauna in campaigns to increase public awareness about conservation efforts. By employing people’s inherent interest in these animals, they are able to attract attention towards needs which might otherwise have been disregarded. For example the polar bear has been used to highlight issues ranging from wilderness preservation to climate change.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: Taiwan
topic: label: Subject
content: Environmental Movement
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content: Medicine and Science: Biological Sciences
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content: Clothing & Accessories
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content: Natural Resources
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content: Environmental Buttons
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content: Artifact Walls exhibit
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 2003.0014.0976
label: accession number
content: 2003.0014
label: catalog number
content: 2003.0014.0976
objectType: label: Object Name
content: button
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: metal (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: .33 cm x 5.5 cm; x 1/8 in x 2 3/16 in