EXTINCTION SYMBOL

Designer: ESP (United Kingdom); Location: Global; Years: 2011–present

The Extinction Symbol was created to raise awareness of the need for transformative change in the face of an accelerating species extinction caused by humans. An unprecedented one million out of eight million plant and animal species are under threat. Designed to be easily drawn, recognized, reproduced, and understood, a circle signifies the planet and an hourglass sends an urgent warning that “time is running out” for many species. Used around the world, the symbol has become the visual identity for the growing Extinction Rebellion movement and the world’s “ecological symbol of peaceful resistance.”

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Image: Extinction Symbol, Toronto, Canada, 2019, Credit: © Martin Reis