Today’s is a dark one, darker than our normal post content but in the spirit of going with the flow we link out to this poster appropriately called Extermination Workshop:

Step forward Michael Wallis, a left-field thinker and co-founder of branding agency Corke Wallis. In this satirical poster-cum-drama set in the future, he speculates on the totally ridiculous idea of standby mode, and makes us ask ourselves: “why on earth would humanity come up with such a hopeless invention?”

Michael says: “I’m supporting Green Thing and Earth Hour so that when the apocalypse comes it is at the hands of something really epic like aliens or cyborgs or giant reptiles from another dimension, not DVD players.”

Why?

 

Standby produces around 1% of the world’s CO2 emissions. It might not sound like much, but when you consider that air travel contributes 3%, it’s huge. All that power going absolutely nowhere.

How?

Fight the power by plugging into standby saver sockets – it will cut your electricity bill by £85 a year – just like that.

Join the rest of the world in switching off your lights for Earth Hour this Saturday at 8:30 pm.

We’re selling this poster printed on FSC paper with sustainable ink for £12 plus postage and packing with all proceeds going back to the Do The Green Thing charity.