Common roots

I went with this one as my logo 'cause I suppose it felt more graphic than "Reach." The other one was too close to the Illustrator-provided symbol, so I chose this one. I really like spring green and browns. Also, I guess, the hand doesn't overpower the shoots, but rather visa versa, has more of a feeling of hope rather than depth.

Reach

I like the earthy feel the hand took on in this one; it has a sense of immensity and power. For whatever reason, the two-tone browns are more visually gripping than the first two I posted; this whole idea of a hand as roots evolved into the next design variation.

Shared Seed

I suppose this one superimposes the outlines of hands to be the veins of the leaf; in an abstract sense they have the same form. The "seed" I suppose was added to provide a bit of a focal point.

Similar Vein

All the logos have a common theme; similar attributes found throughout nature, including that of ourselves. Similar vein (s) looks to me like a leaf-shaped x-ray of someone palm, seeing the nerves or veins within the hand also as a part of the leaf.

Circuitbrain

The concept started with the idea of a circuitboard somehow assuming the role of a human brain in dictating action. Somehow this morphed into the idea that our increasing interdependency with technology creates increasing isolation, from each other, from ourselves, from the planet itself.

Your Backyard and Beyond

I suppose I followed what I perceived to be the next step in a natural progression: the graduation of something that builds and builds locally, then regionally, then nationally, and finally, as featured here, internationally. As with all issues impacting our environment, the movement to connect children in industrialized or rapidly industrializing countries back to nature is one that is not experienced here in an American vacuum. Indeed, children globally experience similar ramifications of an increasing pressure to stay ahead in a technologically-oriented world. My event will feature speakers and panelists from different countries from each continent in an effort to share ideas, experiences, recommendations and strategies on how to turn this tide of technological isolation in our youth.

Which Way?

I think we are at a critically important junction right now in the history of our evolution - it seems a tipping point is within sight of the rapidly accumulating effects of industrialization and the ever-increasing presence of technology in our lives. Certainly the effects of technology on children - from increased linkages to depression, obesity and ADHD to the obvious disconnection from nature - is not a new phenomenom. However, like Rachel Carson and "Silent Spring," Richard Louv's book has managed to achieve one fundamental accomplishment - putting into voice what has been present but invisible to people. I guess this image represents that junction and the important role the next generation will have in determining the state of the environmental movement.

(Images: digitalrepository.fws.gov/cgi-bin/showfile.ex...Hillebrand, Steve...6/2006
www.orianit.edu-negev.gov.il/carmella/sites/h...418 x 480 - 35k worth1000.com)