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KIND, "Kindness In Nature's Defense", was a program created by the Humane Society of the United States for students. The program for children ages 6-10 was called the "KINDness Club", for ages 11-14 was "the Defenders" and ages 15-18 was "the EcoloKIND". Students received a membership card, newsletters ten times a year, stories, posters and this "badge".  The materials for the students covered ecological topics and animals welfare.

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Organ donation is one of the greatest success stories in modern medicine, but the need for organs and tissue is always greater than the number available for transplantation. Over 117,000 men, women and children are waiting for an internal organ transplant in the United States. According to gorecycleyourself.com, an organ eye and tissue donor can save and enhance the lives of more than 50 people. Donators can register at their state online registry or local DMV. 

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Actress Sybil Danning starred as Ilona in the 1984 movie The Panther Squad. In the film directed by Pierre Chevalier Danning’s character leads a group of women known as the Panther Squad. The squad assists an international group called the New Organization of Nations, which is working to explore outer space. The environmental terrorist group Space Clean is focused on stopping that space exploration. When Space Clean abducts an astronaut, the New Organization of Nations sends the Panther Squad after the terrorists to rescue the hostage.  

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This button was made by the New Mobilization Committee to End the War in Vietnam for a series of protests against the Vietnam war on November 13-15, 1969 in Washington D.C.  The organization was formed in Washington D.C. in 1967 to organize demonstrations against the Vietnam War.

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From the American Cancer Society's anti-smoking campaign in the 1970s. In the late 1960s ACS aired it's first anti-smoking advertisement on television. Their campaign continues today, supporting people who wish to quit smoking by hosting an annual "smoke free 24 hours" the third Thursday in November each year. 

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This illustration is part of a series of buttons that were distributed at the Park Place Gallery in New York, the first art gallery in SoHo. According to an Art in America article, they were given out during the opening show in 1966 at a party for the Rolling Stones at the Scene discotheque. The buttons were designed by different artists including Dean Fleming, Tony Magar, Tamara Melcher, Patsy Krebs, and Steve Vasey. According to Fleming, the colorful geometric designs encourage the viewer to interpret the art in their own way.

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This illustration is part of a series of buttons that were distributed at the Park Place Gallery in New York, the first art gallery in SoHo. According to an Art in America article, they were given out during the opening show in 1966 at a party for the Rolling Stones at the Scene discotheque. The designs were created by different artists including Dean Fleming, Tony Magar, Tamara Melcher, Patsy Krebs, and Steve Vasey. According to Fleming, the colorful geometric designs encourage the viewer to interpret the art in their own way.

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The Orca, known colloquially as the Killer Whale, is the largest member of the dolphin family. Orcas are considered to be one of the world’s most ferocious predators, subsisting on a diet of other marine mammals—seals, sea lions, and other species of whales—as well as fish, squid, and sometimes sea birds. Orcas are easily recognizable due to their distinctive black and white coloring, and are highly intelligent and cunning. They travel in pods of up to 40, and use echolocation to communicate and strategize when hunting. Orca pods are led by a dominant female, and scientists believe that each pod develops its own unique way of communicating, similar to a dialect. Orcas have not been hunted extensively, however populations in North America, Iceland, and Japan have dwindled significantly due to live capture for placement in marine parks and aquariums.