Great Social Issue Ads That’ll Make You Think

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Jun 4, 2014

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Commercial ads are annoying, and we complain about them all the time, how they invade our daily lives and how they try to sell things we don’t really need. However, there are some ads, they are powerful, they raise our awareness of those serious social issues, and make us stop and think. They are not only present the fact, they also present it in a creative and amazing way.

Let’s have some look, and after you finish, don’t forget to share them with others!

Don’t Buy Exotic Animal Souvenirs

Advertising Agency: LOWE GGK, Warsaw, Poland

Same Pet, Different Owner

Advertising Agency: TBWA-Santiago Mangada Puno, Philippines

Your skin color shouldn’t dictate your future

Advertising Agency: Publicis Conseil, Paris, France

Unhate

Advertising Agency: Fabrica, Italy

Elm Grove Police Department: Slower is better

Advertising Agency: Cramer-Krasselt, Milwaukee, USA

Save paper = save the planet

Advertising Agency: Saatchi & Saatchi, Copenhagen, Denmark

Air pollution kills 60,000 people a year

Advertising Agency: unknown

People like you and me are being torture every day

Advertising Agency: Advico Y&R, Zurich, Switzerland

Don’t drink and drive

Advertising Agency: Terremoto Propaganda, Curitiba, Brazil

“If you smoke, statistically your story will end 15% before it should.”

“THE END. If you smoke, statistically your story will end 15% before it should. For help with quiting call QUITTLINE on 0200 00 22 00″ (Advertising Agency: Iris, London, UK)

It’s better with them around

Advertising Agency: DDB&CO., Istanbul, Turkey

This is what happen when you smoke

Advertising Agency: JWT, Atlanta, USA

Animal Anti-Cruelty League: That’s Not A Football

Advertising Agency: Lowe Bull, Cape Town, South Africa

Bangalore Traffic Police: Don’t Talk While Driving

Advertising Agency: Mudra Group, India

Child Soldiers: It’s Not Happening Here, But It’s Happening Now

Creative/Art director Pius Walker, Amnesty International, Switzerland.

Censorship Tells The Wrong Story

Advertising Agency: Memac Ogilvy & Mather Dubai, UAE

Liking isn’t helping. You can change a life by being a volunteer

Advertising Agency: Publicis, Singapore

Bird Conservation: If You Don’t Pick It Up They Will

Advertising Agency: TBWA\Hunt\Lascaris, Johannesburg, South Africa

Distracted Driving

Advertising Agency: Red Pepper, Ekaterinburg, Russia

Every 60 Seconds a Species Dies Out. Each Minute Counts

Advertising Agency: Scholz & Friends, Berlin, Germany

Innocence In Danger: Where’s The Pedophile?

Art Director: Michael Arguello, Copywriter: Bassam Tariq, Additional credits: Jason Musante

Sexual Predators Can Hide In Your Child’s Smartphone

Advertising Agency: Herezie, Paris, France

You don’t want to see this to be happen. Quit smoking.

Advertising Agency: Euro RSCG Australia

You’re Not A Sketch. Say No To Anorexia

Advertising Agency: Revolution Brasil

Neglected Children Are Made To Feel Invisible. Stop Child Abuse Now

“To dramatize the issue of neglect, we placed mannequins dressed as children behind billposters. When the inevitable happened, we revealed a second message.” (Australian Childhood Foundation, JWT Melbourne)