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Charitable Flatpack Pickups - The OX Flatpack Truck is Designed for Developing Countries

Charitable Flatpack Pickups The OX Flatpack Truck is Designed for Developing Countries

Developing nations are the primary target of the OX flatpack truck. OX was created by Sir Torquil Norman, a philanthropist who also moonlights as a toymaker and an adventurer. Norman’s OX is... [More]

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Conflict-Resolving Pop Machines - Coca-Cola

Conflict-Resolving Pop Machines Coca-Cola's 'Small World Machines' Connects Indians and Pakistanis

With a strained relationship between India and Pakistan, The Coca-Cola Company saw fit to intervene with ‘Small World Machines.’ With one vending machine in each country, the Coke-... [More]

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Heart-Clogging Print Campaigns - The World Health Day Ad Presents a Heart Bursting from Gluttony

Heart-Clogging Print Campaigns The World Health Day Ad Presents a Heart Bursting from Gluttony

For 2013’s World Health Day, health insurance firm Unimed commissioned a heart-stopping print advertisement. With the text “your heart is whatever you let inside,” the ad shows a... [More]

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Calorie Receipt Campaigns - The

Calorie Receipt Campaigns The 'Healthy Note' Replaces Dollars with Calorie Counts on Receipts

In an effort to promote Gold’s Gym, students at the Miami Ad School in Brazil created the ‘Healthy Note’—a receipt with calorie counts instead of dollars. The inspiration... [More]

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Belligerent Boycotting Apps - The

Belligerent Boycotting Apps The 'Buycott' App Lets You Vote with Your Wallet

The ‘Buycott’ app lets consumers vote with their wallets in support of products that they support ethically. Using Buycott, you can scan a product and look up whether buying it will put... [More]

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Phallic Mascot Costumes - The Mr. Balls Mascot Both Promotes Smiles and Fights Cancer

Phallic Mascot Costumes The Mr. Balls Mascot Both Promotes Smiles and Fights Cancer

Every so often, an awareness campaign is released that shocks the public while making an extremely memorable statement. Mr. Balls, a Brazilian prostate cancer mascot, is one of those shocking... [More]

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10 Speeches on Finding Purpose - From Fighting for Worthy Causes to Finding One

10 Speeches on Finding Purpose From Fighting for Worthy Causes to Finding One's Path in Life

This collection of speeches on finding purpose discusses the importance of finding purpose both in life and in business. Hearing from some iconic figures including guy Kawasaki and Tony Robbins,... [More]

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25 Keynotes on the State of Africa - From Life-Saving Rodents to Farmer Microinsurance

25 Keynotes on the State of Africa From Life-Saving Rodents to Farmer Microinsurance

The state of Africa is examined through a variety of lenses in this collection of speeches. From empowering its citizens, to tackling epidemics, to protecting women’s rights and establishing... [More]

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45 Astonishing Animal Abuse Ads - From Reincarnated Fur Coats to Duct Taped Animal Ads

45 Astonishing Animal Abuse Ads From Reincarnated Fur Coats to Duct Taped Animal Ads

Fighting for animal rights would be a prohibitively expensive proposition if not for animal abuse ads. Drawing on the pity and guilt of millions of people, marketing initiatives drive much needed... [More]

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Eye-Opening Shark Inforgraps - Shark Deaths are Explored in This Informative Inforgraph

Eye-Opening Shark Inforgraps Shark Deaths are Explored in This Informative Inforgraph

Sharks are beautiful and terrifying creatures people hunt til they’re close to extinction; the number of shark deaths caused by people is immensely more in comparison to the reverse. This... [More]

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Multi-Faceted Violence Ads - This ANAR Campaign Shows a Different Message to Kids and Adults

Multi-Faceted Violence Ads This ANAR Campaign Shows a Different Message to Kids and Adults

It may look like a typical awareness campaign poster, but there is more than meets the eye in this campaign. In commemoration of International Children’s Day, a Spanish kid’s help phone line... [More]

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Race-Focused Campaigns - Ads by the Australian Indigenous Education Foundation Spark Conversation

Race-Focused Campaigns Ads by the Australian Indigenous Education Foundation Spark Conversation

Working to help start widespread conversation around the topic of race and politics, the Australian Indigenous Education Foundation (AIEF) has recently run a print campaign that features a painting... [More]

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Life-Saving Mining Helmets - Ulten Quinlivan-Hopkins’ Revolutionary Tool is for Subterranean W

Life-Saving Mining Helmets Ulten Quinlivan-Hopkins’ Revolutionary Tool is for Subterranean W

Working in subterranean environments to collect precious materials is an old profession but continues to be extremely dangerous, and that’s why life-saving innovations like Ulten Quinlivan-Hopkins [More]

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20 Speeches on the State of America - From Suspicious School Spending

20 Speeches on the State of America From Suspicious School Spending

These curated speeches discuss the state of America in terms of the economy, domestic and international politics, the environment, health care, globalization and society. Hearing from iconic leaders... [More]

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Facade Graffiti Facelifts - Boa Mistura Revamped an Old Building with a Community Mural Project

Facade Graffiti Facelifts Boa Mistura Revamped an Old Building with a Community Mural Project

Getting the community of El Chorrillo in Panama City involved in the beautification of their own neighborhood is one of the ways the Somos Luz mural project by Boa Mistura helped to liven up the area.... [More]

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Sensual Non-Profit Websites - The Charitable Come4 Project Helps Dispel Hypocrisy with Ethics

Sensual Non-Profit Websites The Charitable Come4 Project Helps Dispel Hypocrisy with Ethics

The Come4 Project is the first non-profit porn site that aims to change the taboo nature of the sex industry. As one of the biggest markets online, the Come4 Project hopes to tap this seductive gold... [More]

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Guerilla Stunt Webinars - Dove Hosted a Q&A Webinar to Take the Audience Behind the Scenes

Guerilla Stunt Webinars Dove Hosted a Q&A Webinar to Take the Audience Behind the Scenes

As women, we have proven to be our own worst critics time and time again. Dove’s insightful campaign Real Beauty Sketches resulted in an evident demonstration of this; it has been eye-opening... [More]

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Bystander Bullying Advice Charts - Discover Ways to Stop Street Harassment in This Infographic

Bystander Bullying Advice Charts Discover Ways to Stop Street Harassment in This Infographic

No matter who we are, where we’re walking or what we’re wearing, street harassment is never okay so if you see it happening to someone else, be the hero and make it stop. Many people... [More]

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Writing Bionic Arms - The Worlds Most Powerful Arm Lets DMD Sufferers Sign Petitions

Writing Bionic Arms The Worlds Most Powerful Arm Lets DMD Sufferers Sign Petitions

Finch and Havas Worldwide Australia invented what is now known as the world’s most powerful arm. This bionic arm has a fantastic capability that most Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy sufferers lack:... [More]

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Comparative Au Naturel Dolls - Controversial Photos Contrast the Look of Barbie Without Makeup

Comparative Au Naturel Dolls Controversial Photos Contrast the Look of Barbie Without Makeup

Nickolay Lamm brings attention to the new Barbie without makeup phenomena that has recently gone viral. The way dolls are made to look has a direct correlation with the way children want to be seen. ... [More]

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33 Gay Rights Awareness Campaigns - From Gay Community Portraits to Global Activism Graphics

33 Gay Rights Awareness Campaigns From Gay Community Portraits to Global Activism Graphics

These gay rights awareness campaigns are helping to spread knowledge bring attention to this extremely important topic. There are many people around the world who support equality for all... [More]

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Communally Knitted Ecosystems - The Crochet Coral Reef Project Educates People on Aquatic Habitats

Communally Knitted Ecosystems The Crochet Coral Reef Project Educates People on Aquatic Habitats

Institute for Figuring is a non-profit organization based out of L.A and started the Crochet Coral Reef Project as a way to spread the word on these endangered habitats. Built over time by... [More]

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Viral Tattoo Activism - Kelly Davidson

Viral Tattoo Activism Kelly Davidson's Chest Tattoo Makes the Fight Against Breast Cancer Go Viral

Kelly Davidson is making headlines around the world, but you’d be surprised to hear that it’s not because this 34-year-old woman has battled and survived cancer for nearly her entire life.... [More]

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Provocative Violated Mannequins - Vivienne Westwood’s Fashion Mannequins Tackle Domestic Abuse

Provocative Violated Mannequins Vivienne Westwood’s Fashion Mannequins Tackle Domestic Abuse

Fashion has always provoked people into a certain mindset, but fashion label Vivienne Westwood decided to use its fashion mannequins as a tool to advocate an issue of great concern in its... [More]

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Discouraging Discrimination Ads - Jornal de Londrina

Discouraging Discrimination Ads Jornal de Londrina's Social Awareness Ads Convey Positive Messages

This wonderful series of social awareness ads for Jornal de Londrina depicts the good that can come from fighting discrimination. The ads contain two notable people such as Bob Marley and Barack... [More]

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Internet Slang Ads - Jaime Neely Showcases Some of the Best Internet Slang Advertisements

Internet Slang Ads Jaime Neely Showcases Some of the Best Internet Slang Advertisements

Identifying with younger audiences is harder than ever, and with the majority of teens on computers, Internet slang can be like a whole new language. Some companies are hesitant to engage with the... [More]

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Marriage Equality Internet Memes - These Memes for Red Equality Offer Very Creative Variants

Marriage Equality Internet Memes These Memes for Red Equality Offer Very Creative Variants

The latest meme to sweep through social media and the rest of the Internet is the recent ‘Red Equality’ images that are in support of marriage equality and the legalization of gay... [More]

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28 Ideas in Support of Marriage Equality - The Basic Human Right of Marriage Showcased

28 Ideas in Support of Marriage Equality The Basic Human Right of Marriage Showcased

Equality is a basic human right and it’s something that should be given without question to everyone in this world, but unfortunately that’s just not the case. The battle for marriage equality... [More]

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Personified Dirt Floor Ads - The World Water Day 2013 Campaign Brings Awareness to Freshwater Needs

Personified Dirt Floor Ads The World Water Day 2013 Campaign Brings Awareness to Freshwater Needs

The World Water Day 2013 ad campaign likens thirsty children to the cracked look of a dry dirt floor. The cracks themselves take on the form of a little boy who huddles near a water pipe hoping that... [More]

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Activism-Encouraging Spam Checkers - Amnesty Captcha Avoids Spamming by Directing One to Petitions

Activism-Encouraging Spam Checkers Amnesty Captcha Avoids Spamming by Directing One to Petitions

A Captcha is a web tool to separate humans from spamming computer programs. Usually, a regular captcha comes across as the annoying requirement to type in the skewed numbers on the screen. Amnesty... [More]

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Soda Crate Med Deliveries - ColaLife by Simon Berry Distributes Medication to Rural Regions

Soda Crate Med Deliveries ColaLife by Simon Berry Distributes Medication to Rural Regions

ColaLife by Simon Berry, is a not-for-profit organization that utilizes the extra space in crates filled with bottles of Coca-Cola to distribute life-saving medication to remote villages in... [More]

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Urgent Asteroid Warnings - Neil deGrasse Tyson

Urgent Asteroid Warnings Neil deGrasse Tyson's Space Speech Urges Asteroid Defense Measures

This space speech by Neil deGrasse Tyson is filled with urgency to protect the survival of humanity. He claims that we were lucky that the asteroids in Russia didn’t do more damage, because... [More]

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Worldwide Water Services - Fuseproject Wants to Provide Global Access to a Filtered Water System

Worldwide Water Services Fuseproject Wants to Provide Global Access to a Filtered Water System

The San Francisco Fuseproject studio of Yves Behar has devised a campaign in order to encourage hotels and catering services to localize their filtered water system networks so that they no longer... [More]

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Taylor Keefe, Research Expert (INTERVIEW) - Keefe Looks at Reclamation Projects and Recycled Art

Taylor Keefe, Research Expert (INTERVIEW) Keefe Looks at Reclamation Projects and Recycled Art

Taylor Keefe, the resident research expert at Trend Hunter, is all about recycled art and reclamation projects. When he’s not working closely with Trend Hunter’s CEO, Keefe enjoys all... [More]

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Pet Adoption Sitcom Parodies - The Fresh Pup of Bel Air is a Fun Way to Increase Adoption Awareness

Pet Adoption Sitcom Parodies The Fresh Pup of Bel Air is a Fun Way to Increase Adoption Awareness

If you’ve ever wondered how the classic Will Smith sitcom The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air would fare with a dog in the starring role, the parody video ‘The Fresh Pup of Bel-Air’ is... [More]

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Moving Refugee Photojournalism - Brian Sokol

Moving Refugee Photojournalism Brian Sokol's The Most Important Thing Documents Items

The Brian Sokol The Most Important Thing series was produced in partnership with the United Nations High Commission for Refugees (UNHCR). Just like the title suggests, refugees were asked to pose... [More]

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Meaningful Facial Photo Manipulations - Metra and Jeanson’s Art is a Commentary on Altered Pho

Meaningful Facial Photo Manipulations Metra and Jeanson’s Art is a Commentary on Altered Pho

Bruno Metra and Laurence Jeanson’s altered photos may look like they were done by amateurs, but they possess a much deeper meaning. They represent how shallow it is to alter someone’s face to... [More]

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Offline Social Networking Apps - UNHOOK Facebook is an Offline Social Network for Facebook Addicts

Offline Social Networking Apps UNHOOK Facebook is an Offline Social Network for Facebook Addicts

UNHOOK Facebook is an anti-Facebook, offline social networking tool. Unface.it has been designed to mainly help people beat their Facebook addiction. The app allows users to add up to five of... [More]

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Open-Sourced Petition Tools - /Crowdring is a Petition Tool That Puts ‘Missed Calls’ to

Open-Sourced Petition Tools /Crowdring is a Petition Tool That Puts ‘Missed Calls’ to

/Crowdring is a campaign-aiding mobile petition tool. The creators of the project Deepa, Adriana, Leo and Carina have experimented with ‘missed calls’ as a public engagement tool in 2011... [More]

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Colorful Communal Salvaged Artwork - 2,100 Recycled Plastic Water Bottles Were Used in This Mural

Colorful Communal Salvaged Artwork 2,100 Recycled Plastic Water Bottles Were Used in This Mural

Kollektivemind*, an Athenian architecture firm, worked together with the community in a less privileged neighborhood of Chania, Greece, to create this lively mural made entirely out of recycled... [More]

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Politically Charged Photography - Photographer Monica Denevan Captures Everyday Life in Burma

Politically Charged Photography Photographer Monica Denevan Captures Everyday Life in Burma

Photographer Monica Denevan is a San Francisco native. Despite her history on the West coast, she has spent a great deal of time in Burma and China. Denevan quickly took note of the way in which... [More]

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Reviving Extinct Species Stewart Brand’s De-Extinction Speech Plans to Bring Animals Back

This de-extinction speech by Stewart Brand introduces plans of successfully bringing extinct species back to life and reintroducing them into nature. According to Stewart, scientists have already... [More]

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Defense Against Desertification - Allan Savory’s Global Warming Speech Offers A Practical Solu

Defense Against Desertification Allan Savory’s Global Warming Speech Offers A Practical Solu

Allan Savory prefaces his global warming speech with bleak and eye-opening forecasts of humanity’s future as result of what he calls a “perfect storm.” This storm is said to be made up of... [More]

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Anecdotal Watercolor Paintings - Andrea Krook Narrates Her Travel Observations with Colors

Anecdotal Watercolor Paintings Andrea Krook Narrates Her Travel Observations with Colors

Andrea Krook, a conscientious traveler and artist, narrates her daily travel observations in a slum in Kenya, as well as the famous Pike Place market in Seattle vibrantly on paper. She... [More]

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The Myths of the Non-Profit Sector - Dan Pallotta Discusses Change in a Charity Innovation Keynote

The Myths of the Non-Profit Sector Dan Pallotta Discusses Change in a Charity Innovation Keynote

Activist and fundraiser Dan Pallotta discusses the myths of the non-profit world in his charity innovation keynote. He argues that the things we’ve been taught to believe about charities like... [More]

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Mannequin Civil Unrest Art - Thomas Hirschhorn

Mannequin Civil Unrest Art Thomas Hirschhorn's 'Power Plant' Diorama is Politically Charged

The goal of countless artists is to create true politically charged works that chronicle the civil unrest of the society they live in. In that regard, Swiss artist Thomas Hirschhorn’s ‘... [More]

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Tsunami Tree Monuments - The Last Surviving Tree from the 2011 Tsunami Made into a Tree Monument

Tsunami Tree Monuments The Last Surviving Tree from the 2011 Tsunami Made into a Tree Monument

The last surviving tree from the massive 2011 tsunami that ravaged the coast of Japan is being turned into an inspirational tree monument. When the tsunami hit the Japanese town of Rikuzentakata, it... [More]

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Crowdsourced Social Media Art - Ingvar Thorsteinsson is Putting Together the World

Crowdsourced Social Media Art Ingvar Thorsteinsson is Putting Together the World's Largest Artwork

If you’ve ever wanted to be included in the worldwide arts community, this social media art project is your best shot. This project was initiated by artist Ingvar Bjorn Thorsteinsson, who... [More]

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