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Sustainable Out-of-Home

Traditional outdoor advertisements are reimagined with a green twist

Implications - As brands look for ways to prove to consumers that they share important values, many are opting for eye-catching outdoor ads that also serve an ecological purpose. With billboards that double as everything from air-purifiers to urban gardens, such campaigns suggest a contemporary understanding that business interests can no longer be considered without also considering environmental ones. In addition to highlighting the overarching nature of the health and wellness movement, this progressions speaks to the desire for brands to reflect back consumer anxiety regarding environmental responsibility.
Workshop Question - What new approach to eco advertising could you imagine your brand rolling out?
Trend Themes
1. Eco-friendly Advertising - Brands are reimagining traditional billboards to serve an ecological purpose, reflecting back to consumers' anxiety regarding environmental responsibility.
2. Living Billboards - Brands are incorporating living elements, such as plants, bees, fish, and seagulls, into billboards to create an immersive and interactive advertisement.
3. Air Filtration Billboards - Some brands like Toyota incorporate photocatalytic coatings to remove nitrogen dioxide from the air, promoting a better environment to live in.
Industry Implications
1. Outdoor Advertising Industry - The incorporation of sustainable and interactive elements into ads may offer an innovative and more successful way for brands to connect with their target audience.
2. Green Technology Industry - Companies creating products that can purify the air or contribute to a better environment can tap into the growing eco-friendly trend in advertising.
3. Food Industry - Brands can take their product beyond typical food ads and create living edible billboards, engaging the target audience while promoting their fresh and natural ingredients.
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Featured Examples

Urban Garden Billboards
Urban Garden Billboards
This Billboard by Wildstone in London Doubles as a Community Garden
Located in the London borough of Lambeth, this ingenious living garden billboard by ad agency Wildstone doubles as an urban garden. The innovative project showcases the need for such resources in a... MORE
play_circle_filled Air-Purifying Billboards
Air-Purifying Billboards
UTEC is Taking on Peru's Construction Pollution with Clever Advertising
This ingenious solution to construction pollution tackles an important eco issue while also promoting a Peru university. An air purifying billboard designed by Universidad de Ingeniería y Tecnologí... MORE
Honey Bee Advertising Structures
Honey Bee Advertising Structures
The Cheerios Living Billboard is Filled With 100,000 Bees
This living billboard emphasizes the natural ingredients featured in this beloved cereal. To advertise Honey Nut Cheerios, this installation contains real live bees. The three storey structure... MORE
Air Filtration Billboards
Air Filtration Billboards
Toyota's "Eco-Billboard" Removes Nitrogen Dioxide from the Air
Beyond just promoting the Mirai as an ecologically friendly method of transportation, Toyota’s car billboards actually help to reverse the damage that most other ordinary cars do to the... MORE
Fresh Garden Billboards
Fresh Garden Billboards
FCB Mayo Peru's Anti-Pollution Ad Grows Lettuce
It could be argued that massive billboard ads visually clutter cities, but this anti-pollution billboard created by FCB Mayo Peru and Peruvian university UTEC does more good than harm in more ways... MORE
Edible Fish Billboards
Edible Fish Billboards
This Outdoor Poster Feeds Seagulls with Edible Glue, Ink and Paper
In order to promote the quality of the fresh seafood it serves, Barracuda Restaurant launched an unconventional outdoor poster. From both up-close and afar, the ‘Fresh Fish Poster’... MORE

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