60 Most Powerful and Creative Public Awareness Ads (Photos)

We’ve seen some great public service campaigns recently which made us wonder – why not do a post on the best ones in the last couple of years? We scoured the internet, filtered the not-so-great ones and came up with this list of 60 hard-hitting ads that deal with social, environmental, health and other issues. From ad school assignments to Cannes-winners, these powerful visuals do more than just spread the message. Check them out below.

1. Before it’s too Late

2. Certain Things Hang on Forever

3. Plastic Bags Kill

4. Ignore Us, Ignore Human Rights

5. Stop the Violence, Don’t Drink and Drive

6. It’s Not Happening Here, But it is Happening Now

7. If You Don’t Pick it Up, They Will

8. See How Easy Feeding the Hungry Can Be?

9. Guess Which One?

10. The Back Seat’s No Safer, Belt Up

11. Every 60 Seconds A Species Dies Out

12. Schizophrenia Can Be Treated. Seek Help.

13. Slower is Better

14. Nobody’s Immune to Breast Cancer

15. If Dying for Your Faith Makes You A Martyr…

16. He Has His Mother’s Eyes

17. Tailgating Isn’t Worth It

18. For Some, It’s Mt.Everest

19. 1988 –

20. On the Internet, Somethings are Not What they Seem

21. Women Need to be Seen As Equal

22. Give A Hand to Wildlife

23. Help Before It’s too Late

24. Thousands of People Owe Their Lives to Organ Donors

25. Sexual Predators Can Hide in Your Child’s Smartphone

26. One Click Could Change Your Life. Belt up.

27. Save Paper. Save the Planet.

28. If You Don’t Feed them, Who Will?

29. You are Not A Sketch, Say No to Anorexia

30. Now You See it, Now You Don’t

31. Victims are People Just Like You and Me

32. Don’t Cut A Dream

33. Censorship Tells the Wrong Story

34. It Should’t be this Dangerous. Stop for Flashing Red Lights.

35. Sleepiness is Stronger than You

36. I’ll be there in A While, Wheelchair

37. What Goes Around, Comes Around. Keep the Sea Clean.

38. The Longer A Child with Autism Goes Without Help, the Harder they are to Reach

39. If You Smoke, Statistically Your Story Will End 15% Before it Should

40. Animals are Not Clowns

41. What Goes Around, Comes Around

42. Bullets Leave Bigger Holes than You Think

43. Be Patient with People Who Stutter

44. The Earth is Heating Up

45. Signs are there for A Reason

46. The Tsunami Killed 100 Times More People than 9/11

47. Air Pollution Kills 60,000 People A Year

48. Hunger Kills 2.5 Million Children Every Year

49. Don’t Buy Exotic Animal Souvenirs

50. Workers are Not Tools

51. Don’t Talk While He Drives

52. Think of Both Sides

53. Stop the (Animal) Abuse

54. Neglected Children are Made to Feel Invisible

55. Your Skin Color Shouldn’t Dictate Your Future

56. Same Dog, Different Owner

57. Prevent Breast Cancer. Do the Self Examination.

58. Liking Isn’t Helping

59. For the Homeless, Everyday is A Struggle

60. Smoking Causes Premature Ageing