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Linda
M. Perry
lperry@nus.edu.sg
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Linda M. Perry
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About
the campaign art on the home page (links will open in a new window)
- This
ad by a Russian advertising agency is part of the World Wildlife Federations's
campaign to save endangered species. This one graphically shows the
declining population of leopards, an endangered species, from 1984 to
2007. See the original at Ads of the World website, http://adsoftheworld.com/media/print/wwf_russia_leopards.
- The
United Nations sponsors several programs and campaigns to promote gender
equality through the UN Interagency Network on Women and Gender Equality.
http://www.un.org/womenwatch/
- The
NUS Chapter of Roots & Shoots, working from plans formulated in
the 2007 class of NM5208, implemented Code Blue, a campaign to raise
awareness of the plight of Singapore's marine life and to build membership
in the Roots & Shoots chapter Youth United.
- Singapore
Red Cross and Institute of Public Relations sponsored a campaign for
relief for the 2004 tsunami victims. The Red Cross used donations to
ship medical and other relief supplies to affected areas in the region
in January 2005. See http://www.redcross.org.sg/tsunamirelief_070105.htm
for details.
- The
Singapore National Smoking Control campaign in 1986 included a encouragement
to non-smokers to avoid second-hand smoke. This ad was included in the
U.S. National Library of Medicine's website on anti-smoking campaign
posters, at http://profiles.nlm.nih.gov/VC/Views/Exhibit/visuals/antismoking.html
- Singapore's
campaign to prevent bird flu in humans is focused on hygiene and preventing
infected birds from entering the country. http://www.crisis.gov.sg/FLU/BirdFlu/
- The
Singapore National Environment Agency conducts an ongoing campaign to
control the mosquitoes that carry denghe fever. The cartoon mosquito
used in previous campaigns has been replaced with a more menacing depiction.
For the latest on the campaign, see http://www.dengue.gov.sg/.
- Manchester
Friends of the Earth's Love Your Bike campaign in the United Kingdom
encourages riding bicycles to stay fit as well as preserve clean air.
http://www.afsl.org.uk/loveyourbike.htm
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pictured) The Singapore National Environment Agency initiated the Singapore's
OK campaign in 2003 to promote good personal and environmental hygiene.
The campaign was aimed at preventing outbreaks of SARS and other viruses.
See http://app.nea.gov.sg/cms/htdocs/category_sub.asp?cid=220
for an update on the campaign.
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