Topic: Energy
This fun campaign from solar-power company Sunrun and ad agency Heat should make conventional utility companies green with envy. The writing's excellent—far better than my silly lead sentence—in three well-acted…
Last fall, former Crispin Porter + Bogusky star Alex Bogusky oversaw "Denial Hits the Fan," a campaign for Al Gore's Climate Reality Project in which denial looked a lot like…
BP's public relations problems continue into 2012, as one of its "Look guys, we're helping!" ads features an accidental cameo by a group of anti-BP protesters, who are reminding Gulf…
I know I often rag on commercials for going too long, but this British spot for Megaman low-energy lightbulbs proves there's no way a farting lightbulb gag can overstay its…
Here's a cool example of "Show, don't tell" advertising—a print ad that promotes green energy by being solar-powered itself. In the magazine, it's just a black-and-white sketch. But held up…
Using an entire box of disposable razors when shaving, discarding each one after a single stroke. Wrapping a small sandwich in yards of tin foil. Keeping every tap in the…
The visuals in this Piedmont Natural Gas ad by Luquire George Andrews are confusing me. The copy reads: "When your product is invisible, the people behind it are even more…
Larry Hagman, an old dude best known for playing the Texas oil baron J.R. Ewing on Dallas, is now hawking panels for SolarWorld. It's a good fit for the…
Ad shop Contrapunto in Barcelona crafted this visually impressive but kind of confusing spot for Gas Natural Fenosa, showing a guy and gal who literally go against the flow…
Stopping the oil spill has apparently befuddled the best minds in science and engineering. Why not bring in the ad folks? Crispin Porter + Bogusky, the people behind the…
