As being "green" and acting in a more eco-friendly way becomes more and more of a trend, we're seeing more and more advertisements for keeping our planet healthy and happy. Positive, uplifting ads are always welcome, but some organizations have taken a more... unique approach. Here are some of the oddest pro-environment ads out there.

- Canada's annual seal hunt is the largest slaughter of marine mammals on Earth. Many of these seals are pups, some as young as 12 days old, and are often still conscious as they are dragged across ice with boat hooks (and believe it or not, it gets even worse than that.) peta2's ad condemning the hunt is intended to give people a more personal perspective on the issue - by using a babydoll instead of a seal.

- The extremely graphic image above is from the International Fund for Animal Welfare and demonstrates the cruel practice of commercial whaling. Though banned in 1986, more than 30k whales have been killed since then - mostly in Japan, Norway and Iceland. IFAW is working on a campaign to get the Obama administration involved in whale protection, but you can help stop these whaling practices by signing our petition with Hayden Panettiere and The Whaleman Foundation.
- You'd be hard pressed to find someone who finds an image of naked Eva Mendes "disturbing," but it is certainly an odd form of advertisement. Alicia Silverstone, Chloe Kardashian, Amanda Beard, and many other celebs have starred in PETA's "I'd Rather Go Naked" anti-fur campaign. As the saying goes, sex sells.
- Both of the above ads from the World Wildlife Fund were created to promote environmental awareness and responsibility. The first, featuring the fish man, is intended to illustrate the changes that are happening all around us. The second is an ad not just to increase awareness of oil used in water bottle production, but to sell Brita water filters, and feature a man and woman with oil dribbling from their mouths. Yum!
- Both the ads above are an example of grass-roots movements carried forward via activism to fight animal cruelty. The first is from GoVeg.com, and although it is a little gory, it is used to educate people about the manner in which animals are slaughtered for food. The second are photos from an anti-bullfighting protest held by PETA. There are countless rallies and protests similar to these, held by concerned citizens, for causes that extend from animal rights into environmentalism. Often times, these organized events are successful at propelling issues into the bigger media picture.
Which do you think is the strangest/most disturbing? Do you think this is an effective means of increasing awareness for environmentalism and animal rights?
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