Caught on Camera

The Problem

Local problems often get overlooked and larger environmental issues often dominate headlines. Problems like littering, open burning of waste, animal cruelty and destroyed local ecology almost never appear in public papers until the situation becomes too serious to control. This causes a lack of awareness and apathy towards minor problems, and it's often too late to help out when it becomes a public concern.

The Solution

Photography is a powerful medium, and you can use it to save the environment. Hold a photography contest in your school or community to raise awareness and capture environmental injustice through striking images and photographs! Be sure to give The EcoClub United credit in your signs and banners and popularise the activity!

Tips & Ideas

• Hold the event around an important environmental date so you can use the topic as a theme. For example, on International Animal Rights Day (10th December) you…