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Clever ad: Use electricity wisely

Wednesday, 7 November, 2007
By Simon Leufstedt

Here comes another clever environment ad. This one is from the national power company Eskom in South Africa.

via WattWatt

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Simon Leufstedt is the editor of Green Blog. Simon has previously studied Global Environmental Justice and is currently studying Human Ecology and Political Science at Lund University in Sweden. Simon is also blogging over at the Swedish 350 website and working with the Swedish TckTckTck organisation. You can follow Simon on Twitter and on Google+.
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