Slacktivist
Today is my 21st birthday. My parents came and brought me flowers and took me to lunch. On the wrapper of the flowers I noticed a little green frog. That little green frog, while seemingly insignificant, represents a campaign with a massive mission - to save the rainforest. The video is the bases of the campaign. The Follow the Frog campaign started in 2012 and promotes and encourages slacktivism (yes, it’s a real word). It a word that describes people that only support a social cause through social media posting and it’s become all the rage with younger generations. It requires little effort to be a slacktivist, just the ability to post, tweet, or YouTube yourself. There have been many movements that have started from slacktivism. The biggest one I can think of though is the ALS Ice Bucket Challenge. If you were living under a rock during this crazy, here’s a little insight. If you were nominated to participate in the ALS Ice Bucket Challenge you would have to dump a buc