1. Social Awareness Annabel Gonzalez Leonardo Ruiz

2. Our “Life Writing” Instagram @social_awareness Purpose? Raise awareness about: 1)Effects of recycling 2)Preventing suicide 3)Effects of littering in animal wild life

3. Why Instagram? Active social media site Younger audience Easy to get people involved Photo friendly Use of hashtags #2014socialawareness

4. The Process Created the account @social_awareness Getting our account noticed Uploaded posts Included facts Got our followers involved Gave credit to our followers

5. Recycling In 2010, 63.5% of paper was recovered in the U.S. 1 ton of paper recycled saved more than 3.3 cubic yards of landfill space 7 trees are used by the average American each year in paper, wood, and other products made by trees. 13,000 pieces of paper are thrown away each year by the average household.

6. Our Recycling Post

7. Making a Change

8. Suicide 40,000 Americans commit suicide each year Second leading cause of death among college students. In average, a person commits suicide every 13.3 minutes in the U.S. Ratio of suicides for men and women is 4:1

9. Our Suicide Post

10. Making a Change

11. Littering Effects on Animals One million seabirds are killed every year by marine litter. It takes 450 years for plastic bottles to break down. Plastic bags are one of the top waste items found in coastal areas. Around 7 billion tons of plastic litter ends up in oceans every year.

12. Our Littering Post

13. Making a Change

14. What Did We Learn? Technology has made it easier to make a change. Learned more about each topic. Easy to get people involved within life writings. Together we made a difference.