ITG comedy & climate change video competition (deadline 3/29/2022)

[Max Boykoff]

Dear GEP-ED colleagues,

Please help spread the word about our 7th annual comedy & climate change international video competition. This is part of our ongoing work creatively communicating about climate change and supporting those who also are creatively communicating about climate change. 

Please consider finding your funny and entering yourself! Deadline for entries is March 29.

More details are below and attached.

RT this tweet too to help amplify: https://twitter.com/ITG_Boulder/status/1496269800519376897 

Thanks!

Max

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Professor & Chair, Department of Environmental Studies

Fellow, Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences (CIRES)
University of Colorado Boulder
Traditional territories of the Ute, Cheyenne and Arapaho Nations

Inside the Greenhouse (ITG) comedy & climate change short video competition

1^st place: $400 prize ~ 2^nd place: $250 ~ 3^rd place: $100

*note: once awarded, you must provide the requisite payment information within 60 days in order to claim the award; also the amount of your award is stated in gross and may be subject to taxation*

 

Humor is a tool underutilized in the area of climate change; yet comedy has power to effectively connect people, information, ideas, and new ways of thinking/acting.

 

In this 2022, 7^th annual competition, we seek to harness the powers of climate comedy through compelling, resonant and meaningful VIDEOS – up to 2 minutes in length – to meet people where they are, and open them up to new and creative engagement.

Check out past winners here: https://insidethegreenhouse.org/project/comedy-climate-change

 

AWARD CRITERIA: Successful entries will have found the funny while relating to climate change issues. Each entry will be reviewed by a committee composed of students, staff and faculty at the University of Colorado (CU) Boulder.

 

APPLICATION REQUIREMENTS:

(1)   1-2 page pdf description of entry, including

A. title of creative work,

B. names and affiliations of all authors/contributors,

C. contact information of person submitting the entry,

D. a statement of permissions for use of content, as necessary, and

E. a 100-word description of the work.

(2)   A link to the up-to-2-minute composition, posted on Youtube or Vimeo or the like

 

ELIGIBILITY: must be a citizen of Planet Earth; work created since January 2022 is accepted; works must 2 minutes or less in length, captured through video; CU Boulder employees are not eligible

 

SUBMISSION DEADLINE:

·       March 29: entries due to itgc...@colorado.edu

·       April 7: applicants informed of decisions

 

CONTACTS

 

Max Boykoff

Professor

Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Studies (CIRES)

Environmental Studies department

University of Colorado Boulder

boy...@colorado.edu

 

Beth Osnes

Professor

Department of Theater and Dance

University of Colorado Boulder

beth....@colorado.edu