One of the issues with getting the environmental message across is that everyone is just too earnest and, frankly, often just plain boring. Maybe it’s time for a few smiles and laughs to oil the wheels.
The art of the political cartoon and political caricature is an old one and it is a pleasure to see it being applied to the difficult environmental issues we all face.
From the carbon footprint of the earnest environmentalist criss-crossing the globe to spread the environmental message to the hopelessness of the political stalemate we have reached to the meaningless greenwash of The Modern Corporation; all are being lampooned through the art of the political cartoon.
Maybe it’s time that the environmental movement supplemented it’s serious earnestness with a bit of humor – the ability to laugh at its issues and even laugh at itself once in a while. That may bring a few more people into the fold.
It’s good to see that someone is taking the lead. Take a look at The Grinning Planet – a web site that is “Saving The Planet One Joke At A Time”
And for some more cartoons, take a look here, here, and here. Or do your own search, see what you can come up with and share with friends who will appreciate a bit of lightening up.
