A Look at Climate Change through Cartoons
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Earthworks 2008 just released the results of their global cartoon competition, which focused on the struggle to combat global climate change. The organizers of the competition believed that art and humour are a good way to get the environmental message across.
The winner of the competition was Mikhail Zlatkovsky of Russia. His cartoon, "Coat Star" showed humanity in the form of a man indecently exposing himself to a pristine universe. "It says, this is the disdain we've shown our world," says Earthworks organizer John Renard.
You can check out the rest of the cartoon entries right here with a link to a slide presentation. Some of them are quite interesting and right to the point, while others might take a while to figure out their message. I like the eco-glazing cartoon with the contracters putting up the fake "green" windows in order to cover the polluted outside. It reminds me of the false, outside backgrounds used by some of our TV talk shows.
