Climate Comedy Showcase

For 21 years, Hip Hop Caucus has worked to mobilize and organize communities of color to fight for racial, climate, and economic justice. We will not stop fighting until we achieve clean air, clean water, peace, and prosperity for our people.

Creative framing and storytelling of issues surrounding climate change through video, theatre, dance, and writing can connect a wider audience to the deep and pressing need to address climate change. Project leaders Max Boykoff (Professor, Environmental Studies; CIRES Fellow), Rebecca Safran (Professor, Ecology and Evolutionary Biology), Beth Osnes (Professor, Department of Theater and Dance), and Phaedra Pezzullo (Professor, Department of Communication) have been producing events and classes over the past six years under the banner of the ‘Inside the Greenhouse’. Support for this work catalyzes creative climate communication and builds capacity among CU Boulder undergraduate and graduate students in particular. Our efforts to engage our students, those working at the science-policy interface, and the public alike seek to help concerned make climate change meaningful in the lives of everyday people. Students are involved directly and collaboratively, connecting work in the classroom to applied contexts.