Thriving Online - The Role of Comedy in Pursuing Pandemic & Climate Progress
Thriving Online is a weekly series of conversations building and spreading communication skills and tools that help make information and online connectivity matter.
Join Columbia Earth Institute’s Andy Revkin this week in a live chat on the role of humor (no kidding) in connecting with audiences that matter pursuing progress on issues as tough as pandemics and climate change.
Guests include:
Beth Osnes of the University of Colorado, Boulder, Inside the Greenhouse project
http://insidethegreenhouse.org
Comic performer/writers Rollie Williams and Mamoudou N’Diaye
Even as he completes graduate studies at Columbia's Earth Institute, Williams is the creative force behind Climate Town and An Inconvenient Talk Show, among other performance efforts. Explore his work here: http://www.rolliewilliamscomedy.com/
Mamoudou N'Diaye is a Mauritanian-American comic, writer, filmmaker, activist, DJ, and educator. Here's his website: https://www.mamoudoundiaye.com/
Also read this recent paper by Beth Osnes with colleagues Max Boykoff and Patrick Chandler: "Good-natured comedy to enrich climate communication"
http://j.mp/climatehumorosnes
