Inside the Greenhouse comedy & climate change short video competition
1st place: $750 prize ~ 2nd place: $500 ~ 3rd place: $250
*note: once awarded, you must provide the requisite payment information within 30 days in order to claim the award; also the amount of your award is stated in gross and may be subject to taxation/it is taxable*
-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 2025, 10th 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
ELIGIBILITY: must be a citizen of Planet Earth, and the awards/prizes can only be issues to an individual (not an organization); work created since March 2024 is accepted; works must be 2 minutes or less in length, captured through video; University of Colorado Boulder employees are not eligible
SUBMISSION, DECISION & ACCEPTANCE DEADLINES:
• Feb 24: entries due to itgcomedy@colorado.edu
• April 14: applicants informed of decisions
• May 14: recipient must respond and complete CU Boulder’s associated paperwork
CONTACTS
Max Boykoff & Beth Osnes-Stoedefalke
Professors
University of Colorado Boulder University of Colorado Boulder
boykoff@colorado.edu beth.osnes@colorado.edu
This initiative is part of the Inside the Greenhouse project at CU Boulder. This project acknowledges that, to varying degrees, we are all implicated in, part of, and
responsible for greenhouse gas emissions into the atmosphere. We treat this ‘greenhouse’ as a living laboratory, an intentional place for growing new ideas and
evaluating possibilities to confront climate change through a range of mitigation and adaptation strategies.
Inside the Greenhouse comedy & climate change short video competition
1st place: $750 prize ~ 2nd place: $500 ~ 3rd place: $250