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Environmental Jokes

4/10/2012

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Here is a link to the different types of humour and we can think about which of these can be useful in conveying climate change or other environmental issues.  From memory, being ironic (using irony) wasn't mentioned.  

http://www.match.com/magazine/article/12400/the-10-different-types-of-humor/

I was wondering which environmental jokes can help serve the environmentalists cause. I think they need to be particularly clever in the way they arouse a sense of fun, and at the same time push home a green message, without poking  a whole lot of fun at us greenies.  (Okay a bit of poking fun is okay.  Maybe us greenies have to get better at the dramatic arts, and build up thicker skins!) One thing that can be said about a green joke, is that, at least the green message isn't intended to be altogether depressing!  To be fair, it's not easy to make a one-liner about the environment hysterically funny.   

A while back I posted a link to Alan Carr's video when he makes a joke about a chicken being so free range, she might as well be out having a make-over.  

Anyway, here's Ask Umbra's take on this topic, which is well worth a read: some definitely cute green jokes there.   I'm not sure whether the jokes are just meant to be generally for our benefit or serve a behaviour change purpose, or both, but I don't think it matters very much. 

http://grist.org/green-living-tips/2012-01-16-ask-umbra-got-any-good-green-jokes/

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28/1/2013 12:28:27 pm

You have done a marvellous job by exploring this subject with such an honesty and depth. Thanks for sharing it with us!

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15/5/2013 10:03:59 am

Thank you for sharing the environmental jokes. It is for the first time that I heard about this type of joke category. Due to the drastic change in the climate, the world is struggling and the natural resources are decreasing. The article that you given deals with it.

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15/5/2013 03:55:13 pm

Thanks for these comments. Your feedback is always hugely appreciated. With environmental jokes we always need to be careful not to take it too far- as it can indicate a lack of concern and insensitivity.

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