Green cartoon competition

The Ken Sprague Fund has launched its second International Political Cartoon Competition this year on the subject of the environment. Titled Earthworks 2008, cartoonists from around the world are invited to submit works on the subject of our threatened environment - particularly global warming. Caroline Lucas MEP will be one of the judges along with the Guardian cartoonist Martin Rowson. Deadline for entries is 1st June. See more at:
http://www.kenspraguefund.org/competition.html

Cartoons: Our local cartoonist Russ - his take on the number 46 bus service cuts - see earlier blogs for lots on that story - and below a couple of Ken's cartoons

I once heard a talk by Ken Sprague in The Space in Stroud - he is particularly known for his work as a 'political' cartoonist and poster designer - but his talk was more about the powerful use of drama - indeed he was in his 70s then and I remember being inspired by his enthusiasm for life and talk of spending the next 20 years developing the use of drama to heal.

His dedicated commitment to human rights, justice, peace and socialism shone through his work - and the Fund was set up to promote his vision and to encourage artists to use their art in the furtherance of social justice, peace and tolerance.

I think I've mentioned before that there is a lack of 'green' cartoons - this week I came across this site here but generally there seems to be a bit of a gap when compared to other topics....