Environmental Cartoons

Seedlings in the box

Seppo — Tue, 02 Mar 2010 00:17:04 +0000

Seems like those seedlings are invading my study again. First scouts sneaked into my desk a couple of weeks ago. Cats managed to devour half of them. After the incident the seedlings have entrenched inside of the catproof cage. The cat has to come up with something new…

Attention Please – Skiing Holidays!

Seppo — Mon, 01 Mar 2010 10:56:33 +0000

Some more cartoons about Skiing and Winter Holidays at the Net Cards page.

Valentine’s Day is for the birds, too

Seppo — Sun, 14 Feb 2010 15:01:46 +0000

You can send this cartoon as a Valentie’s Day net card by clicking it, or pick some other one from net cards department.

Valentine from Wilderness!

Big Garden Birdwatch

Seppo — Thu, 28 Jan 2010 21:08:26 +0000

Lesser Spotted Woodpecker and Willow Tit.

Birdlife Britain RSPB has invented excellent event for all nature lovers, it is called Big Garden Birdwatch, and it has been organized regularly since 1979.

Idea is simple. Settle down for a hour, watch and record the highest number of each bird species you see in your garden, or local park (not flying over) at any one time, on either Saturday 30 or Sunday 31 January 2010.

Viva biodiversity!

Seppo — Fri, 22 Jan 2010 00:00:13 +0000

So, it is the International Year of Biodiversity 2010. One way to celebrate it is to get acquainted with some nice endangered animals. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species site presents daily a new endangered creature. For example 21 January 2010 quest star is a pocket size Pygmy Hog!

Lazy winter weekend

Seppo — Sun, 10 Jan 2010 21:44:28 +0000

Photo: Auli Kilpeläinen

Happy International Year of Biodiversity 2010

Seppo — Thu, 07 Jan 2010 22:41:11 +0000

The United Nations declared 2010 to be the International Year of Biodiversity.

In Johannesburg Summit 2002 the international community set itself the goal of making a “substantial reduction in the rate of loss of biological diversity” by 2010. Now we know that this goal will not be reached.

Biologists talk about sixth extinction wave. They estimate that the rate of species extinction is about 1,000 times higher than the natural background rate, mostly because of human activities: habitat loss, exploitation and climate change.

According to the Millennium Ecosystem Assessment “reducing biodiversity will impact societies at a number of levels, including diminishing the availability of economically valuable natural goods such as timber and compromising “ecosystem services” such as fresh water and biodegrading bacteria.”

So we have some challenges here. Biodiversity is a difficult word, but not impossible to spell. So it must also be possible to celebrate and save the biodiversity, the variety of life on Earth!

UN Secretary General Welcome Message for the 2010 International Year of Biodiversity from CBD on Vimeo.

Season’s Greetings!

Seppo — Thu, 24 Dec 2009 12:52:54 +0000

Sowing season in the garden

Fossil fueled filibusters

Seppo — Tue, 15 Dec 2009 23:08:55 +0000

Big fossil fuel corporations don’t want to lose their fancy profits for something so stupid and childish, like the idea of “saving the earth for future generations”. “What have these future generations done for us?” these companies ask with reason.

These good old well oiled corporations have not given up. They have a dream too. And there are people who share their dream. The movement of global warming advocates who want us to go on living in this fossil fueled fact free fantasyland forever. Some of these living fossils have also been seen at Copenhagen UN Climate Conference.
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Live from Copenhagen OneClimate.org

350.org

YouthClimate.org

Summary of the Climate Summit

Seppo — Wed, 09 Dec 2009 18:36:47 +0000

What is happening in Copenhagen? tcktcktck.org

What is happening in Tuvalu?

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