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Cartoonjournaal 23 december 2025.

#cartoonjournaal #humor #socialmedia #actualiteit #insecten #ecologie #pesticiden #Kersrboodschap #voedselweb #SilentSpring #MassExtinction

De cartoon toont drie bijna identieke auto’s in 1990, 2020 en 2050. In 1990 zit de voorruit vol dode insecten en kijkt de bestuurder geïrriteerd. In 2020 is de ruit schoon en oogt de bestuurder tevreden. In 2050 is de auto leeg: geen bestuurder meer. De achtergrond kleurt steeds warmer, van blauw naar rood.

De titel – “Everything you always wanted to know about mass extinction but were afraid to ask…” – is ironisch: het beeld legt zonder woorden uit wat massale uitsterving betekent. De afwezigheid van insecten (de bekende “windshield phenomenon”) staat symbool voor biodiversiteitsverlies. Wat eerst als comfortabel wordt ervaren (schone ruit) blijkt een voorbode van menselijke ondergang.

De jaartallen suggereren een geleidelijk maar onafwendbaar proces. De leegte in 2050 benadrukt dat de mens afhankelijk is van ecosystemen: zonder insecten geen bestuiving, voedselketens of leefbare wereld.

In het licht van actueel nieuws over insectensterfte, klimaatverandering, hittegolven en rapporten van IPBES en VN over biodiversiteitscrises, krijgt de cartoon extra urgentie. Hij bekritiseert menselijke kortzichtigheid: we vieren gemak en vooruitgang, terwijl we de voorwaarden voor ons eigen bestaan vernietigen.

Cartoonjournaal 23 december 2025.

Lees het bijbehorende artikel op mijn LinkedIn profiel:

https://www.linkedin.com/posts/lokocartoons_insecten-ecologie-pesticiden-activity-7409118136744050688-JcR1?utm_source=share&utm_medium=member_android&rcm=ACoAABUsLs8BYgLIOvUN1qZ64VqY4--B6TI4G-s

#cartoonjournaal #humor #socialmedia #actualiteit #insecten #ecologie #pesticiden #Kersrboodschap #voedselweb #SilentSpring

September 27, 1962

Rachel Carson's book indicting the pesticide industry, Silent Spring, was published.

The scientist (17 years with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service) and writer demonstrated the connection between the excessive and ubiquitous use of DDT and its long-term effect on plants and animals.

The impact of her book proved seminal to a new ecological awareness. But even 30 years later, Carson was denounced for “preservationist hysteria” and “bad science.” But she had said when the book was published: "We do not ask that all chemicals be abandoned. We ask moderation. We ask the use of other methods less harmful to our environment."

#RachelCarson #SilentSpring

Today in Labor History September 27, 1962: Rachel Carson's book Silent Spring was published, ushering in the modern environmental movement and the creation of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.

#workingclass #LaborHistory #rachelcarson #Silentspring #environment #ecology #activism #books #writer #author #nonfiction @bookstadon

Cover of the first edition, with yellow title against a green background. By http://www.abebooks.co.uk/servlet/BookDetailsPL?bi=10564416107, Fair use, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?curid=48694009

At its 63rd birthday Rachel Carson's "Silent Spring" is going as strong as ever. Here a little celebration. #RachelCarson #SilentSpring #ecology #toxicology #scienceWriting https://manywordsandnumbers.org/2025/09/12/in-praise-of-rachel-carsons-silent-spring/

Jest! Mamy to! Nowy wpis na blogu 😉
Dziś polecam klasykę literatury popularnonaukowej 📖

https://blog.narecki.name/silent-spring

#silentspring #książki

#rachelcarson #silentspring #metacrisis #climatecrisis #bethechange

A social post from @lifeboatacademy which says: "We stand now where two roads diverge. But unlike the roads in Robert Frost's familiar poem, they are not equally fair. The road we have long been traveling is deceptively easy, a smooth superhighway on which we progress with great speed, but at its end lies disaster. The other fork of the road - the one less traveled by - offers our last, our only chance to reach a destination that assures the preservation of the earth." — from Silent Spring by Rachel Carson

Lavender Room Presents: Silent Spring, Feast of Love, Sostre!, Therapy Gun

Amy’s Place, Thursday, August 7 at 07:00 PM EDT

https://buffalo.askapunk.net/event/lavender-room-presents-silent-spring-feast-of-love-sostre-therapy-gun

@alfiegoodrich

What would summer’s haikus talk about without the cicadas?

I miss their screams in Caracas: they went extinct ten or more years ago.

#SilentSpring

@GMWatch Very informative website. This for example:
#Ecocide #NoGMO #ChemicalWarfare #Agroecology #SilentSpring

Some bullet points re increased use of herbicides and insecticides after introduction of genetic modified crops:
● Adoption of GM glyphosate-tolerant crops has led to large increases in the use of Roundup and other glyphosate-based herbicides.2 Global glyphosate use has risen 15-fold since GM glyphosate-tolerant crops were introduced in 1996,3 driven by the spread of resistant weeds.4
●In response, GMO seed companies have developed GM crops tolerant to multiple herbicides, such as 2,4-D and dicamba, as well as glyphosate,5 sharply increasing the use of these herbicides in addition.6
●Claims that GM Bt crops have reduced insecticide use7 mostly rely on data from early years of deployment, before pests developed resistance.8 Resistance has driven farmers to return to chemical insecticides.

https://www.zdf.de/play/dokus/zdf-info-100/der-bio-boom-100-jahre-oekologische-landwirtschaft-102

"Um 1924 entsteht die Biolandwirtschaft als Antwort auf den Einsatz von Chemie, als eine Rückbesinnung auf alte Anbautechniken. Die Bedeutung der Tiere, der Böden, der Düngung und des Umgangs mit der #Natur wird über ein Jahrhundert hinweg auf darauf spezialisierten Biohöfen beibehalten. Ob beim Biobauern im direkten Verkauf oder in Biosupermärkten: Kundinnen und Kunden sind Klimaschutz, Tierwohl und gesunde #Ernährung beim Einkauf wichtig."

#pestizide #ddt #glyphosat #silentSpring #RachelCarson #organic #bio #landwirtschaft #egge #essen #humus #regenerativeLandwirtschaft

Today, @jhembrow and I took part in the Extinction Rebellion protest against pesticide use, especially the extra high level of usage for growing flowers.
Why do we still have to do this, 63 years after "Silent Spring" was published ?
#xr #bollenteelt #extinctionrebellion #drenthe #assen #silentspring #rachelcarson @xrdrenthe

Fairly large crowd on the Koopmansplein in Assen. Some in bee costumes. A banner reads "Gif doodt alles!" - poison kills everything.

Walking along the street on the way to the Koopmansplein

Another view of the Koopmansplein, quite a few people dressed as bees.

Judy looking good in her bee outfit, pushing her bike and ready to go.

Is Earth Day's legacy at risk? Heather Cox Richardson reflects on its origins, rooted in Rachel Carson’s **Silent Spring**, which challenged pesticide use and sparked public advocacy. Major environmental events led to over 20 million Americans rallying for reform in 1970. Today, however, Richardson critiques the Trump administration's focus on resource extraction over conservation, risking hard-earned environmental protections. Explore these contrasts and their implications. Read more [here](https://heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/p/april-22-2025). #EarthDay #Environmentalism #SilentSpring #ClimateChange

@3sat Ich hätte nicht gedacht, so ein Szenario in meiner Lebenszeit mitzuerleben. Aber gut, wenn der Insektenbestand um rund 3/4 geschrumpft ist …

#SilentSpring ganz konkret: Als wir vor 20 Jahren in unsere Wohnung in Berlin-Pankow eingezogen sind, war im Frühling der Gesang der Vögel hinter unserem Haus oft so laut (und vielstimmig), daß wir morgens um 4:30 Uhr davon wach geworden sind und die Schlafzimmerfenster geschlossen haben.

Heute: nichts.

#RachelCarson #SilentSpring #climatechange #ClimateAction #metacrisis

"We stand now where two roads diverge. But unlike the roads in Robert Frost's familiar poem, they are not equally fair.
The road we have long been traveling is deceptively easy, a smooth superhighway on which we progress with great speed, but at its end lies disaster.
The other fork of the road - the one less traveled by - offers our last, our only chance to reach a destination that assures the preservation of the earth." -from Silent Spring by Rachel Carson

Today is Internacional Day of Women and Girls in Science! 🔬🔭🧬

To celebrate I wanted to make a portrait of Rachel Carson, marine biologist, conservationist and writer. She's the author of a marine life trilogy and also Silent Spring, a very important book to the environmental cause.

#february11 #rachelcarson #silentspring #portrait #illustration #digitalart

Nejvyšší hodnoty pesticidů v mateřském mléce byly v letech 1971-1973. Já se narodil v roce 1972.
Moc hezký.

#^https://www.novinky.cz/clanek/historie-ceskoslovensti-zemedelci-praskovali-a-zemrely-desitky-lidi-40507144

#TichéJaro #SilentSpring

@ecosdelfuturo
As we have just discovered, we live in a country where the population is so GD stupid they think measuring the temperature rise in Celsius means it's only happening in countries that are on the Metric system.

I'm serious. 😞
#ClimateChange #GlobalWarming #SilentSpring