Obama’s Daughters Sasha and Malia “More aware than I was of conserving our natural resources and thinking about the planet”

Lessons With the Lorax: You Don’t Need a Thneed

I still remember the first time I read The Lorax. I was not a child, but a teenager. The message of conservation and environmentalism fed my budding philosophy of life. When I became a parent, it was one of the first books I bought my own children. I … [Read more...]

Hank D and the Bee: Bee, the Reluctant Canary

More on the declining health of bees: Have Bees Become Canaries In the Coal Mine? Why Massive Bee Dieoffs May Be a Warning About Our Own Health (AlterNet) From the article: One class of pesticides, neonicotinoids in particular has received a lot of attention for harming bees. … [Read more...]

Choose the New Character for Hank D and the Bee!

These were my 6 favorite suggestions for a new character. Please make your vote in the comment section below this post (or tweet it to @GreenCartoons). Thanks to all who made suggestions! Thoughts on the potential new characters: An angry flower: There were many flower … [Read more...]

Hank D and the Bee: Bee in past tense: been.

More on the decline in the bee population From Grist: Honeybee problem nearing a ‘critical point’ From Cornucopia Institute: Genetically Engineered Crops in the Real World – Bt Corn, Insecticide Use, and Honey Bees From Food Democracy Now: Stand up for family farmers (and … [Read more...]