Alex Hallatt 2/4/22 Alex Hallatt 2/4/22

Arctic Circle Cartoons - We Need to Stop Bombarding Bees With Pesticides

Even in New Zealand bees are dying at alarming rates. But pesticide use here is high. Bees and other insects cannot endure the onslaught of neonicotinoids, fungicides and other chemicals that are used to coat seeds (the ones that are bright blue when you open the packet), or are sprayed onto plants to control pests (only the biological controls have any specificity. Even natural pyrethrin kills a broad spectrum of insects).

Instead let’s make the soil healthier so that plants can look after themselves better. No dig, regenerative farming builds soil, fixes carbon and is better for bees and all of us.

Alex Hallatt 12/13/21 Alex Hallatt 12/13/21

Arctic Circle Cartoon - What Plastic Recycling Numbers Mean (Mostly That You Can't Recycle)

Plastic recycling is complicated. Much of it isn’t recycled locally and has to be shipped overseas to process it. Even when it is processed, it has to be clean for it to be recycled.

All of which means that a tiny percentage of plastic is recycled and the rest is landfilled, or littered, or drifting around in our waterways.

Alex Hallatt 10/27/21 Alex Hallatt 10/27/21

Arctic Circle Cartoon - Chocolate Goes Off???

Based on a true story.

I put together a pandemic stash for when we wouldn't be able to go out because of COVID in our community. COVID hasn't got to our community yet. I didn't rotate the stash in the time since the pandemic started and found that, yes, chocolate can go off!