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25 Inspiring Comics Made By Some Of The Most Famous Artists That Highlight Environmental Issues
Comic strips, published by Rewriting Extinction, are capturing the attention of young audiences and inspiring them to learn about the environment and take action. The organization, which highlights that achieving environmental literacy through opening inclusive, non-judgemental conversations is the way to go, has engaged over 100 million people on social media, completely organically. They even published an anthology called The Most Important Comic Book On Earth, filled with unique and inspiring environmental comics.
Comics made by some of the most famous comic creators online, like War and Peas, Dinos and Comics, Wawawiwacomics and Jenny Jinya tell stories that resonate with today's youth, evoke deep emotions and highlight environmental issues that motivate readers into taking action to protect our planet.
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#1
Made in collaboration with Wawawiwacomics.
Final score:
297points
Michele Walker 2 years ago
Not the cats. Cats do NOT belong outside. They are the 2nd most destructive species on the planet. Domestic cats did not evolve as dogs did but were created. https://abcbirds.org/program/cats-indoors/cats-and-birds/#:~:text=Outdoor%20domestic%20cats%20are%20a,extinction%2C%20such%20as%20Piping%20Plover.
Rewriting Extinction's comic strips are unique in that they use humor, strong feelings and relatable characters to engage readers and convey important environmental messages. This, and the inclusion of adored celebrities such as Cara Delevingne, Robert Sheehan, Sir Ian McKellen helped the comics receive widespread acclaim, with immediate actions taken from the audience, such as signing petitions to help Greenpeace save marine life and protect the oceans (through an Instagram Live event with Clive Standen and a comic created by Wawawiwacomics that sent such a large amount of traffic to Greenpeace’s website that the site crashed.)
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#2
Made in collaboration with Dinos and Comics.
Final score:
280points
Sisyphus 2 years ago
Why is the turtle giving the sawyer trouble? Clear cutting forest isn't good but the stigma that logging is inherently bad is false. I'm a logger and conservationists. Done properly logging can help correct the sins of our past.
Anxiety Artist 2 years ago
How? Could you please give me an example? I’m genuinely interested.
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#3
Made in collaboration with Joan Chan/Justcomics.
Final score:
228points
Mini the Angel 2 years ago (edited)
Well you see, us young people don’t wanna make the next generation live with the mistakes other people made made :(
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Bad Ass69 2 years ago
Forever chemicals are a major cause of cancer, major health issues and are contributing to mental illness and birth defects! But big chemical and Pharmaceutical companies try to deny this and try to blame it on motorist and cattle farting in the wind! Electric cars will not help because of chemical compounds it takes to build the batteries! Propane powered vehicles would be much less damaging to our environment than electric vehicles! But like when cigarette companies claimed they were not contributing to cancer! These chemical companies are far worse!
The comics cover a range of environmental issues, from plastic pollution to the impact of climate change on wildlife, but also aim to educate new audiences about the wonders of Mother Nature: a series of comics made for BBC Earth helped readers learn about and focus more on the flora and fungi, habitants of forests that usually do not get as much attention.
#4
"Bullfight" - made in collaboration with Ricky Gervais and Rob Steen.
Final score:
216points
Bad Ass69 2 years ago
Ever watch a Bullfight and hope the Bull wins? I have! Cruelty is unacceptable I don't care who you are.
Mini the Angel 2 years ago (edited)
Yea, too bad he can’t cause he’s dead…
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Gerda van der Wel 2 years ago
The bull that is picked is already dead at that point, there is no way he can win this "game". The only hope is to die fast and take someone with him...
LadyHermit 2 years ago
Cultural traditions are all fine and dandy, BUT for their respective time periods. If one has become so antiquated so as to not reflect the moral, spiritual and intellectual current growth of a people, then it MUST go or be replaced in some other form. To simply keep something because it is tradition is sheer stupidity at its finest, traditions should be challenge and changed when they are no longer needed. And seriously now, is this a tradition worth keeping? A tradition of unequal footing murdering? Where's the honor you say is the reason for this tradition, when you're simply defeating a drugged, panicked animal? It's cowardly, that's what it is, and people involved in this, either by participating or viewing it, are all just a bunch of cowards imo. Want honor in a fight with the bull? Try and take on a perfectly healthy, undrugged one if you dare.
#5
"Relove the Planet" by Aware Animals.
Final score:
212points
Mini the Angel 2 years ago
Ok they are cleaning up 1 beach, hopefully 2….. out of millions of beach’s in the world, but that’s okay, they are still helping the environment :)
Alya 2 years ago
But if lots do it on lots of different beaches then it's a big difference :) I always think about the starfish wash ashore story where a guy is throwing them back and someone asks why, since there are so many there's no way he can make a difference, and he smiles as he tosses one and says "It made a difference for that one."
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Did you hear that? 2 years ago
My husband and I take a bag when we go out into nature. As long as it isn't insanely gross we take it out.
"We are thrilled to see the impact our comic strips are having on young audiences," said the founder of Rewriting Extinction, Paul Goodenough. "It is our hope that these comics will inspire the next generation of environmental leaders, and help to create a more sustainable future for all."
#6
"It's a bit of a mess" - made in collaboration with Safely Endangered, David Schneider, Amber Weedon and Paul Goodenough.
Final score:
198points
Elina Wachtmeister 2 years ago
NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Mini the Angel 2 years ago
N0000000000000000000OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOoooooooooooooooooooooooo…………….iiiiiiiiiiiiiiii!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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#7
Made in collaboration with Buddy Gator.
Final score:
192points
Andrej Miskatovic 2 years ago
I definitely support this message BUT ffs create something better than this disgusting paper straw that melt in drink and have so disgusting taste or at least just give us drinks in glass or even bottles so we can drink without straws.
This series of comic strips is a testament to the power of art as a tool for social and environmental change. With its captivating illustrations and thought-provoking storylines, Rewriting Extinction's comic series is inspiring a new generation of young activists to take action for the environment.
#8
Made in collaboration with War and Peas.
Final score:
190points
Sabrina 2 years ago
I never get why people love to throw rubbish in the river, ponds, and seas. There is a rubbish bin that lets you throw it or you can put in a bag and throw it when you see a rubbish bin, is it that hard to do?
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Aser Is bored 2 years ago
No one talking about the fact that the turtle reminded them about it told them to grab an accessory and wasn't shown in the 3rd or 4th panel about the dead Sea life moreover the plastic cup on the turtles head isn't dangerous at all a CONSPIRACY
Mini the Angel 2 years ago (edited)
Fashion shows in the ocean = bad bad bad bad bad bad bad bad bad bad bad bad bad bad bad bad bad bad bad bad bad bad bad bad bad bad bad bad bad bad bad bad bad bad bad bad bad bad bad bad bad bad bad bad bad bad bad bad bad bad bad bad bad bad bad bad bad bad bad bad bad bad bad bad bad bad bad bad bad bad bad bad bad bad bad bad bad bad bad bad bad bad bad bad bad bad bad bad bad bad bad bad bad bad bad bad bad bad bad bad bad bad bad bad bad bad bad bad bad bad bad bad bad bad bad bad bad bad bad bad bad bad bad bad bad bad bad bad bad bad bad bad bad bad bad bad bad bad bad bad bad bad bad bad bad bad bad bad bad bad bad bad bad bad bad bad bad bad bad bad bad bad bad bad bad bad bad bad bad bad bad bad bad bad bad bad bad bad bad bad bad bad bad bad bad bad bad bad bad bad bad bad bad bad bad bad bad bad😅EDIT: oops sorry I didn’t mean to spam😬
#9
"The Last One" - made in collaboration with Pink Reaper and Lizzie Daly.
Final score:
175points
Sisyphus 2 years ago
Isn't that a seagull? I'm pretty sure people will be extinct before the last seagull.
Seth 2 years ago
They're an intelligent scavenger species capable of traversing land, air, and sea, and are directly descended from the only dinosaurs that survived the Cretaceous-Paleogene Extinction 65 million years ago. Anyone who disagrees with you and thinks humans will outlast seagulls is kidding themselves.
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#10
Made in collaboration with Just Comics/Joan Chan.
Final score:
169points
Zane Lumagrowl 2 years ago
I don't have any beaches nearby but I always take a spare trash bag with me on my weekend hikes to pick up trash in the woods!
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ADHD raptor 2 years ago
speaking of, i created a "cleanup club" at my school! we walk around and pick up litter around campus, teenagers can be so messy!
Blue_Mouse 2 years ago
The thing that sucks is, after we pick it all up more idiots are going to dump it again.
#11
Made in collaboration with War and Peas.
Final score:
153points
Bad Ass69 2 years ago
Save the Polar bears! They can't take the heat of global warming. And sunscreen won't help them from UV rays like us you silly humans!
#12
"Mommy Shark" - made in collaboration with Anxious animals, Sea Shepherd, Peter Hammarstedt, Clive Standen, Paul Goodenough and Sarah Florence Lord.
Final score:
153points
Shark queen 🦈🦈🦈 2 years ago
Agreed I love sharks and there going extinct. They hate the taste of humans and immediately spit us out
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DennyS (denzoren) 2 years ago (edited)
Additionally sad thing is...they're gonna take the fin and just discard the shark back into the water...truly horrendous.
Jack S 2 years ago (edited)
Wait for real? I always thought that the whole thing was used. It's one thing to kill for sustenance but to do it just to appease some rich a******s vanity is disgusting.
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Rain the dragon rider 2 years ago
Shark fins don't have any taste nor any nutrition!!! WE'RE MONSTERS
Ronstantin 2 years ago
General problem IMHO. "Grandma, why did we eat our planet?" – "Because it was so damn delicous!" (Freely quoted from Hagen Rether)
William Bennett 2 years ago
A lot of Asian countries where this is eaten has made laws to stop it. Over 50 countries had banned the practice and violations will result in have fines and prison time. Finning of any kind is banned in the Atlantic ocean. Just like any product you will have the black market however at least government and people are stepping in to stop the horrible practice.
SMManamana21 2 years ago
You know the fin is where the bladder is aswell right. It's disgusting that we kill sharks to eat their wee.
Sabria Baumann 2 years ago
Why do people kill them just for there fins, it just horrible, it's not even healthy to eat them.
LadyHermit 2 years ago
This right here again makes me mad. I don't see the point anyway of eating wild animals when you're already endangering so many land wild species by cutting down their habitats to make room for pastures used to feed livestock. But killing wild animals to only eat a single, small piece of them.... this type of wastefulness just makes my blood boil. Can I eat some human eyes from the people eating shark fins? Or, even better, some ears? Bet they're tastier and crunchier than shark fins. Imbeciles!!!
#13
"How much Did That Cost - Makeup" - made in collaboration with War and Peas, Dave Schneider, Amber Weedon, Prof. Ben Garrod and Cheddar Gorgeous.
Final score:
149points
Samuel Pelatan 2 years ago
When are we gonna stop this individualistic stance ? It leads nowhere and hide the real culprits.
Ronstantin 2 years ago
I agree that it would be better to immediately change the industry. But until then, each individual can get started. Comsumers can actually make a difference. Less demand = less supply.
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J R 2 years ago
Yeah, the majority of climate change is caused by big corporations. "BuT pEoPlE sUpPoRt ThEm!" Yeah, because most stores don't sell sustainable products at a price the average person can afford. If you're living paycheck to paycheck, you can maybe afford to buy one or two things from a more environmentally friendly brand, but not everything. People in rural areas with limited stores need to shop where they can, even if it's Walmart or some other store notorious for unethical behavior Not saying we shouldn't all do our part, but if you're assuming a person is buying from certain brands because they don't care about the environment, you've probably never had to shop at the Dollar Store for groceries. The Earth is dying partly because of consumers, but mostly because of big corporations, the 1%, and politicians who protect them. Not because Jane bought lipstick .
#14
Made in collaboration with Dinos and Comics.
Final score:
148points
LadyHermit 2 years ago
At least in the wild the hunt is not prolonged suffering for crying out loud. Even if unintended, even killing for food is more humane in the animal kingdom at large. Whereas we, supposedly the most intelligent species on this planet.... urgh, think I'm gonna spiral into a depressive period again.....
#15
Made in collaboration with Dami Lee.
Final score:
146points
HelluvaHedgehogAlien 2 years ago
Am I the only one who cannot load this image or is it just my internet issues :(
Tina Harnish 2 years ago
I sometimes get a Bored Panda with one image missing, don't know why. Image is planet Earth texting 'Humans'. Are we still on for the future? Next is text read 9.25 p.m. Then, the Earth at night, crying.
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Milky Way Cookie 2 years ago (edited)
You do realize that when you kill your planet you're cutting your life short right? So unless you wanna kill yourself and everyone else.. cut the sh*t
Seth 2 years ago
Almost; when we kill the planet via climate change we kill our great (x) grandchildren, where "x" is some unknown number of additional "greats". Capitalists only care about what happens to them in their own lifetimes. That's why the Montreal Protocol was so much more adopted and successful than the Paris Accords; CFCs were going to wipe out all human life in some number of decades, but CO2 will take some number of centuries.
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Bernie Jiang 2 years ago
Lol, earth's sadness is unfounded. It's future is secure, ours are not. (Yes, in the worst case scenario it will, take a couple thousand or hundreds of thousands of years to recover) but life will spring back. We, however, will not!
#16
"The Vapours" by Perry Bible Fellowship.
Final score:
142points
Emma Kilcup 2 years ago
What are those 2 problems? Or am I blind? Or am I seeing the same 2 problems as 1 problem?
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Jose Manuel Lopez 2 years ago
this is true. Once humans are all extinct, the world will most likely just move on and grow back.
#17
Made in collaboration with Safely Endangered for Knives Out: Glass Onion.
Final score:
135points
Bad Ass69 2 years ago
He is far too busy at 3 mile island and Chernobyl to help out! So watch your back Energy club.
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Dmitry Vysochinskiy 2 years ago
Hydrogen is NOT an energy SOURCE. It is merely energy storage and transport medium, like a battery or power outlet in your home. When people finally learn 🤦♀️
Jeremy Klaxon 2 years ago
Yeah, except hydrogen is not an energy source at all... It does not exist in nature, it must be synthesized. It stores the energy necessary for its synthesis, it doesn't produce any. Think of it as a kind of battery. This comic strip is irrelevant.
Ferdinand Humperdinck 2 years ago
You should add "on earth" to your strip. We have whole planets, and a star, who's hidrogen together outmasses everything else in the system by far (unless the invisible black hole theory is true).
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Carlos Moya 2 years ago
Worth reminding that hydrogen is not a SOURCE of energy, but a way to store and/or transport energy. So it is only as clean as the process used to generate it. Hydrogen made through hydrolysis using green electricity? (Wind, nuclear, etc) Clean. Hydrogen made by burning s**t or chemically from methane? Not clean.
Donald Crocker, Jr. 2 years ago
In the long run a hydrogen economy will dry out the earth. Hydrogen is the lightest element, when it escapes it goes to the upper atmosphere where it is blown away by solar wind, same problem happens with helium even though it's heavier. So separating water for hydrogen will be a one way reaction for any hydrogen that escapes so the earth will permanently lose that water. Also hydrogen being small means it leaks easy from containers and systems. Average people not understanding the problem will use hydrogen as a cheap way to fill balloons adding to the loss problem.
Lavor Rach 2 years ago
The Atomic Nucleus holds the key to Stoping the horror of Climate Destruction along with a powerful Popular push for Public Transportation and the like
andrew Donahue 2 years ago
Wind turbines killing birds and whales. Solar killing birds and taking valuable habitat from wild life.
#18
"Rising Sea Levels, Seals" - made in collaboration with Taika Waititi, Safely Endangered and Lucie Rose Donlan.
Final score:
133points
DennyS (denzoren) 2 years ago
Not to mention all the developments that divert or restrict the natural water courses resulting in mass flooding.
Bad Ass69 2 years ago
They deserve that for building on the Sea turtle nesting grounds! Score one for the turtles. Loved Ragnarok and Love and Thunder by the way! 😁👍👍
FlatEarf 2 years ago
Sea turtles nest in sand not grass as shown in the picture.
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Sheryl Bee 2 years ago
I love the renewed interest in the last panel. Lol. "well when you put it that way!..."
#19
Made in collaboration with Wawawiwacomics.
Final score:
127points
Thomas E S Thomas 2 years ago
Finally an accurate comic. Hydroxide fuel is the future for transportation.
devotedtodreams 2 years ago
Am I the only one who has lost hope that we'll make it? I keep trying to have faith, but I just feel that the (powerful) people who could really change things are stuck in the hamster-wheel of continuous growth, profit and the mirage of endless resources...
Jeremy Klaxon 2 years ago
Hydrogen again? 1. Hydrogen is not a fuel, it must be synthesized, so it merely contains the energy from another energy source. 2. Its an extremely light gas, its storage is hugely problematic. Nobody's gonna put a super-high pressure and super heavy tank in their car. Also, good luck for refuelling at 60 MPa of pressure. No, unfortunately Hydrogen isn't the future.
Seth 2 years ago
You're correct that making Hydrogen fuel uses more energy than the fuel provides, but saying that it's therefore not a fuel seems like unnecessary semantics to me. Are batteries similarly not considered an energy source because of the efficiency losses due to thermodynamics? Your synthesis argument doesn't make sense to me either; we aren't using crude oil as fuel; we synthesize gasoline, kerosene, butane, etc from crude oil. I completely agree with you about cars though; I feel like that lie gets pushed a lot because Americans can't conceptualize something as a power source unless there's a demonstration that it can power a car.
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Or the ones sitting on the oil industry gets it nixed because they don't want to lose their wealth
Paul Pienkowski 2 years ago
Yeah, he's cute and powerful. Until that power goes into hydrogen bombs.
Seth 2 years ago
You mean nuclear fusion? That's literally the holy grail of green energy. Read more please.
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Made in collaboration with Safely Endangered.
Final score:
124points
Samuel Pelatan 2 years ago
Nah, a lot of human society respected their environment. The issue is not human but how we are organized.
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Do-nut touch da donut 2 years ago (edited)
Moon bouta get slapped.... leave poor earth alone :c
Ron McKickass 2 years ago
Humans are quite literally cancer. SPREADING UNCONTROLLABLY AND DESTROYING OUR HOST.
#22
Made in collaboration with Wawaiwacomics.
Final score:
116points
Mini the Angel 2 years ago
SO CUTE…unlike…this CatFish… 4652D9D9-6...69d96.jpeg 
Kayla Hewey 2 years ago
BYCATCH - the unwanted fish and other marine creatures caught during commercial fishing for a different species. I had to Google to verify so now you don't
Business shark 2 years ago
Yeah.. this is the sad truth for us... I'd encourage yall to at least try to support sustainable fishing practices, and know what and where your buying from. #savethesharkfam
Lucca Wenner 2 years ago
That is scary, bycatch and not being able to read...plus the floating as a library sinks in the ocean. 3 issues in one!
#23
"Someone to talk to" by Wawawiwacomics.
Final score:
115points
#24
Made in collaboration with Wawawiwacomics.
Final score:
101points
#25
"Not All Jeans Go to Heaven" - made in collaboration with Things in Squares Comics, Sarah Florence Lord, Paul Goodenough Candiani Jeans.
Final score:
96points
BeepBeepBoopBoop 2 years ago
I seriously haven't bought jeans in years. I still wear the ones I have tho! I didn't notice til I was seeing pocket extenders for them that my favorite pair had them labeled as "made out of recycled materials". Pretty impressive and I love that I have them
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Wysteria_Rose 2 years ago
Am I alone in thinking it'll be better if the human race is gone to give the planet a better chance? We've had a good run.
Nykky 2 years ago
Not all humans necessarily. There are plenty of people that care about the environment and the critters all around us. It's only like...the top 8 biggest companies that are causing 85% of the world's pollution I think? Sure, consumers don't help, but if those companies aren't there, there's nothing to pollute with.
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Sardonyx_3 2 years ago
The only problem I have with these kinds of comics is that not 'ALL' of humanity is corroding the planet. The real problem is the rich corporations that are polluting the earth and causing mass deforestation. The civilians aren't to blame.
Strachan Coutinho 1 year ago
That's where you're wrong kiddo. It is we, the people who choose to drive short distances when we can walk or cycle. It is we the people who buy bottled water, when we have perfectly drinkable water coming out of our taps (at least in developed nations). It is we, the people who insist on breeding like rabbits and having multiple children. We really need to take some responsibility for our actions and stop blaming corporations.
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Saxophone 2 years ago (edited)
Lets say I pick up trash on the beach. What do I do with it? I can't throw it away again, so what do I do? Edit: I'm stupid, I suppose I could throw it away, the reason it would be there is because of litter
Dandy Brandy 2 years ago
These were not inspiring. These were devastating. Literally and figuratively. 🥺
Cassi Lyris 2 years ago
These were absolutely emotionally destructive. Shame feeling bad doesn't help...
and_a_touch_of_the_’tism 2 years ago
No, it’s happened to me before on other posts. It’s because of bad internet, usually eating a few minutes and reloading it fixes it right up
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Unstable_Artist 2 years ago
I know that the focus was about raising awareness, but I really enjoyed seeing all my favorite bp comic artists team up
Derick Ruma 2 years ago
In wish people would at least try to do more. 😣 My friends tell me there's nothing left but I believe there's still hope
Wysteria_Rose 2 years ago
Am I alone in thinking it'll be better if the human race is gone to give the planet a better chance? We've had a good run.
Nykky 2 years ago
Not all humans necessarily. There are plenty of people that care about the environment and the critters all around us. It's only like...the top 8 biggest companies that are causing 85% of the world's pollution I think? Sure, consumers don't help, but if those companies aren't there, there's nothing to pollute with.
Load More Replies... Sardonyx_3 2 years ago
The only problem I have with these kinds of comics is that not 'ALL' of humanity is corroding the planet. The real problem is the rich corporations that are polluting the earth and causing mass deforestation. The civilians aren't to blame.
Strachan Coutinho 1 year ago
That's where you're wrong kiddo. It is we, the people who choose to drive short distances when we can walk or cycle. It is we the people who buy bottled water, when we have perfectly drinkable water coming out of our taps (at least in developed nations). It is we, the people who insist on breeding like rabbits and having multiple children. We really need to take some responsibility for our actions and stop blaming corporations.
Load More Replies... Saxophone 2 years ago (edited)
Lets say I pick up trash on the beach. What do I do with it? I can't throw it away again, so what do I do? Edit: I'm stupid, I suppose I could throw it away, the reason it would be there is because of litter
Dandy Brandy 2 years ago
These were not inspiring. These were devastating. Literally and figuratively. 🥺
Cassi Lyris 2 years ago
These were absolutely emotionally destructive. Shame feeling bad doesn't help...
and_a_touch_of_the_’tism 2 years ago
No, it’s happened to me before on other posts. It’s because of bad internet, usually eating a few minutes and reloading it fixes it right up
Load More Replies... Unstable_Artist 2 years ago
I know that the focus was about raising awareness, but I really enjoyed seeing all my favorite bp comic artists team up
Derick Ruma 2 years ago
In wish people would at least try to do more. 😣 My friends tell me there's nothing left but I believe there's still hope
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