A cartoon showing people mining the earth’s mineral resources to an irresponsible extent.

The cartoon about the depletion of the earth’s resources – and the possible dire consequences.

The image shows the earth represented by a boat, with the people in the boat digging out so much of the earth’s minerals that they have made a hole in the bottom of the boat, meaning that it will sink. A cautionary image.

An environmental cartoon about mining the earth’s natural resources

The cartoon shows a boat in the form of a globe.

To power the boat the occupants (the human race) are digging the inside out of the boat (or in other words, digging the inside out of the planet by mining it).
The miners have dug so much out of the earth that they create a hole that threatens to sink the boat (or earth)

A cartoon about the over consumption of the earth’s mineral resources, mining, mineral exploitation and squandering fossil fuel supplies

A windmill/wind turbine – blot on landscape

A cartoon about the debate about wind power, and the argument that wind turbines are a blot on the landscape and a blight on the countryside

The cartoon uses the comparison between modern wind turbines and ‘picturesque’ Dutch windmills (or strictly speaking, wind powered pumps) to question whether wind turbines are a blot on the landscape.

The illustration is in a style that resembles a 17th century Dutch landscape painting, as a way to imply that people’s attitudes don’t change.
A cartoon about nimbys, nimbyism, alternative technology, sustainable energy, green power, environmentalism, natural energy

Environmental cartoon or illustration showing how to save energy by using energy efficient light bulbs and most importantly by using the OFF switch.

A cartoon encouraging people to save energy by turning lights off (rather than just by using low energy light bulbs).

A cartoon about fracking. Fracking is short for hydraulic fracturing – a process in which water and sand are pumped at high pressure into rock strata, where the pressure fractures the rock, allowing the extraction of natural gas.

The gas that is extracted by fracking is gas that is otherwise trapped in the rock and is difficult to extract. The rock is often shale – therefore the gas trapped in it is known as shale gas.
The franking process is sometimes blamed for contamination of the water supply and for minor earthquakes in the vicinity of franking work.

The cartoon about fracking draws attention to the unfortunate sound of the word franking, which is not only harsh and sounds like the process that it represents (onomatopoeia), but it also sounds like an expletive and can easily be appropriated by its critics (such as in banners proclaiming “Stop this fracking business”). The word fracking becomes an F word.

Environment cartoons
Wind power cartoon
Sustainable energy cartoon

Cartoon or illustration showing Battersea coal fired power station converted to wind power generation by adding wind turbines to the chimneys

A cartoon or illustration about alternative energy supplies, fossil fuel dependency, natural energy, electricity supply, power generation, sustainability.

Environmental cartoons
Sustainable energy cartoon
Energy efficient lightbulb cartoon

A thought bubble containing a tungsten lightbulb to symbolise an idea, alongside a thought bubble containing an energy efficient lightbulb to symbolise an environmentally friendly idea
A cartoon to illustrate thinking about the environment

A lightbulb turning on in someone’s head as a metaphor for an idea