From Hollywood to horticulture: Cate Blanchett on a mission to save seeds bbc.com 72 points by RickJWagner 3 days ago
smartbit 3 days ago Highly recommended documentary Seeds of Time (2013) [0] on Dr. Cary Fowler at the FAO responsible for building the Spitsbergen/Svalbard Global Seed Vault [1][0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seeds_of_Time_(film)[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Svalbard_Global_Seed_Vault a_bonobo 3 days ago I'd also recommend reading up on the Vavilov collection in St. Petersburg: an incredible history.https://www.sciencehistory.org/stories/magazine/the-tragedy-...
a_bonobo 3 days ago I'd also recommend reading up on the Vavilov collection in St. Petersburg: an incredible history.https://www.sciencehistory.org/stories/magazine/the-tragedy-...
vanderZwan 2 days ago After hearing her opinion on leaf blowers, namely, that "they need to be eradicated from the earth"[0], this feels significantly less surprising[0] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JKmFlnoJ3OU
wiz21c 2 days ago Why do we build a valut ? Because we destroy the seeds. So why not spend time avoiding destroying the seeds ? efdee 2 days ago The people destroying the seeds are not the ones building the vaults. flanked-evergl 2 days ago Who is destroying the seeds?! flanked-evergl 2 days ago Who is destroying the seeds?! tagami 2 days ago https://www.croptrust.org/news-events/in-the-media/priceless... ProllyInfamous 2 days ago Collectively, much like traffic, we all are. flanked-evergl 2 days ago Not even almost have I ever destroyed a seed, other than the times it was part of the food I consumed.But I guess if they want to really keep some peanut seeds in a vault because I keep eating them then I guess that makes sense, to them.
efdee 2 days ago The people destroying the seeds are not the ones building the vaults. flanked-evergl 2 days ago Who is destroying the seeds?!
flanked-evergl 2 days ago Who is destroying the seeds?! tagami 2 days ago https://www.croptrust.org/news-events/in-the-media/priceless... ProllyInfamous 2 days ago Collectively, much like traffic, we all are. flanked-evergl 2 days ago Not even almost have I ever destroyed a seed, other than the times it was part of the food I consumed.But I guess if they want to really keep some peanut seeds in a vault because I keep eating them then I guess that makes sense, to them.
ProllyInfamous 2 days ago Collectively, much like traffic, we all are. flanked-evergl 2 days ago Not even almost have I ever destroyed a seed, other than the times it was part of the food I consumed.But I guess if they want to really keep some peanut seeds in a vault because I keep eating them then I guess that makes sense, to them.
flanked-evergl 2 days ago Not even almost have I ever destroyed a seed, other than the times it was part of the food I consumed.But I guess if they want to really keep some peanut seeds in a vault because I keep eating them then I guess that makes sense, to them.
Highly recommended documentary Seeds of Time (2013) [0] on Dr. Cary Fowler at the FAO responsible for building the Spitsbergen/Svalbard Global Seed Vault [1]
[0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seeds_of_Time_(film)
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Svalbard_Global_Seed_Vault
I'd also recommend reading up on the Vavilov collection in St. Petersburg: an incredible history.
https://www.sciencehistory.org/stories/magazine/the-tragedy-...
After hearing her opinion on leaf blowers, namely, that "they need to be eradicated from the earth"[0], this feels significantly less surprising
[0] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JKmFlnoJ3OU
Why do we build a valut ? Because we destroy the seeds. So why not spend time avoiding destroying the seeds ?
The people destroying the seeds are not the ones building the vaults.
Who is destroying the seeds?!
Who is destroying the seeds?!
https://www.croptrust.org/news-events/in-the-media/priceless...
Collectively, much like traffic, we all are.
Not even almost have I ever destroyed a seed, other than the times it was part of the food I consumed.
But I guess if they want to really keep some peanut seeds in a vault because I keep eating them then I guess that makes sense, to them.