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From Hollywood to horticulture: Cate Blanchett on a mission to save seeds
- smartbit 1y agoHighly 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) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seeds_of_Time_(film) [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Svalbard_Global_Seed_Vault https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Svalbard_Global_Seed_Vault
- a_bonobo 1y agoI'd also recommend reading up on the Vavilov collection in St. Petersburg: an incredible history. https://www.sciencehistory.org/stories/magazine/the-tragedy-of-the-worlds-first-seed-bank/ https://www.sciencehistory.org/stories/magazine/the-tragedy-...
- wiz21c 1y agoWhy do we build a valut ? Because we destroy the seeds. So why not spend time avoiding destroying the seeds ?
- efdee 1y agoThe people destroying the seeds are not the ones building the vaults.
- flanked-evergl 1y agoWho is destroying the seeds?!
- flanked-evergl 1y agoWho is destroying the seeds?!
- ProllyInfamous 1y agoCollectively, much like traffic, we all are.
- flanked-evergl 1y agoNot 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.
- tagami 1y agohttps://www.croptrust.org/news-events/in-the-media/priceless-samples-from-ukraines-seed-bank-destroyed-in-bomb-attack/ https://www.croptrust.org/news-events/in-the-media/priceless...
- vanderZwan 1y agoAfter 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 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JKmFlnoJ3OU