Jonathan Drori: Why we're storing billions of seeds
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http://www.ted.com In this brief talk from TED U 2009, Jonathan Drori encourages us to save biodiversity -- one seed at a time. Reminding us that plants support human life, he shares the vision of the Millennium Seed Bank, which has stored over 3 billion seeds to date from dwindling yet essential plant species. TEDTalks is a daily video podcast... Read more
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- -: Jonathan Drori: Why we're storing billions of seeds
May 28, 2009 (almost 15 years ago)http://www.ted.com In this brief talk from TED U 2009, Jonathan Drori encourages us to save biodiversity -- one seed at a time. Reminding us that plants support human life, he shares the vision of the Millennium Seed Bank, which has stored over 3 billion seeds to date from dwindling yet essential...
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- -: Cary Fowler: One seed at a time, protecting the future of f
August 31, 2009 (over 14 years ago)http://www.ted.com The varieties of wheat, corn and rice we grow today may not thrive in a future threatened by climate change. Cary Fowler takes us inside a vast global seed bank, buried within a frozen mountain in Norway, that stores a diverse group of food-crop for whatever tomorrow may bring....
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- -: Thomas Heatherwick: Building the Seed Cathedral
May 17, 2011 (almost 13 years ago)http://www.ted.com A future more beautiful? Architect Thomas Heatherwick shows five recent projects featuring ingenious bio-inspired designs. Some are remakes of the ordinary: a bus, a bridge, a power station ... And one is an extraordinary pavilion, the Seed Cathedral, a celebration of growth an...
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Thomas Heatherwick: Building the Seed Cathedral
March 1, 2011 (about 13 years ago)Thomas Heatherwick shows some of his building designs which don't just look good in a landscape but are also functional and made to draw people in.
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