So the seeds are starting to arrive in the “Doomsday Vault”, an arctic store for seeds sponsored by big names with big money, like Gates, Rockefeller, Dupont, Syngenta, FAO of UN, Moore Foundation etc.<\/p>\n
The trouble is, it doesn’t really work.\u00a0 Nature is not like that.\u00a0 The vitality of seeds declines over time, however they are stored.\u00a0 The whole point of “life” is that it changes.\u00a0 Seeds are part of a cycle and need to be used to grow plants to produce new seeds.\u00a0 Otherwise they are just a dead museum piece that might be used to examine DNA but are not going to be any use in reproducing ecosystems.<\/p>\n
The money, people and other resources backing the vault would be better spent preserving living nature now.\u00a0 That means consuming less of it and educating rich people about the damage they do to the planet and themselves.<\/p>\n
And we can all help by using a bit of common sense:\u00a0 Eat better, travel less and spend more time with people and in nature.<\/p>\n
BBC: First tree seeds for Doomsday vault<\/a><\/p>\n Svalbard Global Seed Vault<\/a><\/p>\n Global Crop Diversity Trust<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" So the seeds are starting to arrive in the “Doomsday Vault”, an arctic store for seeds sponsored by big names with big money, like Gates, Rockefeller, Dupont, Syngenta, FAO of UN, Moore Foundation etc. The trouble is, it doesn’t really work.\u00a0 Nature is not like that.\u00a0 The vitality of seeds declines over time, however they …
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