I had the idea of starting a seed company. It's been on my mind on and off for the past several years. With global warming becoming more of an issue in several places, and perhaps global warming is a benefit in some areas. Enabling plant growth where it would have been otherwise impossible.
Global climate change today, is much different from the changes in our climate in the past. In the past the change occurred slowly over thousands of years. Today, the temperature is changing so rapidly, that it is difficult to know how adaptable the species of earth will be.
In my area there are many trees which are dying due to the change in temperatures along with change in precipitation times and quantity. An article is here: http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/02/130211135005.htm
How can we prepare ourselves before it is too late.
With everything we know about climate and regions, we should be able to work out something in an attempt to brace ourselves for more biological die offs.
If we were equipped however, in planting seeds and introducing species, we may be able to help shift biota from southern regions to northern. For the species located on the equator, we will just have to wait and see if the rich biodiversity will be able to buffer the warmer temperatures. Perhaps a re-wilding of indigenous species in places that have already been totally bulldozed or excavated, this perhaps is the best attempt to keep temperatures along the equator more reasonable.
But these equatorial plant species, are so vital, they have adapted themselves to lots of water and lots of warmth. We have so many species of plants on planet earth, what if for every region, every town, we could get people together under one blanket organization or NGO in the task of collecting seeds.
It could be a network of people working to track temperature changes as well as seed exchanges. Giving seeds out from communities to other communities whose temperatures will be matching theirs over the months or years.
This is a great talk about re-wilding, which triggered these thoughts within me. Developing an organization of seed savers from all over the globe working with climate experts needs to happen!
http://www.ted.com/talks/george_monbiot_for_more_wonder_rewild_the_world.html
If you are interested, let's start a conversation about it. Let's do it.
Global climate change today, is much different from the changes in our climate in the past. In the past the change occurred slowly over thousands of years. Today, the temperature is changing so rapidly, that it is difficult to know how adaptable the species of earth will be.
In my area there are many trees which are dying due to the change in temperatures along with change in precipitation times and quantity. An article is here: http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/02/130211135005.htm
How can we prepare ourselves before it is too late.
With everything we know about climate and regions, we should be able to work out something in an attempt to brace ourselves for more biological die offs.
If we were equipped however, in planting seeds and introducing species, we may be able to help shift biota from southern regions to northern. For the species located on the equator, we will just have to wait and see if the rich biodiversity will be able to buffer the warmer temperatures. Perhaps a re-wilding of indigenous species in places that have already been totally bulldozed or excavated, this perhaps is the best attempt to keep temperatures along the equator more reasonable.
But these equatorial plant species, are so vital, they have adapted themselves to lots of water and lots of warmth. We have so many species of plants on planet earth, what if for every region, every town, we could get people together under one blanket organization or NGO in the task of collecting seeds.
It could be a network of people working to track temperature changes as well as seed exchanges. Giving seeds out from communities to other communities whose temperatures will be matching theirs over the months or years.
This is a great talk about re-wilding, which triggered these thoughts within me. Developing an organization of seed savers from all over the globe working with climate experts needs to happen!
http://www.ted.com/talks/george_monbiot_for_more_wonder_rewild_the_world.html
If you are interested, let's start a conversation about it. Let's do it.
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