at open studio week we will be talking about how it is that...
biodiversity is our life
To pay 'homage to the seed' in the year 2010 asks multiple questions about our contemporary world... how did the seed as generator of life come to be so completely taken for granted - at aleast by those of us living where food seems abundant and money is not out of reach! Our attention is needed at this time.
A great Blogger friend Egmont van Dyke sent me some links this afternoon and I found some interesting material to share here. I might add it is very worth a visit to the directory blog my friend set up...with its links to many creative people and organisations.
Taxonomy: from the UNEP
For the sake of brevity I omitted posting all the pages of this 30 page file... But you can find more brilliant material here at WWW.UNEP.ORG ... do go have a look.
Read about
The 2010 BIP Indicators
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Traditional Knowledge | |
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1 comment:
At the risk of being a bit poetic about the process of naming, I know that when I see a previously unknown mushroom or lichen or flower in the woods, my pleasure at seeing them is enhanced if I can name it. There is something about knowing a name, placing a species in its correct niche, that ends by enlarging me; aesthetic pleasure is enhanced by understanding.
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