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When we think about plants, we don't often associate a term like "behavior" with them, but experimental plant ecologist JC Cahill wants to change that. The University of Alberta professor maintains that plants do behave and lead anything but solitary and sedentary lives. What Plants Talk About teaches us all that plants are smarter and much more interactive than we thought!
Green Spirit Television has put together a fabulous 12 part series of videos and lessons plans in response to Pope Francis' encyclical "Laudato Si".
In the world of vegetable production, purveyors of GM seeds promised great things for the global community, trumpeting there would be greater food production and reduced pesticide use in a relatively short time. GM seeds were the answer for a starving world. This was in the late 80’s -90’s. Canada and United States bought into that message. Western Europe did not.
It sometimes seems that there is not much we can do to change the forces of nature, but Pope Francis rightly points out that the small acts each one of us does on a day to day basis can have an impact.