Alien Plants

One of the reason's I am passionate about changing the way we look at the natural world is because I don't think we should be leaving a broken world to future generations. I read a term the other day that institutionalized this problem: intergenerational justice. I had never heard the term before, though the old Native American saying about being responsible for future generations has certainly been popularized by Seventh Generation. My ten year old daughter cries when we watch shows like the BBC's Planet Earth because she's afraid so many of the animals will go extinct during her lifetime. It is a type of despair that I don't ever remember feeling--even when we were instructed as children to get under our desks in case of a nuclear explosion. So we decided Ana is going to help me write my blog by contributing to it every now and then. The first thing we want to share is a video entitled "Alien Plants", because sometimes when things seem really bleak with trying to save the natural world from utter destruction, we need to be able to experience a little wonder and chuckle a bit.




Note: I downloaded this video from YouTube, but do not know to whom to attribute it. I will try and ascertain the artist and the story behind the footage as soon as those aliens stop possessing my computer.