I wish I could embed this video on the blog but it’s not that kind of link so….. here’s the website:
http://www.ted.com/talks/louie_schwartzberg_the_hidden_beauty_of_pollination.html
This is an exquisite 7-minute clip on so much more than pollination. The presenter, Louie Schwartzberg, asks the question, “What motivates the pollinators?” Chip Taylor of Monarch Watch offered the explaination, “Nothing lasts forever, everything eventually wears out.” This is a question about life itself and the imagery of the film clip is a wonderful journey in that.
One commenter posted, “I am saddened to realize that most of the pollinators in these clips are seriously threatened – The honey bees by hive collapse syndrome, the bats by a fungus, the butterflies by habitat loss.” I think that’s a pretty key obersvation.