flowers

Alex Steffen one of the founders of worldchanging, gave a speech on TED. He talked about many things but there was one thing in particular that made me grab my hair and say "what"? This thing was a landmine detecting flower. Here is the link, http://www.worldchanging.com/archives/000352.html. The plant is bioengineered to detect nitrogen that is given off by landmines. When the flower detects the nitrogen, it turns red. This in my opinion is what our age is all about. It's about taking advantage of the tools and resources that we have available and using it to help people worldwide. I have a friend from Colombia and one of her goals in life is to help people who have been affected by landmines. There are many places worldwide that have been used as battlegrounds and landmines have been planted in the ground. The battles are long over but the landmines still exist, and cause massive problems for the locals that continue to live in the area. These flowers, have the potential to do so much for these people and these countries. This is what its all about.