{"id":544,"date":"2014-05-04T19:11:01","date_gmt":"2014-05-04T19:11:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/antoniokuilan.com\/blog\/?p=544"},"modified":"2014-05-04T23:08:56","modified_gmt":"2014-05-04T23:08:56","slug":"pbs-the-botany-of-desire-full-video","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/antoniokuilan.com\/blog\/pbs-the-botany-of-desire-full-video\/","title":{"rendered":"PBS The Botany of Desire – Full Video"},"content":{"rendered":"

“We don’t give nearly enough credit to plants, they’ve been working on us, using us…for their own purposes.” –Michael Pollan<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

The Botany of Desire feature length video was titled after Pollan’s book<\/a>. Pollan puts forth a thought provoking hypothesis: the coevolutionary connection between humans and botany. The idea that plants has exerted its influence on humans isn’t far fetched.\u00a0 One thing is clear, without them, we won’t travel far.\u00a0 The Botany of Desire blends history, agriculture, and science in a beautiful visual tone. Full video below, HD recommended.<\/p>\n

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Flowers. Trees. Plants. We’ve always thought that we controlled them<\/i>. But what if, in fact, they<\/i> have been shaping us<\/i>? Using this provocative question as a jumping off point, The Botany of Desire<\/i> takes viewers on an exploration of our relationship with the plant world \u2013 seen from the plants’<\/i> point of view.<\/p>\n