Comments on: The Svalbard Global Seed Vault http://kitsunenoir.com/blog/2008/03/03/the-svalbard-global-seed-vault/ Eat. Drink. Design. Sun, 23 Nov 2008 13:34:52 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.3 By: alex http://kitsunenoir.com/blog/2008/03/03/the-svalbard-global-seed-vault/#comment-41637 alex Sat, 01 Nov 2008 02:29:21 +0000 http://kitsunenoir.com/blog/2008/03/03/the-svalbard-global-seed-vault/#comment-41637 i love how epic they made it look . just so in the right situation will smith could run up to the front of it and be like "noooooooooooooooooo" i love how epic they made it look .
just so in the right situation will smith could run up to the front of it and be like “noooooooooooooooooo”

]]> By: suztor http://kitsunenoir.com/blog/2008/03/03/the-svalbard-global-seed-vault/#comment-41627 suztor Fri, 31 Oct 2008 21:36:13 +0000 http://kitsunenoir.com/blog/2008/03/03/the-svalbard-global-seed-vault/#comment-41627 I wonder if instructions are enclosed about how each seed specimen. like climate and soil type and ideal germination specifications, things like that. If they are I hope it isn't all computerized. carve it in stone or metal or something more durable than electronics. Say the bunker saves the seeds for thousands of years and then no one remembers how to grow corn seeds? Plan goes to waste... I wonder if instructions are enclosed about how each seed specimen. like climate and soil type and ideal germination specifications, things like that. If they are I hope it isn’t all computerized. carve it in stone or metal or something more durable than electronics.

Say the bunker saves the seeds for thousands of years and then no one remembers how to grow corn seeds? Plan goes to waste…

]]> By: links for 2008-06-02 « Derivadow.com http://kitsunenoir.com/blog/2008/03/03/the-svalbard-global-seed-vault/#comment-34392 links for 2008-06-02 « Derivadow.com Mon, 02 Jun 2008 18:30:57 +0000 http://kitsunenoir.com/blog/2008/03/03/the-svalbard-global-seed-vault/#comment-34392 [...] The Svalbard Global Seed Vault [Kitsune Noir via blackbeltjones] 700 miles from the north pole, 430 feet above sea level and sunk into the side of a frozen mountain resides over 10,000 plant seeds. Just in case we fuck it all up. (tags: architecture biodiversity) « links for 2008-05-29 [...] […] The Svalbard Global Seed Vault [Kitsune Noir via blackbeltjones] 700 miles from the north pole, 430 feet above sea level and sunk into the side of a frozen mountain resides over 10,000 plant seeds. Just in case we fuck it all up. (tags: architecture biodiversity) « links for 2008-05-29 […]

]]> By: Albert Loya http://kitsunenoir.com/blog/2008/03/03/the-svalbard-global-seed-vault/#comment-23791 Albert Loya Thu, 06 Mar 2008 22:24:07 +0000 http://kitsunenoir.com/blog/2008/03/03/the-svalbard-global-seed-vault/#comment-23791 If only architects in LA can be inspired by this building. We would have cooler looking buildings being built in the city. If only architects in LA can be inspired by this building. We would have cooler looking buildings being built in the city.

]]> By: Anthony Baker http://kitsunenoir.com/blog/2008/03/03/the-svalbard-global-seed-vault/#comment-23461 Anthony Baker Tue, 04 Mar 2008 18:51:36 +0000 http://kitsunenoir.com/blog/2008/03/03/the-svalbard-global-seed-vault/#comment-23461 Sweet. Well, should the world end, Im headed north. Um, unless the whole Day After Tomorrow thing happens and the north freezes ass-cold. Then it's south. Sweet.

Well, should the world end, Im headed north.

Um, unless the whole Day After Tomorrow thing happens and the north freezes ass-cold. Then it’s south.

]]> By: Angele http://kitsunenoir.com/blog/2008/03/03/the-svalbard-global-seed-vault/#comment-23384 Angele Tue, 04 Mar 2008 09:26:02 +0000 http://kitsunenoir.com/blog/2008/03/03/the-svalbard-global-seed-vault/#comment-23384 Well if I see this kind of structure in the middle of an icy abandoned space, I will think I am in a kind of Philip Pullman's Golden Compass re-created world. Well if I see this kind of structure in the middle of an icy abandoned space, I will think I am in a kind of Philip Pullman’s Golden Compass re-created world.

]]> By: Bobby S. http://kitsunenoir.com/blog/2008/03/03/the-svalbard-global-seed-vault/#comment-23329 Bobby S. Tue, 04 Mar 2008 00:26:04 +0000 http://kitsunenoir.com/blog/2008/03/03/the-svalbard-global-seed-vault/#comment-23329 Wikipedia says: "Prior to construction, a feasibility study determined that the vault could preserve seeds from most major food crops for hundreds of years. Some seeds, including those of important grains, could survive far longer, possibly thousands of years." So there you go. Wikipedia says:

“Prior to construction, a feasibility study determined that the vault could preserve seeds from most major food crops for hundreds of years. Some seeds, including those of important grains, could survive far longer, possibly thousands of years.”

So there you go.

]]> By: Anthony Baker http://kitsunenoir.com/blog/2008/03/03/the-svalbard-global-seed-vault/#comment-23326 Anthony Baker Tue, 04 Mar 2008 00:06:28 +0000 http://kitsunenoir.com/blog/2008/03/03/the-svalbard-global-seed-vault/#comment-23326 It is definitely a very cool structure (no pun intended) and certainly for a worthwhile effort. Am surprised, however, that if power goes out, the sucker can only keep things going for a few weeks. They should have spoken to the heads behind the Long Now Foundation in SF about their Millennium Clock. One would think this type of facility should be designed to continue on in the event of a major catastrophe -- something wherein boatloads of humans kick the bucket -- and where you may have no electricity ever again from any human-powered means. It is definitely a very cool structure (no pun intended) and certainly for a worthwhile effort. Am surprised, however, that if power goes out, the sucker can only keep things going for a few weeks. They should have spoken to the heads behind the Long Now Foundation in SF about their Millennium Clock. One would think this type of facility should be designed to continue on in the event of a major catastrophe — something wherein boatloads of humans kick the bucket — and where you may have no electricity ever again from any human-powered means.

]]> By: palazzo http://kitsunenoir.com/blog/2008/03/03/the-svalbard-global-seed-vault/#comment-23325 palazzo Mon, 03 Mar 2008 23:29:54 +0000 http://kitsunenoir.com/blog/2008/03/03/the-svalbard-global-seed-vault/#comment-23325 It makes me think of Cat's Cradle by Kurt Vonnegut, but I'm not sure why. It makes me think of Cat’s Cradle by Kurt Vonnegut, but I’m not sure why.

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