[PCA] PBS Documentary: Botany of Desire

[Patricia_DeAngelis at fws.gov]

I'm not sure if this show is still runing, but the website is really 
beautiful - filled with interactive information and including lesson 
plans.  I caught the program half way through one evening - it was 
interesting. 

Patricia S. De Angelis, Ph.D.
Botanist, Division of Scientific Authority-US Fish & Wildlife Service
Chair, Medicinal Plant Working Group-Plant Conservation Alliance
4401 N. Fairfax Dr., Suite 110
Arlington, VA  22203
703-358-1708 x1753
FAX: 703-358-2276

Promoting sustainable use and conservation of our native medicinal plants.
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http://www.pbs.org/thebotanyofdesire/

The Botany of Desire Based on the book by Micahel Pollan
Flowers. Trees. Plants. We've always thought that we controlled them. But 
what if, in fact, they have been shaping us? Using this provocative 
question as a jumping off point, The Botany of Desire, a two-hour PBS 
documentary based on the best-selling book by Michael Pollan, takes us on 
an eye-opening exploration of our relationship with the plant world ? seen 
from the plants' point of view....The Botany of Desire examines this 
unique relationship through the stories of four familiar species, telling 
how each of them evolved to satisfy one of our most basic yearnings. 
Linking our fundamental desires for sweetness, beauty, intoxication and 
control with the plants that gratify them ? the apple, the tulip, 
marijuana, and the potato ? The Botany of Desire shows that we humans are 
intricately woven into the web of nature, not standing outside it.
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