To most 2012 is a fantasy in the minds of paranoid capitalists yet there are many reasons to approach the prophecies of that year with optimistic caution.
Having an emergency preparation plan is a must for everyone who has the slightest bit of respect for themselves and those they love. But the sense of security reaches much deeper in these calamatous days. The world is starting to feel the pressure already and 2012 issues will not go away anytime soon. At least not until 2013.
Self preservation is a basic instinct in all species including humanity.
The process is the same at the micro level and the macro level. What one person does to survive is what groups do to help the species survive. The person protects his body, mind, spirit and material possessions and does this as best they can but never without some forms of stress. Part of the peace of mind of working for security involves helping our loved ones our community. The same holds true for the protection of the species. We protect the environment and biological entities that live on the planet. This is the big picture. Big and small, in the end we are all interdependent on one another.
So how are we doing so far?
Well i could list a number of things that we may be doing wrong but that would make for a very long list therefore i'll stay focused on food and what certain groups are doing to protect the food supply should 2012 are a future date bring about the wrath of God or of groups playing God.
The most basic unit is the seed (i guess one could consider the spore ). This small blessing is the fabric of human existance. A seed is planted and grows to maturity as one plant or another. It produces a seed for it's own survival in the process. Some of these plants produce products for human and animal consumption while other plants end up as topsoil or fertilizer.
The seed is the most ingenius unit in the Universe. Where it comes from is beyond me but i do read enough to know that where seeks were once natural, they are today genetically altered. This genetic manipulation is reason enough to be concerned according to some scientists.
The Global Crop Diversity Trust as made it their "mission to ensure the conservation and availability of crop diversity for food security worldwide". One of the concerns this group has is biodiversity of seeds. What if it all goes wrong? This is not the only concern mind you they also include natural and war borne disasters that would greatly challenge the distribution of seeds as part of their mission statement.
To counteract the problem the "Global Crop Diversity Trust" has gone north into the Norwegian Mountains. Here they have built a vault underground as a safety net. They believe that this massive underground bunker will be positioned in an area that is less likely to be effected by major cataclysmic events. Of course even this is a play on odds but they figure these are the best odds for the survival of the species of seeds.
The preservation of seed is not difficult. The seeds are frozen and thawed when needed. The Norwegian location offered this service. The mountain is a natural freezer. All they required was to build a vault inside the mountain.
And they did. While the builders were busy building the project scientists were busy collecting seed specimens from around the world.
All went well and the doors of the vault were shut tight in 2008. There is very little supervision required to monitor the mountain, in fact a few inspections per year is all that is needed. There is no full time staff at the mountain.
This is a great thing that they are doing but it raises eyebrows in the global community. Many people wonder about the power that certain groups will have if ever they have control over the food supply. Others wonder how we have allowed our world to get so far out of Yin Yang.
The food supply is just one concern that someone should concern himself about in regards to future catastrophes. The winter solstice of 2012, which is also the end date of the Mayan long count or 13.0.0.0.0 may or may not reveal the apocalypse of the Biblical prophets yet there are things we can all do in order to prepare ourselves for such events.
We cannot all save the world but we can work on a self preservation program to prepare ourselves and our immediate surroundings.
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