Did you know, children, that I am not the only one looking out for you? Hello kids, this is Amazona Versicolor again to tell you about some very good news about a:
Seed Bank
By Alexandra Grant

“Just this week I heard some very exciting news. Come to think of it, I heard it through the grapevine. I always worry about what is happening to our environment and also the terrible things that could happen if we do not take care of it.
The story I heard put my mind a little at ease and made me feel very happy. A little humming bird told me that a dragon fly told her that she overheard the whiptail lizard and iguana talking about some really good people who care a lot about the environment and who started a seed bank. A seed bank! I said, because I couldn’t imagine what that was all about. Well, I was bold enough to go to them for an explanation and this is what it is all about.”
It really is a bank where some of all the seeds in the whole world are kept safely in case something terrible happens to destroy all the plants on the earth. It is something like the story of Noah’s Ark where two of every animal in the world went in to be saved from the terrible flood.
The seed bank can hold twice the number of seed varieties which exist in the world today in case of a terrible tragedy.

For this reason it is also called the ‘doomsday vault’ and because it is near the North Pole you can just imagine how cold it is.
The seed bank is high up in the mountains. In case the ice and snow in the area melts and there is a great deal of flooding it will not seep into the bank. It is also built with lots of concrete, a very strong door and an alarm just In case someone tries to get in without permission.
Whiptail said that it is also strong enough to be safe from nuclear missile attacks (ask mom or dad to explain).
People from many countries of the world have sent in seeds from their countries to be saved in the seed bank.
The bank was officially opened for the first time on Tuesday and two very important people who care very much for our planet earth made the first symbolic deposits of grains of rice.
I must show you pictures of these two people. They are Wangari Maathai who is a
Kenyan en-viron-men-tal-ist and a Nobel Peace Prize Winner and the Prime Minister of Norway Jens Stoltenberg whose countrymen paid for the entire seed bank.
So you see kids, we are not alone. There are other people who care very much about our planet but many more are needed. Untill we meet again, have a happy weekend. Your friend in nature always Amazona Versicolor.