This story made me smile - sunflowers are being grown and distributed by local buddist monks to absorb the radiation at Fukushima.
Many years ago I visited Rome in August and as we drove to the city many fields were full of sunflowers in full bloom. It's a sight I've never forgotten - to see these very tall plants with their huge yellow heads all turned to the sun was so uplifting and the color was just amazing.
The sight of such a mass planting in Japan will not only be stunning and helpful to the people and environment, but I find it touching that in the face of such tragedy, beauty and hope still exists.
Thanks to the GoodNews Network http://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/civics/sunflowers-planted-in-japan-absorb-radiation.html and Reuters for sharing this story http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/08/19/us-japan-disaster-sunflowers-idUSTRE77I0PG20110819
