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We live in an age of ecosystems of life threatened on a planetary scale by climate change and of genomes of life analyzed at the molecular level, unveiling our own evolutionary history and the processes that underlie all of biology. Powerful though these constructs are, if one’s views of biology,
of life, are predominantly through the lenses of ecosystems and genomes, something has been lost.
I am an organismic biologist a plant morphologist to be more precise. That means that when I think of a “unit” of biology, I am thinking about single organisms. I see
The TSB Festival of Lights is back.
Each year 16 kilometres of cable, 1200 light fittings and thousands of amazed faces light up New Plymouth’s Pukekura Park. The TSB Festival of Lights is the country’s best known and longest running light show and each year it turns the tranquil central city park into New Plymouth’s busiest and most interesting place to be. And although it seems like the amazing light features, bands and food stalls effortlessly appear in the dark of the night, planning for the New Plymouth District Council (NPDC) event almost never stops.
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New Plymouth s TSB Festival of Lights is 44 days and nights of music, food and, as you might expect, lights.