Save the Moonflowers This lesson printed from: Margaret Mee
(1909-1988) was a botanical artist who often traveled up the
Amazon River alone in search of rare flowers to collect and
paint. Even at the age of 79, she planned to return to the
Amazon for another excursion. On Thanksgiving Day in 1988, Ms.
Mee was interviewed on the MacNeil-Lehrer NewsHour; she
fascinated the television audience with her accounts of her
travels. Tragically, she was killed in an auto accident less
than a week later. Even after her death, however, she is still
having a profound impact on the preservation of rare flowers in
the rainforests. In this lesson, you will learn how Mee's
activities are helping markets save the rare moonflower. (image
courtesy of Margaret Mee's Amazon by Antique Collector's Club)
In this lesson you will describe how markets can be used to
preserve rare flora and fauna. Also, given a resource, identify
its alternative uses. Go to the Hunt Institute for Botanical
Documentation for a complete transcript of Marg