There was so much talk about the planet dying and how to save it.
The young man, not long out of school and into work, was particularly worried about the newspaper reports and scientific articles on the subject. Then, he came across a piece about the Doomsday Vault. He read that it was a huge depository in Norway, where all of the world’s seeds were kept safe. It was with a great deal of excitement that he began to think a lot about the upcoming doomsday. He realised that this predicted scenario could be used to make otherwise impossible improvements for mankind and the world to come. He formed a plan, and with it, he saw himself as a futurist. He knew you could get just about anything on the black market. So, after a great deal of Internet research he managed to order a visitors pass for the vault. This came in the post a few days later. He booked a flight and took time off from work.
The day he entered the vault, he only carried a bag full of seeds along with a second, empty one. He made his way down into the main storage area and began searching for the thing he had come for. After a long time spent working through the systematically organised sections with their printed labels, he came to the container that held seeds for spinach. After emptying the seeds into his spare bag, he replaced them with similar looking lettuce seeds.
Mission accomplished, he knew he had sown the seeds for a better world!