[PCA] ARTICLE: We do not want to “cure plant blindness” we want to grow plant love

[Grund, Steve]

Sure. The “Plant Blindness” thing seems OK within the botanical community, and humorously catchy, but when it gets out to the general public, it will appear (or perhaps already appears) as if we are looking down at the people not in our clique. Not a good way to reach out to people. “Growing plant love” (not sure that is actually proposed) might also be a put-off to some, being rather romantic, and would be labeled “touchy-feely” by some. Awareness and appreciation might perhaps be more effective positive messages, but I am not coming up with a pithy slogan.

From: native-plants [mailto:native-plants-bounces at lists.plantconservation.org] On Behalf Of Prescott, Leah
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Subject: [PCA] ARTICLE: We do not want to “cure plant blindness” we want to grow plant love

From: Plants, People, Planet New Phytologist Trust
By: Caitlin McDonough MacKenzie, Sara Kuebbing, Rebecca S. Barak, Molly Bletz, Joan Dudney, Bonnie M. McGill, Mallika A. Nocco, Talia Young, Rebecca K. Tonietto
July 18, 2019

"We have a duty to conserve plants for the health of current and future generations. To do that, we, as a community of scientists, need to move plants from the background and into the foreground of people's hearts and minds. Effective movements need a clear, unifying rallying cry. We have made a decision not to use “curing plant blindness” as ours. Instead, we would like to encourage an honest and inclusive discussion about the disenfranchising and exclusionary term 'plant blindness.'"

Read more: https://nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/ppp3.10062
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Leah Prescott
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National Collection Curator (Contractor)
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