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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">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.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"">From:</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif""> native-plants [mailto:native-plants-bounces@lists.plantconservation.org]
<b>On Behalf Of </b>Prescott, Leah<br>
<b>Sent:</b> 13 August 2019 11:35<br>
<b>To:</b> listserv<br>
<b>Subject:</b> [PCA] ARTICLE: We do not want to “cure plant blindness” we want to grow plant love<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">From: <i>Plants, People, Planet</i> New Phytologist Trust<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">By: Caitlin McDonough MacKenzie, Sara Kuebbing, Rebecca S. Barak, Molly Bletz, Joan Dudney, Bonnie M. McGill, Mallika A. Nocco, Talia Young, Rebecca K. Tonietto<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">July 18, 2019<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">"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.'"<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Read more: <a href="https://nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/ppp3.10062">https://nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/ppp3.10062</a><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.5pt;color:#0C343D">Leah Prescott</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.5pt;color:#0C343D">Seeds of Success</span><span style="font-size:9.5pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.5pt;color:#0C343D">202-912-7232</span><span style="font-size:9.5pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.5pt"><a href="https://www.blm.gov/programs/natural-resources/native-plant-communities/native-plant-and-seed-material-development/collection" target="_blank"><span style="color:#1155CC">Seeds of Success</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.5pt"><a href="https://www.blm.gov/programs/natural-resources/native-plant-communities/national-seed-strategy" target="_blank"><span style="color:#1155CC">National Seed Strategy for Rehabilitation and Restoration</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.5pt"><a href="http://www.plantconservationalliance.org/" target="_blank"><span style="color:#1155CC">Plant Conservation Alliance</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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