{"id":2797,"date":"2020-10-07T12:45:58","date_gmt":"2020-10-07T11:45:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.edgehill.ac.uk\/sustainnet\/?page_id=2797"},"modified":"2023-04-03T16:31:07","modified_gmt":"2023-04-03T15:31:07","slug":"plant-blindness","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sites.edgehill.ac.uk\/sustainnet\/research\/plant-blindness\/","title":{"rendered":"Plant Blindness"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignright size-medium\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.edgehill.ac.uk\/sustainnet\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/280\/2020\/10\/Bio_Science-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2800\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.edgehill.ac.uk\/sustainnet\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/280\/2020\/10\/Bio_Science-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/sites.edgehill.ac.uk\/sustainnet\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/280\/2020\/10\/Bio_Science-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/sites.edgehill.ac.uk\/sustainnet\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/280\/2020\/10\/Bio_Science-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/sites.edgehill.ac.uk\/sustainnet\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/280\/2020\/10\/Bio_Science.jpg 1500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Plants are an integral part of our life &#8211; we as human depend on them for our survival and wellbeing. Regardless of this innate reliance on plants, there seems to be a disparity of the awareness towards plants (until recently referred to as \u2018Plant-Blindness\u2019) in modern societies. This is particularly pronounced in younger adults. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignleft size-medium\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.edgehill.ac.uk\/sustainnet\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/280\/2020\/10\/BSC_PlantScience-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2803\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.edgehill.ac.uk\/sustainnet\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/280\/2020\/10\/BSC_PlantScience-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/sites.edgehill.ac.uk\/sustainnet\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/280\/2020\/10\/BSC_PlantScience-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/sites.edgehill.ac.uk\/sustainnet\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/280\/2020\/10\/BSC_PlantScience-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/sites.edgehill.ac.uk\/sustainnet\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/280\/2020\/10\/BSC_PlantScience.jpg 1500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>As part of an ongoing research project, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.edgehill.ac.uk\/person\/sven-batke\/staff\/\"><span class=\"ugb-highlight\" style=\"color: #0693e3;\">Dr Sven Batke<\/span><\/a> from the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.edgehill.ac.uk\/biology\"><span class=\"ugb-highlight\" style=\"color: #0693e3;\">Biology Department<\/span><\/a>, together with SustainNET members from Business, Physiology, Linguistics and Education, set out to identify the underlying causes of this disparity. Recent work included a short article published in the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.sciencepublishinggroup.com\/journal\/index?journalid=215\"><span class=\"ugb-highlight\" style=\"color: #0693e3;\">Journal of Plant Sciences<\/span><\/a> that demonstrated that the awareness towards plants can be improved in young UK adults, by making the school and university curriculum more plant focused. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignright size-medium\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"180\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.edgehill.ac.uk\/sustainnet\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/280\/2020\/10\/LionUpTree-300x180.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2806\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.edgehill.ac.uk\/sustainnet\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/280\/2020\/10\/LionUpTree-300x180.jpg 300w, https:\/\/sites.edgehill.ac.uk\/sustainnet\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/280\/2020\/10\/LionUpTree.jpg 700w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The preliminary data from these findings have sparked a new research project that aims to better understand the disparity towards plants, by working together with young school children and university students in a multi-dimensional and cross-disciplinary study. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>If you are interested in getting involved, please contact <a href=\"mailto:Sven.Batke@edgehill.ac.uk\"><span style=\"color: #0693e3;\" class=\"ugb-highlight\">Dr. Sven Batke<\/span><\/a>. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Plants are an integral part of our life &#8211; we as human depend on them for our survival and wellbeing. 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