Botanical University Challenge
An annual contest of botanical knowledge between teams of UK and Irish university students.
Dates for #BUC2023 will be announced !!
#BUC2022 was live on the internet
In 2021 fifteen teams competed from around the UK, Aberdeen to Southampton, Cambridge to Liverpool, the Open University and the botanical centres of The Eden Project and Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. The internet coped.
In 2022 eighteen teams competed, including for the first time one from Ireland.
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Fascinating account of the black-eyed or cowpea in human society.
While the black-eyed pea, or cowpea, has a global history stretching back millennia, its social and cultural significance has changed over time. It is a powerful reminder of just how intertwined human identity is with the plants we eat. https://lab.plant-humanities.org/black_eyed_peas/
@PlantHums_UK
Weeds get defined as a 'plant in the wrong place' . But think more about places: why is it wrong for a plant to support #animals and be beautiful in any place?
"All we are saying, is give weeds a chance!"
"Weeds" get a bad press but they can be nectar and pollen sources for #bees #butterflies and other #pollinators
So put away the #glyphosate & other #herbicides & learn to live with them.
RT if you think we should #GiveWeedsAChance
Plant blindness, plant awareness disparity - whatever you call it, we need to consider plants more. Cannot have human food & medicines and #animalconservation without #Plantconservation.
Plant blindness has left initiatives that promote sustainable plant use & conservation lagging behind.
But plants, especially wild-harvested ones, are vital to our everyday lives.
🌱12 plants hidden in plain sight & how @FAO is protecting them: https://doi.org/10.4060/cb9267en
#Careers with #plants Not only starting career but after experience. Strategic engagement : policy & public affairs, stakeholder engagement & philanthropy, as well as overseeing communications strategy. Things that keep a major plant research institute funded and relevant
VACANCY - We are looking for a Head of Strategic Engagement (maternity cover) to help us deliver our ambitious vision
Contract - 10 months, full time
Deadline - 05/07/22
Salary - £64,585 - £78,770 pa depending on qualifications and experience.
https://okt.to/u3jRGA
#Careers with #plants All about trees and forests.
An almost guaranteed job at the end of your studies... The world desperately needs more foresters, and its not 'just for boys'! @BangorUni we teach undergrad and postgrad FORESTRY, plus a BSc in WOODLAND management. @TheICF @ForestryComm https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2022/jun/11/macho-lumberjacks-need-not-apply-young-people-wanted-in-uk-forestry
New Phytologist & Field Studies Council
We are grateful to the New Phytologist Foundation for support. The Foundation is is an independent, non-profit-making organization dedicated to the promotion of plant science. It publishes scientific journals, organises meetings and supports outreach.
We also thank the Field Studies Council for providing publications as prizes.
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