Concurrents – Environmental Psychology: Plant-Based Communities
New career option: plant coach. Plant coaches are setting up operation worldwide, signaling a changing human-house plant dynamic. Plant coaches work with people who have, shall we say, “issues” when it comes to nurturing indoor plants. They are, in reality, landscape architects, often working at the scale of a windowsill, helping people not only keep plants alive but select the right “green friends” in the first place. The rise of plant coaches and other social trends indicate that for many people plants are increasingly assuming the role of pseudo-pets; research indicates this seems to be especially likely among younger adults. With all of this attention to plants at home, it seems probable that people will become even more interested in adding plants to their workplaces and workspaces. There are many positives to the increasing number of plants indoors, especially green leafy ones. For example, seeing green leafy plants has been …
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