For example, this is by understanding the meaning of a certain plant movement or internal processes invisible to the human eye. They do not know about time or space boundaries, so for humans to tune with them, they need sensory perceptions beyond our common ones. Signals from vegetation are generally imperceptible and intangible. Transduction is an unreliable method used by humans to attune to the sentience of vegetables. Planthropocene is the new geological epoch in which humans have developed a collaborative way of living with plants instead of killing them, as it was the case of the Anthropocene.
Thus, it is also the first example of a Planthropocene area in the world. I have chosen Omelas as my case study because it is one of the first cities in the world taken over by plants. I am specialized in the transduction of vegetable signals such as movement, shape, taste, smell, color, but also pollination and photosynthesis. I have learned the technique of transduction in Plant Studies. It is part of my ethnobotanical research on the transduction of sentient signals into human languages. This text reflects my first impressions after visiting Omelas. By leaving, they expressed their disagreement with the unfair conditions of the child.
They thought they could not live feeling guilty, angry, and impotent. Staying in Omelas meant to live knowing that a child was sacrificed for their good life. The ones that left the prosperous city could do nothing but refuse their lack of freedom. Omelas’s terms were that if the child leaves the cellar, the joy and fortune of its citizens will end. Those who walked away from Omelas were the few who rejected the unfair living situation of the child. It tells the story of the city of Omelas and how its happiness relied on the inhumane conditions in which a child lived locked in a cellar. Le Guin wrote the short story The Ones Who Walk Away From Omelas, a parable on injustice and responsibility.
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