Microbes touch our lives in so many ways & they play key roles in a wide range of current crises faced by humanity, and of sustainability issues and in efforts to attain the Sustainability Development Goals. In order to be equipped to take crucial evidence-based decisions, we and all other decision takers need to understand the microbiological impacts on the issues at stake: there is an urgent need for microbiology literacy in society.
Why microbiology literacy matters
Microbes touch our lives
They play key roles in current crises, in sustainability issues, and in efforts to reach the Sustainable Development Goals.
Evidence-based decisions
To decide well, we and all other decision takers need to understand the microbiological impacts on the issues at stake.
An urgent need
Society urgently needs microbiology literacy, and that is the gap IMiLI exists to close.