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(Beyond Pesticides, April 28, 2016) <\/em>This week, Antioch College<\/a> in Yellow Springs, Ohio, \u00a0became the third university to become a neonicotinoid-free campus<\/a>. \u00a0Antioch College gains recognition from the Beyond Pesticides\u2019 and Center for Food Safety\u2019s \u00a0BEE Protective<\/strong> \u00a0Campaign, which seeks to protect honey bees and other pollinators from harmful pesticides. Signing the \u00a0BEE Protective<\/strong> \u00a0resolution, Antioch signaled its continued commitment to using neonicotinoid-free insecticides on campus, making them one of the leading higher education institutions committed to the protection of pollinator species. In addition to joining the Bee Protective Campaign, the Village of Yellow Springs, where Antioch is located, \u00a0is \u00a0considering an organic land care policy<\/a>, and Beyond Pesticides is working with the Village to assist with a transition to organic turf care.<\/p>\n

\"#beeprotective-1\"\u201cAt Antioch College, we have an opportunity, and an urgency, to be change leaders in turning around pollinator decline, exposing misleading research and recognizing the importance of inter-species cooperation. To paraphrase our president Thomas Manley, \u201d\u02dcIf we are not leaders in discovering and implementing \u00a0new and better ways of living \u00a0, then what is the point?\u2019\u201d said Beth Bridgeman, the faculty member who drove the effort to ban neonicotinoids from campus. Antioch students and staff maintain about five acres of farmland<\/a> that provide produce, eggs, pastured lamb, and culinary and tea herbs for the campus dining halls.<\/p>\n

Close behind Antioch College is the University of Maryland, whose Student Government Association (SGA) recently passed a resolution to become BEE Protective Ambassadors. Led by Errin Saunders, a Student Sustainability Committee member, SGA has started an education campaign to not only warns students about the bee-harming insecticides used on campus, but all pesticides toxic to humans. With the ultimate goal of obtaining a campus-wide pledge to go neonic-free, student government members are gaining support by educating fellow students at campus events, like UMD Green Week<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The elimination of neonicotinoid pesticides on campus-wide scale is an exemplary move by Antioch College to protect pollinators. Neonicotinoids<\/a> \u00a0are a group of chemicals whose use has been linked to pollinator declines. They can kill and impair the survival of pollinators like honey bees, wild bees, and butterflies, as well as impact beneficial insects, birds, and other non-insect species. Coinciding with their introduction to the market based on \u00a0conditional registration<\/a> \u00a0from the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), beekeepers have reported unprecedented losses, as high as 90 percent, in hives across the country. Since these organisms deliver essential services, like the pollination of a third of food eaten by the public, protecting their existence by eliminating neonicotinoids is a key tenet of the \u00a0BEE Protective \u00a0pledge.<\/p>\n

The BEE Protective Ambassador<\/a> project taps into enthusiastic environmental activists on college campuses throughout the country wishing to make a positive impact on the health of local pollinators and other wildlife. By creating meaningful change at the University level, Ambassadors gain important experience in environmental advocacy, which will undoubtedly expand and grow as students graduate from college and continue to be environmental activists while moving through life.<\/p>\n

Take Action:<\/strong> Beyond Pesticides provides campus organizations with all of the educational materials needed to advance \u00a0meaningful and significant change in communities. If you know of an individual or campus organization that would be interested in taking part in this movement to protect pollinators and save our bees, please urge them to become a \u201cBEE Protective Ambassador,\u201d and ask \u00a0them to \u00a0sign the pledge<\/a><\/strong> as soon as possible. Resources and a step by step guide will then be sent out immediately following sign-up.<\/p>\n

BEE Protective<\/a> is a national campaign established by Beyond Pesticides and \u00a0Center for Food Safety<\/a>, and works with municipalities, campuses, and homeowners to adopt policies that protect pollinators from bee-toxic pesticides. For more information about the campaign, visit \u00a0www.beeprotective.org.<\/p>\n

All unattributed positions and opinions in this piece are those of Beyond Pesticides.<\/em><\/p>\n

Source: \u00a0Center for Food Safety<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

(Beyond Pesticides, April 28, 2016) This week, Antioch College in Yellow Springs, Ohio, \u00a0became the third university to become a neonicotinoid-free campus. \u00a0Antioch College gains recognition from the Beyond Pesticides\u2019 and Center for Food Safety\u2019s \u00a0BEE Protective \u00a0Campaign, which seeks to protect honey bees and other pollinators from harmful pesticides. Signing the \u00a0BEE Protective \u00a0resolution, Antioch signaled its continued commitment to using neonicotinoid-free insecticides on campus, making them one of the leading higher education institutions committed to the protection of pollinator species. In addition to joining the Bee Protective Campaign, the Village of Yellow Springs, where Antioch is located, \u00a0is \u00a0considering an organic land care policy, and Beyond Pesticides is working with the Village to assist with a transition to organic turf care. \u201cAt Antioch College, we have an opportunity, and an urgency, to be change leaders in turning around pollinator decline, exposing misleading research and recognizing the importance of inter-species cooperation. To paraphrase our president Thomas Manley, \u201d\u02dcIf we are not leaders in discovering and implementing \u00a0new and better ways of living \u00a0, then what is the point?\u2019\u201d said Beth Bridgeman, the faculty member who drove the effort to ban neonicotinoids from campus. 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