SCI-2018

Grounds
Highlights (cont.)
During Green Apple Day of Service, Emory students volunteer to plant pollinatorfriendly
stream buffers on campus as part of Emory’s Pollinator Protection Policy.
Photo credit: Taylor Spicer
Emory University adopted a comprehensive
Pollinator Protection Policy in 2014, a
first of its kind policy at U.S. colleges
and universities that bans neonicotinoid
application, plants pre-treated with
neonicotinoids and contractors who
purchase pre-treated plants; in complement
with habitat enhancement and campus
and community education. Neonicotinoids
have been linked to wide-scale bee decline
and impacts to other pollinator species
by a range of scientific studies. The policy
was informed by research conducted in
partnership with the Turner Environmental
Law Clinic, Friends of the Earth and the
Pesticide Research Institute.
Edible Campus UNC at University of
North Carolina at Chapel Hill is a program
of the North Carolina Botanical Garden
that incorporates edible, medicinal, and
pollinator-friendly plants into existing
landscapes on the University’s main
campus. Edible Campus began as a student’s
independent study project, and after initial
support from the Chancellor’s Office has
now found its permanent home in the
University’s North Carolina Botanical Garden.
Edible Campus UNC maintains eleven edible
garden sites across campus that are free
for passersby to pick-- as well as a quarteracre
production garden that serves as an
educational resource for the University, and a
hub for student-led food justice initiatives.
Edible Campus UNC Volunteers, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
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