Willow Campbell

Pesticides Bring Problems Like the “Dirty Dozen”

16Aug

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Pesticides Bring Problems Like the “Dirty Dozen”

By Willow Campbell https://youtu.be/TGe3sRyGLHo Many synthetic pesticides used in farming can harm both the climate and your body. Some foods retain the residue of pesticides more than others, to the point where no existing product can wash them away. In May of this year, a study from Frontiers in Environmental Science showed that pesticides widely used in American agriculture pose a threat to organisms that are necessary for healthy soil, biodiversity and soil carbon sequestration. The idea of regenerative agriculture and using soil as a carbon sponge to help combat climate change is gaining momentum around the world, according to Friends of the Earth, an environmentally focused campaign organization that helped ...

Ohio Farmers’ Key to Combat Climate Change? Transition to Organic

9Jul

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Economy, Kent State University, Science

Ohio Farmers’ Key to Combat Climate Change? Transition to Organic

By Willow Campbell Sasha Miller, of Purplebrown Farmstead, checks on a young apple tree. June 13th, 2021 in Boston Heights, Ohio. Photo: Willow Campbell, Climate 360 Recent weather changes are threatening Ohio’s farmers, but a switch to organic practices could be part of the solution. All that’s needed now, is for the government to support the transition. According to the Ohio Livestock Coalition, “Agriculture is the number-one contributor to Ohio's economy,” with almost 75,000 farms in the state, and one out of eight jobs in Ohio related to farming. Most of the state has warmed by about one degree (F) in the last century due to the larger effects of global warming, as reported by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) in 2016. This change in cli...

Controversial policies result in Ohioans paying the price for dirty energy

8Jul

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Energy, Kent State University, Policy, Video

Controversial policies result in Ohioans paying the price for dirty energy

By Grace Springer, Willow Campbell, Spencer Hayes, Madison Ledyard-King, Connor Fallon Perry Nuclear Power Plant cooling tower transfers exhaust heat into the air. Photo: Willow Campbell, Climate 360 COLUMBUS, OH — What has been dubbed by Vox and other news as “the worst energy bill of the 21st century” has put Ohio behind in the transition to renewable energy. Ohio House Bill 6 is energy legislation that provided bailouts in the form of subsidies to two nuclear power plants and two coal power plants. The bill also reformed energy efficiency standards in the state. The legislation passed by a slim margin in 2019 after a multi-million-dollar bribery scandal. The scandal involved several Ohio politicians including f...

22Jun

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Content Producer, KSU My name is Willow Campbell and I'm a Filmmaking major with minors in Creative Writing, Jewish Studies, and Theater Performance. In July 2020, my first-ever-written short film “Bending” premiered at The New York Lift-Off Film Festival. I also won 3rd place in the Wick Poetry Center's Undergraduate Poetry Scholarship contest in May 2021. I'm excited to be a part of this project because, to me, nature is sacred. Everything we know comes from the earth; we must owe some part of ourselves in return. I am a storyteller and the best thing I've learned to do (as my personal offering of appreciation to the world!) is writing and giving voice to the stories all around me.