You Have the Power to Contribute to Climate Action
On October 10, almost fifty people attended What You Can Do About the Climate Crisis, an event organized by Sustainable Trent. Sustainable Trent is a levy group funded by students …
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Trent’s campus sustainability conference
Trent has been known for campus sustainability and its efforts to be more ecologically friendly. On March 12 the campus sustainability conference was held, run by the Trent Green Team …
Trent BoG not doing enough for fossil fuel divestment
Last week, an editorial was published in Arthur shining a positive light on the Trent Board of Governors for not saying ‘no’ to Sustainable Trent’s fossil fuel divestment proposal. I’d …
Trent students rally to support fossil fuel divestment
Article co-written with Jack Smye. Photos by Keila MacPherson. Divestment Week, organized by OPRIG and Sustainable Trent, culminated with a rally during the Board of Governors meeting on Friday. The …
Editorial: Trent’s Board of Governors has been supportive of the fossil fuel divestment campaign
I don’t like speculating in my editorials, but this week I just can’t resist the urge. I wholeheartedly believe that Trent’s Board of Governors intends to divest from fossil fuels …
OPIRG and Sustainable Trent present: Divestment Week
OPIRG and Sustainable Trent have collaborated on a number of events from January 26-30 for Divestment Week. The week is to raise awareness for both OPIRG’s divest from Israeli Apartheid …
50 Trent Professors Call for Fossil Fuel Divestment in Open Letter
The below letter was created by Sustainable Trent. An Open Letter to Trent President Leo Groarke and Board of Governors, Climate change is a very real and serious issue; extreme …
Students have the power to act
UK. Glasgow University has become the first European University to begin divesting from fossil fuels. The institution has £18 million invested and has voted to also freeze further investments. The …
Sustainable Trent: Environmental justice on campus
Trent University is consistently ranked as a leader for its environmental commitment in university reports by several media sources, from Maclean’s Magazine to the Globe and Mail. In addition to …
Emergency “Stop Line Nine” Protest in Confederation Park
With just over 24 hours notice, OPIRG-Peterborough organized an emergency “Stop Line Nine” protest in light of the National Energy Board’s approval of Enbridge’s Line pipeline. Over 50 people showed …