Hear the cry of the Warriors: Indigenous Speaking Tour Visits Trent
On the evening of Feb. 24, a humble but enthusiastic crowd of around 100 people gathered in the Champlain Great Hall to attend the Mi’kmaq Warriors speaking tour. The tour …
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Sustainable Trent urges Board of Governors to divest from fossil fuels
Sustainable Trent’s year-long divestment campaign reached its zenith with a presentation to Trent’s Board of Governors, asking them to divest from the fossil fuel industry. Julian Tennent-Riddell and Calvin Beauchesne …
How to Avoid the Carbon Bubble: Divest from Fossil Fuels
How’s this for a new year’s resolution, Trent? Let’s become the first university in Canada to divest from the fossil fuel industry. If you aren’t convinced yet, you may not …
Hungry for Food Justice: The Time is Ripe for Change
Dear Trent University, As the new year begins, the future of food services at Trent University is on our minds at Sustainable Trent. After almost 15 years with Aramark as …
Peterborough Declaration on Climate Change, November 2013
Goal: We need a large number of people from the Peterborough region to sign the Peterborough Declaration on Climate Change to join with hundreds of thousands of others across the …
Another Look at the Fossil Fuel Divestment Campaign
If you are reading this, then I’m assuming you didn’t flip the page when you saw yet another article about the divestment campaign. You may perhaps be wondering why Arthur …
Fossil Fuel Divestment Makes Financial Sense
It is morally wrong to make a profit off the fossil fuel industry. While violating indigenous and human rights all over the world, these companies are planning to extract 5 …
An Update on the Fossil Fuel Divestment Campaign
The Fossil Fuel Divestment Campaign is just under a year old, and it has already made some serious progress. Students have started campaigns at hundreds of schools across America, including …
Join the Growing Movement to Divest Trent from Fossil Fuels
Co-written with Nick Weissflog. As we launch into a new year, the campaign initiated by Sustainable Trent in March to divest Trent from fossil fuels is building strength and momentum. …