A Call for Stories: the Trent Lands and Nature Areas Draft Plan
On October 13, Trent University released the Final Draft of the Trent Lands and Nature Areas Plan (TLNAP). This Plan has been underway since 2017 and serves to update the …
Trent Lands Plan
Consultation Brings Some Information on Phase Two of Trent Lands Plan
I went to a consultation event on Phase Two of the Trent Lands Plan. The event took place on Tuesday, February 4 in the Great Hall in Champlain College. There …
The Bowlcut: Green School Pushes Reconciliation Agenda
Growing up in a largely rural country like Canada gives the average bumpkin unique experiences and a general appreciation for the outdoors and the pristine, untouched-by-settler-Canadians environment around us. This …
Have Your Say: Trent Lands and Nature Areas Plan Update
Trent University is embarking on a review and update of the Trent Lands and Nature Areas Plan – the strategic plan for the stewardship and use of Trent’s Symons Campus. …
The Greenwashing of Development Plans at Trent
Today in our mega-media world we are familiar with the need to address propaganda with science, misinformation with facts and ‘manufacture uncertainty and greenwashing’ with what we know for certain. …
Letter to the Editors, Volume 53 Issue 5: Admin on Trent Lands Plan
To Arthur Editors: I read with interest the article by Elizabeth Beaney in the October 31, 2018 edition of Arthur and offer the following information in response. Since the City …
Wetlands Given a Second Chance?
In a hilarious turn of events, Peterborough city council has lost an $18-million dollar grant that would have allowed the Dual Pad Arena project to take off. The project, which …
Letter to the Editors, Volume 53 Issue 3: Species at Risk with Trent Wetlands Development
The site of the future arena development and CleanTech Commons is home to at least 24 federally protected species at risk. While the university denies that these species are present, …
Nature at Trent: Fighting for its Future
Photo by Mac Marzolini. Nature at Trent. It is a powerful classroom: a place to learn, to play, to clear your mind, and reconnect. As the famous naturalist John Burroughs …
Trent University and Peterborough City Council Learned Nothing from Shrek
For those who have not yet heard, a chunk of Trent University’s wetland property has been sold off to City Council to build a hulking mass of an arena and …