Evaluate Wetland Threatened by Approved Arena Complex at Trent U!
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Emily Minthorn
8 years ago
you'd think that Ontario's "green" university would at least look into options like permeable concrete and make this a showcase project - instead of simply contributing to urban sprawl. the founders of Trent would be horrified
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Boris Jones
8 years ago
It's the wrong spot for a sports complex. These wetlands are crucial for absorbing ever-heavier rainfalls that result from the atmosphere holding more moisture and energy in a rapidly warming world.
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Janice Adams
8 years ago
When we know better we are called to do better, and we know better!
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Deb
8 years ago
The draining of the wetlands has already started with water diversion. Trent and the City of Peterborough need to stop and go through the proper evaluations for this land.
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Mike Prophet
8 years ago
This is not what Peterborough or Trent should be doing. There are plenty of better places for the arena that are more economically viable. Not only is the wetland in need of protection but it's just an all around bad place for a an arena in this city. The last thing that area needs is more traffic on it's poorly laid out road infrastructure.
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Isa Knor
8 years ago
Unevaluated wetlands are “provincially significant” until deemed otherwise. Please at least evaluate this wetland before you move forward with building on it!
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Ann Jaeger
8 years ago
We can't afford to lose wetlands. The traffic patterns of nature must be respected and accommodated.
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Amanda Meunier
8 years ago
Protect our wetlands.
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James Wilkes
8 years ago
1) Consult with the Michi Saagiig Nishnaabeg, 2) Evaluate the wetlands, and 3) Reconsider alternative sites for the proposed "development" plan.
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Sue Smith
8 years ago
I am absolutely dismayed that Trent U is moving ahead with this plan. You cannot relocate a wildlife area. Where are the ecological values this university has built its global reputation on?
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Jo Hayward-Haines
8 years ago
Especially in these times of climate change, "well-established conservation principles" need to be intrinsic to any decision-making process regarding development projects.
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Gillian Austin
8 years ago
This proposed development is violating Treaty relationships with Michi Saugig Nishinaabeg (Mississauga Anishinaabeg) peoples and did not involve proper consultation.
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victoria
8 years ago
Trent needs to keep their priorities straight and commit to protecting invaluable wetlands at all costs.
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Trish campbell
8 years ago
a full environmental impact study is required before any project development proceeds.
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Christine Welter
8 years ago
The 60 years of alumni who have walked these lands, enjoyed an education which focuses on improvements which do not diminish the natural environment, I know we have all spent many an hour walking through the quiet peaceful embrace of the sanctuary, its inhabitants and its flora, which will be all the more necessary to students, faculty and alumni, as the tests of mental health become greater and greater in this area and in all of our lives. More noise, traffic and human activity is seldom a great contribution to human, animal, plants, water, air and earth health. Trent University and the City of Peterborough have many opportunities to contribute in a healthy way to the development of a lovely sports complex and centre in other areas of the city as well - bringing activity and joy to communities who welcome such facilities.
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Lynette Stoutenburg
8 years ago
As a former Food Services Worker I have seen many instances of profit over environmental impact. Peterborough should know better and so should Trent. Too bad the animals and the wetlands and the earth could not speak out against this. They have no voice, but the student do. Use your voice for good.
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matthew finley
8 years ago
enviornment is important
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Nancy Stevens
8 years ago
There are plenty of other areas where a new arena could be built. To not even conduct an evaluation - in a city that has garnered awards for environmental work, no less!! - is simply unacceptable. At this point, in our larger global context of increasing climate change, it is incomprehensible to me that projects that impact WET lands are going ahead, without looking at the long-term consequences. We need those lands intact for many, many reasons, not the least of which is the ways in which they filter water and provide habitats for a host of species.
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Anne Trudell
8 years ago
That Pioneer Rd expansion with no culverts will turn into crap in a few years. I've witnessed at least three reconstructions of Ashburnham Drive to compensate for road heaving/collapse due to insufficient passageways for water. Very expensive and I am a taxpayer sick of paying for such folly! Do right by the land and water!
you'd think that Ontario's "green" university would at least look into options like permeable concrete and make this a showcase project - instead of simply contributing to urban sprawl. the founders of Trent would be horrified
It's the wrong spot for a sports complex. These wetlands are crucial for absorbing ever-heavier rainfalls that result from the atmosphere holding more moisture and energy in a rapidly warming world.
When we know better we are called to do better, and we know better!
The draining of the wetlands has already started with water diversion. Trent and the City of Peterborough need to stop and go through the proper evaluations for this land.
This is not what Peterborough or Trent should be doing. There are plenty of better places for the arena that are more economically viable. Not only is the wetland in need of protection but it's just an all around bad place for a an arena in this city. The last thing that area needs is more traffic on it's poorly laid out road infrastructure.
Unevaluated wetlands are “provincially significant” until deemed otherwise. Please at least evaluate this wetland before you move forward with building on it!
We can't afford to lose wetlands. The traffic patterns of nature must be respected and accommodated.
Protect our wetlands.
1) Consult with the Michi Saagiig Nishnaabeg, 2) Evaluate the wetlands, and 3) Reconsider alternative sites for the proposed "development" plan.
I am absolutely dismayed that Trent U is moving ahead with this plan. You cannot relocate a wildlife area. Where are the ecological values this university has built its global reputation on?
Especially in these times of climate change, "well-established conservation principles" need to be intrinsic to any decision-making process regarding development projects.
This proposed development is violating Treaty relationships with Michi Saugig Nishinaabeg (Mississauga Anishinaabeg) peoples and did not involve proper consultation.
Trent needs to keep their priorities straight and commit to protecting invaluable wetlands at all costs.
a full environmental impact study is required before any project development proceeds.
The 60 years of alumni who have walked these lands, enjoyed an education which focuses on improvements which do not diminish the natural environment, I know we have all spent many an hour walking through the quiet peaceful embrace of the sanctuary, its inhabitants and its flora, which will be all the more necessary to students, faculty and alumni, as the tests of mental health become greater and greater in this area and in all of our lives. More noise, traffic and human activity is seldom a great contribution to human, animal, plants, water, air and earth health. Trent University and the City of Peterborough have many opportunities to contribute in a healthy way to the development of a lovely sports complex and centre in other areas of the city as well - bringing activity and joy to communities who welcome such facilities.
As a former Food Services Worker I have seen many instances of profit over environmental impact. Peterborough should know better and so should Trent. Too bad the animals and the wetlands and the earth could not speak out against this. They have no voice, but the student do. Use your voice for good.
enviornment is important
There are plenty of other areas where a new arena could be built. To not even conduct an evaluation - in a city that has garnered awards for environmental work, no less!! - is simply unacceptable. At this point, in our larger global context of increasing climate change, it is incomprehensible to me that projects that impact WET lands are going ahead, without looking at the long-term consequences. We need those lands intact for many, many reasons, not the least of which is the ways in which they filter water and provide habitats for a host of species.
That Pioneer Rd expansion with no culverts will turn into crap in a few years. I've witnessed at least three reconstructions of Ashburnham Drive to compensate for road heaving/collapse due to insufficient passageways for water. Very expensive and I am a taxpayer sick of paying for such folly! Do right by the land and water!
this university is an absolute disgrace.