The Outback is an integral part of the education at WWU. The solar aspect must be preserved.
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Daniel Starnes
10 years ago
The Outback is a real gem. Surely there are other places to site a residence hall that don't block sunlight for student gardens?
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Cheryl Greninger
10 years ago
Please find an alternate site for student housing, or make the housing at this site low enough to prevent damage to the existing gardens! These gardens are a treasure for the entire community of Bellingham!
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Heather Tiszai
10 years ago
Please protect urban farms!
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Joseph Marsh
10 years ago
The garden sparked my interest in a agro studies and has led to my firm beliefs in permaculture, biodynamics and other responsible uses of land for our world's future.
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Julian Tennyson
10 years ago
The outback is like the coolest thing western has to offer! I'm sure there can be a compromise
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Daniel Canham
10 years ago
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As a WWU graduate, I recognize the vital need for expanded accommodations to facilitate the continued growth of the university. To do so at the expense of a thriving hub of community and culture that represents the very core of what Western stands for: sustainability, opportunity, service, would be a travesty.
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Joyce L White
10 years ago
Please consider zoning measures to protect the educational garden space from development which would negatively impact the growing ability of these long established garden spaces.
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Kaleialoha hee than cotton
10 years ago
If one can value eating food, why not growing food?
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Maria
10 years ago
This is an absolutely reasonable request.
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Rae Parks
10 years ago
I graduated from WWU in the spring of 2013, and am now a professional outdoor science educator. As a former student who benefited from the significant academic and experiential opportunities afforded by the Outback, and now as a professional in a related field, I am greatly saddened to hear of potential development that would threaten this space. The farm is an incredibly unique and valuable resource to the University. Buildings can be put elsewhere; the farm cannot.
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Trisha Patterson
10 years ago
The Outback Farm plays a vital role in both the WWU community and Bellingham community. The Farm provides work study for students, hands-on experience working with the land, and fresh fruit and vegetable donations to the Bellingham Food Bank among many other things. The Farm holds a place in the hearts of many students and serves as a great community meeting place, a hub for sustainability education, and is an important facet in what makes Western unique and attractive to prospective students. Please consider the importance of the Farm to new and returning students during this new building process.
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Lois Holub
10 years ago
The Outback is a vital part of WWU, a living legacy from the hundreds of students and teachers who have learned and labored there, and an invaluable piece of the community's history and cultural heritage. Please let it continue to thrive.
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Chiara DAngelo
10 years ago
Please please please understand the importance of The Outback Farm as a meaningful part of the Western Washington University student expirience.
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Anthony Hunt
10 years ago
The outback farm is a great attraction that no other university in the region has. It serves as a pillar of community for permaculture and sustainability and would be heartbreaking to see it infringed upon.
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Hillary Schwirtlich
10 years ago
You just can't have a garden without good sun exposure. The Outback farm is where I learned about healthy food.
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Paul George
10 years ago
Please consider alternate locations for this structure.
Thanks - Paul
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Justine Dombrowski
10 years ago
The Outback is a refuge. To disrupt its functioning in any way would be detrimental to a large population of the student body.
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Maddie Price
10 years ago
The Outback is the reason I chose to attend Western Washington University. Not only has it generated money for the university (I wouldn't be attending this school without it), it also helped me to realize that my purpose in life is to be a farmer, and focus in resiliency in food. It would be a shame to see such an important community hub be demolished, and I would be very disappointed in my university.
Food is PEOPLE!
The Outback is an integral part of the education at WWU. The solar aspect must be preserved.
The Outback is a real gem. Surely there are other places to site a residence hall that don't block sunlight for student gardens?
Please find an alternate site for student housing, or make the housing at this site low enough to prevent damage to the existing gardens! These gardens are a treasure for the entire community of Bellingham!
Please protect urban farms!
The garden sparked my interest in a agro studies and has led to my firm beliefs in permaculture, biodynamics and other responsible uses of land for our world's future.
The outback is like the coolest thing western has to offer! I'm sure there can be a compromise
As a WWU graduate, I recognize the vital need for expanded accommodations to facilitate the continued growth of the university. To do so at the expense of a thriving hub of community and culture that represents the very core of what Western stands for: sustainability, opportunity, service, would be a travesty.
Please consider zoning measures to protect the educational garden space from development which would negatively impact the growing ability of these long established garden spaces.
If one can value eating food, why not growing food?
This is an absolutely reasonable request.
I graduated from WWU in the spring of 2013, and am now a professional outdoor science educator. As a former student who benefited from the significant academic and experiential opportunities afforded by the Outback, and now as a professional in a related field, I am greatly saddened to hear of potential development that would threaten this space. The farm is an incredibly unique and valuable resource to the University. Buildings can be put elsewhere; the farm cannot.
The Outback Farm plays a vital role in both the WWU community and Bellingham community. The Farm provides work study for students, hands-on experience working with the land, and fresh fruit and vegetable donations to the Bellingham Food Bank among many other things. The Farm holds a place in the hearts of many students and serves as a great community meeting place, a hub for sustainability education, and is an important facet in what makes Western unique and attractive to prospective students. Please consider the importance of the Farm to new and returning students during this new building process.
The Outback is a vital part of WWU, a living legacy from the hundreds of students and teachers who have learned and labored there, and an invaluable piece of the community's history and cultural heritage. Please let it continue to thrive.
Please please please understand the importance of The Outback Farm as a meaningful part of the Western Washington University student expirience.
The outback farm is a great attraction that no other university in the region has. It serves as a pillar of community for permaculture and sustainability and would be heartbreaking to see it infringed upon.
You just can't have a garden without good sun exposure. The Outback farm is where I learned about healthy food.
Please consider alternate locations for this structure. Thanks - Paul
The Outback is a refuge. To disrupt its functioning in any way would be detrimental to a large population of the student body.
The Outback is the reason I chose to attend Western Washington University. Not only has it generated money for the university (I wouldn't be attending this school without it), it also helped me to realize that my purpose in life is to be a farmer, and focus in resiliency in food. It would be a shame to see such an important community hub be demolished, and I would be very disappointed in my university.