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Robert Gibson

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As a young person, Robert watched Princess Diana’s funeral and became interested in watching news. Later Robert learned that severe weather, projected to get worse due to climate change, had an impact on peoples lives and that there are social costs. There is one line from an article which is “Municipal Governments cause flooding” which is thought about often. Through volunteering with local environmental and social justice organizations as well as media Robert hopes to inspire others to take action in order to benefit people and the environment. In addition, to this Robert is an alumni of Trent University, Fleming and Durham College in the environmental field.

Robert's Latest Articles

Local environment activist Malaika Collette reports back on COP26

Collette offers a youth perspective on the climate change conference and why it was ‘disappointing’

A map of the Peterborough area showing municipal boundary, study area and conservation authority boundary.
City’s watershed planning moves into final phase

Peterborough’s advisory committee on the environment receives a report on the status of the City’s watershed plan.

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