Pelasta Vartiosaari! - Save Vartiosaari!
Quoted post
Wolfgang |
#7 I signed the petition and just wrote the following e-mail to: hannele.selin@uudenmaanliitto.fi2011-07-04 00:23Dear Mrs. Selin, please allow me to express myself regarding the ongoing planning process that concerns the area of Vartiosaari in eastern Helsinki. I write you in English in the hope that I can get my point across more clearly than in my broken Finnish. Of German origins, I now live in Scotland, after 15 years of study, work and life in Helsinki. As member of the club Aaltoliike ry, which is renting a kesämökki on Vartiosaari, I have visited this extraordinary place countless times, and in fact I am there now as I write. I have been a co-organizer of art exhibitions, concerts, latotanssit, meetings with work colleagues, university student excursions and guided tours on this island. I have also co-designed the nature path of Vartiosaari, which verifiably attracts several thousand visitors each year and has won, in 2005, the first prize in a public nationwide competition for the best nature path of Finland - not so much thanks to my input I would argue, but due to the extraordinary beauty and diversity of Vartiosari's natural and cultural environment itself. You can taker the tour yourself, here: http://kaupunginosat.net/vartiosaari/luontopolku.shtml Aaltoliike ry. and I personally have hosted at least several hundred, perhaps thousand visitors there over the years, and in all seasons including mid-winter. Many of these visitors were of foreign origins and only in Helsinki for a brief period, e.g. to attend an academic conference or art project they were involved in. For such people, Vartiosaari usually provided the only glimpse of another aspect of Finnish nature, culture and history than the modern urban centre of the city. The guest book of our kesämökki is full of expressions of amazement and praise for the uniqueness of this island, in such close proximity to the centre of a European capital. I know for a fact that other clubs and owners of private houses on the island have the same experience. I will quote the entry of one recent guest, Professor Mahmood Mamdani from Columbia University, USA and Makerere University, Kampala. Prof. Mamdani was listed as one of the “Top 20 Public Intellectuals” globally by Foreign Policy (US) and Prospect (UK) magazine in 2008. After attending an academic conference in Turku in October 2010, he had 24 hours to spare before his departure, and chose a guided walk, sauna and bed on Vartiosaari over several invitations to expensive downtown hotels and restaurants: "Great joy and huge surprises to have a day learning how native Finns have lived and some still do - A rare privilege that I could not have imagined before I got here - Mahmood". In conclusion, I would like to ask you to consider and share my opinion with the planning committee: I believe that Vartiosaari is a hidden but far from unknown treasure within Helsinki and the Uusimaa Region. It is of great value not only to many citizens of Helsinki, but to visitors from around the world. To alter the current state of this island in any massive way would constitute an immense loss of value that cannot be measured. I suggest that Vartiosaari should be carefully preserved in its current state and its recreational potential should be further developed. The private persons and associations currently using and visiting Vartiosaari regularly - and which are represented by Vartiosaari-seura ry. - must be heard and involved in this planning process at all stages. Thank you for your patience. I have other things to do than writing long mails like this, but in this case it seems more than worthwhile, in fact absolutely necessary to me. With best regards, Wolfgang Zeller |
Replies
tatiana |
#23 Re: I signed the petition and just wrote the following e-mail to: hannele.selin@uudenmaanliitto.fi2011-07-11 20:42:20 |
Petition ad
Promote here
Investigation and Prosecution of Those Individuals Responsible for Crimes Against Humanity
Investigation and Prosecution of Those Individuals Responsible for Crimes Against Humanity 29 September 2021 The International Criminal Court Office of the Prosecutor Post Office Box 19519 2500 CM The Hague The Netherlands And Ms. Karen Mosoti, or official replacement for the office of Liaison Office of the International Criminal Court to the United Nations 866 United Nations Plaza Suite 476 New York, NY, 10017 USA 212-486-1346/47/62 Email: otp.informationdesk@icc-cpi.int Dear...
Petition ad
Promote here
Facilities Concerns at Leonard R. Flynn Elementary School
From: The Flynn Elementary PTA 4/10/2024 To: Board President Lainie Motamedi and Board Vice President Matt Alexander San Francisco Unified School District (SFUSD) 555 Franklin Street San Francisco, CA 94102 CC: Superintendent Dr. Matt Wayne Assistant Superintendent Ana De Arce Principal Dr. Luis Rodriguez Subject: Urgent Facilities Concerns at Leonard R. Flynn Elementary School Dear President Motamedi and Vice President Alexander, We are writing to urgently address a series of critical facilitie...
Petition ad
Promote here
Petition to let Pop play Wemby against Portland on Friday 12/29
Due to Wemby's bad-ass performance against Portland on Thursday we hereby petition Gregg Popovich to play Victor Wembanyama on Friday night even though it's the second game of a back to back and Pop said he wouldn't play partly because Wemby stepped on a dumbass ball-boy in Dallas. Hereby and Soforth this petition is forever entered into the record. ...
Petition ad
Promote here
Add petition "Pelasta Vartiosaari! - Save Vartiosaari!" to this listIncluding Antisemitism Awareness Training in Freshman Orientation
Antisemitism has exploded in the United States over the course of the last five years. American colleges and universities have become hotspots of antisemitic discrimination. In response to this rampant increase in anti-Jewish hatred, and in an effort to prevent this form of bigotry from growing on our campus, we the undersigned call upon the administration of Tulane University to include mandatory antisemitism awareness training in Freshman Orientation. While not often reported in national news...
Is there something you want to change?
Change doesn't happen by staying silent. The author of this petition stood up and took action. Will you do the same? Start a social movement by creating a petition.
Start a petition of your ownOther petitions you might be interested in
Stop child predator from teaching children
901 Created: 2024-04-19
Time period | All countries | United States |
---|---|---|
All time | 901 | 898 |
30 days | 901 | 898 |
Save Missouri's Wild Turkeys! Reverse All Day Hunting Back to 1:00 P.M. Close!
162 Created: 2024-03-26
Time period | All countries | United States |
---|---|---|
All time | 162 | 162 |
30 days | 162 | 162 |
SAVING/PRESERVING THE 1925 LANCASTER, WI HIGH SCHOOL BUILDING
96 Created: 2024-04-02
Time period | All countries | United States |
---|---|---|
All time | 96 | 96 |
30 days | 96 | 96 |
Facilities Concerns at Leonard R. Flynn Elementary School
91 Created: 2024-04-08
Time period | All countries | United States |
---|---|---|
All time | 91 | 90 |
30 days | 91 | 90 |
Winston Churchill High School
85 Created: 2024-04-10
Time period | All countries | United States |
---|---|---|
All time | 85 | 85 |
30 days | 85 | 85 |
SDSCPA Bus Campaign
83 Created: 2024-04-15
Time period | All countries | United States |
---|---|---|
All time | 83 | 82 |
30 days | 83 | 82 |
Demand a satisfactory response from CertiK
7556 Created: 2024-03-27
Time period | All countries | United States |
---|---|---|
All time | 7556 | 51 |
30 days | 7555 | 51 |
Mac McClung NBA Contract
43 Created: 2024-03-24
Time period | All countries | United States |
---|---|---|
All time | 43 | 41 |
30 days | 42 | 40 |
Utah took my kids illegally help me get them back!!!
34 Created: 2024-04-07
Time period | All countries | United States |
---|---|---|
All time | 34 | 34 |
30 days | 34 | 34 |
فعال سیاسی بیژن مرادی در خطر دیپورت به ایران توسط دولت ترکیه است
458 Created: 2024-03-24
Time period | All countries | United States |
---|---|---|
All time | 458 | 26 |
30 days | 382 | 26 |
Support the renewal of the Stone High Soccer coaches
228 Created: 2024-03-15
Time period | All countries | United States |
---|---|---|
All time | 228 | 228 |
30 days | 22 | 22 |
Petition for Vanity to have more practice time in Holloway Hall
21 Created: 2024-04-23
Time period | All countries | United States |
---|---|---|
All time | 21 | 21 |
30 days | 21 | 21 |
A polite request to Elon Musk - please uncensor @LucyHunterB
1011 Created: 2024-03-28
Time period | All countries | United States |
---|---|---|
All time | 1011 | 19 |
30 days | 1010 | 19 |
STOP SUNNY FROM GOING TO MEXICO
14 Created: 2024-03-27
Time period | All countries | United States |
---|---|---|
All time | 14 | 14 |
30 days | 14 | 14 |
Stopp steinbruddet i Bremanger! // Stop the building of a quarry in Bremanger, Norway!
5179 Created: 2024-02-07
Time period | All countries | United States |
---|---|---|
All time | 5179 | 421 |
30 days | 184 | 13 |
global popular petition, submit to the International Court of Justice in THE HAGE, against B.NATANYAHOU AND JOE BIDEN
38 Created: 2024-04-04
Time period | All countries | United States |
---|---|---|
All time | 38 | 11 |
30 days | 38 | 11 |
Restore Pioneer Jr/Sr Sunday Graduation School year 24/25
8 Created: 2024-04-01
Time period | All countries | United States |
---|---|---|
All time | 8 | 8 |
30 days | 8 | 8 |
Get Cromwell to camp with his team!
7 Created: 2024-04-15
Time period | All countries | United States |
---|---|---|
All time | 7 | 7 |
30 days | 7 | 7 |
Cape to Cairo on Foot: World Record Attempt in Jeopardy in Ethiopia
453 Created: 2024-04-15
Time period | All countries | United States |
---|---|---|
All time | 453 | 7 |
30 days | 453 | 7 |
Traffic Circle urgently needed at Vryheid Engen Junction intersection.
256 Created: 2024-04-10
Time period | All countries | United States |
---|---|---|
All time | 256 | 7 |
30 days | 256 | 7 |
Petitions.net
We provide free hosting for online petitions. Create a professional online petition
by using our powerful service. Our petitions are mentioned in the media every day, so creating a petition is a great way to get noticed by the
public and the decision makers.