You can find the entire podcast series anywhere fine podcasts are found (Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Google Podcasts).

No need to go inside. Sit outside anywhere around the building or grab a comfy seat inside and settle in to listen to the conversation(s). This audio series is not embedded on your phone; it is streamed, so you may want to connect to the library’s free wifi.

The Halifax Central Library is an example of public consultation done right. When the city was in the process of planning the new public library, they asked people what they wanted and needed from this public service - and then they actually implemented all the excellent ideas that the public shared with them! The result? An accessible space for everyone, with places for kids to play, recording studios, 3D printers, video game zones, books for all ages, internet access, and comfy places to sit where no one will bother you whether you have a house to live in or not.

Reflections on the Movement

You can find the entire podcast series anywhere fine podcasts are found (Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Google Podcasts).

In this audio series, you’ll hear EAC’s friends, volunteers, former staff, and collaborators, reflecting on the impacts of 50 years of environmental activism, the unique ways that EAC has gone about its work and engaged with communities, how we can deal with failures, how environmental justice fits into the picture, and what they see when they look to the future.

The transcript for these interviews can be found by touching the "Text" button in the bottom right hand corner of your screen after you select an interviewee from the menu in the “About the Art” section.

The following friends of the EAC are featured in Reflections on the Movement.

David Suzuki David Suzuki is an award-winning geneticist and broadcaster and co-founded the David Suzuki Foundation.

Elizabeth May Elizabeth May is one of Canada’s best known parliamentarians and is a life-long environmental advocate.

Brendan Haley Brendan Haley is the Policy Director for Efficiency Canada, the national voice for an energy efficient economy, and an EAC energy team alum.

Ginny Point Ginny Point has a long standing interest in agriculture and healthy food and was the EAC’s Coordinator in the early 1980s.

Jen Graham Jennifer Graham has been a volunteer, board member, and staff member of the EAC, and was the Coastal Coordinator at the Ecology Action Centre for several years.

The Shaping Change Panel An Intergenerational Conversation on Activism, featuring Lynn Jones, Cathy Martin, Willa Fisher, Shannon Arnold, and Robin Tress, moderated by Catherine Abreu.

Mark Butler Mark Butler was with the Ecology Action Centre for 23 years, first as the Marine Coordinator and then as Policy Director.

Hudson Shotwell Hudson Shotwell is a long-standing volunteer on EAC’s Energy Issues Committee and a former EAC Board member.

Catherine Abreu Catherine Abreu is an internationally recognized, award-winning campaigner whose work centres on building powerful coalitions to advance transformative action on climate change. She is an EAC energy team alum.

Stephanie Sodero Stephanie is a Lecturer in Responses to Climate Crises at the Humanitarian and Conflict Response Institute at the University of Manchester and an EAC transportation team alum.

Laena Garrison Laena is Coordinator for Consultation and Reconciliation in Manitoba’s Department of Indigenous and Northern Relations and an EAC transportation team alum.

You can find the entire podcast series anywhere fine podcasts are found (Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Google Podcasts).

The Ecology Action Centre is made up of so many people. Over the past 50 years, countless volunteers, members, advisors, staffers, students, and community partners have all contributed to EAC’s work and the environmental movement, of which EAC is a part. Their work has had an amazing impact across the province and beyond. They’ve helped protect land and water, changed the food system, fought for climate justice and so much more. Of course, the past 50 years have not been without their share of failures and foibles. Like most of the mainstream environmental movement, EAC still has a lot of work to do to make sure that Mi’kmaq and African Nova Scotian communities are represented in our work and our community partnerships. And we still have lots to learn and unlearn about how colonialist ways of thinking continue to shape our approach to protecting nature and the environment. In this moment, where we find ourselves on the brink of climate crisis tipping points, with increasing destruction to our earth and her life support systems, it can sometimes feel as though we are facing a very big failure of all our efforts. And at the same time, we know it is possible to shape change and build stronger communities together: our world truly would be a different place without the passion and brilliance of all the dedicated activists of the past 50 years. And so we must ask ourselves: Where do we go from here? What is the environmental movement and the EAC called to be now, in this moment?