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The Ecology Action Centre (EAC) is a non-profit environmental organization founded in 1971 in Halifax, Nova Scotia, credited with launching the province's first recycling program. EAC's 40 employed staff and 300 volunteers work with researchers, policymakers, and the community toward sustainability in seven focus areas: Built Environment, Coastal and Water, Wilderness, Food Action, Marine, Transportation, and Energy.[1]
The EAC has received numerous commendations for its evidence-based programs and policy work, including winning The Coast's award for Best Activist Organization each year from 2004 to 2016,[2] being named one of Tides Canada's Top 10 in both 2003 and 2010, winning an Arthur Kroeger Award for Public Affairs in 2009,[3] and being named one of the Globe and Mail's 10 best-run charities in Canada in 2000.
EAC's Fern Lane headquarters underwent largely volunteer-implemented renovations from 2015 to 2016, incorporating salvaged materials and green building technologies to increase energy efficiency.[4]
- ^ "About EAC". ecologyaction.ca. Archived from the original on 2012-03-09.
- ^ "Best Activist Organization". The Coast Halifax. Retrieved 2017-05-25.
- ^ "2009 Kroeger College Awards in Public Affairs". Retrieved 2022-08-05.
- ^ "Our Building". Ecology Action Centre.