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Ecology Action Centre
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The EAC is an environmental charity in Mi'kma'ki / Nova Scotia taking leadership on critical issues from biodiversity to climate change to environmental justice. Visit us at www.ecologyaction.ca 🌱
It’s official: AnonyMoose 2025 is live!

From now till Dec. 5, all gifts to the EAC will be matched by our AnonyMoose donors – help us unlock $30k for real environmental action.

🔗 ecologyaction.ca/Anonymoose
November 24, 2025 at 5:44 PM
Join us for an engaging discussion on the financial benefits of energy-efficient building with industry experts.

🗓️ Wednesday, November 26
⏰ 6:30–8:30 p.m.
📍 The Acadia Lunchbox, Wolfville
FREE In-person panel

✅ Registration: lp.constantcontactpages.com/ev/reg/qraumc6
November 24, 2025 at 12:41 PM
Episode 6 of People, Place, and the Ocean features sisters Julia and Josie from Trout River. Their conversation is live and ready for you to tune in!

🎧 Spotify: open.spotify.com/show/5c9pzy4...

📸 credit: Julia Crocker, Lisa LeDrew
November 24, 2025 at 12:40 PM
🌊 Last week we attended the Local Catch Network Summit in Alabama where we heard stories from across N. America on local seafood, community based fishery models & inspiring action taken by small scale fishers to keep their industry alive and thriving. 💙

#LocalCatchNetworkSummit2025
November 22, 2025 at 5:45 PM
"We can't guarantee that mining something in Canada will mean it's used for the purposes we want." - Karen McKendry, EAC senior wilderness outreach coordinator.

In an interview with CBC, McKendry, raises concerns about this latest form of justifying more mining.

www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

#NSPoli
Ottawa's support of critical mineral development sparks optimism, skepticism | CBC News
Members of Nova Scotia's critical minerals industry are celebrating the federal government's new budget that would see extra attention and resources for the sector, but one environmental advocate is urging...
www.cbc.ca
November 21, 2025 at 8:33 PM
📣 You are invited to the Otter Ponds Demonstration Forest's Annual General Meeting to learn more about their 10+ years of work! 📣⁠

✅ Register here: otterponds.ca/2025agm.html

⏰ November 24 | 6:30 P.M.⁠
📍Mooseland Community Centre (4032 Mooseland Road) or via Zoom⁠
2025 OPDF AGM
​ OPDF Annual General Meeting Monday, Nov. 24, 2025 Mooseland Community Centre / Zoom 6:30-8:30pm You are invited to the Otter Ponds Demonstration Forest's Annual General Meeting on the evening of...
otterponds.ca
November 19, 2025 at 5:18 PM
The newest episode of People, Place, and the Ocean is out today!

Check it out on YouTube, Spotify or anywhere you get your podcasts. 🎧

open.spotify.com/episode/7390...

youtu.be/e1OM0fzmsYs?...

#PeoplePlaceAndTheOcean #EnvironmentalPodcasts
Fisherwomen of a Multi-Generational Family of Fish Harvesters
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November 19, 2025 at 5:02 PM
On Saturday, hundreds of people from communities across Mi'kma'ki/NS came out for the Shoulder to Shoulder rally to call on the Houston government to respect Treaty Rights and democratic processes, and stop selling our province off to wealthy corporate interests.

cbc.ca/player/play/video/9.6980923
Hundreds gather at Halifax rally to call for better environmental protection in Nova Scotia
The Shoulder to Shoulder Rally in Halifax Saturday was organized by Mi'kmaw leaders and non-Indigenous community groups who want Nova Scotia's provincial government to do more to protect the environme...
cbc.ca
November 18, 2025 at 7:16 PM
Blue Mountain-Birch Cove Lakes needs us again.

Show up. Speak up. Make it clear that BMBCL is not up for development.

🚨 TAKE ACTION 🚨
HRM Open House BMBCL - tomorrow, November 19:
engagehalifax.ca/highway-102-special-planning-area
November 18, 2025 at 5:15 PM
Episode 6 of #PeoplePlaceAndTheOcean comes out tomorrow!
Enjoy this snippet from the interview with two sisters that carry on the family tradition of lobster fishing.

🎧 Spotify: open.spotify.com/show/5c9pzy4FuuxDod3NajdFLc?si=0092c12171844e7c

📸 credit: Julia Crocker, Lisa LeDrew
November 18, 2025 at 3:31 PM
Reposted by Ecology Action Centre
Karen McKendry from @ecologyaction.bsky.social said “it is not clear why the province is prioritizing expensive suburban sprawl development like Sandy Lake, rather than projects like Strawberry Hill or the Young District on the peninsula, where there are already services.”
Halifax residents raise traffic, environmental concerns with Sandy Lake development | CBC News
Halifax residents brought many concerns to an open house on major development planned for the Sandy Lake area in Bedford, and questioned why no provincial decision-makers were there to hear feedback.
www.cbc.ca
November 13, 2025 at 2:03 AM
“We need younger blood involved in the fishery. The bulk of the fisher harvesters in around Newfoundland is 60 plus, 90% of 'em are 60 plus” - Ernest Decker

Episodes 4 & 5 of People, Place, and the Ocean, feature Ernest Decker, a fish harvester from Rocky Harbour.

open.spotify.com/episode/07jC...
November 13, 2025 at 5:03 PM
The future of Blue Mountain-Birch Cove Lakes is on the line. Let's be clear, this isn't planning. It's political interference & corporate influence dressed up as "housing solutions".

HRM needs affordable, climate ready housing within serviced areas. Not this.
Nov 19
engagehalifax.ca/highway-102-...
November 13, 2025 at 1:10 PM
ICYMI: Land & Sea spent a year filming with the EAC’s Kelp Kurious project to highlight the exciting potential for a cultivated kelp sector in N.S.

🌊 To watch the full Land & Sea episode: www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZHgA...
Land & Sea: A new seafood industry for Nova Scotia?
YouTube video by CBC News Nova Scotia
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November 12, 2025 at 7:34 PM
Part 2 of People, Place, and the Ocean: Lessons about fisheries in Gros Morne with Ernest is out today!

Listen on Spotify, YouTube or wherever you get your podcasts!

open.spotify.com/episode/07jC...

#PeoplePlaceAndTheOcean #EnvironmentalPodcasts
(Part 2) Lessons about the fisheries in Gros Morne with Ernest
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November 12, 2025 at 3:20 PM
This is not a drill: Sandy Lake's future may be decided in the coming days.

If we want a say in the future of our communities, we need to show up.

HRM Open House re: Sandy Lake is TONIGHT: engagehalifax.ca/sandy-lake-s...

This is our chance to defend our right to shape the communities we live in.
November 12, 2025 at 2:51 PM
Join the EAC and Our HRM Alliance for a free information webinar to help understand the threat these developments pose.

You’ll hear from people actively working to protect these areas and gain insights you can use to provide feedback at the HRM open houses.

TONIGHT ecologyaction.ca/sandy-lake-b...
November 10, 2025 at 2:07 PM
All available People, Place, and the Ocean podcast episodes are up and available on YouTube!

This show is bringing the Gros Morne Community-led Marine Atlas to life.

🌊 Find all episodes: youtube.com/playlist?lis...

Download the Atlas today: ecologyaction.ca/people-place...

#ProtectOurOceans
People, Place, and the Ocean - Podcast - YouTube
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November 10, 2025 at 1:01 PM
Join us for a free information webinar to help you and your neighbors understand the threat these developments pose. You’ll hear from people actively working to protect these areas and gain insights you can use to provide feedback at the HRM open house events.

ecologyaction.ca/sandy-lake-b...
November 7, 2025 at 6:51 PM
📢 Shoulder to Shoulder: We Are All Treaty People Rally - Saturday, Nov. 15

From all corners of the province, unrest is growing, and a movement is forming ✊

Rally details:
When: Saturday, Nov 15 at 12 p.m.
Where: Halifax Commons, corner of Robie and Cogswell Street

We hope you'll join us 💚
November 6, 2025 at 7:27 PM
This could be our LAST CHANCE to save Sandy Lake!

Show up. Speak up.

Public Open Houses:
engagehalifax.ca/sandy-lake-special-planning-area

Join one of our info sessions: ecologyaction.ca/sandy-lake-bmbcl-public-consultation
November 6, 2025 at 3:37 PM
This episode features part of a conversation with longtime fisherman, Ernest Decker. Ernest opens up about the history, challenges and changes throughout the fisheries in the Gros Morne region.

🎧 Listen on Spotify, YouTube or wherever you get your podcasts!
Spotify: open.spotify.com/show/5c9pzy4...
November 5, 2025 at 1:02 PM
🚨 What’s happening with the Regional Plan is not simply “development”. It’s a stab at our democracy, and we’re running out of time to stop it.

️🏠 Public Open Houses:
Nov. 12 Sandy Lake
Nov. 19 BMBCL

Webinars: ecologyaction.ca/sandy-lake-bmbcl-public-consultation

@sandylakecoalition.bsky.social
November 4, 2025 at 4:32 PM
🚨 This might be one of our last chances to save two crucial wild spaces in the HRM from being pushed into sprawling development.

👉ecologyaction.ca/sandy-lake-bmbcl-public-consultation

This isn’t good planning.
It’s anti-democratic and it puts people and nature at risk.
November 4, 2025 at 12:53 PM
Thank you to all who participated in our Hike the Greenbelt series this year!

There isn’t much better than enjoying nature with such wonderful company. 🌱

📸 from our recent hike to Fox Lake Lookout, provided by Sheetal Sawaram

ecologyaction.ca/about-us/con...
November 3, 2025 at 4:18 PM