Projects of the Built Environment Committee
Healthy Lawns
Because we believe in collaboration, and the power of numbers, EAC is now an active member of Pesticide Free Nova Scotia. We have teamed up with the Canadian Cancer Society, Citizens for a Safe Learning Environment, the Environmental Health Association of Nova Scotia, Real Alternatives to Toxins in the Environment, the Sierra Club of Canada, and the Learning Disabilities Association of Nova Scotia, to work to create a Nova Scotia free of cosmetic pesticides. For more information on the Healthy Lawns project, please click here.
Waste? NOT! Toolkit
Construction and demolition (C&D) material makes up almost a third of all solid waste in the province. In response to this issue the Ecology Action Centre in conjunction with the RRFB Nova Scotia has just released the Waste? NOT! Toolkit a booklet and web site with practical advice for homeowners and building professionals looking for ways to reduce the amount of C&D material going to landfills. Download the booklet here for more information call 902-442-0300
Morris Building
In December 2009, a coalition of groups - including the Ecology Action Centre and the Heritage Trust of Nova Scotia - moved one of Halifax's oldest buildings in order to save it. The Morris Building project represents a new way of approaching the built environment. One which, while celebrating heritage values, also speaks to the enormous environmental benefits embodied in adaptive reuse of buildings and how we might address issues of energy efficiencies and sustainability through their preservation.
Save the Charles Morris Building - Heritage Trust of Nova Scotia
Saving the Morris Building- backgrounder (January 2010)
This report by Built Environment Committee member Aaron Murnaghan provides background on the Morris building and EAC and other groups’ efforts to save it. Included is a wealth of historical information and tentative plans for the relocation of the building. Keeping a soundly-built, historically significant building out of a landfill is the first step in changing minds on conventional construction and demolition practices.
Green Buildings
The Green Building project provides information how to build or renovate in harmony with the natural environment. This includes holding workshops and giving tours of the Ecology Action Centre's green renovation office building.
Video showcasing our green renovation home.
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Past Projects
Pesticide By-Law Education and Inspection Programs
The Ecology Action Centre delivered HRM’s pesticide bylaw program during the first few years the bylaw was in place. We no longer give out permits: HRM's pesticide permits are now being administered by Clean Nova Scotia. For more information on HRM's pesticide bylaw, please visit HRM's pesticide page.
Built Environment Committee
Phone: (902) 442-0300
Fax: (902) 405-3716
The Built Environment Committee meets the second Thursday of every month at 5:30pm at the EAC. All are welcome at our monthly meeting.
