Carry the Spark: Reflections On The Movement

Zuppa

The Ecology Action Centre and Zuppa present 11 fascinating conversations with leading climate activists on the state of the climate crisis, cautious optimism, and reflections on The Ecology Action Centre as they celebrate fifty years of climate advocacy.

Episodes

  1. 10/13/2022

    Carry the Spark - Reflections on the Movement: Brendan Haley

    A conversation with Brendan Haley - Policy Director for Efficiency Canada, a national voice for an energy efficient economy, and an EAC energy team alum. 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 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?

  2. 10/13/2022

    Carry the Spark - Reflections on the Movement: Catherine Abreu

    A conversation with Catherine Abreu - 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. 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 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?

  3. 10/13/2022

    Carry the Spark - Reflections on the Movement: David Suzuki

    A conversation with David Suzuki - an award-winning climate advocate, geneticist , author and broadcaster, and co-founder of the David Suzuki Foundation. 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 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?

  4. 10/13/2022

    Carry the Spark - Reflections on the Movement: Elizabeth May

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

  5. 10/13/2022

    Carry the Spark - Reflections on the Movement: Ginny Point

    A conversation with Ginny Point - who has a long standing interest in agriculture and healthy food and was the EAC’s Coordinator in the early 1980s. 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 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?

  6. 10/13/2022

    Carry the Spark - Reflections on the Movement: Hudson Shotwell

    A conversation with Hudson Shotwell - long-standing volunteer on EAC’s Energy Issues Committee and a former EAC Board member. 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 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?

  7. 10/13/2022

    Carry the Spark - Reflections on the Movement: Jennifer Graham

    A conversation with Jennifer Graham - a volunteer, board member, and staff member of the EAC. Jennifer was the Coastal Coordinator at the Ecology Action Centre for several years. 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 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?

  8. 10/13/2022

    Carry the Spark - Reflections on the Movement: Laena Garrison

    A conversation with Laena Garrison - Coordinator for Consultation and Reconciliation in Manitoba’s Department of Indigenous and Northern Relations and an EAC transportation team alum. 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 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?

  9. 10/13/2022

    Carry the Spark - Reflections on the Movement: Mark Butler

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

  10. 10/13/2022

    Carry the Spark - Reflections on the Movement: Shaping Change

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

  11. 10/13/2022

    Carry the Spark - Reflections on the Movement: Stephanie Sodero

    A conversation with Stephanie Sodero - a Lecturer in Responses to Climate Crises at the Humanitarian and Conflict Response Instituteat the University of Manchester and an Ecology Action Centre transportation team alum. 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 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?

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    Carry the Spark - Reflections on the Movement: Trailer

    The Ecology Action Centre and Zuppa present: Carry the Spark (Reflections on the Movement). In this upcoming audio series, available October 13, 2022, 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.

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The Ecology Action Centre and Zuppa present 11 fascinating conversations with leading climate activists on the state of the climate crisis, cautious optimism, and reflections on The Ecology Action Centre as they celebrate fifty years of climate advocacy.

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