{"id":8776,"date":"2011-04-22T10:40:22","date_gmt":"2011-04-22T13:40:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/spacingatlantic.ca\/?p=8776"},"modified":"2013-01-21T04:43:47","modified_gmt":"2013-01-21T08:43:47","slug":"events-guide-the-fight-that-saved-downtown-halifax","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/atlantic\/2011\/04\/22\/events-guide-the-fight-that-saved-downtown-halifax\/","title":{"rendered":"Events Guide: The Fight that Saved Downtown Halifax"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a rel=\"attachment wp-att-8781\" href=\"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/atlantic\/2011\/04\/22\/events-guide-the-fight-that-saved-downtown-halifax\/barrington-st-divided\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-8781\" title=\"barrington st. divided\" src=\"http:\/\/spacing.ca\/network\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/barrington-st.-divided-600x450.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" srcset=\"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/atlantic\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/barrington-st.-divided-600x450.jpg 600w, https:\/\/spacing.ca\/atlantic\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/barrington-st.-divided-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>HALIFAX =<\/strong> To celebrate one of the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ecologyaction.ca\/\">Ecology Action Centre\u2019s (EAC) <\/a>first successful campaigns that stopped plans for a four lane highway plowing through downtown Halifax, \u00a0there will be a picnic and demo at the Barrington Street Bus stop across from Scotia square overlooking the Cogswell Interchange today, Friday, April 22nd from 11:30am to 1:30pm. The picnic and demonstration at the monstrous Cogswell Interchange will recall the EAC&#8217;s struggle to prevent a four lane highway from obliterating downtown Halifax and\u00a0most importantly the event will collectively imagine a brighter future for the existing monstrous Cogswell Interchange.<\/p>\n<p><strong>WHAT: <span style=\"font-weight: normal;\">EAC&#8217;s 40th Birthday Picnic and Demo<\/span><br \/>\nWHEN: <span style=\"font-weight: normal;\">Today &#8211; Friday, April 22nd (Earth Day), 11:30am \u2013 1:30pm<\/span><br \/>\nWHERE: <span style=\"font-weight: normal;\">Barrington Street Bus Stop, across from Scotia Square overlooking the Cogswell Interchange<\/span><br \/>\nHOW \u00a0MUCH: <\/strong>Free<strong> <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Today&#8217;s event celebrates one of EAC\u2019s earliest victories and kicks off the organizations 40 Days of Action celebrating their 4o years of operation.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe wanted to do something really big to celebrate forty years of action,\u201d said Policy Director Mark Butler.\u00a0 \u201cWe are organizing special events around the big issues in Nova Scotia: food, energy, water, and our coasts, climate change, environmental racism, forests, fisheries, sprawl and sustainable transportation.\u00a0 There\u2019s something for everyone.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>EAC  was born out of a course at Dalhousie University in 1971.\u00a0 Since then  the organization has grown into Nova Scotia\u2019s leading environmental  non-profit organization.\u00a0 This event kicks off the organization\u2019s 40  Days of Action in celebration of 40 years of working to protect and  enhance the environment on which we all depend.\u00a040 days of action continues until May 31st, 2011 and will include other events such as local food potlucks, a memorial to crosswalk fatalities, a zombie walk; all of which are promised to be fun, engaging and to furthermore, demonstrate the many ways we can all take steps to live more sustainable lives.<\/p>\n<p>For more information, contact\u00a0<a href=\"centre@ecologyaction.ca\">Maggy Burns<\/a> or visit <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ecologyaction.ca\/\">Ecology Action Centre<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><em>Photo by Crystal Melville<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>HALIFAX = To celebrate one of the Ecology Action Centre\u2019s (EAC) first successful campaigns that stopped plans for a four lane highway plowing through downtown Halifax, \u00a0there will be a picnic and demo at the Barrington Street Bus stop across from Scotia square overlooking the Cogswell Interchange today, Friday, April 22nd from 11:30am to 1:30pm.<a href=\"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/atlantic\/2011\/04\/22\/events-guide-the-fight-that-saved-downtown-halifax\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"sr-only\">&#8220;Events Guide: The Fight that Saved Downtown Halifax&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8013,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_ef_editorial_meta_paragraph_assignment":"","_ef_editorial_meta_date_first-draft-date":"","_ef_editorial_meta_checkbox_needs-photo":"","_ef_editorial_meta_number_word-count":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[5863,5866,341],"tags":[821,912,1087,347,4076,2416,927,546,340,368,669,351,4077,4075,358,1126,4078,1234],"class_list":["post-8776","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-events","category-green-space","category-urban-design","tag-cogswell-interchange","tag-crystal-melville","tag-dalhousie-university","tag-development","tag-director-policy","tag-earth-day","tag-ecology-action-centre","tag-energy","tag-environment","tag-events-guide","tag-food-2","tag-halifax","tag-local-food-potlucks","tag-mark-butler","tag-nova-scotia","tag-scotia-square","tag-struggle","tag-sustainable-transportation"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.5 - 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