This blog post by Tricia Barry, founding Board member and current Board Secretary, is the fourth and final instalment in a Tribute and Celebration series that reflects on 15 years of East Coast Environmental Law and pays tribute to our friend and colleague Meinhard Doelle, who was instrumental in establishing the organization and encouraging advocacy for a more just and sustainable world.

This blog post by Jessie Irving, former Board Chair of East Coast Environmental Law, is the third in a Tribute and Celebration series that reflects on 15 years of East Coast Environmental Law and pays tribute to our friend and colleague Meinhard Doelle, who was instrumental in establishing the organization and encouraging advocacy for a more just and sustainable world.

This blog post by Jessie Irving, former Board Chair of East Coast Environmental Law, is the third in a Tribute and Celebration series that reflects on 15 years of East Coast Environmental Law and pays tribute to our friend and colleague Meinhard Doelle, who was instrumental in establishing the organization and encouraging advocacy for a more just and sustainable world.

This blog post by Lisa Mitchell, Executive Director & Senior Lawyer at East Coast Environmental Law, is the first in a Tribute and Celebration series that reflects on 15 years of East Coast Environmental Law and pays tribute to our friend and colleague Meinhard Doelle, who was instrumental in establishing the organization and encouraging advocacy for a more just and sustainable world.

This summer, I got to intern at East Coast Environmental Law. I was particularly excited about the opportunity because it was a chance to learn more about environmental law and policy in Atlantic Canada. Having grown up on the prairies, this was my first exposure to many local concerns on the east coast.

This summer I had the opportunity to work with East Coast Environmental Law as a Legal Research Intern. I was heavily motivated to pursue a career in law by my lifelong goal to help foster a more healthy and sustainable relationship between Canadians and the ecosystems they live in. I wanted to experience work that was meaningful, challenging, and a benefit to our lived environment. As an organisation comprised of steadfast advocates for environmental justice, I could not have been more excited than when I was awarded funding to work for East Coast Environmental Law.

As a placement student with East Coast Environmental Law this summer, I conducted legal research and analysis on legal and policy issues related to the protection of coastal environmental in the Atlantic region. As part of my work, I looked at the issue of infilling of private water lots in coastal areas.

This winter, East Coast Environmental Law published a report entitled Simply Not Protected: An Evaluation of Prince Edward Island’s Legal Framework to Protect Species at Risk. This blog post offers some updates and reflections on the conversations that have happened since.