We asked the greenest elves, those who work at the Ecology Action Centre, what they’d recommend for gifts this holiday season.
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Jennifer West’s tips:
ICC cooking classes: Offered throughout the year, cost is $115 for four lessons. 453-5327 or icca@eastlink.ca. | Oceanstone Inn and Cottages* in Peggys Cove, 823-2160, oceanstone.ns.ca | Irwin Lake Chalets in Old Barns, 895-2663, irwinlakechalets.com. | Hatfield Farms in Hammonds Plains: A 30-minute, sleigh ride costs $65 during the daytime, or $90 for an evening ride. 835-5676 or hatfieldfarm.com.
Janet Barlow’s tips:
Remedy Spa, 1546 Granville Street, 425-7586, remedyspa.com. Prices and sumptuous packages vary in price. | That Dutchman’s Cheese, denhoek.ca/pages/cheese.aspx. Farmstead Gouda, and the famous Dragon’s Breath blue cheese, vary in price.
Jenn McGowan’s tips:
Bike Again, 2786 Agricola Street. Refurbished bikes and DIY repair shop. Prices for bikes vary depending on income/effort. Mondays and Wednesdays, 5:30pm to 9pm, every first and third Tuesday is for women and trans identified folk, 6pm-8pm. ecologyaction.ca/content/bike-again | Freewheeling Adventures in Hubbards, 800-672-0775, freewheeling.ca. Prices vary on adventure packages to exotic destinations.
Shannon Arnold’s tips:
Off The Hook, Atlantic Canada’s first Community Supported Fishery, will offer holiday lobster on December 24, 11am-1pm and December 30, 11am-1pm, in the courtyard at the Halifax Historic Farmers’ Market (Brewery Market, 1496 Lower Water Street, 423-2279). You must order in advance at offthehookcsf.ca | The Coastal Cafe, 2731 Robie Street, 405-4022, thecoastal.ca | FRED. beauty food art, 2606 Agricola Street, 455-9438, fredsalon.ca | Mary’s Place, 2752 Robie Street, 454-2558
Marla MacLeod’s tips:
J.W. Doull, 1684 Barrington Street, 429-1652; The Jade W, 5233 Prince Street, 423-5233 and Back Pages, 1526 Queen Street, 423-4750. | The Impossible Pie in Halifax. Mostly local, mostly organic, all delicious, prepared foods delivered to your door. Share prices vary on dietary preference. theimpossiblepie.com
CORRECTION:
The dates for the Off The Hook holiday lobster as initially provided were incorrect. The correct information has been added above. The Coast regrets the error.
This article appears in Dec 1-7, 2011.
Jen McGowan here: Quick amendment, I meant you can sometimes buy used bikes at freewheeling and they are starting to do more LOCAL bike tours, hikes, etc. There’s lots of great biking in Nova Scotia…that’s the kind of tour gift I’d promote giving! Lots of companies are realizing the biking potential NS has…do a quick google search and compare the different NS options you find! Try a few different local tours out!
To hell with the Ecology Action Center. Know what I want for a gift ? A good paying job on an oil rig or a mine! The Ecology Action Center ie the anti-Progress League tries to block literally every single useful resource exploration/development project. Offshore drilling. Onshore drilling. The Goldboro LNG Plant. The Dufferin gold mine. Uranium mining and exploration. Cutting trees. Fish farming. Modern agriculture. Jenn West from the Ecology Action Center is currently touring around to every town in N.S. to scare the shit out of the mostly elderly locals by lying her ass off about fracking. These environmentalists ARE the culture of defeat.