About
Herb’s media activism on environmental issues is documented back to the Royal Commission of Inquiry, Health and Environmental Protection, Uranium Mining in 1979-1980. She then became involved in the (successful) fight against B.C. Hydro’s proposed Hat Creek coal-fired thermal generating plant. By 1990, Herb was active in the Citizens Action Network, and President and Waste Management Director of the Society for Promoting Enviromental Conservatism (SPEC) when they succeeded in having the City of Vancouver institute Blue Box curbside recycling program.
For more details see: Lenore Herb CV Oct 2006
Scope
The Lenore Herb Archive includes Herb’s video documentation, off-air recordings on related subjects, personal notes and documents related to her work with CAN and SPEC, and environmentalist, activist, and industry publications.