Mike Garfield and Tracey Easthope (Ecology Center, 1980s-Present)

Part 1: Ecology Center Director Mike Garfield describes his background and why he began to work at the Ecology Center in the 1980s.

Part 2: Tracey Easthope, director of the Ecology Center’s Green Chemistry and Safer Materials Program, discusses what motivated her to work at the Ecology Center.

Part 3: Mike Garfield describes how the Ecology Center's programs, philosophy, and structure have changed from the 1970s to the present.

Part 4: Tracey Easthope summarizes the Ecology Center's campaigns against toxic chemicals and explains how the Ecology Center worked with a Michigan community to stop a factory from releasing carcinogens into the environment.

Part 5: Mike Garfield and Tracey Easthope recount working with automobile companies and other industries to take toxic chemicals out of their manufacturing processes to reduce workers' exposure and describe the Ecology Center's consumer product testing service.

Part 6: Mike Garfield and Tracey Easthope explain the Ecology Center's philosophy toward environmental justice issues and talk about its environmental justice work.

Part 7: Mike Garfield explains what became of 1970s Ecology Center initiatives including the Bike-A-Thon and the Community Garden. 

Part 8: Mike Garfield talks about Project Greenbelt and Recycle Ann Arbor, initiatives that began in the 1980s and 1990s. 

Part 9: Mike Garfield and Tracey Easthope reflect on the success and longevity of the Ecology Center and explain what they think enabled it to thrive when similar organizations faded. 

Part 10: Mike Garfield and Tracey Easthope explain what they would tell students who are concerned about the environment and want to make a difference.