The Canberra Environment Centre (CEC) is the oldest environmental organisation in the Australian Capital Territory (ACT).
In 1978 the ACT government provided CEC with premises in community space adjacent to the Australian National University (ANU).
The premises houses the largest dedicated environmental library in the ACT, consisting of over 5000 printed items as well as electronic resources relating to environment and sustainability and including a vast resource of material on the environmental and development history of the ACT and surrounding region.
Many prominent environmentalists, environmental practitioners and academics have been associated with CEC over the years, including Professor Steve Dovers (ANU), former ACT MLA Kerrie Tucker, Professor Valerie Brown (ANU), the late philosopher Dr Val Plumwood, naturalist and historian Ian Fraser, Dr Robin Tennant-Wood (University of Canberra), Professor Janis Birkeland (Queensland University of Technology) and ZeroWaste's Gerry Gillespie.
The Centre also runs frequent sustainable living workshops and events throughout the year, including the Annual Canberra Harvest Festival.