Established in the spring of 1995 as the education branch of Operation Recycle, the Ecology Action Center works to educate the public and promote environmental stewardship through short- and long-term projects, workshops, education programming, a monthly newsletter, and more. The EAC also links together different environmental groups in the region and supports waste collection at special events.
The collection includes records from the education work of Operation Recycle in the 1990s as well as education programming from 1995 to the present. Many records relate to EAC collaborative work with local colleges or other non-profits, such as the IWU Sustainable Living Fair and the Glorious Gardens Walk.