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Community help readies Giant Koala sculpture for Autumn parade
[ Saturday, 1 Apr; ] The Giant Koala sculpture that will be a highlight of this year’s Armidale Autumn Parade is now almost complete and ready for its debut – thanks to many individuals and businesses in the local community. The ‘Renew Armidale - Giant Koala and Threats - Community Art Sculpture’, to give it its full name, has been under [...] full article »
Can you help? The Giant Koala Community Art project at the Autumn Festival and Parade
[ Monday, 27 Mar; ] The Giant Koala and Threats Community Art project (Renew Armidale) is supported by Sustainable Living Armidale, and will makes its debut appearance at the Armidale Festival and Parade on Saturday April 1st, 2023. Can you help make this happen? or help on the day? We will also be creating an educative and interactive Koala expo with the [...] full article »
Koala Dance Rehearsal for the Autumn Festival Parade!
[ Sunday, 26 Mar; 2:00 pm to 3:00 pm. ] Come and Join the Stayin’ Alive -Bear Gees -Koala Dance – for the Autumn Festival Parade and day in Civic Park April 1st - with the Giant 5m high Koala and her baby! Join the Parade for 12:30 (marshalling around 11:00am at Central Park) Rehearsal this coming Sunday 2:00 pm Curtis Park – (where the Farmer’s Market [...] full article »
Water security: what matters to you?
A survey seeking views from all residents in the Armidale local government area has been launched by Sustainable Water Futures Armidale Region, the newest SLA action group. “We want to open a conversation with our community on water futures” said Kate Boyd, Convenor of Sustainable Water Futures Armidale Region. “We’ve started by setting up our survey asking [...] full article »
Death Group meeting with guest solicitor Greg Moin
[ Thursday, 16 Mar; 7:00 pm; ] Greg Moin has kindly agreed to unravel the mysteries around Advanced Care Directives for this upcoming meeting at Kent House. Other discussions around human composting and some info from the Natural Death Alliance Network. This is minutes taken at Death Forum 16th Feb 2023 Jane Pickard from Banded Bee farm updated us on the history of the [...] full article »
RSVP now — NSW Online Water Forum tonight
[ Tuesday, 14 Mar; 6:00 pm to 8:00 pm. ] Let’s talk about water! We all need it – this continent would be uninhabitable without its ancient rivers, deep aquifers and wetlands bursting with abundant wildlife. But inland rivers have taken a hiding in the last 130 years, with unlimited irrigation bringing the Murray-Darling Basin to its knees during the shocking millennial drought. And so a Plan was [...] full article »
Macleay Living Sustainably — Habitat clearing underway
[ Tuesday, 14 Mar; 5:00 pm; ] Last week hectares of healthy coastal forest was cleared in South West Rocks for housing subdivisions, including large hollow-bearing habitat trees with nesting birds. Habitat destruction is happening up and down the coast at an alarming rate and is down to weak environmental laws and 'zombie DAs'. There is an action you can take right now. Voices [...] full article »
Video: Red Rebels visit the recently logged Styx
Every year in New South Wales 14,000 hectares of publicly-owned native forest is logged 70% is mill waste, burned, or left as debris 24% is chipped to make paper Only 4–8% of trees become sawn timber Plantations produce 14 times more wood products per hectare If we stopped logging native forests It would prevent 1.8 million tonnes of carbon from entering [...] full article »
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