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Petition: Stop Coal Expansion in the Mudgee Region!

Sign Our ePetition Three large coal mines operate North of Mudgee on Wiradjuri land: Yancoal’s Moolarben Mine, Glencore’s Ulan Mine and Peabody’s Wilpinjong Mine. The mines intersect farming land, the Central West Orana Renewable Energy Zone and awe-inspiring National Parks. The three mines were the biggest producers of coal in NSW in 2023 with a combined production [...] full article »

Petition: Stop Coal Expansion in the Mudgee Region!

NCC: Regional Conference 2024

[ Saturday, 1 Jun to Sunday, 2 Jun. ] It is soon time to get together for our Regional Conference. Each year we organise a big convergence for those who care about nature and climate in a different region of NSW. We are excited to announce that this year’s conference will take place in the Hunter and Central Coast – a place known for beautiful beaches, [...] full article »

NCC: Regional Conference 2024

Clean Up Australia: Don’t bin your batteries

Sending batteries to landfill is a huge waste of valuable resources and hazardous to the environment. Did you know that if recycled, 95% of the components of a battery can be turned into new batteries or used in other industries. Batteries that are thrown into kerbside bins are also an increasing cause of dangerous fires right across the [...] full article »

Clean Up Australia: Don’t bin your batteries

Postponed to Spring: Seed Swap

[ Saturday, 4 May; 2:00 pm to 3:30 pm. ] CURRENTLY THE COMMUNITY GARDEN IS CLOSED Bring along your excess seeds to share and swap them for something you’d like to grow. If you don’t have any seeds to share, come along anyway and for a 50 cent donation take away some seeds of something you’d like to grow. Venue: Armidale Community Garden (behind NERAM) Car access [...] full article »

Postponed to Spring: Seed Swap

CANCELLED» Final Koala Dance Rehearsal for the Autumn Festival Parade!

[ Thursday, 4 Apr; 5:15 pm to 6:00 pm. ] /// PARADE & PARK STALLS/ACTIVITIES IN THE AFTERNOON CANCELLED /// We are doing it again!! Come and Join the Stayin’ Alive -Bear Gees -Koala Dance – for the Autumn Festival Parade and day in Civic Park April 6th — The Giant 5m high Koala and her baby is coming back! Join the Parade for 12:30 (marshalling around 11:00am [...] full article »

CANCELLED» Final Koala Dance Rehearsal for the Autumn Festival Parade!

Armidale Tree Group Open Day 7th April

[ Sunday, 7 Apr; 9:30 am to 2:30 pm. ] When: Sunday 7th April 9.30-2.30PM Where: Armidale Tree Group 80 Mann St Cost: Free Program of events 10am Opening of our new Tunnel House by Adam Marshall Guided nursery tours Workshops in the nursery 10.30 Plant Identification — Peter Metcalfe 11.30 Native Plant Propagation — Sam Arandale-Bioletti 12.30 Plants for birds — Peter Metcalfe 1.30 Koalas on the [...] full article »

Armidale Tree Group Open Day 7th April

AURG Celebrate Koala Habitat Planting — Free Entry

[ Sunday, 14 Apr; 11:30 am to 12:30 pm. ] When: Sunday, 14th April, 2024 11.30am to 12.30pm Where: Site Location opposite 27 Kennedy Street, Armidale. A FREE Event The Northern Tablelands Koala Partnership, under the NSW Koala Strategy, is proud to support the Koala Habitat Tree plantings adjacent to the Weedy Wasteland to Wildlife Wetland project. Through creating and expanding koala habitat we are able to [...] full article »

AURG Celebrate Koala Habitat Planting — Free Entry

Dorrigo Festival of Ideas 2024

[ Thursday, 11 Apr to Sunday, 14 Apr. ] Thursday 11th April 5pm to 8:30pm: Curry & Conversation at the Never Never Mind Cafe Dorrigo. Join us over a sumptuous curry feast for ‘Conversations in Radical Regeneration’ with internationally acclaimed author Andrew Harvey. Friday 12th April 6:30pm to 10pm: Film Night at The Old Gazette Theatre Dorrigo. Enjoy the film ‘Rachel’s Farm’ – an inspiring [...] full article »

Dorrigo Festival of Ideas 2024

Zoom: We’re Training a Movement — Rising Tide

[ Monday, 15 Apr; 6:00 pm to 7:30 pm. ] There’s not much that tops watching a new movement explode with energy, and seeing that influx of new people, ideas and excitement! And that’s exactly what we’ve watched happen with Rising Tide in the last year. Let me take you back to February 2023. Just over 12 months ago about 25 Rising Tide organisers gathered in a [...] full article »

Zoom: We’re Training a Movement — Rising Tide

Let’s do it again! Koala Dance Rehearsal this Sunday for the Autumn Festival Parade!

[ Sunday, 24 Mar; 3:30 pm to 4:00 pm. ] We are doing it again!! Come and Join the Stayin’ Alive -Bear Gees -Koala Dance – for the Autumn Festival Parade and day in Civic Park April 6th - The Giant 5m high Koala and her baby is coming back! Join the Parade for 12:30 (marshalling around 11:00am (tbc) at Central Park) Rehearsals: This Sunday afternoon 24th March, 3:30 [...] full article »

Let’s do it again! Koala Dance Rehearsal this Sunday for the Autumn Festival Parade!

Living in Armidale NSW Australia, Sustainable Living Armidale (SLA) aim to raise awareness of the implications of climate change and the depletion of natural resources, to build networks, and inspire and empower our community to build a more self-reliant, resilient and sustainable future. We are made up of action groups each with a specific focus, currently these are:

SLA is a volunteer organisation that depends on the energy of its members, so please get involved and join one of the above action groups by clicking on the link and joining its mailing list.

*independent group with own governance