Imagine a car-free neighbourhood for a month

by | 29 May 2015 | Starfish

Two years ago, an average neighbourhood in the South Korean city of Suwon embarked on a radical experiment ~ for one month, the neighbourhood got rid of every single one of their 1,500 cars. Called the Ecomobility Festival, it was created as a way to help the city...

Road to Paris 6-step community engagement framework

by | 26 May 2015 | Road to Paris

Community Engagement Strategy proposed at the Road to Paris (R2P) meeting held 16/04/15.  It is one that is utilised by a similar transition town group in NZ. They use a 6-step process which keeps things simple and on-track. Find a team – identify a common...

Costa at Armidale Community Garden

by | 20 May 2015 | Event, Garden

Looking forward to Costa visiting Armidale Community Garden for a while on Saturday morning. Garden supporters very welcome to come along, if you’d like to have some morning tea with us it might be wise to bring your own mug

Public forum on sustainable food movements

by | 19 May 2015 | Event, Garden

There will be a public forum on sustainable food movements, Aboriginal environmental knowledge, and social change from 11.30am – 1pm Friday 22nd May. A series of short presentations by Costa Georgiadis, UNE scholars and local Aboriginal community leaders will be...

East Armidale Community Garden Open Day

by | 19 May 2015 | Event, Garden

Come along to help us celebrate the opening of a new Community Garden in Narwan Village, East Armidale. We are growing a garden to promote fresh, healthy and sustainable food choices; cultural pride and community confidence; and the environmental knowledge and...

Knitting Nannas ‘Raise the Heat on CommBank’

by | 19 May 2015 | AACSGaM, Event

In conjunction with 350.org’s ‘Raise the Heat on CommBank’ We will meet to knit, crochet, chat outside our local Commonwealth Bank. When: 11 am to 1 pm Thursday, 21 May 2015 Where: outside the Commonwealth Bank, Dangar St, Armidale. *All are welcome...

Seed Saving Workshop – Cancelled

by | 19 May 2015 | Event, Garden, Local Food

The Armidale Community Garden is running a seed saving workshop, facilitated by Ray South, on Sunday 31st May 2015 from 2pm to around 4pm at the garden. There will be some time sitting and talking and some time walking around the garden looking at what is in seed and...