5 Keys for a Sustainable Home

1. Efficiency Over the life of a building the operational energy used to run it generally exceeds the embodied energy used to build it (save the likes of a passive house). This explains part of why there has been such a push for efficiency in recent years. 2. Energy...

Lismore leads the nation in uptake of solar energy

LISMORE is leading the nation in solar power with a higher percentage of households in the 2480 postcode using rooftop solar and/or hot water systems than anywhere else in Australia. A new report by the REC (Renewable Energy Certificate) Agents Association also finds...

Earth Healing Meditation 2nd and 4th Wednesdays 5:30pm

I am offering this meditation as a consequence of my concern for the way that the Earth is being impacted by climate change.  There is a considerable amount of research that demonstrates the power of meditation/prayer to create peace in troubled communities and to...

AURG Tree Planting Day Sunday 11 May at Elizabeth Park

The AURG is holding a tree planting day in Elizabeth Park on Sunday 11 May. We have two small sites in the north west corner of Elizabeth Park 1 (straight north of the toilet block) and can do some fill in plantings on a previous planting site close by. Entry to the...

Got a spare 10 minutes: Armidale Local Food Project Survey

My name is Woody Jacobson.  I am an intern at Armidale Dumaresq Council working with Carol Davies and the Environmental Sustainability Committee on a project about local food consumption.  We want to find out more about what drives Armidale citizens to purchase local...