2013 Coffs Coast Sustainable Living Festival

The 2013 Coffs Coast Sustainable Living Festival will be an inspirational celebration of all things sustainable. The Festival aims to engage and inspire ways of living more sustainably through a range of engaging and fun activities including performances, stalls,...

SLA tweet tweet

Yes that’s right, if your favourite social media tool is twitter, SLA now broadcasts SLAM stories to Twitter as well. http://twitter.com/SLArmidale

Tidy Towns ~ Sustainable Communities Weekend in Armidale

Since 1981, the Tidy Towns – Sustainable Communities Program has been rewarding and recognising the civic pride, community spirit and environmental commitment of regional communities across NSW. An award based program, Tidy Towns celebrates the achievements of...

The Tucker Patch ~ Gloucester NSW

The Tucker Patch is a demonstration Garden in Gloucester NSW. It’s a place where small and largescale crops are being trialled as a model for sustainability while at the same time providing fresh local produce. It forms part of a larger initiative ~ The Gloucester...

24 hours of reality – Armidale Live Broadcast

UNE is hosting the biggest climate conversation ever. The School of Arts, Lecture Theatre 3 from 10-11am on Wednesday 23 October will host the live broadcast. The global broadcast 24 Hours of Reality: The Cost of Carbon brings together artists, scientists,...

The bee and neonicotinoid poisons

There is a lot of controversy about the impact of neonicotinoids, a class of insecticides related to nicotine, on the bee population. The neonicotinoids have been implicated as one of the causes of the general decline in both the honey bee and bumblebee populations....

How Coal is killing Australia

Date: Tuesday 15th October Time: 7.00pm sharp Venue: Armidale Town Hall, Rusden Street, Armidale NSW Guest speakers on the night include: Sharyn Munro, author of Rich Land, Wasteland—How coal is killing Australia Jonathan Moylan – environmental campaigner Phil...