Wind Farm Tour Announced

by | 30 Aug 2013 | Energy, Event, SLAM | 1 comment

Local community windfarm project, New England Wind, announced a 4-day Windfarms Tour by coach from Armidale to Canberra. “There is nothing better than first hand experience to see, hear and learn about the workingsof modern windfarms,” according to Project Director,...

Write an SLA blog post

by | 27 Aug 2013 | SLAM

13 Steps to publishing an SLA blog post Start by going to the SLA website at https://slarmidale.org/ NEW Click on Log in at the very bottom of any page just before the copyright statement (this step is incorrect in the video) Enter your username and password Under...

Landcare People’s Choice Awards Closes August 25th

by | 23 Aug 2013 | Event, SNELC

Just to let you know that the Landcare People’s Choice Awards for 2013 are now accepting your vote! Voting for the 2013 NSW Landcare People’s Choice Award opened on July 12th and closes on August 25th. The New England region’s High Country Urban...

Ecopella at Armidale Club

by | 23 Aug 2013 | Energy, Event, SLAM | 1 comment

Ecopella – causing harmony to the environment at rallies, protests, festivals and concerts since 1998. Ecopella is an environmental choir that sings about the beauty of our world and the struggle to protect it from exploitation and destruction. Founded in 1998...

ALF stall at Farmers Markets

by | 23 Aug 2013 | Event, Local Food | 1 comment

It was pleasantly surprising to accrue the amount of produce for this stall. Although predominated by fresh winter greens, shallots, a splash of beetroot and lemons most items were sold throughout the morning. In contrast to the usual rush by stall goers at previous...

Farm productivity, the natural way

by | 23 Aug 2013 | Starfish

At this time of year, on the cusp of spring, much of the NSW Central West is grazed as closely as a bowling green. “Allendale”, though, is a landscape lumpy with green-shooting grass tussocks. Some of these paddocks host up to 59 species of plants in their pastures,...

100% of new Australian power plants are wind or solar

by | 23 Aug 2013 | Starfish

The Australian Energy Market Operator (AEMO) has reported that all new electricity generation proposals received in the last 12 months have been either for large scale wind farms or solar facilities. Of the 1,000MW of new generation committed in the past 12 months,...

Progressive Cinema: Mining the Truth

by | 13 Aug 2013 | AACSGaM, Event

Progressive Cinema presents Mining the Truth at 7:30pm on Wednesday, 14th August at the the Armidale Club, 91 Beardy Street. Turntables Restaurant will be open for dinner from 6 pm. In 2012, sixty students  travelled to communities affected by coal and coal-seam gas...

Armidale Simply Sharing Meal

by | 13 Aug 2013 | Event

Armidale Uniting Church will host its annual Simply Sharing meal at noon on Sunday 18 August. Bring along the price of the meal you would have had, and eat a simple meal instead. Professor Helen Ware, from UNE who lectures in Peace Studies, will give a talk after the...