You’re invited to the first Walcha Farmers’ Market

by | 20 Sep 2013 | Event | 1 comment

The Walcha Farmers’ Market Committee invites you to attend our first ever Walcha Farmers’ Market. We have over 20 stalls confirmed, including a diverse range of produce, by-products and home-made items sourced from the Walcha area and within the region. Look forward...

Commute Challenge @ Bike Week 2013

by | 17 Sep 2013 | Event, Transport

You can expect more bikes in the streets of Armidale between 15th and 22nd September, as NSW Bike Week is celebrated. This annual community event promotes cycling as a healthy, sustainable, economical and fun activity for riders of all types. Sustainable Living...

Latest from Community Garden

by | 17 Sep 2013 | Garden

Hi everyone it has been such a long time since I gave you an update on the garden. Our 3 chooks are settling in well to their new home, they are very beautiful and have already laid lots of lovely brown eggs. Many thanks to Pat for giving us our gorgeous girls, and to...

Materialism vs Sustainability

by | 17 Sep 2013 | Starfish

Australian’s have one of the highest environmental footprints per capita in the world. If everyone in the world lived like Australians, we’d need more than four Earths worth of resources and capacity to satisfy the demand. Yet despite the absurdity in that...

Waste Land

by | 11 Sep 2013 | Event, SLAM

Progressive Cinema presents: Waste Land at The Armidale Club, 91 Beardy St, on Wednesday, 11th September, 2013  at 7:00pm  “Human society sustains itself by transforming nature into garbage.” – Mason Cooley “Waste Land”, a documentary by...

Matt Damon ‘meets’ AACSG

by | 11 Sep 2013 | AACSGaM, Event

Every so often there is a celebrity-backed Hollywood movie that throws a spotlight on a major issue. Such a film is Promised Land starring Matt Damon, where the story is about the buying up of mineral rights from farmers to drill for gas, using hydraulic fracturing...

Global fossil fuel incentives top $2.4 trillion per year

by | 9 Sep 2013 | Starfish

In the hotly politicised energy arena, public attention is rarely drawn to the fact that fossil fuels receieve incentives which are far greater than those provided to support clean and renewable energy. Government incentives are widely accepted as being critical to...

Volunteers for ride in the park

by | 9 Sep 2013 | Event, Transport

You may be aware the SLA Transport Group has been busy planning Bike Week events, to encourage more local riding. It would be great if you could spare some time between 10:00am – 11:30am on Sunday 15 September to help operate the group social ride (Ride in the...

TAFE Saturday Sustainable Living Workshops CANCELLED

by | 9 Sep 2013 | SLAM

Update 10/10/13 CANCELLED For the third year, TAFE New England, Armidale campus is running a series of workshops called “The Saturday Sustainable Living Workshops”. Building on the success and experience of previous years, the workshops this year will have a practical...

Earth Overshoot Day comes earlier again in 2013

by | 9 Sep 2013 | Event, Starfish | 1 comment

August 20 was Earth Overshoot Day 2013. This marks the date when globally we have consumed all the resources the earth has created for the year. Our consumption and footprint for the rest of 2013 will be further degrading the planet’s capacity to support life – ours...