SLA Annual General Meeting

by | 2 Jul 2013 | Event

In accordance with the Constitution of Sustainable Living Armidale Inc., all financial members are advised that the Annual General Meeting of the organisation will be held on Thursday 4th July at 7pm at Kent House, 141 Faulkner Street, Armidale. Agenda: 1. Adoption of...

Tipping Point ~ incentives help win war on landfill

by | 1 Jul 2013 | Starfish

It smells earthy at the Armidale dump, a mountain of rubbish built bag by bag over 50 years by the city’s 25,000 residents. Residents have more than halved the amount of rubbish that ends up in landfill since the introduction of the City to Soil program two years ago....

Knitting Nannas Against Gas

by | 28 Jun 2013 | AACSGaM, SLAM

If anyone in our area would like to start a “loop” of KNAG here (or a similarly humorous group) get in touch with the editor. Last year a few of us heard about the activities of a group of CSG activists in Lismore who had formed the Knitting Nannas Against Gas (KNAG)....

Climate Action Network Australia: Election Briefing updates

by | 28 Jun 2013 | SLAM

Sustainable Living Armidale is a member of the peak body Climate Action Network Australia (CANA). CANA is a network of over 70 Australian non-government groups working for action on climate change. It is  the Australian arm of Climate Action Network International. You...

SLA Energy Group

by | 23 Jun 2013 | Energy, Event

The SLA Energy Group meets the first Monday of each month at 1pm at the Southern New England Landcare office in the East Mall, upstairs to the right of the Colour Copy Centre. Over the years, we have focused on many things from solar panels on public buildings to...

Progressive Cinema: The Corporation

by | 10 Jun 2013 | Event, SLAM

“The Corporation” is a documentary charting and exploring the rise of corporations since the mid 1880s, when, in the U.S.A., they were accorded legal rights of individual human beings. The film documents the disproportionate power of corporations, how they...

Another step forward …

by | 8 Jun 2013 | SLAM

It is sometimes difficult to see how, as individuals, we can do something positive about mitigating climate change. Those with the wherewithall can go solar at home but there are plenty of us without the means to do so. If you contribute to superannuation there is...