Autumn Festival – SLA float

by | 2 Mar 2012 | Autumn Festival, Event

Armidale’s Autumn Festival Parade will be on Saturday 17th March, starting at 12.30pm. An SLA gathering to start work on our float is on Saturday 3rd March at 3 o’clock. SLA has been part of this massive parade for the past three years, with a...

Clean Up Australia Day

by | 29 Feb 2012 | Event, SLAM, SNELC

Ellen Nyberg from SNELCC/HiCUB is organising a Clean Up Australia Day event for this coming weekend and is inviting all AURG members and the general community to come along.  The Clean Up activities will be working from Civic Park east and west and Ellen will be...

Thursday Forum: Youth & Climate Change

by | 29 Feb 2012 | Event, Monthly Forum, SLAM

The next Thursday Forum in the monthly series organised by Sustainable Living Armidale (SLA) will focus on young people’s responses to the challenges of climate change and sustainability. Speaking at the Forum will be Maddie Gramlick and Emily Thomas-Moore (pictured)...

Home Grown Garden Tour 2012

by | 29 Feb 2012 | Event, Local Food, SLAM

ALF’s 4th Home Grown Garden Tour is on again this weekend, 3-4 March. Come along and be inspired by all the wonderful gardens in this year’s tour. There’s something for everyone; all 10 gardens have their own unique style. Buy a booklet from the...

Wood waste as eligible source for renewable energy

by | 15 Feb 2012 | SLAM | 1 comment

Hi folks, Tony Windsor looks like he will be the crucial vote on whether burning forests for biomass is eligible as renewable energy under the Federal Renewable Energy Target.  He may need to vote on this as soon as today, or tomorrow.  At the moment, he seems to be...

Arsenic, lead found in toxic coal seam gas spill

by | 9 Feb 2012 | AACSGaM, SLAM

A toxic and complex cocktail of heavy metals (arsenic, lead and chromium), salts and petrochemicals has leaked from a coal seam gas water (CSG) storage into the Pilliga forest, near Narrabri in NSW. “The NSW Government should shut down the Santos operation in the...

The Black Gully Music Festival

by | 8 Feb 2012 | Black Gully, Event, SNELC

We want to celebrate the HiCUB project, all it has achieved and all those who have contributed. Members of the HiCUB Advisory Committee, and our local community are invited to join us on Sat 11 Feb at Black Gully (behind NERAM) to celebrate community, music and...

Creeklands Working Bee this Sunday 12th Feb

by | 8 Feb 2012 | Event, SLAM, SNELC

ARMIDALE URBAN RIVERCARE GROUP (AURG) hold working bees on Sunday mornings, approximately monthly. Quite a few SLA members are regulars, and it’s a good chance to meet others at a friendly working session. Here’s the details for the next one: The AURG in...

UNE Landcare working bee

by | 8 Feb 2012 | Event, SLAM, SNELC

Hope you had a great summer break. Got a new project this year, still working on the creek at campus. This year, with fantastic support from UNE Facilities Management Services (FMS) and the Armidale Urban Rivercare Group (AURG) we will be tackling the woody weeds...