Pellet heater trials underway

by | 29 Aug 2011 | SNELC

Work started this week on testing timbers from New England for their suitability for pellet production. With funding from HiCUB and RIRDC, researchers are looking at the possibility of using pellet heaters as a sustainable alternative to wood fires for home heating....

Bush Regen at Apex Lookout

by | 29 Aug 2011 | Event, SNELC

This Sunday, 4 September, join Kate Boyd at the Apex Lookout from 9:00am til 12:00pm to help out with bush regeneration activities. RSVP to Kate, {local land line prefix}2 4026

Get creative with that ‘junk’ for SLEX

by | 29 Aug 2011 | Event, SLEX

Sustainable Living Armidale (SLA) is gearing up for Council’s annual Sustainable Living Expo SLEX, which will be held in the Creeklands on 21,22,23 October. We want YOU to get involved. Have you ever made something useful and/or beautiful out of what others might call...

SLA Village Community Meal this Friday

by | 25 Aug 2011 | Event

If you enjoyed/liked the sound of SLA’s last August forum (where we shared good company, food, music and an interest in sustainability), you and your family might like to join SLA Village for our monthly shared meal.  The next one will be this Friday, 26...

Local food and wine at Duval College

by | 25 Aug 2011 | Event, Local Food, SLAM

Duval College Senior Common Room invites you to this year’s tasting of local food and cold climate wine on Friday, 2 September from 6.00 pm. Local wineries featured include  Whyworry (Uralla), Boorolong Road (Armidale) and Wright Robertson (Glencoe). Locally grown and...

German Village Produces 321% More Energy Than It Needs!

by | 25 Aug 2011 | SLAM

Ok, those Germans are just showing off now. Not only has the nation announced plans to shut down all of its nuclear power plants and started the construction of 2,800 miles of transmission lines for its new renewable energy initiative, but now the village...

Come & help plan the SLA display at SLEX

by | 19 Aug 2011 | Event, SLAM, SLEX

Armidale’s Sustainable Living Expo (SLEX) is on October 21,22,23 in the Creeklands. There’s a meeting to start organising our SLA display for SLEX to be held on Tuesday 23rd August at 4pm at 163 Barney Street. So come along and join in the early planning,...

HiCUB calendar of events

by | 19 Aug 2011 | SNELC

Curious about what will be happening over spring? Want to know when and how you can get involved? Have a look at HiCUB’s calendar of events to see what opportunities exist.

Make a submission on the Clean Energy Bill

by | 18 Aug 2011 | Energy, Event, SLAM

Hello renewable energy supporters! You haven’t heard from us for a while, but we’ve been keeping our eye on the Federal government’s plans for more investment in renewables.  Recently they released their draft Clean Energy Legislation (carbon price)...