AURG maintenance day at St Peters Pre-School

by | 1 Apr 2011 | Event

The AURG is undertaking a maintenance day at St Peters Pre-School. This will involve weeding in and around plants and repairing stakes and cartons as required. This area really needs some TLC and we will have to do some mulching as well. Mick and Olivia have already...

Cotton Industry Education & Awareness Tour in Moree

by | 30 Mar 2011 | Event

This is a special opportunity for New England residents to experience a hands-on information tour of the Moree Cotton industry. There are many issues of misunderstanding with this industry and here is an opportunity to meet and actually talk to people involved in the...

ALF Meeting April 2011

by | 30 Mar 2011 | Event, Local Food, SLAM

The next ALF meeting will be held on Saturday, April 2 2011 at 2 pm at the Community Cottage, 3 Alexander St Girraween. New participants are always very welcome, so come along and join us. We try to keep the business side of the meetings as brief as possible, and then...

Indian Myna Workshop

by | 29 Mar 2011 | Event, SNELC

A FREE Workshop covering identifying, understanding and capturing the Indian Myna will be held Saturday 2nd April at Uralla Neighbourhood Centre (Upstairs, rear entry) from 9:30am – 12:30pm. A light lunch will be provided, and the afternoon session from 1:00pm-3:30pm...

SLA win best community float

by | 29 Mar 2011 | SLAM

IMG_0712A, a photo by slaati on Flickr. Thanks to all involved braving the drizzly conditions of this year’s Autumn Parade. On the banner in this photo it asks ‘Where in the world does our food come from?’. Even in a consumer society, we still have...

How not to change a climate sceptic’s mind

by | 28 Mar 2011 | SLAM

Examining the role of cultural beliefs determines who you believe.  Read more at the following link https://www.newscientist.com/article/mg20928043-300-how-not-to-change-a-climate-sceptics-mind/

Local sustainable construction method featured on the ABC

by | 22 Mar 2011 | Event

On 6th April on ABC TV’s New Inventors program a new sustainable construction method will be featured. It’s a method to utilise local, low embodied energy rock rubble as a building material by letting software solve the 3D jigsaw puzzle and show the...

2011 TrueFood Guide Kids Edition

by | 22 Mar 2011 | SLAM

The 2011 Truefood Guide Kids Edition features food and drink products marketed at kids. For the first time this year, chip-makers Snackbrands Australia (think CC’s, Samboy, Cheezels and Thins) and Aussie pantry favourite SPC  (Goulburn Valley, IXL, and Ardmona)...