Upcoming Leard Pilliga tours

by | 3 Jun 2018 | AACSGaM

Hi, Places are available for all tours. An all wheel drive vehicle is preferable as the unsealed roads can be potholed and corrugated. It is advised to fill up in Narrabri on the way to the Pilliga town ship, before starting the tour, and again on returning to...

Climate Matters: Smart Electricity Deals Save Money

by | 3 Jun 2018 | Energy

Choosing an electricity retail provider is often challenging. Privatised electricity companies generate substantial profits and can confuse consumers.  A common trick is to increase prices, then entice customers with impressive-sounding discounts. . Until August 2017,...

TEDtalk video: My mushroom burial suit

by | 3 Jun 2018 | SLAM

Here’s a powerful provocation from artist Jae Rhim Lee. Can we commit our bodies to a cleaner, greener Earth, even after death? Naturally — using a special burial suit seeded with pollution-gobbling mushrooms. Yes, this just might be the strangest TEDTalk...

Choose to refuse — Plastic Free July

by | 3 Jun 2018 | Waste

You may already know that Plastic Free July had its humble beginnings in 2011, as a local initiative driven by the Western Metropolitan Regional Council in Western Australia. The incredible growth the campaign has seen since then has seen us recently become an...

AACSGaM & Progressive Cinema: Sacrifice Zone

by | 9 May 2018 | AACSGaM, Event, UNE

Armidale Action on Coal Seam Gas and Mining and Progressive Cinema present Sacrifice Zone. ‘Sacrifice Zone’ — the film of the threat posed by Santos’ CSG proposals for the Pilliga. When: Thursday 10 May, 2018,  7-9pm Where: Arts Theatre 2, University...

They keep coming back — Boomerang Bags

by | 9 May 2018 | Boomerang Bags, Event

Saturday 12th May, 9am, The Jacaranda Room out the back of Kent House is the location of Armidale Boomerang Bags third sewing bee. Join us to help reduce the use of plastic by sewing cloth bags. If you can’t sew, no problem, we can help you or there are...