UPDATE: 7th block of solar power bulk-buy now open

by | 26 Feb 2018 | Energy, Starfish

We’re excited to announce that the 7th solar power bulk-buy block is now open! We’re just as excited to report that the program is looking very likely to sail past its goal of installing 1MW of high quality solar power throughout the region in the next few...

Video: Groningen — the world’s cycling city

by | 26 Feb 2018 | Transport

Groningen decided in the 1970s to enact policies to make it easier to walk and bike, and discourage the use of cars in the city centre. By pedestrianising some streets, building cycle tracks everywhere, and creating a unique transportation circulation pattern that...

Arding Community Member Awarded John Winter-Irving Bequest

by | 26 Feb 2018 | SLAM

Local Arding Landcare Group member, Chris Duncan, has been recognised as the 2017 recipient of the John-Winter Irving Bequest. Chris Duncan and her husband David are working with Northern Tablelands Local Land Services and the Arding Landcare Group to conserve and...

Add my name: Save UNE habitat trees

by | 13 Feb 2018 | Event, SLAM, UNE | 3 comments

This statement of concern was drafted by 30 members of the UNE community at a recent meeting to discuss habitat tree removal on the UNE campus. If you care about native wildlife and the beauty of the UNE campus, please add your name to this statement. This statement...

This coming Thursday is D-Day for Leard Forest

by | 13 Feb 2018 | AACSGaM, Event

This coming Thursday is D-Day – i.e. destruction day, when the annual bulldozing period commences at the Leard State Forest. We do not have volunteers for the critical days of Thursday and Friday this week. We recognise that it is difficult for people to come...

Towards a Healthier Macleay River

by | 13 Feb 2018 | AACSGaM, Event

You are invited to attend a meeting of interested community members on Saturday 17th February at the Wicklow Hotel (Cocktail Room), 87 Marsh St, Armidale from 2 – 4pm, to discuss impacts on the health of the Macleay River and the possibility of forming a partnership...

Save UNE habitat trees — campaign’s next steps

by | 7 Feb 2018 | Event, UNE

When: Wednesday 7th February 13:00–14:00 Where: Lewis Lecture Theatre University of New England Come along and bring your friends! for a summary of what’s happened so far in the tree removal program, fact check UNE management response, and the next steps in our...

Progressive Cinema: The Shock Doctrine

by | 7 Feb 2018 | Event

This film is a documentary adaptation Naomi Klein’s 2007 book, The Shock Doctrine. It shows how monopoly finance capitalism used natural disasters, war and terror to crush resistance and establish its dominance. Based on breakthrough historical research and four...