Depavity

by | 25 Jan 2012 | SLAM

Urban Depavers Return Parking Lots to Paradise Depave is a Portland-based non-profit that organizes volunteer “depaving” sessions, wherein a group descends on an empty or underutilized lot and transforms it into a public green space, whether a community...

Labyrinth Walk in the Armidale Mall

by | 15 Dec 2011 | Event, SLAM

Do you often find yourself at a loose end on New Year’s Eve, waiting for the party to start? Why not treat youself to a mini-retreat and pay some attention to your inner journey before embarking on your end of year revels. The question we will be walking with is...

Public Thank you to Tony Windsor

by | 5 Dec 2011 | Event, SLAM

Public Thank you to Tony Windsor for his courageous role in the passing of the Clean Energy Act through parliament When: 12 noon, Monday 12 December, 2011 Where: Outside Tony Windsor’s office, Peel Street, Tamworth. By: Robin Gunning

Bushcare Thursdays and Fridays

by | 5 Dec 2011 | SLAM

Would you like to be in the bush among wildflowers while you do something practical for our local environment for an hour or three? If you like chatting, laughing, brainstorming or listening with like minded people, or working on your own, you can do that too. There...

Phenomenal Pasture Production

by | 23 Nov 2011 | SLAM

I inspected the property ‘Kinleigh’ owned by Richard & Elspeth Belfield and saw some wonderful established pasture supporting a cell grazing strategy of ten (10) beasts per acre. Yes, that is correct; ten (10) beasts per acre in Armidale! The paddocks...

Sharing Simply Meal

by | 8 Nov 2011 | Event, SLAM

On Sunday the 13 November, the  Uniting Church will be hosting the annual Sharing Simply Meal at 12.00 noon in the Church Hall (Rusden St). Participants are served a simple meal and donate the cost of the meal that they would have  eaten instead. For example,  soup...

Australian Plants Society

by | 8 Nov 2011 | Event, SLAM

Tuesday, 15th November Native Plant Forum in the TAFE Library Seminar Room at 7.30 pm. Speaker John Nevin on Australian Plants at the Chelsea Flower Show. All welcome. By: Maria Hitchcock

National Cultural Policy Discussion Paper

by | 19 Oct 2011 | SLAM

I recently had a look at the national cultural policy discussion paper. My view is that has not taken account of the cultural shift needed to take Australia from a high per capita energy consuming culture to a sustainable culture. It is simply more of the same, art...