Community joins to ‘Restore our Earth’

More than 200 members of the community, including many families and school students, enjoyed a signature Autumn day in Armidale’s Civic Park on Saturday, April 24th, to show their interest in and support for ‘Restoring the Earth’ – the theme of this year’s Earth Day....

Australia wide climate risk assessment

A new non-partisan network of current and former defence and security practitioners has launched: the Australian Security Leaders Climate Group (ASLCG), warning Australia is ‘ill-prepared’ for the threats that accelerating climate change poses to Australia’s security....

Armidale ‘green drinks’ attracts a lively crowd

This year’s ‘green drinks’ attracted a lively crowd to Armidale’s Imperial Hotel last Thursday, April 22nd. Initially started by David Carr (Director of Stringybark Ecological) and now organised by Sustainable Living Armidale, the aim of ‘green drinks’ is to enable...

WATCH: Emergency Action for Negative Emissions

Recorded at The Capitol, RMIT University Below Zero 2030 Emergency Action for Negative Emissions The dramatic shift in mainstream climate policy in support of a zero-emissions target is widely welcomed. But are we at grave risk of missing our intended outcome by...

Climate matters: Tiny savings mount up

Our electricity usage, hence our bills, depends on both the appliances we use and how we use them. Appliances can be divided into those that create heat like a stove or iron, which tend to use a lot of energy, and those that are mechanical, like a fan. But even a...