White Rock Wind Farm Public Open Day

by | 17 Oct 2018 | Energy, Event

Local community members are invited to take a bus tour to visit White Rock Wind Farm on Sunday 21st October. Buses will depart from the Old Railway Station – Lambeth Street Glen Innes. Buses are scheduled to leave every 20 minutes between 9am and 3pm and the tour will...

Join a special SLA energy meeting

by | 1 Oct 2018 | Energy, Event, SLAM

FRIDAY, OCTOBER 5th, 1:00pm Southern New England Landcare Offices, ground floor of Hannah Arcade The meeting will be devoted to a discussion of what we think should be the key principles in establishing a community owned solar farm. PLEASE JOIN US. We need as many...

October Forum: Alt Option Energy

by | 26 Sep 2018 | Energy, Event, Monthly Forum, SLAM, Starfish

SLA’s October forum will be a twofold presentation in regards to solar power and energy use generally. Adam Blakester, from Starfish Initiatives, will provide an update on the impact of the “Farming the Sun” community solar collaboration, within a snapshot of...

2018 Sustainable House Tour 8–9 Sept

by | 4 Sep 2018 | Energy, Event, SLAM | 4 comments

To be held over the weekend of Saturday 8th and Sunday 9th September it’s a great opportunity to look at a variety of local houses (not seen before in the SLA Tour) that all have some sustainable features. It’s a self-drive tour. You buy a booklet for $25 that has...

Massive new Victorian government solar policy

by | 23 Aug 2018 | Energy | 1 comment

The Victorian government has announced it will provide 50% of funding for solar PV systems up to 4kW, for 650,000 Victorian homes over the next 10 years. This is a $1.24 billion program. The program will save the typical Victorian household $2,225 for an average 4kW...

New England Solar Farm — sharing the benefits

by | 8 Aug 2018 | Energy

A new solar farm is being proposed near Uralla, making use of the New England’s great renewable energy resources. The New England Solar Farm, being developed by UPC Renewables, is slated to be one of Australia’s largest solar farms, bringing 600 to 800MW more...

New England North West 9th solar power bulk-buy block

by | 8 Aug 2018 | Energy

We’re excited to announce that the 9th solar power bulk-buy block is now open! The bulk-buy discounts for this ninth block are still up to 33% below regular retail prices. We are pleased to be offering an expanded range of high quality solar panels and inverter...

August Forum: Biochar for sustainable soils

by | 31 Jul 2018 | Energy, Event, Monthly Forum

Dr. Annette Cowie, Principal Research Scientist and Dr. de la Rosa will discuss their biochar project at the next Sustainable Living Armidale monthly forum on Thursday, 2 August, at 7pm, Kent House Land degradation affects 24% of global land area, with 24 billion tons...