Successful Sharing: August Open Forum follow up

by | 16 Aug 2011 | Event, Monthly Forum

Sustainable Living Armidale chose to practise rather than preach the topic of “Sharing Resources in a Sustainable Community” at their monthly forum at Kent House on 4 Aug.  The main focus was a shared meal, and the atmosphere resembled that of a happy...

Thursday Forum: Carving Up The Bush

by | 5 Jul 2011 | Event, Monthly Forum

SLA’s next Thursday Forum, with voluntary conservationist Carmel Flint, will look at how coal and gas developments are transforming our rural landscapes into industrial zones, and how we can use the beauty and joy we find in places under threat, like the Pilliga...

SLA Annual General Meeting

by | 15 Jun 2011 | Event, Monthly Forum

Our Annual General Meeting will be held on Thursday 7th July 2011 at 7pm at Kent House, Faulkner Street, Armidale. Membership subscriptions will be received on the night, prior to the meeting (fee: $10). The AGM will be followed by the Thursday Forum “Carving Up...

May Open Forum showing the film State of Siege

by | 3 May 2011 | Event, Monthly Forum, SLAM

The state Labor government is gone, but the legislation is still there. The hard-hitting new documentary State of Siege, which raises some very serious questions about the power of developers under current NSW legislation, is to be screened at the next Thursday Forum...

Caroona Coal Action Group at SLA Thursday Forum

by | 2 Apr 2011 | Event, Monthly Forum

The conflict between multinational coal mining exploration and productive agriculture will be the focus of the next monthly Thursday Forum in the popular series held by Sustainable Living Armidale (SLA). Armidale is fortunate to have Sandy Blomfield, chairman of the...

Food the focus for our next Tuesday Forum

by | 28 Jan 2011 | Event, Monthly Forum, SLAM

When it comes to sustainability there’s nothing more critical than food, and our current food system is a lot less resilient than we might suppose. It has led to farmers being driven off their land by low returns and rising costs, soils losing their fertility...

SLA celebrates the end of a good year

by | 1 Dec 2010 | Event, Monthly Forum

The popular Tuesday Forum series held by Sustainable Living Armidale (SLA) will wind up the year on December 7th with an open gathering that’s more of a party than a forum. “We’ve had a very active year, with participation in big community events like SLEX and the...