Farming the Sun wins Growing Community Energy grant

Starfish’s Farming the Sun initiative is one of six community energy projects in northern NSW who have been awarded grants by the NSW government. State-wide, there were 19 projects which shared $846,000 in the latest round of funding to help advance local renewable...

Is your diet eating up the climate?

A new UK study measures and compares the dietary greenhouse gas emissions of meat- and fish-eaters, vegetarians, and vegans. The journal Climatic Change published the first-ever study which compares the dietary greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions of real-life meat-eaters...

New web site ‘Faces from the Gasfields’

Faces from the Gasfields includes Pat Schultz’s story of civil disobedience also published on our site last year. From the site: These are the stories of ordinary Australians whose way of life is under threat as a $200 billion industry lands in their backyards....

Frackman the movie – two extra Armidale shows

After a sell out premiere last week, Armidale Belgrave Cinema is putting on 2 extra screenings. Frackman tells the story of accidental activist Dayne Pratzky and his struggle against international gas companies. Australia will soon become the world’s biggest gas...

Transition Network Conference 2015: Tickets on sale April

We are delighted to announce that after a couple of years with no Transition Network conference, it’s back, and it’s going to be a remarkable couple of days. It will take place at the wonderful Seale Hayne, close to Totnes in Devon, where we held the 2010 conference...

Autumn Parade-walk with SLA

SLA again has got an exciting float for the Autumn Festival Parade. Its preparation is just about complete, but we need about ten more people who will simply walk with us, carrying lightweight objects, and wearing colourful clothes. Our message is ‘Time for...