Rally for the Reef

by | 13 Aug 2013 | Event, SLAM

11am Sunday 25th of August Brisbane CBD Queens Park, Corner of Elizabeth and George www.rally4reef.com Some SLA people are driving to Brisbane to attend this rally. Car pooling, anyone?  The Great Barrier Reef is facing the biggest, fastest and most widespread...

Invitation ~ Sustainable Business Forum

by | 13 Aug 2013 | Event, Starfish

The Northern Inland Sustainable Business Network (NISBN) has announced an innvotive Sustainable Business Forum to be held at The Roxy Theatre in Bingara on Wednesday 28th August 2013. The Business Forum will be in the style of a mini-conference and combine...

Be eggcited

by | 31 Jul 2013 | Garden

Great news: it has all happened very suddenly (hence the lack of prior notice), but as of yesterday afternoon our beautiful chook house built for us by the TAS boys is now actually housing 3 of our very own chooks! They are beautiful – and huge! The chooks are...

Compost Workshop

by | 31 Jul 2013 | Event, Garden, Local Food

Organic expert Tim Marshall will be running a composting workshop on Saturday 24th August 2013 from 10am to 12.30pm. Cost is $10 ($5 concession). 6/8/13 UPDATE: fully booked

International Greening Education Event in Germany

by | 31 Jul 2013 | Event

A three day International Greening Education Event will be held from 6th to 8th of November, 2013 in Karlsruhe, Germany. This event will bring together academic community, policy makers, representatives of international development agencies, senior members of academic...

AYCC Powershift: Armidale report-back

by | 25 Jul 2013 | Event

A group of Armidale AYCC (Australian Youth Climate Coalition) members recently travelled to Melbourne for the national AYCC summit Powershift, an incredible experience that has left us inspired! We’re keenly planning where to go from here but also want to stay...

Biodynamic Field Demonstration

by | 25 Jul 2013 | Event, SLAM

We will be holding a field demonstration/experience of treepaste production and application along with an observation of various composting practices. Biodynamic Field Morning in Armidale  Sunday 28 July, 2013 at 10am  Tree pasting is an important biodynamic practice...

ALF Food Stall at Farmers Markets

by | 23 Jul 2013 | Event, Local Food | 1 comment

Another brisk morning for Jo, Alan, Hani and Angela at the ALF stall on Sunday 21 July. Although the variety of produce was less diverse, there were no problems in selling the majority of items by 11.00 am. Some creative ideas in presenting the produce that was in...