PUBLIC FEEDBACK: Let’s end single use plastics in NSW

by | 4 May 2020 | Event, Waste

Plastic waste is polluting our waterways and oceans at an alarming rate, creating a looming health and environmental crisis. NSW generates 800,000 tonnes of plastic waste each year, equivalent to the weight of 45,000 school buses. At this rate, plastics will soon...

CLIMATE MATTERS: Save Armidale’s Koalas

by | 4 May 2020 | Climate, Habitat

With a decrease of 90% in the koala population west of the divide, caring for koalas in the high country has become critical. On current trends, if no action is taken, the entire koala population of NSW may be extinct by 2050. Koalas are now listed as a vulnerable...

A dilemma during a forest conflict in North-West Tasmania

by | 4 May 2020 | Habitat

It was the moment we had been dreading – a letter in the mail-box from Sustainable Timber Tasmania (STT) to say that they were intending to log the ‘coupe’ (aka native regrowth forest) next to the Live Well Tasmania property we are planning to use to develop models...

Mall to open to traffic?

by | 18 Apr 2020 | Event, SLAM | 1 comment

Locals who turned out in their hundreds in November 2017 to protest at the proposal to open the Central Mall to traffic, will be interested to see on page 216 of next week’s Council agenda, a proposal from Council’s Traffic Advisory Committee, which was carried...

Narrabri Gas Webinar (RSVP now to avoid missing out)

by | 2 Apr 2020 | AACSGaM, Event

North West NSW farmers need your help! The most protested project in the history of NSW’s planning system – the Narrabri CSG project – is about to be referred to the Independent Planning Commission for a decision. We might be in the middle of a pandemic,...

Local ideas competition with cash prizes is open for entries

by | 2 Apr 2020 | Event

Sustainable Living Armidale (SLA) are ready for entries from young people with innovative ideas for promoting awareness about climate change. The SLA Youth Action Awards are an opportunity for young people who are making positive change in our community, or have ideas...