Black Gully Festival Needs Volunteers!

by | 31 Oct 2018 | Black Gully, Event, SLAM

Volunteers are needed for Black Gully Festival for both preparations on Friday, and then Pack-up/Set-up on the day. If you can give two hours or more to the cause get in touch. Every year New England folk gather at Black Gully (behind NERAM) to celebrate community,...

Spring into the Pilliga 2018

by | 31 Oct 2018 | AACSGaM, Event

hosted by the Pilliga Pottery and the Wilderness Society from 6pm on November 2 to 2pm on November 4, 2018 Gather amongst the birds and wildflowers in the iconic Pilliga forest and connect with the growing movement to protect forest, farms and water from coal seam...

Help crowdfund Bill McKibben’s new film

by | 31 Oct 2018 | Climate

We know that stories can change minds and create action. From the BBC’s Blue Planet II and filmmaker Josh Fox’s Gasland to Al Gore’s An Inconvenient Truth and the ABC’s War on Waste series, films and programs can transform how we think about our impact on the planet...

Picking The Plastic Sundays

by | 27 Oct 2018 | Event, Waste

Hey, fellow Picking The Plastic (PTP) Sunday people. We are inviting you to the next PTP event, next weekend 28th, on the creek side of Centre Shopping complex in Armidale NSW. This week we plan on tackling trollies and bottles in the creek. We recommend gloves,...

Community Planting Day and Celebration

by | 26 Oct 2018 | Event, Garden | 2 comments

When: Saturday October 27th, 2pm – 7pm Where: Armidale Aboriginal Community Garden, Narwan Village All Armidale community members and visitors are welcome to join us in the Aboriginal community garden in Armidale to help plant 400 native trees, shrubs and grasses. As...

Progressive Cinema presents Reinventing Power

by | 26 Oct 2018 | Energy, Event

Thursday, October 11, 2018, at 6pm at Kent House in Faulkner Street, Armidale; Tuesday, October 30, 2018, at 6pm at McCrossin’s Mill in Uralla. This documentary tells the stories of people whose lives were changed by renewable energy. It shows how renewable energy is...

Stop Adani Get-Together at the Wicklow

by | 22 Oct 2018 | Event, Stop Adani | 1 comment

We are having our Get-Together evening at 6pm upstairs at the Wicklow.  There will be an introduction to the Adani mine and what the company are up to these days, showing a 30 min film, Guarding the Galilee, about Adani’s effects on the local environment and...

VIDEO: 2018 Sustainable House Tour

by | 22 Oct 2018 | Energy

Held over the weekend of Saturday 8th and Sunday 9th September the Sustainable House Tour is a great opportunity to look at a variety of local houses that all have some sustainable features.

The results are in: Narrabri wants renewable energy

by | 22 Oct 2018 | AACSGaM

The North West Alliance and Lock the Gate conducted door-to-door surveys in Narrabri from July to September knocking on 2,300 doors and collecting survey responses from 840 people. The results of the survey show overwhelming positivity in Narrabri towards renewable...

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...