AURG’s first working bee of 2017 at Phil Wheaton Field

The working bee will be an early start commencing at 7.30am to avoid the heat and enable mulching of flood damaged plantings associated with our Restoration and Rehabilitation of the Creeklands project. Details of the working bee are as follows:- Time: 7.30 am Date:...

The Doomsday Clock just moved closer to Midnight

It’s been 64 years since the world has been this close to Doomsday. The Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists has been updating the Doomsday Clock regularly for 70 years. On Thursday, they turned the hands to two-and-a-half minutes to midnight. That’s a bit closer than...

Community Energy Congress 27–28 Feb 2017

We’re excited to announce the launch of the 2017 Community Energy Congress. Find out more at http://c4ce.net.au/congress/ What: The premier event on Australia’s community energy calendar, the Community Energy Congress 2017 will bring together over 500 people to...

NERAM looks to the Sun

The New England Regional Art Museum in Armidale this week connected to the power grid with one of the largest solar power arrays on any regional gallery in the country. The 240 panels installed on the roof of NERAM will provide up to 88 Kwh to offset the power used by...

Wind turbine transportation via Armidale

I am excited about the commencement of construction of White Rock Wind Farm, just west of Glen Innes. Lots of trucks will be travelling up from Newcastle to Glen Innes delivering turbine components over the next few months, via the New England Highway. I mean to plant...

Become a citizen scientist and make a difference

The citizen science group called the Leard Forest Research Node conducts field work including noise and dust monitoring as well as koala habitat mapping and other ecological investigations around Whitehaven Coal’s Maules Creek mine and Idemitsu’s Boggabri...