Not your typical Black Friday

by | 21 Nov 2024 | SLAM, Waste

As the holiday shopping frenzy ramps up, it can feel like we’re being bombarded with ads and promotions, pushing us to buy more and more. But here at The Story of Stuff Project, we believe in something different — that joy doesn’t come from Stuff. We...

15-year-old launches petition to Combat Plastic Pollution

by | 14 Jun 2024 | SLAM, Waste

My name is Lachlan, and I am a 15-year-old dedicated to fighting plastic pollution. I am reaching out to you today to seek your support with my petition ‘Reduce Plastic Pollution in NSW’. This petition is advocating for the ban of single-use plastic coffee...

Clean up Australia by cleaning up Armidale

by | 13 Feb 2024 | Event, SLAM, Waste

Come along and join us for an hour or so, picking up litter by the big playground in Curtis Park and down to the creek. DATE AND TIME: Sunday 10th March 09:30 – 10:30 LOCATION: Curtis Park, Armidale, NSW MEETING POINT: Meet at the undercover picnic benches in...

Is Temu Too Much Fast Fashion?

by | 25 Sep 2023 | SLAM, Waste

Unless you’ve been living under a rock, you’ll know there’s a new player in town that’s making Shein look staid and pricey by promising it can make you shop like a billionaire — and by selling earrings for 19c and sneakers for $2.86, Temu isn’t lying! But how do you...

Wasted 2023 — Recycled objects into Art

by | 24 Jul 2023 | Event, SLAM, Waste

Armidale Art Gallery is on the hunt for aspiring and professional artists to create artworks from materials that would normally be thrown away. Be part of this creative exhibition, challenge your thinking and see what you can do to repurpose waste materials into...

Clean Up Australia — Armidale

by | 3 Mar 2023 | Event, SLAM, Waste

Date and time: Sunday 05th March 09:00 – 12:00 Location: Hobbit Pre-school, 44 Martin Street Meeting Point: We will meet on the corner of Martin Street and Queen Elizabeth Drive to clean up the areas surrounding Girraween, The New England Highway and Handel...

New Video: Story of Stuff — Buy Nothing Project

by | 23 Feb 2023 | SLAM, Waste

What if we didn’t have to spend any money on the things we need, and could instead get them from our neighbors and build a stronger community in the process? When Liesl Clark and Rebecca Rockefeller started the Buy Nothing Project, that’s what they set out...