Rivercare working bee with morning tea & lunch provided

AURG working bees have been cancelled on Council advice until further notice.  Armidale Urban Rivercare Group (AURG) Sunday Sessions will be held on the second Sunday of each month. Winter months to be confirmed weather permitting. Time: 8:30am Location: Somewhere...

Confused about carbon budgets for the Paris climate goals?

Zero by 2050 or 2030? 1.5°C or 2°C? This briefing paper explores how IPCC carbon budgets underestimate current and future warming, omit important climate system feedback mechanisms, and make dangerous assumptions about climate risk-management. “Where we are today at...

National Sustainable Living Festival Themes 2021

Now calling all change-makers, presenters, artists, performers, and creatives! To help accelerate our collective action in this crucial moment, NSLF encourages event applicants to respond to the following 2021 Festival themes. What do we really want to sustain? How do...

Aussie Backyard Bird Count

BirdLife Australia brings you the Aussie Backyard Bird Count, one of Australia’s biggest citizen science events! National Bird Week 2020 will take place between Monday 19 October and Sunday 25 October. Celebrate National Bird Week by taking part in the Aussie...

Patsy’s submission to local strategic planning statement

  Thank you for the opportunity to comment on the Armidale Regional Council’s draft Local Strategic Planning Statement. I think this plan needs significant revision because it appears to have been written based on earlier circumstances and documents. It does not...

Climate Matters: 5 Lessons from the Drought

The Bird Bath — The hot dry weather over 2014 and now 2018 made the value of a birdbath very obvious. Species of birds that have not visited before became regular visitors during the drought. One morning an Olive Oriole and an Eastern Shriketit joined the 15 or so...