2018 Sustainable House Tour 8–9 Sept

To be held over the weekend of Saturday 8th and Sunday 9th September it’s a great opportunity to look at a variety of local houses (not seen before in the SLA Tour) that all have some sustainable features. It’s a self-drive tour. You buy a booklet for $25 that has...

Slow and steady wins the race

Our “Help Centre of Ecological Learning survive and thrive” campaign has raised $9160 so far….can you help us reach $10,000 by the end of August? We have a few lovely incentives for our generous donors… All donors will be recognised on our...

Let’s end extinction for good

Unfortunately Australia is a world leader in extinction. Three unique Australian animals have been lost in the last decade, and another ten birds and seven mammals are set go extinct in the next 20 years. The Australian Senate has launched an inquiry to find out why...

Day of Mourning — Manus/Nauru

Armidale Rural Australians for Refugees are holding two silent vigils on Thursday 19th July. On 19 July 2013, PM Kevin Rudd said “From now any asylum seeker who arrives in Australia by boat will have no chance of being settled in Australia as refugees.” As...

Plastic straw free Bello Winter Music Fest

Bellingen went plastic straw free for the Bello Winter Music weekend thanks to the efforts of Waste Not Bellingen. Thanks to all the amazing businesses that have pledged to reduce their single use plastics!

Future Learn: Volunteering with Refugees

I have done a free online course offered through Future Learn that I found very interesting and useful. While I have not done Volunteering with Refugees, I believe it will certainly have something helpful for those who choose to do it. It is a commitment of only a few...

VIDEO: Save Ugly

Wilderness Society have rebooted their look with the tag line ‘Life. Support.’ and refreshed their campaigns with the latest being ‘Save Ugly’. Its a new angle on an ongoing problem of motivating people to value threatened environment and...

TEDtalk video: My mushroom burial suit

Here’s a powerful provocation from artist Jae Rhim Lee. Can we commit our bodies to a cleaner, greener Earth, even after death? Naturally — using a special burial suit seeded with pollution-gobbling mushrooms. Yes, this just might be the strangest TEDTalk...