Could this be the New England’s first Windfarm?

by | 2 Jul 2015 | Energy, SLAM

Chinese wind energy giant Goldwind has announced it will begin construction of the 175MW White Rock wind farm in northern NSW in November, the second big wind farm to get the go-ahead since the revised renewable energy target legislation passed the Senate last month....

TerraCycle is on a mission to eliminate the idea of waste

by | 26 Jun 2015 | SLAM

Judy at the University of New England is recycling Nescafe Dulce Gusto Coffee Pods through TerraCycle, with a small proportion of the profits made going to a non-profit organisation or school of her choice. The following is taken from the Terracycle site:TerraCycle is...

Intentional community start up looking for investors

by | 1 Jun 2015 | SLAM

Hi everyone, The main idea with the community is that freewill and ethics will be the principal focus. So people will have the freewill to do what they desire on their own plot that they own (within ethical respect of their neighbours). Also, that on community land we...

Sheer courage. A message from the Pacific Climate Warriors

by | 1 Jun 2015 | SLAM

It’s 6 months ago now that the Pacific Climate Warriors paddled out in traditional canoes, followed by hundreds of Australians to blockade the world’s largest coal port: Newcastle. That day will be forever etched in my mind – those gigantic coal-laden ships...

The Story of Stuff Project release new microbeads movie

by | 7 May 2015 | SLAM

While there’s a lot of information out there about microbeads, we’ve condensed everything you need to know—what they are, how to find them, and what we can do about them—in one video. But we’re not stopping there. Our nearly one million Community members are leading...

Inner Transition

by | 27 Apr 2015 | SLAM

It wasn’t very long into the evolution of Transition in Totnes, in 2006, that Hilary Prentice and Sophy Banks came round to my house to discuss the seeds of what would eventually become known as ‘Inner Transition’, or the ‘Heart and Soul’...