The SLA Energy Group Needs New Members

by | 3 Apr 2014 | Energy, SLAM

The SLA Energy Group meets the first MONDAY of each month from 1:00 to 2:00pm at the Southern New England Land Care offices in the East Mall–stairs next to the Colour Copy Centre.  Come along and see if this is a group you would like to join. We have just...

Coalition May Ban Environmental Boycotts

by | 3 Apr 2014 | SLAM

“Coalition MPs and industry groups are using a review of competition laws to push for a ban on campaigns against companies on the grounds that they are selling products that damage the environment, for example by using old-growth timber or overfished...

Armidale residents at Act Up #3

by | 2 Apr 2014 | SLAM | 1 comment

On Monday the 31st of March, five Armidale residents joined nearly 100 others in an unprecedented non-violent direct action against the expansion of Whitehaven’s Maules Creek Coal Mine. The expansion will destroy approximately one third of the Leard State Forest,...

UniSuper Dumps Fossil Fuel from Some Funds

by | 31 Mar 2014 | SLAM

The $40 billion UniSuper investment fund has announced that it will exclude fossil fuel companies from its “socially responsible” investment options as part of a refocus of its portfolio. UniSuper says the move is part of a strategy to also exclude gaming and weapons...

National Rural Women’s Coalition

by | 31 Mar 2014 | SLAM

Women Towards Sustainability The National Rural Women’s Coalition is currently calling for applications from women who are working as primary producers or working in the area of sustainability who want to improve their natural resource management skills and...

Climate Movement Strategy Project wants you to fill in a survey

by | 24 Mar 2014 | SLAM

Hi fellow climate activists, Hope this message finds you well. After the election of Tony Abbott and his attempts to rapidly dismantle all of the hard-won progress of the climate movement over the past decade, many of us have been doing some soul searching about the...

5 steps toward going ‘zero waste’ in the kitchen

by | 23 Mar 2014 | SLAM

“One happy discovery I’ve made is that the zero waste movement is much more popular and widespread than I thought” Shop with reusable containers Buy groceries in bulk Set up a good backyard compost system Make certain things from scratch to avoid packaging...

Labyrinth re-painted at Civic Park

by | 19 Mar 2014 | Event, SLAM | 1 comment

The labyrinth has been repainted on the grass at Civic Park, just behind the Judith Wright Memorial Garden at the corner of Faulkner and Dumaresq Streets. Please feel free to walk it at your leisure. Some of us are walking at dusk on full moons, and there will most...

Ripe near me

by | 13 Mar 2014 | SLAM

Fulham couple Alistair and Helena Martin have started the website, Ripe Near Me, which connects people with fresh produce growing in local back yards. Alistair Martin writes: One thing I have loved from the time I was small is fruit and veggies picked straight out of...