Just moved to Armidale? Welcome

The Armidale Business Chamber  is hosting Armidale’s first ever Welcome to Armidale event for new residents on May 1st 5.30 – 6.30pm. “The event will give people a chance to make new contacts and start building the friendships that make a new town...

Latest IPCC Report Shows Way Forward

More than 700 climate scientists and other experts from more than 70 countries spent five years preparing the latest IPCC report (the UN Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change).  Their message – climate change is already happening and there are big risks and...

Act on Climate web site goes live

If you are interested in or have concerns about our climate, please register on the new web site for Act on Climate (aoc.org.au) which went live today, 14th April. If you have anything you would like to post on the site, all contributions are welcome. Contact:...

The Future of Poles and Wires in Rural Australia

REneweconomy has an interesting article about the future of the Net.  It begins: “Network operators in at least two Australian states are likely to ditch parts of their extensive poles and wire networks in regional areas as they realise that the costs of...

Waste Deep

Food and packaging waste is not simply something that ‘goes away’ when we pop it in the rubbish bin for collection by our garbos. Waste has an insidious, long-term impact on our environment, our wildlife and ultimately our own health. But how do we avoid it? In an age...

The SLA Energy Group Needs New Members

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

“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...