An Environmental Celebration

by | 3 Nov 2013 | Event, SLAM

Everyone is invited A time  to acknowledge and reflect, as a community, on our responsibilities for the natural world. Date: Sunday – 1St December, 2013 Time:  5– 6pm Where:  Kent House, 141 Faulkner Street or Central Park if the weather is fine (you may like to...

Unlocking the future food system

by | 30 Oct 2013 | Event, Garden, Local Food, SLAM

A Conversation: Unlocking the Future Food System Thursday 31st October 5:30pm Upstairs, White Bull Hotel, 177 Marsh Street FREE LECTURE One of the most pressing questions of our time will be addressed at a public in Armidale next week : how will we feed the...

SLA tweet tweet

by | 28 Oct 2013 | SLAM

Yes that’s right, if your favourite social media tool is twitter, SLA now broadcasts SLAM stories to Twitter as well. http://twitter.com/SLArmidale

24 hours of reality – Armidale Live Broadcast

by | 17 Oct 2013 | Event, SLAM

UNE is hosting the biggest climate conversation ever. The School of Arts, Lecture Theatre 3 from 10-11am on Wednesday 23 October will host the live broadcast. The global broadcast 24 Hours of Reality: The Cost of Carbon brings together artists, scientists,...

The bee and neonicotinoid poisons

by | 16 Oct 2013 | SLAM

There is a lot of controversy about the impact of neonicotinoids, a class of insecticides related to nicotine, on the bee population. The neonicotinoids have been implicated as one of the causes of the general decline in both the honey bee and bumblebee populations....

Making scarecrows this Sunday at the garden

by | 11 Oct 2013 | Event, Garden, SLAM

As part of all the general festivities at Black Gully this Sunday, why not wander over to the community garden in the afternoon and join in the fun of helping to make a scarecrow or two? Our scarecrows are going to need some accessories, so if you have anything that...

City of hope

by | 10 Oct 2013 | SLAM

Hi there Sustainable Living Armidale People! I am helping a Coffs Harbour Architect out with communicating his Eco-Housing project at the Jetty and we thought your members might find the project an interesting read? cityofhope.com.au Reiner Schimminger is the greenest...

Community Owned Solar in Manilla

by | 9 Oct 2013 | Event, SLAM

On Saturday, we’ll have our very first meeting to explain the details of the community-owned solar farm. The close knit community of Manilla could create Australia’s first community owned solar farm. It is an opportunity for you to be part of a positive...

The Story of Solutions

by | 2 Oct 2013 | SLAM

The Story of Solutions explores how we can move our economy in a more sustainable and just direction, starting with orienting ourselves toward a new goal. In the current ‘Game of More’, we’re told to cheer a growing economy – more roads, more malls, more Stuff! – even...