10,000 Trees – Campus Creek Cleanout

Hello all! The next working bee is a team effort between UNE Landcare and the Armidale Urban Rivercare Group, to be held at the University of New England (map here). The planting will be the launch of the ‘10,000 Trees – Campus Creek Cleanout’ project, happening with...

Threat to ecosystems on TSRs

TSRs in northern NSW containing some of the last and most significant stands of threatened ecological communities are under threat as the North West LHPA fences and leases them out for permanent grazing. 150 years of stewardship by LHPA and their predecessors has...

Armidale wins 2012 Sustainable Communities Award

Congratulations Everyone! Armidale has won the Keep Australia Beautiful (KAB) NSW 2012 Sustainable Communities Award. The award was presented on the weekend in Kyogle, winners of the award last year. This is a huge achievement, due the vision and work over many years...

Buffet of Broken Promises

Hi folks, This is the best chance we may ever have to put our views on coal and gas to the NSW Cabinet directly. Please make a big effort to get there on Monday 5th November and bring along as many people as you can. The entire NSW State Cabinet, including Premier...

News from the Tennis Courts

Hi everyone there has been lots of progress in the garden in the last few weeks. Terry laid the pavers for the floor of the chook house that the wonderful Year 11 TAS boys made; they used recycled materials (funding from the HiCUB project) and the result looks great!...

Do we really need industrial agriculture to feed the world?

How can we feed the world—today and tomorrow? The biggest players in the food industry—from pesticide pushers to fertilizer makers to food processors and manufacturers—spend billions of dollars every year not selling food, but selling the idea that we need their...