Repair Cafes

While the Dutch send less than 3% of their municipal waste collections to landfill, they have established over 30 ‘Repair Cafes” across the Netherlands to recycle more household appliances and clothing – neighbours meet socially at the cafes and pool their skills and...

Transport Group meeting

The next meeting of the SLA Transport Action Group will be held on Tuesday 12th June at 5.30pm at the SNELCC Centre (upstairs from the Colour Copy Centre in East Mall). All welcome.

Changed Venue for Shared Meal 8 Jun

Hosting SLA Community’s monthly shared meal at a family home was so successful in May that we’ve decided to continue the meals at members’ homes, rather than Kent House.  This month’s meal will be hosted by Joy Bowles who lives near Armidale...

Understanding Bees

Incredible Edibles Uralla (Community Garden) would like to invite you to a talk on “Understanding Bees” Uralla beekeeper and gardener Peter Low will talk about bees on Saturday, June 9, at the Uralla Neighbourhood Centre, RSL Memorial Hall, 27 Salisbury...

CSG Workshop and Panel Discussion

The National Centre for Groundwater Research and Training (NCGRT) in conjunction with the Australian Water Association is presenting a three-hour workshop to discuss the science underpinning coal seam gas.Professor Craig Simmons, director of the NCGRT; Professor...

Sustainable Namoi Living Expo this weekend

The flagship event of the 2012 SNL Program is the Sustainable Namoi Living Expo. Held on 18 and 19 May 2012 at the Tamworth campus of TAFE New England, the expo will involve a range of exhibitors, workshops and speakers, from the building industry, ‘green’ retailers,...

100% Renewable Energy Survey

This year the 100% Renewable Energy group is focusing establishing  big solar plants, particularly solar thermal which allows energy from the sun to be stored for many hours until it is needed. Please support their campaign by filling out their short...