Creeklands Working Bee this Sunday 12th Feb

by | 8 Feb 2012 | Event, SLAM, SNELC

ARMIDALE URBAN RIVERCARE GROUP (AURG) hold working bees on Sunday mornings, approximately monthly. Quite a few SLA members are regulars, and it’s a good chance to meet others at a friendly working session. Here’s the details for the next one: The AURG in...

UNE Landcare working bee

by | 8 Feb 2012 | Event, SLAM, SNELC

Hope you had a great summer break. Got a new project this year, still working on the creek at campus. This year, with fantastic support from UNE Facilities Management Services (FMS) and the Armidale Urban Rivercare Group (AURG) we will be tackling the woody weeds...

In Transition 2.0

by | 8 Feb 2012 | SLAM

The film ‘In Transition 2.0’ will be released at the end of March. Pre-screenings were watched simultaneously in a fire station in Moss Side in Manchester, a community centre in Lyttelton in New Zealand that was one of only a few buildings there to survive...

Sustainable Housing books in Library

by | 2 Feb 2012 | SLAM

The town library has kindly purchased the following books on sustainable intentional communities at the request of SLA Community’s sub-group, Village: Creating Cohousing: Building Sustainable Communities Ecovillage at Ithaca “I was very excited to read the...

Shareable

by | 25 Jan 2012 | SLAM

Shareable is a nonprofit online magazine that tells the story of sharing. We cover the people and projects bringing a shareable world to life. And share how-tos so you can make a sharing real in your life. In a shareable world, things like car sharing, clothing swaps,...

Depavity

by | 25 Jan 2012 | SLAM

Urban Depavers Return Parking Lots to Paradise Depave is a Portland-based non-profit that organizes volunteer “depaving” sessions, wherein a group descends on an empty or underutilized lot and transforms it into a public green space, whether a community...

SLA Community Meal 10 Feb

by | 10 Jan 2012 | Event, SLAM

The next shared meal will be on Fri 10 February at Kent House. Anyone interested in sustainability is welcome to attend these meals that are held on the 2nd Friday of every month. The kitchen opens at 6.30, and we usually eat at about 7. It’s very informal...

Community garden beginning to take shape

by | 23 Dec 2011 | Garden, SLAM

Our garden is now growing pumpkins, wild rocket, coriander, parsley, corn, tomatoes, cucumbers, zucchini, potatoes and watermelons – and we’ve only just begun! We work on the garden every Tuesday and Thursday afternoon from 3:30 (weather permitting) and on...