Local food and wine at Duval College

by | 25 Aug 2011 | Event, Local Food, SLAM

Duval College Senior Common Room invites you to this year’s tasting of local food and cold climate wine on Friday, 2 September from 6.00 pm. Local wineries featured include  Whyworry (Uralla), Boorolong Road (Armidale) and Wright Robertson (Glencoe). Locally grown and...

Australian homes still the biggest

by | 25 Aug 2011 | SLAM

ABC Online A new report by CommSec has found Australia continues to build the biggest homes in the world. The report says data from the Bureau of Statistics shows the average floor area of new homes, including apartments, is 214 square metres. That is up 5 per cent...

German Village Produces 321% More Energy Than It Needs!

by | 25 Aug 2011 | SLAM

Ok, those Germans are just showing off now. Not only has the nation announced plans to shut down all of its nuclear power plants and started the construction of 2,800 miles of transmission lines for its new renewable energy initiative, but now the village...

Come & help plan the SLA display at SLEX

by | 19 Aug 2011 | Event, SLAM, SLEX

Armidale’s Sustainable Living Expo (SLEX) is on October 21,22,23 in the Creeklands. There’s a meeting to start organising our SLA display for SLEX to be held on Tuesday 23rd August at 4pm at 163 Barney Street. So come along and join in the early planning,...

Make a submission on the Clean Energy Bill

by | 18 Aug 2011 | Energy, Event, SLAM

Hello renewable energy supporters! You haven’t heard from us for a while, but we’ve been keeping our eye on the Federal government’s plans for more investment in renewables.  Recently they released their draft Clean Energy Legislation (carbon price)...

Tamworth Say Yes Rally follow up

by | 15 Aug 2011 | Event, SLAM

Message from Robin Gunning, Thanks so much to all of you for coming to the Tamworth rally.  Can you Armidale people coerce as many Armidalians as you can, to sign the say yes petition. The petition will be at the SLA market stall and Open Forums.

Coal Seam Gas Article

by | 15 Aug 2011 | SLAM | 1 comment

The SMH Good Weekend Magazine (13/08/11) has an informative article, What lies beneath by David Leser about the impact of Coal Seam Gas(CSG) exploration & extraction on Australian primary industry. This article supports the conclusions given in the DVD Gasland,...

Car Pooling 4 Say Yes Rally in Tamworth

by | 12 Aug 2011 | Event, SLAM

Hi SLA folks, I think that Tony Windsor has made an effort, so should we. For those who want to attend Say Yes Rally in Tamworth I propose a meeting place* here in Armidale to car pool If you don’t have a car still turn up – someone will give you a lift...

LPG Conversion for Private Vehicles

by | 12 Aug 2011 | SLAM

I have just received my $1,500.00 rebate from the governemnt for converting my 2000 Mazda B2600 table-top ‘ute’ to dual fuel, LPG gas & petrol. The conversion was done in Sydney & cost $1,700.00.  A later spark plug & lead upgrade cost a...

Say ‘YES’ to a price on Pollution

by | 12 Aug 2011 | Event, SLAM

Join a rally in Tamworth: Sunday, August 14th 11am – 12 noon Biennial Park, Tamworth Demonstrate that there is support for the Clean-Energy Bill and for Tony Windsor’s participation in the Multi-Party Committee on Climate Change. It is a wonderful experience...