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 10am SAT NOV 9th Every year Armidale folk gather at Black Gully (behind NERAM) to celebrate community, music and biodiversity 
This guide shows planting time periods that should allow you to get a crop in Armidale. 
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Project Zero30 has developed a survey to help estimate greenhouse gas emissions from Armidale Regional Local Government Area (LGA) household energy consumption methods and habits – information only our residents can provide. By completing this survey, you will be contributing to robust emissions estimates that will help inform appropriate reduction and offset strategies to guide our [...] full article » 
[ Thursday, 22 Apr; 5:30 pm to 8:00 pm. ] Armidale ‘green drinks’ takes place on Earth Day this Thursday and paves the way for a special community event on Saturday, April 24th. A growing Armidale tradition, green drinks is an informal opportunity to meet and greet fellow business and community people who work in, or advocate for, the environment, sustainability, clean energy and carbon [...] full article » 
Sadly, Starfish has been seriously coronered by the global pandemic. For the moment, the organisation has been placed into an hibernation-like state awaiting a possible return. The impacts of Covid-19 on Starfish’s work program were severe. By late March 2020, more than 80% of Starfish’s forward work had been either postponed indefinitely or cancelled outright. As an [...] full article » 
[ Friday, 28 Aug; 12:00 pm; Tuesday, 1 Sep; 12:00 pm; Friday, 4 Sep; 12:00 pm; ] We are excited to report that the Development Application (DA) is almost ready for submission for the proposed new community solar farm on the outskirts of Uralla. Our project partner, Meralli Solar, is holding a series of community information sessions before the DA is submitted. In the sessions, Meralli will provide a progress update on the proposed [...] full article » 
Starfish’s Farming the Sun community solar energy collaboration has today begun work on a possible new community solar farm, situated on the outskirts of Uralla in the NSW High Country. This opportunity has come about with thanks to local solar innovators, Meralli Solar. While the Uralla project could be Meralli’s sixth solarfarm, it could be the [...] full article » 
[ Thursday, 1 Aug; 7:00 pm to 9:00 pm. ] Kent House (Faulkner Street opposite Central Park) WATER, the facts Presentation, Questions, Brainstorming MAYOR SIMON MURRAY Armidale Regional Council will discuss and answer questions about supply, usage, restrictions, prediction on length of supply, possible responses to the effects of drought on water MANISH KHADGI Water and Sewer Services Operations Engineer Will provide technical information Everyone is welcome The rising banks of Malpas dam as [...] full article » 
[ Saturday, 3 Aug; 9:00 am to 2:00 pm. ] URALLA SUSTAINABILITY EXPO To support people to take their own actions towards sustainability, Z-NET Uralla is holding a hands-on Sustainability Expo on 3 August 2019, in partnership with Uralla Shire Council, as a Local Government Week event. Working together, there are lots of actions that the community and local government can take to make our day [...] full article » 
CWP Renewables and Partners Group (a global private markets investment management firm which is also the majority equity investor in the Sapphire Wind Farm) seek to share the benefits of what is now a wind, solar (more details below) and battery project with the local communities which hosts the project. CWP and Partners Group are pleased [...] full article » 
The 9th solar power bulk-buy block is currently open for residents, farms and businesses throughout the New England North West region. As at the time of writing, deposits for just over half of the block have been taken. Now is your last chance to purchase and install solar power before the renewable energy credits reduce again on 1 [...] full article » 
[ Thursday, 4 Oct; 7:00 pm; ] SLA’s October forum will be a twofold presentation in regards to solar power and energy use generally. Adam Blakester, from Starfish Initiatives, will provide an update on the impact of the “Farming the Sun” community solar collaboration, within a snapshot of Australia’s energy transition and sustainability generally. This is a call for ALT_OPTIONS_ENERGY, focusing on technology [...] full article » 
The take-up of solar power has accelerated throughout the New England North West region, with a local community bulk-buy program adding 2% more installations in the last eighteen months alone. “We’ve seen the level of community interest in solar power grow greatly over the ten years that we have been coordinating the Farming the Sun community [...] full article »
Farming the Sun has surpassed its goal of 1MW of additional solar power installations throughout the greater New England North West region (NENW) of NSW. This amounts to a significant 2% increase in the number of small-scale solar installations. Total installations for Farming the Sun from all projects over the last decade have now surpassed 2.25MW [...] full article »
[ Tuesday, 30 Jan; 11:00 am; ] Lismore Community Solarfarms has 'plugged in' its two 99kW solar arrays which brings the project to completion. It was a day of celebration on Tuesday 30 January 2018, as we launched and “turned on” Farming the Sun’s two Lismore Community Solarfarms: the 99kW rooftop solarfarm on Goonellabah Sports and Aquatic Centre; and Australia’s largest floating solarfarm, [...] full article »
We’re excited to announce that the 7th solar power bulk-buy block is now open! We’re just as excited to report that the program is looking very likely to sail past its goal of installing 1MW of high quality solar power throughout the region in the next few months! The total installations to date have now passed 700kW! The [...] full article » 
We’re grateful to everyone who participated in our Community Investment Testing survey. With your strong interest in this survey and through our series of public events, we received pledges of $5.4 million from 337 community members, with 80% of pledges coming from the local area. This enthusiasm was fantastic and demonstrates the high level of public interest in [...] full article » 
A new international study published in the journal Nature found that Australia is among a group of seven countries who are causing around fifty percent of global biodiversity loss. Using measures from the International Union for the Conservation of Nature (IUCN) red list, the study calculated that Indonesia has the worst record, accounting for 21% of [...] full article » 
Glen Innes is at the centre of the renewables revolution according to a recent ABC news article, which highlights the Sapphire and White Rock wind farms. Both are being constructed close to the town due to the ideal combination of high winds and grid connectivity found on this part of the Great Dividing Range. Goldwind, who [...] full article » In the toughest crack-down on single-use plastic yet, the Kenyan government has introduced a countrywide ban on the production, sale and use of plastic bags, with penalties of up to four years’ jail or fines of up to $US40,000. Whilst critics of the ban say it will cause job losses and affect small tradespeople’s ability to [...] full article » Climate change was chosen as the top concern by nearly half of participants in the World Economic Forum’s Global Shapers Survey 2017. The survey included over 24,000 young people who responded in 14 languages. The majority of participants also agreed that humans are responsible for climate change. Millenials worldwide also showed concern for a wide range of [...] full article » 
Early results show strong support for community investment in the Sapphire Wind Farm but more expressions of interest are needed for this groundbreaking project to go ahead. Learn more and complete our online survey to win an iPad. Sapphire Wind Farm will undoubtedly have environmental benefits. However community investment would also significantly increase the economic benefits for [...] full article »
[ Tuesday, 31 Oct; 5:00 pm; ] Final orders for the 5th block of the solar power bulk-buy are closing with enough time to ensure that all installations are completed before the end of this calendar year. This timing is important as it means participants will be ahead of the next reduction in solar credits (which happens on 1 January 2018). If you are [...] full article » 
Costa Rica has broken its own record for sustainable energy production and had another UNESCO Biosphere Reserve declared within its borders, all before the end of July 2017. Phew! Aiming to be the first carbon neutral country in the world by 2021, Costa Ricans have set themselves high standards in sustainability. Over the last 30 years [...] full article » 
Both Queensland and the Northern Territory have made moves this month to review and change place names which could be offensive and hurtful to Aboriginal people. Ten racist place names in northern Queensland will be re-named. In May Queensland’s Department of Natural Resources and Mines responded to community concerns about one place name by removing it from [...] full article »
We’re excited to announce that the 5th solar power bulk-buy block for the New England North West is now open! This marks a significant milestone for the program. We have now passed the two-thirds mark toward achieving our goal of installing 1MW (equivalent to 1% of residences across the region) of high quality solar power! The [...] full article » 
[ Wednesday, 6 Sep; 5:15 pm; ] Sapphire Wind Farm is a 270MW wind farm situated 18km west of Glen Innes and 28km east of Inverell in the New England High Country. Once operational it will be the largest wind farm in NSW, offsetting over 700,000 tonnes of carbon each year and delivering substantial economic benefits to the New England region. It [...] full article » |
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