[ Tuesday, 22 Feb; 6:00 pm; ] At 6pm at SNELCC Office Present: Joc Coventry (chair), Michelle Owens, Patsy Asch, Jo Leoni, Bar Finch (minutes), Robyn Newberry. Apologies: Helen Webb, Iain MacKay. Minutes of previous meeting 26.1.11 adopted. Business Arising Pats to check out solar display at Visitor Centre Iain to draft & circulate info about the email/contact system (or is that the great cartoon?) Correspondence From [...] full article »
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[ Tuesday, 1 Mar; 7:00 pm to 9:00 pm. ] Community Wind Farm for New England? As part of the New England Community Wind Farm Feasibility Study, a public forum will be held in the Armidale Town Hall on Tuesday 1st March at 7pm. The meeting will be hosted by Sustainable Living Armidale (SLA) as part of their popular program of monthly forums, and with support from [...] full article » 
[ Wednesday, 2 Mar; 6:00 pm; ] The Armidale Autumn Parade is on Saturday 19th of March. We need lots of people for our award winning community float. The theme this year for our parade entry is 'Where in the world does our food come from?'. We will amass at 93 Brown Street on Wednesday the 2nd of March at 6pm. Be [...] full article » 
[ Thursday, 24 Feb; 7:00 pm; ] There will be only one screening, 7pm Thursday February 24th at the Belgrave Twin Cinema. GASLAND is an award-winning documentary about the unbridled extraction of natural gas in the USA. When Josh Fox, a theatre director and part-time banjo player, is approached by a natural gas company offering him $100,000 for permission to explore on his land, [...] full article » 
[ Saturday, 26 Feb; 8:00 pm; ] The Gas Rush, the Four Corners program presented by Kerry O'Brien on Monday 21 February, is another frightening indictment of the rapidly expanding gas mining industry in Australia. A coalition is forming to call a halt to the 'gas rush'. You can still see the program on ABCNews24 at 8:00pm on Saturday and on ABC iview [...] full article » 
[ Saturday, 5 Mar 10:00 am to Sunday, 6 Mar 4:00 pm. ] Whatever you do, don't miss ALF's 3rd Home-grown Garden Tour on the first weekend in March. This is a great opportunity to see 10 productive backyard gardens in Armidale and gather heaps of good ideas and useful info about compost, bees, worm farms, fruit trees, chooks, permaculture, seed saving ... The tour offers a chance to see [...] full article » [ Monday, 28 Feb; 5:00 pm; ] Hiya everybody! thought you might be interested in participating in a very special research program developed by the CSIRO. It's called Energymark! In the next couple of weeks I will be holding the first group get-together for all who are interested in getting to know more about climate change and saving energy. Anyone can get involved! The NSW Energymark [...] full article »
[ Sunday, 13 Feb; 8:30 am to 1:00 pm. ] The AURG is undertaking a maintenance day at the Rologas Playing Fields (the old Wicklow area!) and surrounding area plantings (Holmes Ave and Douglas St). This will involve weeding in and around plants and repairing stakes and cartons as required. We chose this area because the plant growth has to been seen to be believed. [...] full article »
[ Saturday, 19 Mar; 10:00 am; ] SLA will have a ‘float’ (on foot) in the Autumn Festival Parade with a colourful message about local food. It will involve ‘massed’ wheelbarrows, and some shopping trolleys. The overall theme for the Parade is “Around the World in Eighty Floats”, and the SLA take on this will be on the lines of “Your Food: Around [...] full article » 
[ Tuesday, 22 Feb; 5:30 pm; ] “Business Energy ~ the bottom line” ...an informative session about the issue of energy prices for small & medium business owners. Electricity prices are set to rise dramatically over the next few years making this is a valuable information evening for anybody who’d like to find out how to reduce their business energy costs through Government grants, rebates [...] full article » [ Friday, 25 Feb; 12:30 pm to 2:00 pm. ] The NSW Government is offering a program to help families reduce their power bills. Armidale Dumaresq Council has organised a presentation at Kent House on FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 25TH from 12:30-2pm. 50 Households will be offered a free home audit, as well as stand-by saver power board 4 energy efficient light bulbs low flow showerhead shower timer tap aerator draught-proof strips for [...] full article »
You may have seen the film about FaceBook called The Social Network. Personally I didn’t like it, I thought it was really OTT (over the top). However I do like acronyms, like FB (FaceBook), and I do just like FB period, for keeping abreast of what friends are up to, and to share photos. I [...] full article » 
[ Sunday, 8 May; 12:00 pm; ] Slow Food New England will once again be hosting the Sunday lunch at this year's Wool Expo. This will be a terrific opportunity to celebrate our best local produce and wines, as well as enjoying a fabulous fashion show and other entertainment. Numbers will be limited, so put this date away Sunday May 8th and register [...] full article » GetUp! has launched a campaign to oppose the Federal Government’s intention to cut $250 million from their Solar Flagships program, a program meant to fund large-scale solar power stations in Australia. GetUp! recommends other savings, for example: $600 million would be earned by eliminating the oil excise tax exemption for ‘Condensate’, a light oil extracted as a [...] full article » |
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