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SUMMARY:Platypus Forum and Afternoon Tea
DESCRIPTION:The New England Rakali and Platypus Group (NERP) warmly invites you to join us for a Platypus Forum and Afternoon Tea. \n\nDate: Saturday 7th March 2026\nTime: 2pm-3.30pm\nVenue: Armidale & Region Aboriginal Cultural Centre and Keeping Place (ACCKP)\, Kentucky St.\, Armidale\nAfternoon tea: Catered for by the Keeping Place Cafe.\n\nNERP has held several events over the last three years including a forum at UNE with platypus researchers\, an online session with Geoff Williams from the Australian Platypus Conservancy and a Spring 2024 Platypus picnic at Commissioners Waters. \nAt the Black Gully Festival in 2025 children made clay platypus and we began ‘weaving the Macleay’ on repurposed hail netting\, an ongoing project for the PCYC markets 2026. The Early Years Platypus Kit continues to be well received and will be on loan again for early childhood services and schools (K-2) from March 2026. The Platypus Forum will include the following presenters\, and we look forward to some engaging discussions. \n\nHazel Vale and Thelma Kelly\, Welcome to Country and reflections on river care\nAngus Adair\, Co-ordinator of the Armidale Urban Rivercare group (AURG) and local wildlife enthusiast: ‘Two Decades of Dumaresq Creek Rehabilitation: Positive Impacts for Rakali and Platypus’\nDr Sarah Mika\, Senior Lecturer in Aquatic Ecology\, UNE: ‘The importance of creating healthy Macleay headwaters’\nDr Michelle Maloney\, from the Australian Earth Laws Alliance: ‘Nature based law and the rights of rivers’(online)\nWe look forward to seeing you at the Platypus Forum and Afternoon Tea\, Bruce Cohen\, Andrew Lawson\, Elizabeth O’Hara and Sue Elliott
URL:https://slarmidale.org/event/platypus-forum-and-afternoon-tea
LOCATION:Armidale Aboriginal Cultural Centre and Keeping Place\, 96-104 Kentucky Street\, Armidale\, NSW\, 2350\, Australia
CATEGORIES:Aboriginal,Talk,Wildlife
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ORGANIZER;CN="Sustainable Living Armidale":MAILTO:info@SLArmidale.org
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SUMMARY:Armidale Tree Group Open Day 2026
DESCRIPTION:Armidale Tree Group Open Day is on again\, so save the date! Please join us for great day out for gardeners\, nature lovers\, locals\, and anyone who’s curious about Australian native plants and the amazing wildlife and landscapes they support.\n\n\nProgram of events \n\nGuided nursery tours at 10.45 and 12.45am\n\nTalks in the Woodland Centre: \n\n10am- Choosing natives over exotics — Dr Andrew Thornhill\n11am – What is a hybrid – the good\, the bad and the ugly — Dr Rose Andrews\n12noon- Dingoes — Dr Guy Ballard\n1pm-Bird nesting boxes — Angus Adair\n\nWorkshops: \n\n10am-11am – Mandala for Young Nature Lovers\, Meet at front gate (adults accompany please) — Susan Grant/Kerry Steller\n11.30am-1pm- Adults + kids activity\, Printing on paper with Natural Plant dyes — Green Classroom. Margaret England\n12.30 pm- Seed collecting for your garden\, Retail area in the nursery — Dave Carr\n1.30pm- Propagation native cuttings\, Potting Shed — Kim Kneebone\n\nOther fun things: \n\nContinuous BBQ\nCoffee Van\nMusic – Al Heagney and friends\nArt – local artists\nEcofriendly market stalls\nNew book displays by local writers\n\nDisplays: \n\nSouthern New England Landcare\nNational Parks Association\nAustralian Plants Society\nNorthern Tablelands Wildlife Carers\nSLA Food group\n\n\n\nAll activities Free. Collect your free tree by presenting a ‘Free Tree’ voucher.Come and support your local not for profit community nursery.
URL:https://slarmidale.org/event/armidale-tree-group-open-day-2026
LOCATION:Armidale Tree Group\, 80 Mann Street\, Armidale\, NSW\, 2350\, Australia
CATEGORIES:Art,Garden,House,Music,Planting,Talk,Wildlife
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SUMMARY:Talk: The revolution will not be violent
DESCRIPTION:This talk by A.Prof Marty Branagan\, Peace Studies\, University of New England which is partly about Rising Tide\, will be on 26 March in Arts Lecture Theatre 3 at UNE at 1pm. All welcome. \nA persistent trope from some leftists is that armed struggle is a necessary precursor to a more just\, sustainable and peaceful world. This paper argues that such a trope is not revolutionary but deeply conservative\, influenced by and supporting the aims of the global military-industrial complex and a flawed state system. The paper shows how the military-industrial complex influences societies down militaristic pathways through its think-tanks\, media stories\, influences on schools and universities\, and Hollywood connections\, and how this is reinforced by film and entertainment violence\, language\, history telling and parenting. Using data from a survey of contemporary climate activists\, I explore possible motives for violence before  discussing issues arising from the Myanmar and Gaza conflicts. I then explore nonviolent action and the benefits of nternationalising movements\, choosing appropriate strategies and tactics\, and utilising general strikes\, hunger strikes\, boycotts\, divestment and sanctions. Finally\, I discuss the recent Rising Tide blockades of the world’s largest coal export port in Newcastle\, and movement education about intersectional oppression\, forefronting of diversity\, commitment to egalitarianism\, cultural activism\, capacity-building\, and narrative control\, temporarily creating\, as Aboriginal musician Gurridyula put it\, an unarmed autonomous zone.
URL:https://slarmidale.org/event/the-revolution-will-not-be-violent
LOCATION:University of New England\, Booloominbah Drive\, Armidale\, NSW\, 2350\, Australia
CATEGORIES:Activism,Peace,Talk
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