by editor | 24 Feb 2022 | AACSGaM, Climate, Energy, Event, Garden, Habitat, SLAM, Transport
The coordinating committee takes care of the administration of our association and undertakes planning. Location may change from the physical SNELCC offices in Hanna’s Arcade to virtual Zoom meetings depending on NSW government directives. It is made up of the...
by editor | 24 Feb 2022 | Event, Local Food, SLAM
The Armidale Farmers’ Market is on the second Sunday of the month at Curtis Park kicking off at around 9am and going through to midday. If you are a paid up member of Sustainable Living Armidale you are welcome to sell produce at the Armidale Local Food stall...
by editor | 24 Feb 2022 | Event, Local Food, SLAM
SLA usually has an information stall in front of the City Post Office at Armidale Markets in the Mall. They are held on the last Sunday of each month with 50 plus different stalls making a regular appearance. Stalls include a huge range of street food, cafés, farm...
by editor | 11 Feb 2022 | Event, Garden, Local Food, SLAM
The Home Grown Garden Tour is back for its 10th birthday edition on Saturday 26th and Sunday 27th February. You are invited into the backyards and community gardens of Armidale’s local food growers. After a tough few years of drought we are grateful to showcase...
by editor | 11 Feb 2022 | AURG, Event, SLAM
In the morning, we will be holding a working bee conducting site maintenance north and south of the creek, with morning tea provided as advised; and then have an afternoon evening BBQ and presentation of our Wetland Project from 5.30pm to 6.00pm. Details for working...
by editor | 11 Feb 2022 | AURG, Event, SLAM
We will gather from 5.00pm with the aim of walking down to the proposed wetland area for a short presentation on the work we will be undertaking from 5.30 to 6.00pm. We will then return to have our meal from 6.00 to 6.30pm. Time: 5.00pm Date: Sunday 13th February,...
by editor | 11 Feb 2022 | Event, Habitat, SLAM
No matter what kind of backyard you have, I’m sure you’ll agree there’s one backyard that matters more than anything – our Big Backyard, Australia. We live in one of the most biodiverse places on the planet, cared for and managed by First Nations Peoples for tens of...
by editor | 11 Feb 2022 | Event, SLAM
Anaiwan language revival organization Nēwara Aboriginal Corporation is launching an ambitious fundraising campaign to buy back a block of bushland on Anaiwan Country. Campaign spokesperson and Anaiwan educator Dave Widders says the group’s vision is “to have a...
by editor | 11 Feb 2022 | SLAM
The early bird catches the worm! Will you be the bird?!? Sign up now to get involved in Clean Up Australia Day on Sunday 6 March…come on! It’s the season of giving and goodwill, so let’s see your commitment to improving the environment. And of course...
by editor | 3 Feb 2022 | Event, Habitat, SLAM
Northern Tablelands Local Lands Services is hosting a webinar on Koalas in the Northern Tablelands with researcher and expert Romane Cristescu from the University of Sunshine Coast on Identifying koalas Recording sightings Where are koala populations in the Northern...
by editor | 3 Feb 2022 | Event, SLAM
Bounce Back with sustainability this month as we present a feature program of events online including Indigenous Cooking | Going Off Grid | Slow Travel | Rehydrating Landscape — A showcase of talks, forums, workshops, film and art, proudly supported by the City of...
by editor | 14 Jan 2022 | Event, Garden, Local Food, SLAM
Would you like to be a part of the Home Grown Garden Tour? This event invites the public into the backyards, community gardens and hidden verges of local food growers in Armidale and will take place on Saturday 26th and Sunday 27th February 2022. You would need to be...
by editor | 10 Dec 2021 | AURG, SLAM
Armidale Urban Rivercare Group (AURG) had a very special photo shoot yesterday with our state member Adam Marshall, to launch receipt of our successful grant application Stronger Communities Fund Round Four “Weedy Wasteland to Wildlife Wetland”. This is a very large...
by Annette Kilarr | 7 Dec 2021 | Event, SLAM
Due to lightning concerns — SLA end of year gathering at Arboretum called off Bring a nibble plate to share, and BYO drinks or thermos and cup or glass. Let’s celebrate a big year and prepare for another – caring for the earth and caring for people Thank you to...
by editor | 7 Dec 2021 | AURG, Event, SLAM
We plan to hold our monthly AURG Working Bee on Sunday 12 December near St Peters Preschool weather permitting. Bruce hopes to get the mulch spread on the St Peters site during next week or alternatively we will do this on the 12th. The Preschool want to do their...
by editor | 7 Dec 2021 | Climate, Event, SLAM
Power through Collaboration: A three-day event for organisations and individuals committed to climate action. Held during the first parliamentary sitting week of the year for 2022, in Canberra on Ngunnawal and Ngambri country, this gathering will be a key opportunity...
by Annette Kilarr | 1 Dec 2021 | Black Gully, Event, SLAM
The Black Gully Festival organising committee is holding a Soiree this Friday 3rd December at NECOM Courtyard 6:00 to 8:00pm. Black Gully Soiree facebook event Come along and see how you can join in .. cash bar, nibbles and live music. Come down and get involved…. as...
by editor | 1 Dec 2021 | ARC, Event, SLAM
Voting for Council: A formal vote on the Council ballot paper requires: voting either ‘above the line’ for parties and groups of candidates, or voting ‘below the line’ for individual candidates. DO NOT mix and match preferences across the black...
by editor | 1 Dec 2021 | Climate, SLAM
The pledges made at COP26 will not prevent 1.5 degrees or even 2 degrees of global warming. The outcome from Glasgow leaves a role for fossil fuels for many decades to come. As a climate advocate, you know the underestimation of the climate reality poses grave...
by editor | 1 Dec 2021 | AACSGaM, Habitat, Local Food, SLAM
In 1974, a year before completing her HSC, Kate and her parents Joan and Robert Boyd, became founding members of Armidale Branch, NPA. Kate was already a committed conservationist as, during the early 1970’s, she organised Inspect, a nature based study group at...
by editor | 1 Dec 2021 | AACSGaM, Habitat, SLAM
In conjunction with Armidale NPA, Pat Schultz as a volunteer, takes people to The Pilliga and adjoining areas in tag-along tours at least once a year. She respectfully introduces people to the homelands of the Gomeroi and Gamilaraay to learn of their heritage, as...
by editor | 1 Dec 2021 | AACSGaM, Habitat, SLAM
Phil began as a farmer, trained as an ecologist and has a long history in protecting the natural environment. As a mature age student, he studied science and volunteered to do wildlife surveys for national parks in 1995. He progressed to surveying the forests and...
by editor | 25 Nov 2021 | Climate, SLAM
Adaptation and mitigation are two responses to climate change. Adaptation refers to actions we take to avoid the negative consequences of hotter, dryer, more extreme climate. Mitigation refers to efforts to reduce or prevent greenhouse gas emissions and is a response...
by editor | 11 Nov 2021 | Climate, SLAM
Climate Café at Curtis Park was a success with well over 100 people attending, having a beverage, socialising, playing, dancing, and talking climate during COP26. Here are the...
by editor | 11 Nov 2021 | Event, SLAM
Meet at Lake Zot gate, near UNE Gym carpark This COP26 Creek Walk, funded by Kings College in London, is a vigil remembering colonial violence and link it to climate change. It is an invitation to reflect on the ways colonisation has contributed to the degradation of...
