by editor | 16 May 2025 |
Join Southern New England Landcare and David Carr from Stringybark Ecological to learn about best practice native tree planting, including: why to plant, where to plant, how to plant, aspects of design, ground preparation, selecting species, and looking after your...
by editor | 14 May 2025 |
Come along to a community-run screening of our film ‘Takayna — the Heart of Lutruwita’ in Armidale, NSW. Through the power of personal stories, be taken on a journey to the vast and threatened landscapes of Australia’s largest temperate rainforest in the...
by editor | 30 Apr 2025 |
Exhibition Dates: Sat 12 July – Sat 9 August — We have 82 entries from 33 artists The Opening extravaganza will be on Sat 12 July at 2pm with a few entertaining surprises in store. Junk Re-imagined music, some special junk dancers and the Wasted Trashy Fashion Prize...
by editor | 30 Apr 2025 | Autumn Festival, SLAM
A few snaps from a great day, thanks paraders and Electrify Armidale crews — Our choices matter, we need to move away from fossil fuels for a safer and more enjoyable future.
by editor | 30 Apr 2025 |
We’re ready to plant some trees and shrubs The next North Armidale Walking Tracks (NAWT) working bee will be on Sunday 4th May, 9.00 – 12.30 An area at the “Four Ways” has been slashed and cleared of rubbish, and a number of spots dug over ready for planting. We look...
by editor | 29 Apr 2025 | Energy, SLAM |
Are you over 18 and live in the Armidale Regional Council area in your own home? Would you like to replace your wood heater with clean, efficient heating? If so, you’re invited to participate in a research trial of a wood heater replacement program. The trial is...
by editor | 29 Apr 2025 |
We’re so pumped to announce this year’s People’s Blockade of the World’s Largest Coal Port! The People’s Blockade, on the lands and water of the Awabakal and Worimi Peoples, is now one of the most iconic climate uprisings in the world and 2025 will be the biggest and...
by editor | 29 Apr 2025 | SLAM
Check out the new international transition network website https://transitionnetwork.org The Transition Movement, which began in Britain and Ireland in 2006, has since grown into an international network of communities spanning 67 countries. It envisions a...
by editor | 29 Apr 2025 |
The Pilliga Tag-along tour is a not-for-profit tour. It is an activist tour aiming to educate and highlight the dire impacts of coal seam gas. It is tour that contrasts the beauty of the Pilliga with the visible impacts of mining. Car sharing is encouraged, as fuel is...
by editor | 3 Apr 2025 | SLAM
Dive into the world of positive change with Transition Australia as they harness the power of storytelling to inspire action! Join us in this informative session where we look at the ‘Stories of Transition’ project and the valuable insights it can offer....
by editor | 3 Apr 2025 | Energy, SLAM
Last Thursday evening, we had an inspiring and insightful evening at the Home Energy Upgrades for Comfort and Every Budget event—the first in our Armidale Community-Driven Shift to Renewable Energy and Sustainability series! Our expert speakers...
by editor | 28 Mar 2025 |
We are seeking participants for this year’s Autumn Festival parade, to walk as part of the Sustainable Living Armidale float. SLA float at the Autumn Festival, Saturday 5th April 2025 Midday Central Park Even if you can’t attend the planning meeting or working bee,...
by editor | 28 Mar 2025 | Energy, SLAM
We had a great parliamentary trip last week with the delegation from the Hunter and New England Renewable Energy Zones! We met with: Dr Joe McGirr, Member for Wagga Wagga; Jeremy Buckingham MLC; Brendan Moylan, Member for Northern Tablelands; Sue Higginson MLC;...
by editor | 28 Mar 2025 | Habitat, SLAM
The Bob Brown Foundation (BBF) organised its annual nationwide rallies to March in March for Forests on Sunday, March 23. One such rally was held in Armidale at the Judith Wright Memorial Park. Locals in attendance ranged from children to the elderly with everyone...
by editor | 28 Mar 2025 |
This month, ACEnergy will submit the Gara Battery Energy Storage System(BESS) Environmental Impact Statement to the Department of Planning, Housing, and Infrastructure (DPHI). This report includes detailed findings from research and investigations covering...
by editor | 28 Mar 2025 | SLAM
Friday 4 April 2025 at 5.30pm Register for the Day of Transition Practise 2025 BIOS: Mary StringerMary is a grandmother and retired community worker who worked with others in 2017 to set up Transition Australia as a national Hub to connect grassroots transition and...
by editor | 28 Mar 2025 | SLAM, ZNET
Thanks to everyone who so generously shared your time on Saturday March 15th 9:30am at NERAM. It was Sarah’s meeting but from my point of view it could not have gone better, and I’m sure she agrees — Harry An exerpt from Harry Creamer’s invitation: I am writing...
by editor | 20 Mar 2025 |
This weaving workshop uses the dolichandra inguis catsclaw feral weed to make a woven casket. The weekend is facilitated by Zimmi Forest and Emma who will guide us through weaving and mutual exploration into our mortality. A deeply immersive exploration of death,...
by editor | 20 Mar 2025 |
Managing Travelling Stock Routes for Ecological Significance and stock use At Kent house 141 Faulkner St Armidale. 6.00pm- Join us for supper of homemade soups (vegetarian or chicken and vegetable) 6.45pm- Forum on Travelling Stock Routes with guest speaker Ross...
by editor | 20 Mar 2025 |
We have undertaken research into how to simultaneously improve human and planetary health by building alternative community food infrastructures (CFIs) that are socially and environmentally just. This has all been part of the Armidale Climate and Health Project,...
by editor | 20 Mar 2025 | Energy, SLAM
Welcome to ‘Renewables done right’, a new series we’ve been working on, where rural and regional Australians share their experiences of living with renewable energy. Last year we conducted some in-depth research into rural and regional attitudes to the...
by editor | 14 Mar 2025 |
On Sunday 23 March, we will be rallying for forests at Judith Wright Memorial, Civic Park, Creeklands. Hear updates from First Nations custodians, Forest Protectors and Ecologists about our precious Styx River and the endangered Greater Gliders who live there. Join us...
