The 2021 Sustainable House Tour experience

Every two years since 2012 SLA has held a Sustainable House Tour. 2020 was a dud because of covid-19, but last weekend the fifth House Tour was on again. This tour was different than previous years, with the focus on renovations. Lengthier conversations were held the...

Australia wide climate risk assessment

A new non-partisan network of current and former defence and security practitioners has launched: the Australian Security Leaders Climate Group (ASLCG), warning Australia is ‘ill-prepared’ for the threats that accelerating climate change poses to Australia’s security....

Armidale ‘green drinks’ attracts a lively crowd

This year’s ‘green drinks’ attracted a lively crowd to Armidale’s Imperial Hotel last Thursday, April 22nd. Initially started by David Carr (Director of Stringybark Ecological) and now organised by Sustainable Living Armidale, the aim of ‘green drinks’ is to enable...

New citizen science site: #WildPollinatorCount

Australia has lots of wild pollinator insects that are often overlooked. European honey bees get a lot of attention because they are an adaptable, generalist forager, which means they are happy to visit almost any flower, in most climate zones. They are also a social...

Care about Clean Air?

The NSW Government is seeking input into its draft Clean Air Strategy. Submissions close at 5pm on Friday 23 April; basic information and a general on-line response form. This response form is quite prescriptive and, if you have time, you might prefer to write your...

Rivercare working bee with morning tea & lunch provided

AURG working bees have been cancelled on Council advice until further notice.  Armidale Urban Rivercare Group (AURG) Sunday Sessions will be held on the second Sunday of each month. Winter months to be confirmed weather permitting. Time: 8:30am Location: Somewhere...

Confused about carbon budgets for the Paris climate goals?

Zero by 2050 or 2030? 1.5°C or 2°C? This briefing paper explores how IPCC carbon budgets underestimate current and future warming, omit important climate system feedback mechanisms, and make dangerous assumptions about climate risk-management. “Where we are today at...

Armidale Koala Day of Action #SaveOurKoalas

Koala habitat is still being cleared across NSW. If we’re going to save koalas from extinction, we need to pull out all stops in 2021. Save Our Koalas Day of Action is on Sunday 21 March. Where: Edgar Street off Arundel Drive Armidale When: Sunday 21 March from 1–2pm...

WATCH: Emergency Action for Negative Emissions

Recorded at The Capitol, RMIT University Below Zero 2030 Emergency Action for Negative Emissions The dramatic shift in mainstream climate policy in support of a zero-emissions target is widely welcomed. But are we at grave risk of missing our intended outcome by...

Rivercare working bee at Ohio St footbridge

Our next working bee is scheduled for Sunday 14th March on the creek lands near Saint Peters Preschool (87 O’Dell St). Work will include cut and pasting, whipper snipping and general tidy up. Details for working bee are as follows: Time: 8.30am Date: Sunday 14th...

CLIMATE MATTERS: TAWS Unwrapped

Year 7/8 from The Armidale Waldorf School recently went to the Armidale Dumaresq Recycling Centre to see what happens to waste and recycling in our town. This follows on from a rubbish audit that we conducted at the school. We sorted the bins from every classroom over...