Ray South Congratulated for 2020 John Winter-Irving Bequest

The 2020 John Winter-Irving Bequest, made each year by the Winter-Irving family in memory of John, has been awarded to long-time Southern New England Landcare member Ray South. Acting President of Southern New England Landcare, Steve Harvey, made the announcement at...

Tim Marshall elected to the NASAA Organic Board

NASAA Organic General Manager, Alex Mitchell, said, ‘The Board welcomes Tim Marshall and Mark Anderson to the NASAA Organic Board, following our recent Annual General Meeting held on Friday 30 October, in South Australia. Tim and Mark bring additional experience and...

AURG Sunday Sessions are back!

This Sundays’ Working Bee will be based at Site 13 near the serpent native flower area. It will be cutting and pasting privet in preparation for development of 3 new sites, plus some weeding of the serpent site if time permits. These new sites will include a Native...

Armidale Markets in the Mall

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...

Armidale Community Farmers Market

Armidale Community Farmers Market is on first and third Sundays of the month at Curtis Park kicking off at around 8am and going through to lunch. If you are a paid up member of Sustainable Living Armidale you are welcome to sell produce at the Armidale Local Food...

WEBINAR: Climate of the Nation 2020

Join NSW Energy & Environment Minister Matt Kean for the launch of the Australia Institute’s benchmark Climate of the Nation Report 2020. Part of the Australia Institute’s webinar series. Please note: the Minister has limited availability, so please...

Ask Lloyd’s to fund our future not Adani

We’re looking forward to seeing you this Wednesday night for our massive online rally calling on Lloyd’s of London to ditch fossil fuels and walk away from Adani! In exciting news, we just got an email from Newline, a Lloyd’s of London insurer, saying the...

VIDEO: Wrap vid #FundOurFutureNotGas School Strike 4 Climate

Friday was School Strike 4 Climate’s broadest day of action yet! From small towns to big cities, online and offline, tens of thousands of people across this continent sent a clear message to the government: #FundOurFutureNotGas. Here are the numbers: 630 actions were...

SURVEY: How Green is Your Money?

A four minute survey to help you find out if your bank or superannuation investments are helping or hindering climate change. https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/6XNHQ5J What some have said about the survey: “Thank you for sending me the survey. The link to Market Forces...

National Sustainable Living Festival Themes 2021

Now calling all change-makers, presenters, artists, performers, and creatives! To help accelerate our collective action in this crucial moment, NSLF encourages event applicants to respond to the following 2021 Festival themes. What do we really want to sustain? How do...

Mustering the community to help rehydrate New England

Southern New England Landcare is hosting an introduction to Natural Sequence Farming with Stuart Andrews (Tarwyn Park Training), October 22nd 2020 at Balala Station near Uralla. This is the second of two events introducing concepts and principles behind landscape...

Aussie Backyard Bird Count

BirdLife Australia brings you the Aussie Backyard Bird Count, one of Australia’s biggest citizen science events! National Bird Week 2020 will take place between Monday 19 October and Sunday 25 October. Celebrate National Bird Week by taking part in the Aussie...

Edgar Lane Habitat worth saving!

The Wildlife Habitat Group of SLA was formed in response to the threat of removal of habitat trees along Edgar Lane (now Street). The Lane was to be widened and tarred to facilitate housing development but it was known to be a wildlife corridor. The developer was...

Patsy’s submission to local strategic planning statement

  Thank you for the opportunity to comment on the Armidale Regional Council’s draft Local Strategic Planning Statement. I think this plan needs significant revision because it appears to have been written based on earlier circumstances and documents. It does not...

SS4C’s Armidale Day of Action

Hello Lovely people I’m here today to tell you about September 25th!!! Armidale’s day of action We are going to be holding an online webinar, or concert if you like, of young speakers, performers and players on Friday, the 25th of September! It starts at 3:45 and...

Aussie backyard bird count

Save the date — the Aussie Backyard Bird Count is back from 19-25 October 2020. The #AussieBirdCount is a great way to connect with the birds in your backyard, no matter where your backyard might be — whether it’s a suburban backyard, a local park, a patch of...

Climate Matters: Armidale Urban Rivercare Group

Local residents, recalling swimming and fishing in Dumaresq Creek, founded the Armidale Urban Rivercare Group (AURG) to rehabilitate Dumaresq Creek in Armidale. Since 2002, long sections of Dumaresq Creek from Lake Zot at UNE to Cookes Road have been rehabilitated...