Register now — Speaking 4 the Planet

by | 14 Jun 2019 | Event

Armidale Regional Council, the Armidale Catholic Schools Office and 4Sustainability Education are once again holding a Speaking 4 the Planet competition to celebrate World Environment Day.  This is an invitation to participate. The Speaking 4 the Planet competition...

Investment opportunity open for 2 more weeks

by | 14 Jun 2019 | Event

The Sapphire Wind Farm community investment initiative will close on 30 June there will not be any further extensions. Please invest now in order to not miss out. This offer is open to all residents of NSW and ACT to participate. If you would like to invest now,...

#StopAdani Postcard from Antarctica

by | 14 Jun 2019 | AACSGaM, Climate

The penguins in these photos are chinstrap penguins – they’re not as affected at the moment from climate change as some other species (it was thought a few years ago that they might not be affected much as they tend to live in the warmer areas and rely less on sea...

Donations of Bikes and Blankets please

by | 14 Jun 2019 | Transport

I am alerted by Settlement Services that Bikes and Blankets are still needed if anyone has any to offer. Blankets, doonahs etc should be taken to the Salvation Army’s depot in Beardy Street (block between Beardy and Taylor).  There is much demand in the...

ReAct Climate Code Red Wrap Up!

by | 14 Jun 2019 | AACSGaM

A huge effort leading up to election, along with the fabulous #StopAdani convoy and a month of action, music and trainings on the frontline’s at REACT: Climate Code Red! Like most of you, up here on the frontline’s, we are certainly feeling the...

Climate Emergency Petition

by | 14 Jun 2019 | SLAM

We are calling on residents of the Armidale Regional Council to join with other communities around the world and call the dire climate changes that we are experiencing ‘A Climate Emergency’. As Armidale is in the grip of level 4 water restrictions, the...

Clean Up Our Waste — CleanUp Australia

by | 14 Jun 2019 | Waste

It’s time for action. Australians produce 540kg of household waste per person each year.     We need to reduce both the rubbish that enters our environment and the waste we send to landfill.   In the year to June 2017 Australia generated an estimated 67 million...

Waste>Art & Design Competition

by | 3 Jun 2019 | Energy, Event, Waste

The Waste>Art & Design Exhibition opens on Monday 3rd June at 5.30pm at the exhibition space – Armidale Mall empty shop corner of the Mall Arcade (near ACE Embroidery). Winners of each category will be announced at the opening. The exhibition of works will be...

Level 4 Water Restrictions for Armidale and Guyra

by | 3 Jun 2019 | SLAM

Armidale Regional Council has announced that Level 4 Water Restrictions have commenced. Unfortunately there has been no significant rainfall and the Bureau of Meteorology forecasts further dry weather for the coming months. Historically, Armidale has been fortunate...

Calling on Local Artists

by | 3 Jun 2019 | Event

Calling On Artists, of all ages, to submit an art work responding to the painting and poem below: MY SOUL My soul once provided Only tranquility And it would not make my body impatient. Now my soul’s tenderness for my body Has been forgotten. My body is in tatters. My...

Global Environment Report Demands National Commitments

by | 3 Jun 2019 | SLAM

New Intergovernmental Panel report demands comprehensive commitments to deal with crisis in the natural world. A Global Assessment of Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services was released by the Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem...

Film ‘2040’ opens this Thursday at Belgrave Cinema

by | 3 Jun 2019 | Event

Award-winning director Damon Gameau (That Sugar Film) embarks on a journey to explore what the future could look like by the year 2040 if we simply embraced the best solutions already available to us to improve our planet and shifted them rapidly into the mainstream....

Are koalas functionally extinct?

by | 23 May 2019 | SLAM

The discussion began with a media release from the Australian Koala Foundation. LifeGate responded with  ‘Koalas are functionally extinct’ by Lorenzo Brenna, published 21 May and The New Scientist replied with ‘No Koalas are not ‘functionally...

Meet the New England Candidates will be live-streamed

by | 7 May 2019 | Event

Join us for a Q and A with the candidates from the New England in the 2019 Federal election. This event will be an opportunity for the Armidale and surrounding business community and residents to meet with and hear from Candidates in the upcoming election....

Environmental film screening ‘The Map to Paradise’ + Q&A

by | 7 May 2019 | Event

From Executive Producer Martin Sheen, The Map to Paradise is an adventure-filled and spectacularly gorgeous tale about the birth of the global movement to protect the sea. From underwater worlds of ice to glistening coral sanctuaries, discover what it takes to build a...

Climate Change and the Cargo Cult Book Launch

by | 7 May 2019 | Event

Chris Cunningham Book Launch —5:30pm Wednesday 8th May @ Readers Companion, 151 Beardy Street Climate Change is a major threat to our way of life, and requires urgent political action to remedy its many threats, but is it a symptom rather than the disease? This book...

Preliminary program for Ecoarts Conference 26 MAY

by | 7 May 2019 | Event

EcoArts Australis 3rd National Conference: Using the visual and performing arts to encourage pro-environmental behaviour. Descriptions of our keynote speakers and what they will be presenting are available Description of our field day Please note, the draft program is...

National Sustainable Living Festival – Podcasts 2019

by | 7 May 2019 | SLAM

Disruptions for sustainability are happening right now all around the world – whether it’s the explosion in clean energy uptake, the surge of urban agriculture, the growth of regenerative farming or the breakthroughs in zero waste – this is a movement that’s shaking...

WATCH: Accelerate film before #ClimateElection

by | 7 May 2019 | SLAM

To make sure that everyone, everywhere has the chance to watch the Accelerate documentary before the federal election – and see this compelling call to arms for climate action. Here it is:   The Accelerate documentary shows why we need climate action, and how...