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...

Stop Adani Convoy breakfast in Armidale

by | 1 May 2019 | AACSGaM, Event

Come enjoy breakfast and meet members of the Stop Adani Convoy, the ones heading for Canberra including Bob Brown. Where: Curtis Park Armidale When: from 7 for 7:30am brekky start Probably all over by 9am as the Convoy has whole day on the road. There will be plenty...

Join the school strikers on May 3!

by | 1 May 2019 | AACSGaM, Climate, Event, SLAM

On March 15, the School Strike for Climate movement turned out 150,000 people to demand urgent climate action. It was Australia’s biggest ever climate mobilisation. Now, a federal election is just weeks away but neither of the major parties has a real plan in place to...

Enmore Planting Day — Thank You!

by | 17 Apr 2019 | Habitat

With the generous help of 50 volunteers on Saturday, we planted out 2000 trees and shrubs to add to the Saumarez Creek Corridor! The planting will form part of a habitat block at the Enmore TSR on Salisbury Waters. The Saumarez Creek Corridor will consist of habitat...

Code Red on Climate Change

by | 17 Apr 2019 | AACSGaM

Between the 19th April – 19th May, grassroots groups, artists, musicians & skill sharers from across the continent are converging on Central Queensland for a month of training, workshops and music in opposition to the dangerous Adani Carmichael coal mine. Come up...

WATCH: You Are Stealing Our Future: Greta Thunberg

by | 17 Apr 2019 | Climate

UPDATE: On Friday May 3rd, school strikers and our communities are holding a #ClimateElection National Day of Action to pressure our Federal MPs like never before. Everyone is invited! Last month — students of Armidale high schools organised the local...

WATCH: Four Corners — Climate of Change

by | 17 Apr 2019 | Climate

The struggle to reduce Australia’s greenhouse gas emissions. Climate change policy has been one of the most divisive issues in modern Australian political history. It has brought down governments and toppled political leaders. At times the debate has become so...

WATCH: Hepburn — the power of community

by | 17 Apr 2019 | Energy

Hepburn Shire in Central Victoria is an Australian community that’s showing us that the clean energy transformation isn’t just possible – it’s already underway. Our new video celebrates Hepburn Shire’s visionary plan to move their entire community to...