A Day in the Life of Your Soil

by | 8 Nov 2017 | Event, Local Food

New England North West Regional Science Hub presents: A Day in the Life of Your Soil Soil organisms are very important for agricultural productivity and the health of natural environments. They influence how much water enters and stays in your soil, nutrient cycling,...

Australia is second worst in world for biodiversity loss

by | 8 Nov 2017 | Starfish

A new international study published in the journal Nature found that Australia is among a group of seven countries who are causing around fifty percent of global biodiversity loss. Using measures from the International Union for the Conservation of Nature (IUCN) red...

Glen Innes recognised as renewable energy hub

by | 8 Nov 2017 | Energy, Starfish

Glen Innes is at the centre of the renewables revolution according to a recent ABC news article, which highlights the Sapphire and White Rock wind farms. Both are being constructed close to the town due to the ideal combination of high winds and grid connectivity...

November Forum: SLA Celebrates 10 Years

by | 2 Nov 2017 | Event, Monthly Forum, SLAM

Special Forum Thursday, 2nd November at 7pm  Kent House, opposite Central Park on Faulkner Street Where to now? Ten years ago a large group of Armidale people were concerned enough about our future to create SLA. Are you still interested in how we might locally...

Between Art and Poetry: New Perspectives on Tablelands Flora

by | 2 Nov 2017 | Event

Join us for an Exhibition, Reading and Book Launch With Music by Alana Blackburn Friday, 17 November 2017 6.00–7.30pm Reader’s Companion 151 Beardy Street, Armidale Between Art and Poetry is a recent collaboration between botanical poet John Charles Ryan and botanical...

Progressive Cinema presents film This Changes Everything

by | 19 Oct 2017 | Climate, Event

Progressive Cinema presents This Changes Everything Tuesday 24 October 7pm McCrossin’s Mill Uralla Inspired and narrated by Naomi Klein, the film presents seven powerful portraits of communities on the front lines of climate change, from Montana’s Powder River Basin...

Frontline Action on Coal

by | 19 Oct 2017 | AACSGaM

Front Line Action on Coal started in August 2012 and grew from Australia’s first coal mine blockade. The #LeardBlockade was established in response to Whitehaven Coal’s proposed Maules Creek mine and other coal mining operations in the critically endangered Leard...

The truth about gas

by | 19 Oct 2017 | SLAM

The Australia Institute has been hard at work debunking the gas lies and econobabble. Because the simple the truth is, we have enough cheap easy-to-extract gas in Australia to last 100 years. As Australia Institute advisor, Mark Ogge, wrote in Crikey...

I’ll Have Your Sunburnt Country — poem by G. Adani

by | 9 Oct 2017 | AACSGaM

Many of you may not know that Mr Gautam Adani writes poetry in his spare time. He has written this poem for Australians… “I’ll Have Your Sunburnt Country” A poem by Mr Gautam Adani I love a Sunburnt Country, A land of leaking brains Of...

Stop Adani spelt out in Armidale

by | 9 Oct 2017 | AACSGaM, Climate

Over 130 people gathered in front of Barnaby Joyce’s office in Armidale to tell him loudly and clearly to “Stop Adani”.   The action was one of over 45 events held across Australia with thousands of people creating human signs to spell out “StopAdani”, from Bondi to...

Waste Action group to have their first meeting

by | 6 Oct 2017 | Event, Waste

First of all welcome to this group; secondly apologies for the the length of time it has taken to contact you all. The first meeting will take place on Tuesday 17 October at 5.30 pm at SNELCC offices in Hanna’s Arcade, ground floor, half way along. Hope this...

Follow up to October Forum: Behaviour Modification

by | 6 Oct 2017 | Monthly Forum

Here is an outline of the presentation last night and three web sites relevant to John Malouff’s talk.  To save paper, John decided not to distribute the materials in person. Difficulties in changing human behaviour Humans are habitual Behaviours compete...

Armidale Joins #StopAdani National Day of Action Oct 7

by | 3 Oct 2017 | AACSGaM, Event

Armidale joins the National #StopAdani Big Day of Action spelling it out our politicians on Saturday Oct 7. When: From 11:00AM to 11:30AM, Saturday, October 7 Where: In front of Barnaby Joyce’s Office in the Mall in Armidale Wear: BLACK! top to shoes Bea Bleile, one...

Costa Rica setting the bar for sustainability

by | 3 Oct 2017 | Climate, Starfish

Costa Rica has broken its own record for sustainable energy production and had another UNESCO Biosphere Reserve declared within its borders, all before the end of July 2017. Phew! Aiming to be the first carbon neutral country in the world by 2021, Costa Ricans have...

This morning’s air quality data — Australia wide

by | 26 Sep 2017 | SLAM

Increasing numbers of air quality monitors like the ones bought for Armidale are being installed throughout Australia. This screen-shot of Australia at 7:15 am this morning. Hobart, Perth and Canberra had low pollution (1-2 ug/m2), Melbourne and Brisbane a moderate...