by editor | 26 Sep 2017 | Climate
Exciting news: Just yesterday, five Nobel Peace Laureates have written to Norwegian Prime Ministerial candidates calling for Norwegian climate leadership and an end to fossil fuel exploration and expansion. The letter reads: “Leadership in this century will be...
by Tom Fisher | 3 Sep 2017 | Event, Monthly Forum, SLAM
Helen Webb, SLA member has recently travelled through Queensland and would like to share some of her thoughts and photographs illustrating some of the challenges to living sustainably in Queensland and how people from a range of communities have responded to those...
by editor | 1 Sep 2017 | AURG, Event
Our next working bee will be on the Creeklands straight south of the Phil Wheaton Soccer Field. Please note that this is the third Sunday, not our usual second Sunday of the month. Bruce Whan, Gordon Bell and John Fitzgerald have been working away and now have...
by editor | 1 Sep 2017 | SLAM
Councils and residents are being encouraged to nominate potential community infrastructure projects as Tranche B is now open for the Stronger Country Communities Fund. The fund represents a major investment in local infrastructure for regional communities to enhance...
by editor | 1 Sep 2017 | Energy, Starfish
We’re excited to announce that the 5th solar power bulk-buy block for the New England North West is now open! This marks a significant milestone for the program. We have now passed the two-thirds mark toward achieving our goal of installing 1MW (equivalent to 1%...
by editor | 1 Sep 2017 | Energy, Event, Starfish
Sapphire Wind Farm is a 270MW wind farm situated 18km west of Glen Innes and 28km east of Inverell in the New England High Country. Once operational it will be the largest wind farm in NSW, offsetting over 700,000 tonnes of carbon each year and delivering substantial...
by Tom Fisher | 31 Aug 2017 | Event, Transport
The chilliest days are behind us, the sun is shining, and the Cycleway is calling! What better time to dust off the helmet, pump up the tyres and get pedalling? Sustainable Living Armidale and Transport for New South Wales have again partnered to present a fun social...
by editor | 28 Aug 2017 | Climate, Event
It’s not just people who are feeling the impacts of our changing climate. Precious natural places and wildlife around NSW are also under pressure, with longer, hotter summers, changing rainfall patterns, and more frequent and intense bushfires. Join us for an...
by editor | 28 Aug 2017 | Event
Meet the Candidates will be a fast and punchy event. Put ballot names to faces and hear their vision for the region in person. By the end of the night you will know who to give your considered vote to. New England Toastmasters and Armidale Regional Ratepayers...
by editor | 28 Aug 2017 | Event
It is a truth universally acknowledged that most humans, in possession of a good environment, must be in want of development of it. The development of the environment benefits some, burdens others and bypasses many. The distribution of the benefits and burdens of...
by editor | 28 Aug 2017 | Energy
WE WON: The Australian Energy Market Commission (AEMC) dropped its proposal to let power companies charge solar owners unfairly for feeding electricity to the grid! People at the AEMC – they’re the rule makers in our energy system – didn’t just change...
by editor | 23 Aug 2017 | Climate, Starfish
Whilst the Paris climate deal has noble aims, it is based on shaky assumptions, according to a recent article in the Guardian. To genuinely put ourselves on a trajectory which avoids the economic crisis that climate change will force upon us, we need to embrace...
by editor | 23 Aug 2017 | AACSGaM
Dear friends, family and fellow humans, For the last few months we’ve been working on a major new film about the CSG threat to northwest NSW called ‘Sacrifice Zone’. It’s a completely independent project, made without government or corporate or NGO support (apart from...
by editor | 23 Aug 2017 | Starfish
The economic costs of rising sea levels due to climate change are beginning to hit home as a $24.5m sea wall is completed on Saibai Island in the Torres Strait. The small island just off the coast of Papua New Guinea has been suffering the effects of land erosion and...
by editor | 23 Aug 2017 | Garden, Local Food
The Australian Food Sovereignty Alliance and the Open Food Network invite you to join the Australian Fair Food Forum! The Australian Fair Food Forum is an open, searchable space to support all those working towards a sustainable and fair food system in Australia. It...
by editor | 23 Aug 2017 | Starfish
Researchers at the University of Newcastle are attempting to gain a clearer picture of events during the frontier wars by gathering evidence of massacres of Indigenous people which are seldom discussed and have never made it into most history books. Lead researcher...
by editor | 10 Aug 2017 | AURG, Event
The maintenance working bee will be on the northern side of Dumaresq Creek opposite Northcott Street. We have had a fair bit of flood damage with a high flood on 29th June and we plan to replace damaged cartons, do essential weeding and apply rock mulch to replace the...
by editor | 10 Aug 2017 | Event
Invitation … Our first ‘Soup and Sustainability Conversations’ will be held on Sunday 13th August at 6pm at the Old Gazette Theatre, Hickory St Dorrigo. The aim of these evenings is to offer an opportunity for sharing food and conversation stimulated from...
by editor | 10 Aug 2017 | Event, Garden, Local Food
Southern Blue Regenerative and Southern New England Landcare Ltd present Regenerative Agriculture with Jeff Pow Co-founder of Southampton Homestead, WA. Hear how Jeff Pow and Michelle McManus set up Western Australia’s only vertically integrated, beyond organic,...
by editor | 2 Aug 2017 | Event, Monthly Forum, SLAM
The New England Northwest Biodiversity Alliance (NENW Biodiversity Alliance) is designed to be a collection of Partners with a common objective: to preserve and enhance biodiversity. The NENW Biodiversity Alliance is an example of a regional partnership, made up of...
by editor | 2 Aug 2017 | AACSGaM, Energy, Event, SLAM
On Friday 4th August we are delivering the results of the Adani community survey to our federal MP, Barnaby Joyce. The survey shows clear community opposition to Adani, and if enough of us join the action at his office, Joyce will be forced to pay attention to these...
by editor | 2 Aug 2017 | AACSGaM, Climate, Energy, Local Food, Starfish, Transport, Waste
Today is Earth Overshoot Day, which means that humanity has already used up all the Earth’s available resources for this year ~ a massive five months too early. Each year Earth Overshoot Day is calculated by Global Footprint Network as the day when the amount of...
by editor | 2 Aug 2017 | AACSGaM, Event
The next Pilliga Leard tour will be held on September Friday 1st, Saturday 2nd, Sunday 3rd. As I have a booking this tour is definite. Following tour: September 29th, 30th, October 1st. Please reply or text me {mobile prefix oh for}28725852 to book either tour. Please...
by editor | 2 Aug 2017 | Waste
We’ve celebrated some great wins this month with Harris Farm, Coles, and Woolworths all announcing they will be getting rid of single-use plastic bags in 2018! While this is an awesome win and will make a huge difference to the 5 billion plastic bags used in...
by editor | 28 Jul 2017 | Energy, Starfish
The largest hydroponic vegetable grower in Australia has been able to expand its operations thanks to a groundbreaking collaboration with a 196MW wind farm development. Nectar Farms had planned to power its $565m expansion project with gas but almost had to abandon...
