by editor | 24 Nov 2016 | Energy, Event, SLAM, Starfish
Farming-the-Sun is launching the second bulk buying scheme for solar hot water. Their evacuated tube systems will be substantially discounted below retail prices. Wednesday, 30 November 2016 10–11am; Uralla Community Centre, 9 Hill Street, Uralla The launch...
by editor | 24 Nov 2016 | Energy, Event, Starfish
North Coast Energy Forum Friday, 25 November 2016 ~ Coffs Harbour Here in this part of Australia, we like to think we are living in a clean, green part of the world. In some respects, maybe that’s true (is that the screech of cockatoos I hear outside my window?). But...
by editor | 21 Nov 2016 | Energy, Event
The 100% Renewables Roadshow is coming to Armidale and we want you there! An orderly transition to 100% renewable electricity is not only 100% doable, it will mean a better, fairer and cheaper energy system for all Australians. The Homegrown Power Plan is a policy...
by editor | 21 Nov 2016 | AACSGaM, Event
A community discussion on the CSG industry’s potential economic effects on the region. The Crossing Theatre, Narrabri Tues November 29 6.00pm – 7.30pm With Richard Denniss, Chief Economist at The Australia Institute John Hoffman, President of Miles Chamber of...
by editor | 21 Nov 2016 | SLAM
Hi friends, we have purchased beautiful 100% unbleached recycled paper and now we need the images to print onto it. Please send me a high rez photo of an SLA event or one we have collaborated with, that has SLA faces. We have newly designed bookmarks with a...
by editor | 14 Nov 2016 | Event, Local Food
On Nov 14 OzHarvest New England will be hosting a very special film screening at Belgrave Cinema. The documentary, Theater of Life, follows current world number one chef, Massimo Bottura (Osteria Francescana) and Father Don Giuliana (parish priest of Greco) as they...
by editor | 14 Nov 2016 | AACSGaM, SLAM
A citizen science group based in coal-afflicted Maules Creek, NSW, claims the Department of Planning and Environment has failed to validate low frequency noise modelling that it uses in planning decisions, resulting in harm to rural communities near coal mines. The...
by editor | 8 Nov 2016 | Black Gully, Event, Monthly Forum, SLAM
SLA is holding a very special forum on Thursday November 10th at the Uniting Church Hall at 7pm. Former Armidale resident, ecologist, artist and social activist, Dave Curtis, will be joined by five artists to talk about their project for Saturday’s Black Gully Music...
by editor | 8 Nov 2016 | Black Gully, Event
The sixth annual Black Gully Music Festival once again presents a rich program of local music, four world-class ecoartists, activities for the whole family, an artists and makers market and great food stalls. It’s free as always and only works because of...
by editor | 8 Nov 2016 | Energy, Event, Starfish
EESS advised us today that the cut-off date for receiving the full renewable energy credits is close of business, Wednesday 9 November. If you have already placed your deposit you are in this first bulk-buy group. Congratulations! If not, and you would like to be,...
by editor | 8 Nov 2016 | Energy, Event
Office of Environment and Heritage want your feedback on the Draft Climate Change Fund Strategic Plan and A Draft Plan to Save NSW Energy and Money. We’ll be using your feedback to develop three action plans for investing up to $500 million over five years...
by editor | 2 Nov 2016 | SLAM
Five talented eco-artists will be in residence at the Aboriginal Cultural Centre and Keeping Place (ACCKP), the New England Regional Art Museum (NERAM) and on site in and around Black Gully in the weeks leading up to the Black Gully Music Festival. Community members...
by editor | 28 Oct 2016 | Energy, Starfish
We have just received confirmation that enough deposits have been received for installations of the first bulk-buy block to begin in November. Delivery of the panels is expected by mid November and installations are scheduled to be completed before the summer holiday...
by editor | 27 Oct 2016 | Climate
It’s one of the greatest environmental catastrophes our country has ever seen… and yet somehow, it’s fallen off the political agenda! Earlier this year there was plenty of media coverage about coral bleaching on the Great Barrier Reef – but recently, things have gone...
by editor | 27 Oct 2016 | Starfish
It is rare to hear environmental scientists sounding positive about the future. But that’s exactly what’s happening now with an international group of researchers. Because over the past two years, they have been gathering examples of positive initiatives of various...
by editor | 20 Oct 2016 | AURG, Event, Garden, Local Food
Environment Science Community Arts People Entertainment This spring, Escape to New England. From the 20th of October to the 12th November Armidale and surrounding areas emerge from the cold of winter to present a program of events and activities based on the...
by editor | 20 Oct 2016 | Event
Community members are invited to be part of the process determining Armidale Regional Council’s future vision. 6pm to 8pm Tuesday 25 October 2016 Armidale Town Hall, Rusden Street, Armidale SLA people put some effort into getting aspects of sustainability into...
by editor | 20 Oct 2016 | Event
A series of activities focussing on grassy woodlands and the plants and animals that live in them. We’re proposing five activities: Scanning with spotlights: nocturnal ecology at Thalgarrah field studies centre; Behold the bugs: invertebrate surveys of local...
by editor | 20 Oct 2016 | Energy, Event, ZNET
The NSW Solar Bonus Scheme is coming to a close at the end of the 2016 year. In order to make the transition to un-subsidised feed-in tariffs as smooth as possible for Scheme customers, the NSW Department of Industry in collaboration with the Office of Environment and...
by editor | 20 Oct 2016 | AURG, Event
The AURG is holding a Working Bee on Sunday 13th November, 2016. The working bee will be our first spring planting day, planting out Eucalyptus stellulata (Black Sallee), as part of our Restoration and Rehabilitation of the Creeklands downstream of where Centennial...
by editor | 20 Oct 2016 | SLAM
Bill rewired my brain in 1992, as I sat on a rather uncomfortable chair in a hall in Stroud. Permaculture was a new term to me, but I was intrigued, so the opportunity to hear from its founder was too good an opportunity to miss, so a few of us made the journey from...
by editor | 20 Oct 2016 | Climate, Road to Paris
The Paris climate accord negotiated last year has been ratified by enough countries for it to go into force. A group of European nations raised support for the Paris Climate Change Agreement to countries that represent 56.75 per cent of world greenhouse gas emissions,...
by editor | 20 Oct 2016 | Event
The coordinating committee takes care of the administration of our association and undertakes some planning from time to time. It is made up of the convenor, the secretary, the treasurer and representatives from the various subgroups. The current committee: Patsy Asch...
by editor | 19 Oct 2016 | Starfish
In 2003 the Australian philosopher Glenn Albrecht coined the term solastalgia to mean a “form of psychic or existential distress caused by environmental change”. Albrecht was studying the effects of long-term drought and large-scale mining activity on communities in...
by editor | 30 Sep 2016 | Event, Monthly Forum, SLAM
It’s not in the papers but a silent revolution is moving across the world. Renewable energy is becoming cheaper than energy from fossil fuels. It means that progressively the choice for wind and solar energy is no longer an ethical one but an economic one. And this...
