by editor | 29 Jun 2016 | Energy, SLAM
The Forum was a great success. Five local people with expertise in aspects of energy policy provided important information to help plan for the future.Then six of the candidates spoke about their policies and concerns. Lively Q&A followed.
by editor | 28 Jun 2016 | Event
Voices of New England have surveyed the candidates and researched their track record to compile a scorecard that shows voters how candidates stack up on the issues that matter for the seat of New England. The launch will start at Civic Park 11am and you can get your...
by editor | 28 Jun 2016 | Energy, Starfish
New England voters want Australia to clean up its energy system much faster than is currently proposed, a new election poll has found. Two hundred locals converged in Armidale to hear the New England candidates’ energy policies. Six of the electorate’s 10 candidates...
by editor | 23 Jun 2016 | AACSGaM, Event
Pat Schultz is organising the Armidale district. Phone:{mobile phone prefix oh four}28725852 to register your proposed location, or enquire about a location to protest. We hope to have people on Tamworth to Glen Innes and Armidale to Dorrigo. Sign making at Pats place...
by user submitted | 23 Jun 2016 | Energy, Event, SLAM, ZNET
Regional Development Australia Northern Inland and Z-NET Uralla are holding a workshop for New England businesses in Uralla on 28 June 2016, 6pm at the Community Centre, Hill Street. “Taking Control of Your Power – Reduce/Generate/Store” This is a free community...
by editor | 10 Jun 2016 | Energy, Event, Starfish |
New England Voters are being provided with a unique opportunity to directly assess the policies of all ten candidates at an Accountability Forum. The Candidates Accountability Forum is focussed on one of the most serious policy issues and biggest opportunities for the...
by editor | 10 Jun 2016 | Energy |
The Today show had a segment on: “How to avoid freezing this winter” As well as briefly explaining some of the issues I covered in my talk, it shows people putting the double sided tape on a window frame to install the clear comfort film. It’s quite...
by editor | 6 Jun 2016 | Energy
Portugal kept its lights on with renewable energy alone for four consecutive days last week in a clean energy milestone revealed by data analysis of national energy network figures. Electricity consumption in the country was fully covered by solar, wind and hydro...
by editor | 31 May 2016 | Energy, Event, Monthly Forum, SLAM |
The frosts have finally come and so the next SLA (Sustainable Living Armidale) forum is on home heating. Several speakers will cover the many options from passive solar design and solar heating systems to wood fires and reverse cycle air conditioning. They will...
by user submitted | 31 May 2016 | Event, SLAM
Join in the first Conversare event in Armidale. 6.30 to 9.30pm, Tuesday, 31st May at Servies $25 Concession (pensioners, students, …) $35 General Admission Everyone is welcome to join in. These events are for you if you are happy to enjoy a two course meal and a...
by editor | 31 May 2016 | SLAM |
The Australian Conservation Foundation have created an interactive scorecard which rates the major parties on pledged responses to the issues of clean energy, pollution and environment. At the bottom of the infographic is a pledge form for you to fill out and...
by editor | 27 May 2016 | AACSGaM, Energy, Event, Local Food, SLAM |
ABC Q&A – hosted by Tony Jones – is broadcasting LIVE from Tamworth Town Hall on Monday the 6th June. There will be a free bus running from Armidale to Tamworth for Armidale residents interested in coming along and being part of the debate. On the...
by user submitted | 27 May 2016 | Climate, Event, SLAM |
Election Climate Action Rally 5 June, Bicentennial Park Tamworth, 12 noon Come along and add your voice and your concerns. Many SLA members have already decided to attend. The speakers will include: Anika Molesworth, Young Australian Farmer of the Year Rob Taber:...
by editor | 24 May 2016 | SLAM
A searing new report says the environmental movement is not winning and lays the blame squarely on the failed policies of environmental funders. The movement hasn’t won any “significant policy changes at the federal level in the United States since the 1980s” because...
by editor | 24 May 2016 | AACSGaM, Event
You are cordially invited to the visit one of the state’s biodiversity hotspots under threat from coal mining, the Leard Forest , NSW, situated 2 hours west of Tamworth to take part in the 4th community led bird survey of this endangered woodland. Many are aware of...
by editor | 17 May 2016 | Event
Knitting Nannas Against Gas (KNAG) and 350.org will be in Armidale mall this Thursday 19/5/16 9:30am outside of Barnaby Joyce’s office, near the post office. Bring signs re Barnaby, deputy prime minister caring for farms and forests....
by editor | 16 May 2016 | Event, Garden
Maria Hitchcock is holding an Open Garden as a fundraiser for the Red Cross on Sunday 29th May (1 day only) 16 Hitchcock Lane (off Old Inverell Rd – 4kms W of UNE) $5 Adults Children free The Red Cross will be providing Devonshire teas, soup with French bread,...
by editor | 3 May 2016 | Energy
Decades ago, engineers largely dismissed vertical-axis wind turbines—which spin around a central axis like a top—because they could not match the efficiency of the propeller-like turbines common today. But researchers have found recently that clusters of vertical-axis...
by editor | 2 May 2016 | Event, Monthly Forum |
This month’s SLA Thursday Forum on 5th May is your opportunity to find out more about the newly-formed community alliance, Voices of New England. VoNE has been established in the lead-up to the Federal election, as we recognise the importance of the New England...
by editor | 2 May 2016 | AACSGaM, Event
When: Friday 6th May 09:00-11:00 with question time to 12:00 Where: Natural Resources Building (W55) Lecture theatre EM6 University of New England “David and Goliath, the Coal seam gas industry vs. Groundswell Gloucester, the reality of government, industry and...
by user submitted | 2 May 2016 | Event, SLAM
We will start the day at 9am at Armidale City Public School, where Joy Bowles will demonstrate how to make a 7-path labyrinth out of strips of material laid on the grass. At 12:45pm you are invited to “walk as one at 1” in a group at the Civic Park...
by editor | 2 May 2016 | AACSGaM, Event, Road to Paris
As people on every continent on earth shut down their countries’ most dangerous fossil fuel projects, hundreds of Australians will come together on the 7th-8th of May at the world’s largest coal port in Newcastle. Together we will create Australia’s largest ever...
by editor | 2 May 2016 | AURG, Event, SLAM
The AURG is holding a Working Bee on Mother’s Day, Sunday 8th May, 2016. The working bee will involve further planting of Juncus (Rushes) and Cyperaceae (Sedges) to fill out the wet problem areas of our developed area between Taylor and Douglas Streets on the southern...
by editor | 28 Apr 2016 | ZNET
Are you wondering where your hard earned dollars are going with each power bill? Get a head start by filling in the Z-NET Uralla free energy assessment form that came with your Uralla Shire Council Newsletter this week. You can drop it off in the post box at 94 Bridge...
by editor | 27 Apr 2016 | Event |
Did you know that at the 2013 election, 25% of young people between 18 and 24 weren’t enrolled to vote? With an election just around the corner, it’s super important young people get on the roll to vote, because the decisions our politicians make today, are the...
