Active Hope Workshop near Bellingen May 2016

by editor | 27 Apr 2016 | Event

Please join us at our Active Hope Workshop on Sunday, 8 May, from 9:30-4:00 pm at North Farm, Bellingen. For adults and young people 17+ (Yes, it is Mother’s Day – we weren’t aware of that when we chose the date, but what better way to celebrate...

New England Federal Candidates will speak in Armidale this week

by editor | 18 Apr 2016 | Event

Independent candidate Tony Windsor and Greens’ candidate Mercurius Goldstein will be presenting and meeting locals this week. Mercurius Goldstein, and Greens’ Senate candidate, Michael Osbourne 6 – 7pm Wednesday 20th: Politics in the Pub, Wicklow...

Snow Gums Reserve working bee this Saturday 1 – 5pm

by editor | 15 Apr 2016 | Event

There is a working bee at the Snow Gums Reserve (corner of Erskine St and Markham St) between 1pm and 5 pm. Come to the middle entrance to the reserve off Markham St (200m below Erskine St). If you can only make it for an hour or two that will still be useful. Please...

This Grampz has all the amps! National Youth Week, Family Fun Day at Alma Park

by editor | 14 Apr 2016 | Event, ZNET

Come to the Z-NET Uralla stand at the National Youth Week, Family Fun Day at Alma Park, April 16 from 10 am – 2 pm and try out one of the fun ways of making your own energy. Here’s our Z-NET bike for charging phones from your own sweaty energy. It needs a name....

‘How to Change the World’ and ‘Granny Power’ will show at UNE’s Nonviolence Film Festival in the Oorala Centre

by editor | 14 Apr 2016 | Event

UNE’s Nonviolence Film Festival is an annual festival of documentaries about nonviolent campaigns around the world, presented by Peace Studies. This year’s festival features four outstanding contemporary films, and one classic from 2003 – ‘Wildness’. The lunchtime...

April Forum: Turning cool lemons into warm houses

by editor | 5 Apr 2016 | Energy, Event, Monthly Forum

Mahalath Halperin took a 90 year old house with an initial energy rating of zero stars to a highly efficient and comfortable home. This talk looks specifically at this case study, using both theory and reality, and seeing just how the promises of improvement actually...

AURG Planting of Juncus between Taylor and Douglas Streets

by editor | 5 Apr 2016 | AURG, Event

The AURG is holding a Working Bee on Sunday 10th April, 2016. The working bee will involve planting of Juncus to fill out the wet problem areas of our developed area between Taylor and Douglas Streets on the southern side of Dumaresq Creek. Details of the working bee...

Fundraiser for our Western Woodland Koalas on Chuffed by David Paull

by editor | 5 Apr 2016 | AACSGaM | 2 comments

Our Declining Koalas Once widespread through our woodlands and forests, Koalas are in trouble west of the Great Dividing Range. Koala populations in this region are most susceptible to global warming impacts as well as having to deal with ongoing habitat loss and...

Watch Transition Network’s New Film: 8 days @ COP21

by editor | 4 Apr 2016 | Road to Paris

We have a new film set in Paris, our theme of ‘international begins looking at UK Devolution, Brexit or Bremain and the translations project. The importance of dreaming and imagination, plus trips to Ireland, Paris and Leicester plus healthy conflict, the joy of...

Destruction of the Leard and threat to the Pilliga concerns everyone

by editor | 4 Apr 2016 | AACSGaM

Leard State forest has been the largest area of intact remnant vegetation remaining in the northern Liverpool Plains. Part of this forest is nationally-listed and critically endangered box-gum woodland, of which only 0.1% remains where once it existed through much of...

Team Sustainables Win! 36–25, SLA’s 2016 Autumn Parade float in pictures

by editor | 24 Mar 2016 | Autumn Festival, Event

It was a close game of earthball played hard on the streets of Armidale. A competitive, and at times chaotic game unfortunately overshadowed by scandalous off field bribes and cheating. Team Sustainables were clean winners —36 points defeating Team Fossil Fuels 25...

SLA’s float at Autumn Parade 2016: Sustainables Vs Fossil Fuels earth ball game

by editor | 16 Mar 2016 | Autumn Festival, Event

We are float 33 and will assemble on Beardy Street between Butler and Markham Streets at 11:30am tomorrow. Wear black track pants, gym shoes and bring both a black t-shirt (if you have one) and a bright coloured t-shirt (if you have one). We have a place nearby to...

It’s on soon – ZNET Uralla will be at Seasons of New England at Hampden Park in Uralla

by user submitted | 16 Mar 2016 | Event, SLAM, ZNET

We will be promoting all of those wonderful things that will bring Uralla towards covering our energy use in a sustainable manner. On Saturday 19th March at Seasons of New England we will be assisting with energy efficiency guidance and display equipment promoting the...

Z-NET Uralla Coordinator position open

by editor | 16 Mar 2016 | ZNET

We are seeking an enthusiastic and well organised Coordinator to provide support for Z-NET Uralla to begin to implement our Action Plan from the Z-NET Blueprint, and to support enquiries and engagement from other regions and towns, to build a wider community of...

Knitting Nannas are now in Tamworth!

by editor | 10 Mar 2016 | Event

With great success we held our first Tamworth Knit-in on Friday March 4th. We are doing it again tomorrow and we’d love to see you there. We have a meeting with Mayor Col Murray in early April to voice our concerns. Are those opposed to more mining in New...

Snow Gums Bushland Working Bee, Sunday, 20th March

by editor | 10 Mar 2016 | Event

Hello bushcarers, There was a fire towards the southern end of the reserve on Wednesday evening. It burnt part of the really high conservation value woodland and part of a 40-year old revegetation area before the fire brigade put it out . I have said more about the...

Member registration closes this Friday — 5 reasons not to miss next week’s Climate Assembly

by editor | 10 Mar 2016 | Event, SLAM

Sustainable Living Armidale is a member of Climate Action Network Australia, so if you are a paid member of SLA you can attend this. Member registration closes this Friday 11 March, so get in quick if you’ve not yet registered. Here’s 5 reasons...

Please sign — Get Polluters out of Politics

by editor | 10 Mar 2016 | Climate | 1 comment

Dear Friends — I’m Robin Gunning from Tamworth and I’m the coordinator of our Pollution Free Politics campaign in New England. I’m a climate campaigner. New England is a big electorate and our MP Barnaby Joyce is one of the worst climate...

March Forum: Clark’s Gully mining development application

by editor | 1 Mar 2016 | AACSGaM, Event, Monthly Forum

Arthur Bain is a founding member of ‘Save our Macleay River’ (SOMR) group and will join us via Skype to speak about how SOMR started and impacts of Hillgrove antimony/gold mining downstream. Tim Collins is our second speaker to talk about potential impacts of the...

UNE Seminar — Population and consumption: the death of nature and the failure of science

by editor | 1 Mar 2016 | Event

This is a seminar about people; their environment, their future, and whether they will have either. Some in the audience will find my words confronting. I make no apologies. There is no time for apologies. Nor do we have choices. We act now, decisively, and with pain...

ZNET Uralla Public meeting for election of office bearers

by user submitted | 1 Mar 2016 | Event, SLAM, ZNET

Public meeting for election of office bearers for ZNET Uralla 1.30pm 5th March 2016 Uralla Community Centre. https://www.facebook.com/ZNetUralla/ By: Peter Low

Working Bee to plant Eucalyptus, Tea Trees and Snow Grass near Niagara Street bridge

by editor | 1 Mar 2016 | AURG, Event

Small Community Grants Funding has been approved and Bruce Whan and Gordon Bell have been busy preparing further sites for planting. Our volunteers planted 440 trees, shrubs and grasses at our February working bee. The working bee will involve planting of Eucalypts,...

Registration is now open: Beyond Coal and Gas gathering at Myuna Bay, 8-11 April

by user submitted | 25 Feb 2016 | Event, SLAM

Beyond Coal and Gas is the national gathering of communities from across Australia working to move beyond coal and gas. Bringing together people from one end of Australia to the other, it is a rare and important opportunity for communities to come together, share...

Climate change and vegetation — letter to Armidale Dumaresq Council

by user submitted | 25 Feb 2016 | SLAM | 1 comment

This is a recent letter to council: Greg Meyers Director, Planning and Environmental Services 25/2/16 Dear Greg, I would like to acknowledge the many excellent projects the Armidale Dumaresq Council has initiated in previous years to move towards environmental...

Armidale Snap Rally: Let them stay

by editor | 19 Feb 2016 | Event, SLAM

ARAR (Armidale Rural Australians for Refugees) invites you to two events: 1. Snap rally: This Saturday 20th February, “Let Them Stay” 10.30am Old Courthouse 2. Organising meeting this Sunday 21st Feb, 4.30pm Kent House, for Palm Sunday Rally. DETAILS OF BOTH, BELOW:...