by editor | 20 Aug 2015 | Climate, Road to Paris, Starfish |
The planet is entering a new period of extinction with top scientists warning that species all over the world are “essentially the walking dead” ~ including our own. The report, authored by scientists at Stanford, Princeton and Berkeley universities, found that...
by user submitted | 3 Aug 2015 | Event, SLAM
The ZNET stand will be at the Uralla Shire Council Open Day on Friday 7th August 2015 as part of Local Government Week. The open day runs from 10:00am to 2:00pm and will be held in Porter Park which is near the Library in Uralla....
by editor | 31 Jul 2015 | Energy, Event, Monthly Forum, SLAM
It’s a gas! Greenhouse gases – sources, potency, half life…. Thursday, August 6th, 7pm, Kent House The first Thursday of August, the popular Sustainable Living Armidale (SLA) Forum will focus on greenhouse gas emissions. This is apt because each country is...
by editor | 24 Jul 2015 | AACSGaM, Climate, Event, SLAM
Talk: Clean, Green, & Smart or Coal Badlands: the future of New England When: 28 July 2015, 6:00pm Where: Tops room, Armidale City Bowling Club, 92 Dumaresq St. Speaker: Greens NSW MP John Kaye The future of New England is up for grabs. Jobs, the environment and...
by editor | 22 Jul 2015 | Climate, Road to Paris, Starfish
If everyone lived in the same way as Australians or North Americans we would need four or five planet Earths to sustain us. This “ecological footprint” analysis shows that even the most “green” western European nations, with their more progressive approaches to...
by editor | 19 Jul 2015 | Energy, Event, SLAM
LAUNCH DETAILS 10:30am | Wednesday 22 July 2015 Curtis Park | Armidale Open to the Public|No RSVP required New England Wind would like to invite you to the launch of an exciting new national wind monitoring program for community windfarms, using state-of-the-art SODAR...
by editor | 16 Jul 2015 | SLAM
Progressive Cinema presents Within the Eye of the Storm on Tuesday, 21st July, at 6:45pm, at McCrossin’s Mill, 24-28 Salisbury St, Uralla. “A unique, beautiful story filled with love and hope.” (Sundance Institute) Bassam and Rami, a Palestinian and...
by editor | 16 Jul 2015 | Road to Paris
We hope you have already heard of Armidale Road to Paris, a campaign to raise awareness throughout our community of the importance of the United Nations Climate Summit. This is the first of what we assume will be many specific requests for help. Armidale Road To Paris...
by editor | 15 Jul 2015 | Climate, Energy, Event, SLAM
by editor | 14 Jul 2015 | Event
Progressive Cinema presents A Will for the Woods at 6pm on Friday, 17th July, Kent House, 142 Faulkner Street, Armidale. Followed by a community dinner. What if our last act could be a gift to the planet? Musician, psychiatrist, and folk dancer Clark Wang prepares for...
by editor | 14 Jul 2015 | Event
Christmas in July Lunch to be held at McCrossin’s Mill at Uralla next Saturday 18 July. We need to finalise numbers for catering purposes asap, so if you would like to come along, please email me back by Sunday 12 or Monday morning at the latest. We plan to have a...
by editor | 14 Jul 2015 | Event
Robert Sorby Tour 2015 Free Woodturning Demonstration Featuring Chris Pouncy Armidale Mens Shed 251 Mann St Armidale 18th July 1pm Limited Spaces Available! RSVP to reserve your place. RSVP to: Roy Powell {mobile prefix oh for}19 367...
by user submitted | 14 Jul 2015 | Event, Garden, Local Food, SLAM
TAFE New England is once again running a series of topical workshops on the art and practice of living more sustainably. The presenters: Ray South and Jane Pickard are both highly regarded and experienced practitioners, both of whom have delivered many such workshops,...
by editor | 10 Jul 2015 | AACSGaM, Event, Road to Paris
Frackman will be showing at Kent House 2pm on the 12th of July followed by afternoon tea & a brief introduction to Sustainable Living Armidale’s latest action group – Armidale Road to Paris. Frackman tells the story of accidental activist Dayne Pratzky...
by editor | 9 Jul 2015 | Road to Paris
The Armidale Road To Paris campaign is shaping up to spread/reach throughout the Armidale community. There’s a small job for you, as a person concerned about climate change. Can you undertake to talk to a few of your friends, family, or colleagues, about this...
by user submitted | 2 Jul 2015 | Energy, SLAM
Chinese wind energy giant Goldwind has announced it will begin construction of the 175MW White Rock wind farm in northern NSW in November, the second big wind farm to get the go-ahead since the revised renewable energy target legislation passed the Senate last month....
by editor | 1 Jul 2015 | Event, Monthly Forum
‘Celebrating action towards sustainable living in Armidale’ will be the topic for this week’s Thursday Forum presented by SLA. “The period since 2007, when Armidale held its first Sustainable Living Expo, has been particularly inspiring” said SLA member Helen Webb,...
by editor | 29 Jun 2015 | Event, Garden
Back in May, Costa came up to Armidale to open the new Community Garden in East Armidale and dropped through to visit Jo at SLA’s Community Garden. That makes 4 community gardens now in a town of 25 thousand, that’s something to be proud of.
by editor | 28 Jun 2015 | Event, Local Food
The new Tamworth Farmers Market starts 12th July just through the gates in Bicentennial Park, Kable Avenue Tamworth. Going forward it will be regularly on the 2nd Sunday & 4th Saturday of every month from 8am till 1pm. The organisers are looking to get the word...
by editor | 27 Jun 2015 | Starfish
Two years ago in the Netherlands, artist Paul de Kort designed an 81-acre park near Amsterdam’s Schiphol Airport with the mission of using nothing but landscaping to dampen the noise of airplanes. Such a project had never been attempted ~ and a crucial element of the...
by editor | 26 Jun 2015 | SLAM
Judy at the University of New England is recycling Nescafe Dulce Gusto Coffee Pods through TerraCycle, with a small proportion of the profits made going to a non-profit organisation or school of her choice. The following is taken from the Terracycle site:TerraCycle is...
by editor | 26 Jun 2015 | AACSGaM, Climate, Road to Paris
If all of the Galilee Basin coal was burned, it’s estimated that 705 million tonnes of CO2 would be released each year – that’s more than 1.3 times Australia’s current annual emissions. Put simply, we cannot let this happen. Our latest report, ‘Galilee Basin –...
by editor | 26 Jun 2015 | AACSGaM, Event
Leard Forest retreat and awareness raiser 5pm Tuesday 1st to 9am Friday 4th September. All people of good will are welcome to this two-day program of reflection, prayer, contemplation and discussion. Children are welcome to participate. The Moderator of the Uniting...
by editor | 23 Jun 2015 | Climate, Road to Paris, SLAM
The Sydney Morning Herald is putting all its climate change articles on its website under ‘UN Climate Conference’ Makes for interesting reading.
by editor | 23 Jun 2015 | Event
New England North West Landcare & North Coast Landcare invite community organisations to attend this valuable workshop 9am – 5pm Wednesday 24th June 2015 Ian Plowman – Workshop facilitator Ian Plowman is a clinical and organisational psychologist,...
