Permaculture Day 2015: In Support of Soil! Sunday 3rd May

by | 31 Mar 2015 | Event

Celebrating International Year of Soils Healthy soil makes for healthy people, animals and plants; it provides the foundation for all life on land. Soil gives us food, clean water, clean air, medicine, fibre and fuel, it’s also a climate regulator and buffer. All...

ZNET stall at Seasons of New England

by | 27 Mar 2015 | Event

Z-NET will be running a series of energy saving demonstrations and handing out information and advice at their stall ~ open from 8am to 3pm ~ at Seasons of New England Market and Fair Day on Saturday 28th March, at Hampden Park, cnr King and Maitland Streets, Uralla....

Solar Citizens: How do they score?

by | 26 Mar 2015 | Energy

With just 3 days left until you hit the polls, we’re very excited to bring you our New South Wales Election 2015 Solar Scorecard,with all the information you need to make your vote count for solar on Saturday. Visit our website to find out more on where each party...

Uralla Lantern Parades during Earth Hour 2015

by | 24 Mar 2015 | Event

Join school children, parents and community members from around Uralla Shire in the annual Uralla Lantern Parade held each March to coincide with Earth Hour. Magical, mesmerising and memorable. Enjoy the lantern parade from the footpaths and follow it down to the...

The 6th Great Extinction

by | 24 Mar 2015 | Starfish

More than 10 per cent of Australia’s native mammals have become extinct since European settlement. The extinction rate is higher than on any other continent. There have been five major extinctions in the history of Earth. We are now entering the sixth. Elizabeth...

Farming the Sun wins Growing Community Energy grant

by | 18 Mar 2015 | Energy, Starfish

Starfish’s Farming the Sun initiative is one of six community energy projects in northern NSW who have been awarded grants by the NSW government. State-wide, there were 19 projects which shared $846,000 in the latest round of funding to help advance local renewable...

Is your diet eating up the climate?

by | 18 Mar 2015 | Local Food, Starfish

A new UK study measures and compares the dietary greenhouse gas emissions of meat- and fish-eaters, vegetarians, and vegans. The journal Climatic Change published the first-ever study which compares the dietary greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions of real-life meat-eaters...

Radical land regeneration

by | 18 Mar 2015 | Starfish

The origins of the word ‘radical’ come from the Latin ‘radox’, which means to get to the root of things. Sustainability requires radicalism, in its true meaning, to ensure that the way we live and go about living is indeed regenerative and renewable over time. David...

New web site ‘Faces from the Gasfields’

by | 18 Mar 2015 | AACSGaM, SLAM

Faces from the Gasfields includes Pat Schultz’s story of civil disobedience also published on our site last year. From the site: These are the stories of ordinary Australians whose way of life is under threat as a $200 billion industry lands in their backyards....

Frackman the movie – two extra Armidale shows

by | 11 Mar 2015 | AACSGaM, Event

After a sell out premiere last week, Armidale Belgrave Cinema is putting on 2 extra screenings. Frackman tells the story of accidental activist Dayne Pratzky and his struggle against international gas companies. Australia will soon become the world’s biggest gas...

Transition Network Conference 2015: Tickets on sale April

by | 11 Mar 2015 | Event

We are delighted to announce that after a couple of years with no Transition Network conference, it’s back, and it’s going to be a remarkable couple of days. It will take place at the wonderful Seale Hayne, close to Totnes in Devon, where we held the 2010 conference...

Largest protected arid land zone on Earth

by | 11 Mar 2015 | Starfish

The Pintubi traditional owners have helped to create the largest protected zone of arid land on earth, by declaring 4.2 million hectares of their land an Indigenous Protected Area (IPA) under the Kiwirrkurra IPA. “A lot of people think the desert is empty,” said...

Autumn Parade-walk with SLA

by | 11 Mar 2015 | Event

SLA again has got an exciting float for the Autumn Festival Parade. Its preparation is just about complete, but we need about ten more people who will simply walk with us, carrying lightweight objects, and wearing colourful clothes. Our message is ‘Time for...

2015 Home-Grown Garden Tour 7th & 8th March

by | 5 Mar 2015 | Event, Local Food, SLAM

It’s on again! The Home-Grown Garden Tour is now in its seventh year. Lots of new backyard food gardens to see, plus a few from previous tours that are definitely worth another look! All gardens are located within the town boundary, and it only costs $5 if you...

Woodland Wonderland Lend-a-hand and BBQ

by | 3 Mar 2015 | Event

You are invited to a tree-and-shrub and other good things – planting… Date: Saturday 7th March 2015 Time: 11 am – 2.30 pm, Location: Black Gully Reserve (Mike O’Keeffe  Memorial Woodland) between Kentucky St and Armidale Tree Group nursery (access from Mann St,...