Cultures, Ecologies, Ethics: A Field Guide to Environmental Humanities

by user submitted | 31 Oct 2014 | Event, SLAM

This is to invite members of Sustainable Living Armidale to a forthcoming talk by Kate Rigby, Professor of Environmental Humanities at Monash University. Kate’s talk is titled: “Cultures, Ecologies, Ethics: A Field Guide to Environmental Humanities”....

Divestment Day comes to Armidale

by editor | 17 Oct 2014 | Climate, Event | 1 comment

At 5pm, Saturday 18 October 2014, a gathering will be taking place at The Armidale Club, 91 Beardy Street, Armidale. This will be the local event for a national day of climate action known as Divestment Day. Divestment Day is a communication exercise between the...

Progressive Cinema Presents ‘The Demon Fault’ 21st October

by editor | 17 Oct 2014 | AACSGaM, Event | 2 comments

Progressive Cinema and Armidale Action on Coal Seam Gas and Mining present The Demon Fault Tuesday, 21st October, at 7:30pm, at the Armidale Club, 91 Beardy Street. The subject of the film is a gold mine on the Timbarra plateau above the Demon Fault line not far...

Webinar on Community Energy 4th November 4:30pm

by editor | 17 Oct 2014 | Energy, Event

A great opportunity to learn more about community owned renewable energy from different countries. The Community Power Agency team in collaboration with the International Solar Energy Society (ISES) has organised a Webinar on Community Owned Renewable Energy. The...

Work begins on Australia’s first community energy retailer

by editor | 17 Oct 2014 | Starfish

A new consortium is working to establish Australia’s first community owned retailer, with big plans to build, generate and sell renewable energy in the northern rivers region of NSW around Byron Bay and Lismore. Northern Rivers Energy is being formed by a consortium...

C4CE Update

by editor | 17 Oct 2014 | Starfish

Membership Now Open Applications for membership of C4CE are now open. Membership is open to all projects and organisations working on community energy ~ be they community groups, business, government agencies, research organisations and philanthropists. Membership is...

AURG planting on the southern side of Dumaresq Creek between Niagara and Donnelly streets

by editor | 9 Oct 2014 | AURG, Event

The AURG is holding a Working Bee on Sunday 12th October. This will be a continuation of the three focus plantings on the southern side of Dumaresq Creek between Niagara and Donnelly streets. A much appreciated thankyou is extended to Gordon and Phil Bell for cleaning...

Biodynamic Field Afternoon, Sunday 12th October

by editor | 9 Oct 2014 | Event

We will be holding a field demonstration/experience of stirring and applying BD 500 preparation, which builds soil structure and humus whilst attracting soil life, earthworms bacteria and fungi & increases the water holding capacity of the soil. We will be adding...

Ride2Work Day

by editor | 9 Oct 2014 | Event, Transport

Ride2Work encourages Australians to start riding to work and promotes commuting by bike as a regular habit. With more than 50,000 registrations, Ride2Work is the largest national ride to work program of its kind. Ride2Work has seen a dramatic increase in the number of...

Take the Pledge this summer!

by editor | 9 Oct 2014 | Starfish

Keep NSW Beautiful has been campaigning against littering for nearly forty years. Its programs focus on reducing litter. In its annual report for 2013, Keep Australia Beautiful reported that national littering trends are decreasing in comparison to figures dating...

Global wildlife populations down by half since 1970

by editor | 9 Oct 2014 | Starfish

The world populations of fish, birds, mammals, amphibians and reptiles fell overall by 52 per cent between 1970 and 2010. According to World Wildlife Fund’s tenth Living Planet Report humankind’s demands are now 50 per cent more than nature can bear. To gauge the...

October Forum: Living without money

by editor | 1 Oct 2014 | Event, Monthly Forum | 1 comment

How could one possibly live without money in a world where money is such an integral part of everything we do? The documentary Living Without Money shows how German woman Heidimarie Schwermer experimented for a year with a lifestyle that didn’t involve money....

The Winds of Change

by editor | 1 Oct 2014 | Energy, Starfish

While community energy is thriving overseas, Australia remains behind the curve. Denmark Community Windfarm (DCW) has built a two turbine windfarm, with permission for two more, in response to locals wanting to build a small, community-scale windfarm that would: feed...

Rally for Renewables outside Barnaby Joyce’s office

by editor | 24 Sep 2014 | AACSGaM, Event | 1 comment

On Friday 26th September 2014 at 12pm there will be a rally outside Barnaby Joyce’s (MP) office (Shop 5, 259 Peel Street, Tamworth). It appears that the Federal Government is preparing to break yet another election promise and scrap the RET (Renewable Energy...

Armidale Bike Week 2014 – Pedal to Piney

by editor | 24 Sep 2014 | Event, Transport

Sunday 28 September is the big Bike Week finish event in Armidale – Pedal to Piney.Bring your friends, bring your family and bring your pedal power for this fun social ride from the Visitor Information Centre at 10:30am to the Pine Forest entry. This is along the...

Town Expression of Interest – ZNET Case Study

by editor | 22 Sep 2014 | Energy, Event, Starfish

The overall purpose of Zero Net Energy Town (ZNET) is to create Australia’s first town which satisfies all of its own energy needs at all times from renewable energy sources in a way which is competitive with its current system of energy (in terms of price, quality,...

99.999% certainty humans are driving global warming

by editor | 22 Sep 2014 | Climate, Starfish | 2 comments

New research by CSIRO has shown that there is less than 1 chance in 100,000 that global average temperature over the past 60 years would have been as high without human-caused greenhouse gas emissions. Published in the journal Climate Risk Management today, our...

Like SLA and have a New England Mutual bank account

by editor | 22 Sep 2014 | SLAM

You can support us You can support Sustainable Living Armidale without it costing you anything. As long as you have money in your New England Mutual account, SLA will receive an annual bonus. On 30 June each year New England Mutual calculates the average annual...

People’s Climate Rally Armidale 11am Sunday, 21st September

by editor | 16 Sep 2014 | Climate, Event | 6 comments

On Sunday, September 21st, just days before a landmark climate summit at the UN, Avaaz members around the world are taking part in a People’s Climate March. World leaders don’t believe enough of us care about climate change, that’s why they’re still not yet...

Equinox walk and launch of Labyrinth fund-raising campaign

by user submitted | 16 Sep 2014 | Event, SLAM | 3 comments

Please join us to celebrate the Spring Equinox and launch the Labyrinth Pozible crowd-funding campaign on Sunday 21 September, 3-5 pm, at Civic Park, across the road from the Servies’ car-park in Dangar Street. Bring friends and family – it’s a...

Pre-event ‘Global People’s Climate March’ meeting and video

by editor | 12 Sep 2014 | Event, SLAM

6.30pm, Monday, 15 Sept, Kent House, 141 Faulkner Street, opposite Central Park, between Barney and Rusden. The video shows the amazing amount of work in the build up to what has become a truly worldwide event on Sept 21, but this Monday evening meeting is for people...

Early Bird Tickets now OPEN for NCEF ’14

by editor | 12 Sep 2014 | Event, Starfish

The North Coast’s annual event for creating a sustainable energy system is just around the corner and it’s time to book your tickets to ensure your place. Early Bird Tickets are Available Now!! Now in its fourth year, the North Coast Energy Forum brings together...

Armidale Bike Week 2014 – Commute Challenge

by editor | 10 Sep 2014 | Event, Transport

Show just how much pedal power you have during Armidale’s second annual Commute Challenge – a NSW Bike Week activity. Make a team or just ride yourself to be in the running for great prizes by riding either the furthest total distance, or the completing...

What is a sustainable economy? Nicole Foss talk in Tamworth

by editor | 10 Sep 2014 | Event

Tamworth Community Organic Gardening group welcomes Nicole Foss- she will be speaking on Friday 12th September at the Tamworth Community Centre on Darling St. The event is open to the public and tickets can be purchased at the website www.tcogg.com $10 Tickets will...

Armidale Council’s energy forum invitation