Leard State Forest Public Forum

by | 16 Jan 2014 | AACSGaM, Event

You are invited to Leard State Forest Public Forum  Thursday, 16th January, 2014 @ 7-00 pm  Heritage Room – Darling Street Community Centre, Tamworth Come and hear about why people are protesting to save the Leard State Forest Speakers: Phil Spark will explain...

Earth Hour 2014 – Saturday 29th March 8.30pm

by | 15 Jan 2014 | Event

This is just a heads up Armidale, with a meeting planned of interested parties next week. Let me know if you want to be involved through the contact page. Message from the Earth Hour team, We are hoping you’re as excited as we are for the potential to involve the...

The Future of Work

by | 15 Jan 2014 | Starfish

Kevin Wheeler from the Future of Talent Institute talks about this rapidly changing world and what that means for the future of work. Top-heavy hierarchical and centralised structures are breaking down. The era of the big organisation is on the way out. Kevin sees a...

Climate Change Science in Haiku

by | 15 Jan 2014 | Starfish

Reports released by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) can be daunting, even for science and policy insiders. The full Physical Science Assessment, the first installment of the Fifth Assessment Report (pdf), released in manuscript form earlier this...

Scandinavian-style Sustainability

by | 15 Jan 2014 | Starfish | 1 comment

This is a really good opinion piece by Dan Haugen on sustainability. It highlights the tensions, the paradoxes and the complexities of sustainability. While it shows that there are certainly solutions and successes there remains a great deal of uncertainty as we...

Leard forest Act-up 14-16 December

by | 11 Dec 2013 | AACSGaM, Event

Dear friends. It’s time: construction of the Maules Creek mine is about to begin, and we need your help. Over the last four years, the campaign against the Maules Creek mine, near Boggabri, has severely delayed the project, despite support from the State and Federal...

The world is probably better than you think

by | 11 Dec 2013 | Starfish

This presentation is by the statistical extraordinare Hans Rosling from Gapminder. Hans particularly dispels the myth about the global ‘population bomb’ however tours the viewer through a roller coaster ride of powerful statistics which highlight the profound progress...

Thursday Forum: End of Year Party in the Garden

by | 4 Dec 2013 | Event, Monthly Forum

Thanks members and volunteers, SLA has had another wonderful year, and will gather at the next Forum to celebrate and party, and everyone is welcome to come along, bringing some finger food and drink to share. The festivities will happen at Uniting Church Community...

AURG Christmas party

by | 4 Dec 2013 | AURG, Event

The AURG Christmas Party is on Sunday 8 December. Everyone is invited and the details for the evening are as follows:- Time                      From 5.30pm Date                      Sunday 8 December 2013 Location               Imi & Bea’s Place Imi & Bea’s...

National Day on Climate Change Armidale follow up and video

by | 4 Dec 2013 | Event

GetUp! are running a follow up petition to the National Day of Climate Action. To: Prime Minister Tony Abbott and Opposition leader Bill Shorten CC: Environment Minister Greg Hunt and Shadow Minister Mark Butler We demand that our government respects the science and...

Tasmania commits to 100% renewable electricity by 2020

by | 4 Dec 2013 | Starfish

The Tasmanian Government has launched its strategy to be using renewable energy for 100% of its electricity by 2020 and exporting the surplus, as well as a new interim 2020 target to reduce carbon emissions to 35 per cent below 1990 levels. Tasmania joins the ACT...

Windfarms Tour a Success

by | 3 Dec 2013 | Starfish

New England Wind organised a coach tour to Canberra from 7th to 10th November 2013. Twenty-one passengers travelled from New England, with a further seven joining the tour in Canberra. These passengers made up a diverse and enthusiastic group, comprising landholders...

Please sign the Solar Citizens petition

by | 3 Dec 2013 | SLAM

Sharing this petition with as many renewable energy fans as possible! http://www.solarcitizens.org.au/suntax Dear friend, Recently, the Australian Energy Market Commission (AEMC), one of the main organisations in charge of our energy system, flagged the potential to...

Solar powered households may face higher fees

by | 28 Nov 2013 | Starfish

Australia’s one million households with rooftop solar photovoltaic panels face the prospect of higher charges to use the poles and wires that distribute electricity. The article in the Australian was about a new report by the Australian Energy Market Commission...

Growing Vegetables in Winter

by | 21 Nov 2013 | Event, Garden, Local Food

A Sunday afternoon gardening talk to be held at the Armidale Community Garden at the old tennis courts behind NERAM. Talk presented by Ray South, entry is by donation. Growing Vegetables in Winter – Sunday 24th November from 2.30pm to 3.30pm  The talk is held...

Sunday Afternoon Gardening Talks

by | 18 Nov 2013 | Event, Garden, Local Food

Armidale Local Food and Armidale Community Garden are presenting a couple of Sunday afternoon gardening talks to be held at the Armidale Community Garden at the old tennis courts behind NERAM. Both talks by Ray South and entry is by donation. Sunday 3rd November from...

Gracious Cycling

by | 15 Nov 2013 | Transport

City of Sydney came to us to develop an animation that promoted the art of gracious cycling. It’s not the easiest thing to define, but with the help of a witty script and relatable characters, we were able to engage and inform our audience in an unpatronising...

National Day of Climate Action 17th November

by | 13 Nov 2013 | Event

Main Speakers: (short speeches we promise) Prof. Patrick Nunn a member of the Working Group of the IPCC (Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change) Prof. Annette Cowie, Director Rural Climate Solutions Adam Marshall, State government representative Steve Widders will...

Be Aware ~ the real carbon conspirators are really real

by | 13 Nov 2013 | Starfish

All too often progressives and environmentalists are wrongly portrayed as creating a carbon conspiracy to serve their self interest. It’s just one of the misdirection strategies used by a handful of massively powerful fossil fuel moguls. They use similar strategies to...