Earth Hour 2011

by | 18 Mar 2011 | SLAM

This year Earth Hour falls on Election Day, March 26 at 8.30 pm. No doubt many of us will be glued to our sets watching the TV coverage of the counting. While you watch you are being urged to switch off the lights and other appliances for one hour to join in a massive...

Dana Lyons at the Armidale Club

by | 18 Mar 2011 | Event, SLAM

The internationally acclaimed singer-songwriter and environmental and peace activist, Dana Lyons, will be playing at the Armidale Club this coming Tuesday the 22nd of March. Dana Lyons is the singer/songwriter best known for his dynamic performances and outrageous...

Let’s paint our Autumn Parade float

by | 16 Mar 2011 | Autumn Festival, Event

Maybe we have taken float too literally this year, but this is only the beginning. Think a ring of wheelbarrows full of oversized veges, think shopping trolley truck, think shopping trolley plane,  and then think ‘Where in the world does our food come...

New England community owned wind farm

by | 15 Mar 2011 | SLAM | 1 comment

Our New England Wind Feasibility Study is trying to get thousands of responses to an on-line survey about the possibilities of a  community wind farm. While there have been a couple of public forums and will be several more, the survey is the  major tool in assessing...

Sustainable community housing options in Armidale

by | 14 Mar 2011 | SLAM

I’m keen to hear from anyone with experience or interest in exploring “sustainable community housing”.  By this I mean a group of people pooling resources to buy or rent houses on the same block of land or subdivision, have a community garden, shared...

New England Markets Fund-raising Ball

by | 9 Mar 2011 | Event

New England Markets Fund-raising Ball is on 6.00pm 19th of March at the Armidale Bowling Club. The cost is $70 per ticket for a 3 course meal. The theme is ‘Seasonal’ and dress is formal. Sound will be by IXL@ SOUND. Tickets available from the Armidale...

World transition network

by | 1 Mar 2011 | SLAM

February Round-up of What’s Happening out in the World of Transition The second official Transition initiative in Canada has unleashed with a Resilience Community Festival, Putney is holding a talk about the reskilling that’s necessary to make health care systems more...

Let’s float together

by | 23 Feb 2011 | Autumn Festival, Event

The Armidale Autumn Parade is on Saturday 19th of March. We need lots of people for our award winning community float. The theme this year for our parade entry is ‘Where in the world does our food come from?’. We will amass at 93 Brown Street on Wednesday...

GASLAND is coming to the Belgrave Cinema

by | 23 Feb 2011 | Event

There will be only one screening, 7pm Thursday February 24th at the Belgrave Twin Cinema. GASLAND is an award-winning documentary about the unbridled extraction of natural gas in the USA. When Josh Fox, a theatre director and part-time banjo player, is approached by a...

Another good reason for Renewable Energy

by | 22 Feb 2011 | Event, SLAM

The Gas Rush, the Four Corners program presented by Kerry O’Brien on Monday 21 February, is another frightening indictment of the rapidly expanding gas mining industry in Australia. A coalition is forming to call a halt to the ‘gas rush’. You can...

3rd Annual Home-grown Garden Tour

by | 20 Feb 2011 | Event, Local Food, SLAM

Whatever you do, don’t miss ALF’s 3rd Home-grown Garden Tour on the first weekend in March. This is a great opportunity to see 10 productive backyard gardens in Armidale and gather heaps of good ideas and useful info about compost, bees, worm farms, fruit...

Energymark hits ARMIDALE!

by | 18 Feb 2011 | Event

Hiya everybody! thought you might be interested in participating in a very special research program developed by the CSIRO. It’s called Energymark! In the next couple of weeks I will be holding the first group get-together for all who are interested in getting...

Urban Rivercare Working Bee: Sun 13 Feb

by | 9 Feb 2011 | Event, SLAM

The AURG is undertaking a maintenance day at the Rologas Playing Fields (the old Wicklow area!) and surrounding area plantings (Holmes Ave and Douglas St). This will involve weeding in and around plants and repairing stakes and cartons as required. We chose this area...

Home power savings program: Fri 25 Feb

by | 9 Feb 2011 | Event, SLAM

The NSW Government is offering a program to help families reduce their power bills. Armidale Dumaresq Council has organised a presentation  at Kent House on FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 25TH from 12:30-2pm. 50 Households will be offered a free home audit, as well as stand-by...

SLA is on FaceBook ~ Expect a friend request

by | 9 Feb 2011 | SLAM

You may have seen the film about FaceBook called The Social Network. Personally I didn’t like it, I thought it was really OTT (over the top). However I do like acronyms, like FB (FaceBook), and I do just like FB period, for keeping abreast of what friends are up...

Wool Expo Luncheon by Slow Food New England

by | 9 Feb 2011 | Event

Slow Food New England will once again be hosting the Sunday lunch at this year’s Wool Expo. This will be a terrific opportunity to celebrate our best local produce and wines, as well as enjoying a fabulous fashion show and other entertainment. Numbers will be...

Email Tony Windsor

by | 7 Feb 2011 | SLAM

GetUp! has launched a campaign to oppose the Federal Government’s intention to cut $250 million from their Solar Flagships program, a program meant to fund large-scale solar power stations in Australia. GetUp!  recommends other savings, for example: $600 million...