Transition Initiatives Survey

by editor | 31 Jan 2011 | SLAM

Sustainable Living Armidale has had a request from an Energy Management student at the University of Otago in New Zealand who is carrying out a summer research project on Transition Initiatives. She is conducting a short survey of Transition group members, and invites...

Could you be a representative on ADC’s Floodplain Risk Management Committee?

by editor | 28 Jan 2011 | SLAM

I send this message to your group to alert you to a current committee recruitment process currently being run by Council and your group has been suggested as an environmental group that could be the community voice in that regard on the committee. Armidale Dumaresq...

Food the focus for our next Tuesday Forum

by editor | 28 Jan 2011 | Event, Monthly Forum, SLAM

When it comes to sustainability there’s nothing more critical than food, and our current food system is a lot less resilient than we might suppose. It has led to farmers being driven off their land by low returns and rising costs, soils losing their fertility...

ALF Meeting February 2011

by editor | 27 Jan 2011 | Event, Local Food, SLAM

Venue: Armidale Community Cottage, 3 Alexander St, Armidale New participants are always welcome. Just come along to a meeting, or contact Jo Leoni for further information. We try to keep the meeting as brief as possible and then people can stay and socialise longer if...

ArmLETS Get-together

by editor | 27 Jan 2011 | Event, SLAM

ArmLETS is having it’s first get-together next Wednesday afternoon and would love you to come along. Now that we have exceeded 20 members, we thought it would be nice to have a get together. If you are wanting a job done, it’s much easier to ask someone...

Planning our Autumn Festival float

by editor | 27 Jan 2011 | Event, SLAM

There will be a get together at 5:30 on Friday 4th February at 163 Barney St to plan the SLA float for this year’s Autumn Festival. We have the basics of an idea, so that’s a good start, now all we need is some group creativity to make it work!

ALF produce stall at the Farmers’ Market

by editor | 27 Jan 2011 | Event, Local Food, SLAM

Calling all of those keen backyard vegie growers out there – have you thought of selling your surplus vegies through the ALF stall at the Farmers’ Market? A bunch or two of silverbeet, a bunch of carrots, one or two lettuces; everyone brings along whatever...

It takes a village to raise a child

by editor | 24 Jan 2011 | SLAM

While our children played (and argued!) on the trampoline at Helen and Terry’s place last Sunday, some members of the Heart and Soul group sat on the grass beside the kids to chat about ways to build a family-friendly community in a transition town. We talked about...

ALF home grown produce stall at the Farmers’ Market!

by editor | 29 Dec 2010 | Event, Local Food, SLAM

Our stall will be operating again this Sunday the 2nd of January and we encourage more growers to participate. Produce this weekend will include garlic, artichokes, snow peas, herbs, berries, and big red & brown onions, as well as many others. We hope to see you...

ArmLETS: A Gem of an Idea!

by editor | 8 Dec 2010 | SLAM

LETS is active in Armidale again and is looking for new members! Local Energy Trading Systems (LETS) are locally initiated, democratically organised, not-for-profit community enterprises which provide a community information service and record transactions of members...

SLA celebrates the end of a good year

by editor | 1 Dec 2010 | Event, Monthly Forum

The popular Tuesday Forum series held by Sustainable Living Armidale (SLA) will wind up the year on December 7th with an open gathering that’s more of a party than a forum. “We’ve had a very active year, with participation in big community events like SLEX and the...

Plant trees this Sunday

by editor | 1 Dec 2010 | Event

The Armidale Urban Rivercare Group is holding its last working bee for 2010. We will be doing a planting day this in conjunction with the HiCUB program. HiCUB is looking to establish some Showcase Plantings along the creeklands. These are to represent the types of...

Open letter & invitation to the New England community

by editor | 1 Dec 2010 | Event, SLAM

I am writing to seek your participation at an historic event that will contribute to the future strength, success and well being of our New England Region. On Monday 6 December, at Armidale Town Hall, interested community members, organisations, groups and authorities...

New England Land Theatre Forums

by editor | 30 Nov 2010 | Event

Come and be a part of this opportunity for rural landholders and townspeople to explore ways to improve land and water management – together Armidale Friday 3 December 6.30—9.30 pm at Kent House, 141 Faulkner St Uralla Saturday 4 December 6.30—9.30 pm at McCrossins...

300 Years of FOSSIL FUELS in 300 Seconds

by editor | 30 Nov 2010 | SLAM

The ultimate roller coaster ride, an abbreviate history of fossil fuels presented by the post carbon institute.

Minutes of SLACC Meeting held on Wednesday 29th September 2010

by editor | 30 Nov 2010 | Event, Meeting Minutes

Present: Patsy Asch, Jo Leoni (chair), Helen Webb, Iain Mackay, Bar Finch (minutes) Apologies: Joc Coventry, Robyn Newberry, Lindsay Fulloon. Business Arising Food Sovereignty Alliance – no info Logo – Congratulations to Iain on the logo comp, and its successful...

SLEX2010 photos taken by Patsy

by editor | 17 Nov 2010 | SLAM

IMG_3198 Originally uploaded by slaati Some great photos here documenting SLEX2010 the majority of them are of the SLA tent with plenty of people shots. Enjoy the memories by clicking on the photo and seeing the entire gallery at flickr.

10 green reasons to support container café

by editor | 16 Nov 2010 | SLAM

Kelly Jones has a vision for a green business. It may be the first of its kind outside an inner city setting. The idea, A Container Cafe right here in Armidale. She believes “It will be somewhere to spend your Sundays! Somewhere to take your dogs and still...

Inaugural ALF stall at the Armidale Farmers’ Market

by editor | 12 Nov 2010 | Local Food | 1 comment

Wow! ALF’s first Farmers’ Market was a great success.We had lots of willing helpers – thanks everyone! and sold nearly everything in the end. The variety was great, we had seedlings and lots of different herbs, as well as cabbages, lettuces,...

Teaming up to plant out 800 trees

by editor | 12 Nov 2010 | Event

Hello everyone, This coming Sunday, 14th November 2010, the Armidale Urban Rivercare Group and the High Country Urban Biodiversity group are teaming up to plant out about 800 trees and shrubs along Dumaresq Creek. All members of the community are most welcome to come...

Quick tour of SLA tent @ SLEX 2010

by editor | 12 Nov 2010 | SLAM, SLEX

Hi Folks, If you missed SLEX this year, no fear, I caught it on mobile video. Well I caught the bit that was SLA’s involvement, and that was our Peak Oil tent. It was an undeniable success, and much thanking needs to be done, I hope I don’t miss anyone Jo,...

An evening with the lunatic farmer

by editor | 12 Nov 2010 | Event, SLAM

SLA people might be interested in the visit from US of Joel Salatin – featured in the film Food Inc and also in Michael Pollan’s book Omnivore’s Dilemma. Brisbane event on 4th December, and he is also speaking in Sydney on 23rd November, organised by...

Future films box office from SLEX

by editor | 11 Nov 2010 | SLAM

If you made it down to SLEX this year and rolled on up to the SLA tent you may have seen the future films scenario exhibit. In short we asked people to take a film ticket and choose which future film, each displayed on large movie posters, that they would see if oil...

Tuesday Forum follow up to resurrecting LETS in Armidale

by editor | 6 Nov 2010 | Monthly Forum

Here are the links Evelyn provided. http://www.centralcoastlets.org/ This site has some great information. I think their information Booklet is particularly useful for us. A comprehensive resource of LETS manuals, FAQs and information...

ALF Meeting – November 2010

by editor | 4 Nov 2010 | Event, Local Food

Armidale Local Food meeting Venue: Southern New England Landcare Community Resource Centre (SNELCC), Level 1, 3/119 Beardy St, Armidale. (entry next to Colour Copy Centre in East Mall). Items on the agenda 1. Farmers’ market stall – last minute plans 2....