by editor | 21 Oct 2015 | Event, Garden, SLAM
Not really close to home, but interesting combination. Outer Ecology meets Inner Ecology. 12 -28 November 2015, 17 day course, Permaculture Design Certificate with Robina McCurdy, Divyajyoti & Anahata Yoga Retreat. Golden Bay, New...
by editor | 20 Oct 2015 | Black Gully, Climate, Energy, Event, Garden, Road to Paris, SLAM
The Black Gully Festival is on this Sunday, October 25th, at Black Gully, from 11pm to 8:30pm, NERAM grounds, 106-114 Kentucky Street. More music, more stalls, more commitment to keeping global warming under 2 degrees. Here is the schedule: Sound Stage 11am DJ Loki...
by editor | 20 Oct 2015 | Event, Road to Paris
Marty Branagan’s ‘Road to Paris’ event is jointly presented by Eco Arts Australis and Armidale Tree Group. Opening night is Friday October 23rd at 7pm at the Woodland Centre, 80 Mann St. Live music and nibbles.
by editor | 20 Oct 2015 | AACSGaM, Event |
October 26 – Belgrave Cinema Armidale – 6:45pm Tickets $20 include Q&A with the filmmaker and are presale only! A new film reveals unseen footage of coal, corruption and community resistance of one of Australia’s most controversial mining projects –...
by editor | 19 Oct 2015 | Starfish
A previous return trip Brisbane – Canberra – Brisbane illustrated my motivation for environmental protection, EVs and sense for adventure. This time around, I propped it up a notch higher. Far North Queensland (FNQ) has strong international tourism ace cards and...
by editor | 16 Oct 2015 | Climate, Energy, Event, SLAM |
UNE is hosting the ANZSEE 2015 annual conference, 19-23 October: ‘Thriving Through Transformation – Local and Global Sustainability’. Two events will be free, but anyone can sign up and attend other sessions, for a fee. See their web site for a...
by user submitted | 16 Oct 2015 | Event, SLAM |
An environmental justice masterclass is one of the activities of the ANZ Society of Ecological Economics Conference at the University of New England (19–23 October). It will be held on Monday 19 October at the Smart farm 9am–12.30pm. No background knowledge is...
by editor | 16 Oct 2015 | Event
There will be bushcare working bees in Snow Gums Bushland Reserve on both Sunday 18th October and Sunday 15th November. On October 18th we will work in the southern end of the reserve among the lovely wildflowers so meet at the bottom entrance across the road from 54...
by editor | 16 Oct 2015 | AACSGaM, Event
We will KNAG Thursday 22nd October 11am to 1pm in the mall outside Barnaby Joyce’s office, near Courthouse coffee shop. The focus of this Knit in is ‘Wrong Mine Wrong Place’ – Shenhua coal mine must not go ahead on Australia’s food bowl,...
by editor | 16 Oct 2015 | Starfish
The amount of fish in the oceans has halved since 1970, in a plunge to the “brink of collapse” caused by over-fishing and other threats, the WWF conservation group said last week. Populations of some commercial fish stocks, such as a group including tuna, mackerel and...
by editor | 8 Oct 2015 | AURG, Event, Road to Paris
Armidale Urban Rivercare Group (AURG) and Sustainable Living Armidale (SLA) are two local community action groups combining efforts this weekend to highlight the Armidale community’s support for real global action on climate change at the UN Paris Climate conference...
by editor | 8 Oct 2015 | Road to Paris |
Hi Armidale, Click on the image above to see the whole ad. I hope your name or group is one of the 500 odd that are there. Personally I’ve been in this city a long time and recognise a lot of the names. Looking down those names, I got the same feeling that I...
by editor | 8 Oct 2015 | Event |
19th October, 5pm University of New England Arts Lecture Theatre 1 Free drinks will be provided after the lecture thanks to our Sponsors Sustainable Living Armidale Snow is a UNE Rural Science graduate who has worked in climate change research, research funding and...
by editor | 7 Oct 2015 | Starfish
Message from the Gyre – Chris Jordan Plastic fragments in the world’s oceans are insidious killers which are steadily claiming an increasing number of bird and marine life every year. But on the New South Wales north coast, a small group of scientists and...
by editor | 6 Oct 2015 | Energy, Starfish
The number of American towns that run entirely on renewable energy is growing. Last week, Aspen Colorado declared it had become the third municipality to receive all of its power from renewable sources. Aspen’s energy portfolio now primarily consists of wind power and...
by editor | 30 Sep 2015 | Event, Monthly Forum, SLAM |
The next SLA Forum to be held on Thursday, 1st October is all about power – the power we generate ourselves and what the future might hold, especially on the residential front. Geoff Bragg, local PV installer and chair of the NSW Solar Energy Industries Association,...
by editor | 30 Sep 2015 | Event, Starfish |
Public Launch of Z-NET Uralla Blueprint by the Hon. Mark Speakman, SC MP Minister of Environment, Minister of Heritage and Assistant Minister of Planning 6 October 2015, from 10:30am onwards, McCrossin’s Mill, 24-28 Salisbury St, Uralla NSW AU Event program...
by editor | 30 Sep 2015 | Event, SLAM |
As part of Armidale Road To Paris, the October gathering of Poetzinc will be focusing on poems about climate, temperature rise and on the world we want to live in. Come along and bring a poem, either by you or by someone else — or just come to listen. The...
by editor | 30 Sep 2015 | Road to Paris, Starfish |
The UNFCCC Newsroom has presented a new entry as part of their series of Climate Songs for Paris COP 21. The song “Set the World right Again” was submitted by Alan Atkisson. Alan Atkisson is an author, consultant, speaker, and executive trainer with a focus on...
by editor | 25 Sep 2015 | Starfish |
The richest 300 people in the world are more wealthy than the poorest 3 billion combined, and every year rich countries take over 10 times more money from poor countries than they give in aid. Find out more by watching the video. Here is a list of sources for the...
by user submitted | 25 Sep 2015 | Event, SLAM
Are you interested in either climate change, insects, ecological science or nature conservation? Then come to a talk by Nigel Andrew on Friday evening 25th September. Nigel is the President of the Ecological Society of Australia and Associate Professor of Entomology...
by editor | 25 Sep 2015 | Road to Paris |
In a 2-minute video, David Attenborough explains that our world and its wildlife are in danger because of climate change. In the 1960s, scientists overcame immense odds to put men on the moon. A similar effort is now needed to combat climate change, If we make...
by editor | 25 Sep 2015 | Road to Paris
With just over two months left until negotiators and world leaders gather in Paris to negotiate the next global agreement to limit carbon pollution, The Climate Institute today released a report and video animation spelling out the implications of the Paris agreement...
by editor | 25 Sep 2015 | Event
The Bob Brown Foundation would like to invite you to participate in a Tarkine BioBlitz from Thursday 19 Nov to Sunday 22 Nov. A BioBlitz is a festival of science in nature. In one of the world’s last wild places, the Tarkine, our BioBlitz will discover and record as...
by editor | 17 Sep 2015 | Event, Monthly Forum, Road to Paris |
Former Senator and Parliamentary Leader for the Australian Greens, Bob Brown, will be speaking at Armidale Town Hall on the 19th of September, as part of SLA’s initiative, Armidale Road to Paris. Bob Brown, now heading the The Bob Brown Foundation, will give an...
