Inner Transition

by | 27 Apr 2015 | SLAM

It wasn’t very long into the evolution of Transition in Totnes, in 2006, that Hilary Prentice and Sophy Banks came round to my house to discuss the seeds of what would eventually become known as ‘Inner Transition’, or the ‘Heart and Soul’...

The Plundering of Pilliga and Leard Forest Book Launch

by | 15 Apr 2015 | AACSGaM, Event

You are invited to the launch of my book The Plundering of Pilliga and Leard Forest and the Surrounding Farmlands at Boobooks book shop, The Mall, Armidale on Wednesday 15th April at 5pm. RSVP Monday 13/4/15. The book ‘The Plundering of Pilliga and Leard Forest and...

Earth Healing Meditation

by | 15 Apr 2015 | Event, SLAM

I offer this meditation group as a consequence of my concern for the planet. There is a considerable amount of research that demonstrates the power of meditation/prayer to create peace in troubled communities and to bring healing to humans, other animals, plants and...

Community supported business models

by | 15 Apr 2015 | Starfish

You may be familiar with community supported agriculture (CSA) ~ which is where locals purchase a share of the season’s harvest upfront and get a box of fresh produce each week from the farm. Now you can get your craft beer that way too! By purchasing a craft brewery...

April Forum: Planning for Paris + Shared meal

by | 31 Mar 2015 | Event, Monthly Forum

Come down to Kent House for a relaxed meal and planning session about what we can do in Armidale to ramp up action before the United Nations Paris Climate Change Conference in December 2015. Let’s work out some strategies for our community to help build the...

Permaculture Day 2015: In Support of Soil! Sunday 3rd May

by | 31 Mar 2015 | Event

Celebrating International Year of Soils Healthy soil makes for healthy people, animals and plants; it provides the foundation for all life on land. Soil gives us food, clean water, clean air, medicine, fibre and fuel, it’s also a climate regulator and buffer. All...

ZNET stall at Seasons of New England

by | 27 Mar 2015 | Event

Z-NET will be running a series of energy saving demonstrations and handing out information and advice at their stall ~ open from 8am to 3pm ~ at Seasons of New England Market and Fair Day on Saturday 28th March, at Hampden Park, cnr King and Maitland Streets, Uralla....

Solar Citizens: How do they score?

by | 26 Mar 2015 | Energy

With just 3 days left until you hit the polls, we’re very excited to bring you our New South Wales Election 2015 Solar Scorecard,with all the information you need to make your vote count for solar on Saturday. Visit our website to find out more on where each party...

Uralla Lantern Parades during Earth Hour 2015

by | 24 Mar 2015 | Event

Join school children, parents and community members from around Uralla Shire in the annual Uralla Lantern Parade held each March to coincide with Earth Hour. Magical, mesmerising and memorable. Enjoy the lantern parade from the footpaths and follow it down to the...

The 6th Great Extinction

by | 24 Mar 2015 | Starfish

More than 10 per cent of Australia’s native mammals have become extinct since European settlement. The extinction rate is higher than on any other continent. There have been five major extinctions in the history of Earth. We are now entering the sixth. Elizabeth...

Farming the Sun wins Growing Community Energy grant

by | 18 Mar 2015 | Energy, Starfish

Starfish’s Farming the Sun initiative is one of six community energy projects in northern NSW who have been awarded grants by the NSW government. State-wide, there were 19 projects which shared $846,000 in the latest round of funding to help advance local renewable...

Is your diet eating up the climate?

by | 18 Mar 2015 | Local Food, Starfish

A new UK study measures and compares the dietary greenhouse gas emissions of meat- and fish-eaters, vegetarians, and vegans. The journal Climatic Change published the first-ever study which compares the dietary greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions of real-life meat-eaters...

Radical land regeneration

by | 18 Mar 2015 | Starfish

The origins of the word ‘radical’ come from the Latin ‘radox’, which means to get to the root of things. Sustainability requires radicalism, in its true meaning, to ensure that the way we live and go about living is indeed regenerative and renewable over time. David...

New web site ‘Faces from the Gasfields’

by | 18 Mar 2015 | AACSGaM, SLAM

Faces from the Gasfields includes Pat Schultz’s story of civil disobedience also published on our site last year. From the site: These are the stories of ordinary Australians whose way of life is under threat as a $200 billion industry lands in their backyards....