Death & Dying Matters workshop invitation

by | 15 Jul 2013 | Event

 10am – 4pm, July 16 Armidale RSL Death is a natural & sacred end to our lives. We know our deaths are certain, but the time & place after often uncertain. It is sensible & prudent to be prepared, just like we are in other aspects of our lives. This...

SLA: ‘Can I Fix It?’ Home Maintenance workshops

by | 15 Jul 2013 | Energy, Event

The Sustainable Living Armidale (SLA) series of free “I Can Do It!” workshops have been well attended and getting great results. Curtains and pelmets have been made and a Three House Tour conducted, all sharing ways people can get more control over their energy use...

SLA Coordinating Committee meeting

by | 12 Jul 2013 | Event

The coordinating committee takes care of the administration of our association and undertakes some planning from time to time. It is made up of the convenor, the secretary, the treasurer and representatives from the various subgroups. The current committee: Patsy Asch...

Building with Hemp workshop

by | 6 Jul 2013 | SLAM

                Building With Hemp Training by Klara Marosszeky  from the Australian Hemp Masonry Company To be held in McLean Alternative dates: 27/28th July or 10/11th August Each workshop is a complete training, so you can choose which dates suit you best!  ...

Do The Maths Tour in Brisbane Video

by | 5 Jul 2013 | SLAM

Bill McKibbon’s speech at Brisbane Town Hall (the open cut version) leaving only Australian information with an unhealthy planet metaphor that Aussies can easily understand – drinking tons of beer 😉

SLA Annual General Meeting

by | 2 Jul 2013 | Event

In accordance with the Constitution of Sustainable Living Armidale Inc., all financial members are advised that the Annual General Meeting of the organisation will be held on Thursday 4th July at 7pm at Kent House, 141 Faulkner Street, Armidale. Agenda: 1. Adoption of...

Tipping Point ~ incentives help win war on landfill

by | 1 Jul 2013 | Starfish

It smells earthy at the Armidale dump, a mountain of rubbish built bag by bag over 50 years by the city’s 25,000 residents. Residents have more than halved the amount of rubbish that ends up in landfill since the introduction of the City to Soil program two years ago....

Knitting Nannas Against Gas

by | 28 Jun 2013 | AACSGaM, SLAM

If anyone in our area would like to start a “loop” of KNAG here (or a similarly humorous group) get in touch with the editor. Last year a few of us heard about the activities of a group of CSG activists in Lismore who had formed the Knitting Nannas Against Gas (KNAG)....

Climate Action Network Australia: Election Briefing updates

by | 28 Jun 2013 | SLAM

Sustainable Living Armidale is a member of the peak body Climate Action Network Australia (CANA). CANA is a network of over 70 Australian non-government groups working for action on climate change. It is  the Australian arm of Climate Action Network International. You...

SLA Energy Group

by | 23 Jun 2013 | Energy, Event

The SLA Energy Group meets the first Monday of each month at 1pm at the Southern New England Landcare office in the East Mall, upstairs to the right of the Colour Copy Centre. Over the years, we have focused on many things from solar panels on public buildings to...

Progressive Cinema: The Corporation

by | 10 Jun 2013 | Event, SLAM

“The Corporation” is a documentary charting and exploring the rise of corporations since the mid 1880s, when, in the U.S.A., they were accorded legal rights of individual human beings. The film documents the disproportionate power of corporations, how they...

Another step forward …

by | 8 Jun 2013 | SLAM

It is sometimes difficult to see how, as individuals, we can do something positive about mitigating climate change. Those with the wherewithall can go solar at home but there are plenty of us without the means to do so. If you contribute to superannuation there is...

Green drinks

by | 30 May 2013 | Event

Do you work for the environment, social justice, clean energy, food production or similar? Would you like to get together with other people who do similar things? Are you part of SLA, AURG, NPA, ATG, FOE, ACF, NEW, SNELCC, CWC, SGAP, TWS or UCCCF? Do you research the...

Sustaining Rural Communities Conference 2013

by | 29 May 2013 | Event

The Crossing Theatre, Narrabri, June 5 & 6 You are encouraged to book for the fourth annual Sustaining Rural Communities Conference before 5pm on Monday 27th May, 2013. Whilst the theme for this years conference is resilience, our topics will look at: what does a...

The Wilderness Society Armidale Reconnect

by | 20 May 2013 | Event

The Wilderness Society has a strong history in Armidale, from the days when the Armidale Branch was an open Environmental Centre with a Wilderness Society shop for community members, activists and campaigners – united by our shared love for the unique value of...

Who’s who in SLA? Let’s meet and eat.

by | 17 May 2013 | Event

Just who are the people on SLACC (SLA Coordinating Committee) and where do you get to meet them? If you’d like to find out over an informal meal, or just a drink, come and join us after our next monthly meeting (or come to that, too!).  The next meeting is on Tuesday...