Understanding Bees

by user submitted | 31 May 2012 | Event, SLAM

Incredible Edibles Uralla (Community Garden) would like to invite you to a talk on “Understanding Bees” Uralla beekeeper and gardener Peter Low will talk about bees on Saturday, June 9, at the Uralla Neighbourhood Centre, RSL Memorial Hall, 27 Salisbury...

SLA Thursday Forum: HiCUB-Learning from New England’s Biggest Environmental Project

by editor | 28 May 2012 | Event, Monthly Forum, SNELC

The High Country Urban Biodiversity Project, which recently finished, was the biggest environmental project ever run in New England, and you can hear all about it at the next Sustainable Living (SLA) Thursday Forum on 7th June. HiCUB was a unique partnership between...

CSG Workshop and Panel Discussion

by editor | 25 May 2012 | AACSGaM, Event, SLAM

The National Centre for Groundwater Research and Training (NCGRT) in conjunction with the Australian Water Association is presenting a three-hour workshop to discuss the science underpinning coal seam gas.Professor Craig Simmons, director of the NCGRT; Professor...

I Can Do It! Anyone Can Do It!

by editor | 24 May 2012 | Energy, Event, Monthly Forum

People may think that they have to be a home owner to make changes to their carbon footprint or their energy use. However, physical changes to our environment are just one way. The lasting changes are those that involve our behaviour, the choices we make about what...

Madlands – Anna Rose to speak in Tamworth – Free event

by editor | 24 May 2012 | Event, SLAM | 1 comment

Come to the Tamworth Community Forum to hear from other local people on sustainability and climate change. Anna Rose, author of “Madlands: A Journey to Change the Mind of a Climate Sceptic”, will be attending and speaking as part of a national road tour...

Last chance: Survey invitation – home heating, energy efficiency and air quality

by editor | 23 May 2012 | SLAM

Thanks to everyone who filled out the survey – we hope that some interesting results will be available in the near future. If anyone hasn’t already completed the survey, but would like to do so, it will remain open for a few more days. We would therefore...

Council workshop on pellet heaters and home heating

by editor | 23 May 2012 | Energy, Event, SLAM | 1 comment

Southern New England Landcare Ltd would like to invite you to Pellet heaters for home heating in New England. A public forum for Councils; the home heating industry; people interested in woodsmoke, health and biodiversity; and consumers in New England. Find out about...

Sustainable Namoi Living Expo this weekend

by editor | 18 May 2012 | Event, SLAM

The flagship event of the 2012 SNL Program is the Sustainable Namoi Living Expo. Held on 18 and 19 May 2012 at the Tamworth campus of TAFE New England, the expo will involve a range of exhibitors, workshops and speakers, from the building industry, ‘green’ retailers,...

100% Renewable Energy Survey

by editor | 16 May 2012 | SLAM

This year the 100% Renewable Energy group is focusing establishing big solar plants, particularly solar thermal which allows energy from the sun to be stored for many hours until it is needed. Please support their campaign by filling out their short...

Progressive Cinema presents: Bimblebox

by editor | 9 May 2012 | Event

Bimblebox is a documentary depicting stories from the front lines of the battle of rural Australians against coal and gas extraction on their land, at 7:30pm on Wednesday, 9th May, at the Armidale Club, 91 Beardy Street. Turntables Restaurant will be open for dinner...

Shared Meal 11 May: Family-friendly venue & start time

by editor | 9 May 2012 | Event, SLAM

This month’s shared meal will be a family-friendly one at Cathie’s home, which is only 2 blocks away from Kent House – nice and central, with plenty of space for kids and adults alike to relax. We suggest you bring finger or fork food and drinks to...

Earthbagging at Sustainable Living Namoi Expo 18-20 May

by editor | 4 May 2012 | Event, SLAM

Cathie Lamont (intrepid aspiring Sustainable Community builder) trained south on Saturday 21 April to attend the earthbagging workshop at the Calrossy primary/boys high school campus in Tamworth. “It was a physically, psychically, intellectually and socially...

Thank you for your support of Renewable Energy in NSW

by user submitted | 4 May 2012 | SLAM | 1 comment

Dear slarmidale.org, Working my way through the NSW Draft Wind Farm Guidelines led me read the slaati submission. It is excellent to see community groups with large numbers such as this put a voice into this vital area. My interest is derived from the clear Science on...

Special follow-up meeting of Coal Seam Gas Forum 5 May

by editor | 3 May 2012 | AACSGaM, Event, SLAM | 1 comment

A large crowd of close to 200 people turned out for a special coal seam gas forum at the Armidale Town Hall to hear from experts who talked about the risks to water, health and the environment from coal seam gas mining. “The great turn-out for the Forum...

Special Forum on Coal Seam Gas

by editor | 2 May 2012 | AACSGaM, Event | 1 comment

In place of SLA’s monthly Thursday forum, we urge you to attend a special forum organised by the Armidale Action on Coal Seam Gas. ARMIDALE TOWN HALL WEDNESDAY, MAY 2ND AT 7PM There will be three presenters: Dr. Mariann Lloyd-Smith: Senior Advisor to the National...

2012 Peace Festival 7-19 May

by editor | 2 May 2012 | Event

Transforming the Human Spirit Exhibition (7-19 May in Dixson Library), and public forums on activism and nonviolence: Monday 7 May 12.30 includes exhibition opening and panel discussion ‘Creating Value in Activism’ Thursday 10 May 12.30 ‘Nonviolence: How Most...

Creating Regional Prosperity through Co-operative Business Models 11 May

by editor | 30 Apr 2012 | Event

Lewis Lecture Theatre (PDF map), University of New England 2-4 pm, 11th May 2012 2.00pm Alison Sheridan, Professor and Head of the School of Business, Economics and Public Policy, University of New England ~ Welcome 2.10pm Jo Barraket, Associate Professor, Business...

1 Million Women Save Event in Tamworth

by editor | 26 Apr 2012 | Event

This is so exciting – 1 million women invitation (PDF 202KB) Save Event in Tamworth Town Hall on the 4th May. Please join 1 Million Women and map out your carbon footprint. Tickets available at the Westpac Bank in Peel Street, Tamworth, or purchase tickets online for...

Urgent Submissions Required To Control Coal Seam Gas And Coal Mining In North West NSW – Submissions Close May 17th 2012

by editor | 26 Apr 2012 | Event | 3 comments

SUBMISSION DEADLINE DATE EXTENDED UNTIL 17TH MAY Comment on- Draft New England North West Strategic Regional Land Use Plan Your submission needn’t take more than a minute to write, and short comments are fine. The Draft New England North West Strategic Regional...

Bush Tucker, Boomerangs and Bandages 15 May

by user submitted | 26 Apr 2012 | Event, SLAM

Michelle Mckerney and Harry White will be giving a presentation on their excellent publication, Bush Tucker, Boomerangs and Bandages at the Australian Plants Socety Forum on Tuesday, 15th May at the TAFE Library seminar Room at 7.30 pm. This free book covers...

Please share your views on climate change with the ABC

by editor | 26 Apr 2012 | Event | 2 comments

On the ABC this week, you may have seen a promotion for the TV show ‘I can change your mind on climate change’ featuring Nick Minchin and Anna Rose. The promo site for the program includes a survey on peoples views on climate change. Currently the results...

350.org – Connect the dots

by editor | 24 Apr 2012 | Event, SLAM

Dear Friends, Across the planet now we see ever more flood, ever more drought, ever more storms. People are dying, communities are being wrecked — the impacts we’re already witnessing from climate change are unlike anything we have seen before. But because the globe...

Survey invitation – home heating, energy efficiency and air quality

by editor | 24 Apr 2012 | SLAM

Dear SLA Supporters, We would like to invite you to participate in a survey we are doing about home heating, wood heating, the new wood pellet stoves and air quality issues in New England. This is part of a collaborative research project, funded by the Rural...

Earthbagging (it’s a form of ecobuilding!) Workshops in Tamworth 21 and 28 April

by editor | 20 Apr 2012 | Event, SLAM

Ever wanted to learn how to earthbag? Well, you can do so in Tamworth on the next two Saturdays … and transport is available on 21st (at least). Earthbagging is a process of filling elongated sandbags with earth, sand etc, to build various constructions. They...

April Forum – An Armidale Economy of Happiness

by editor | 2 Apr 2012 | Event, Monthly Forum, SLAM | 1 comment

Last year, Armidale’s “Progressive Cinema” was one of the first Australian cinemas to show the film “The Economics of Happiness”, which has been described as “taking up the baton dropped by Al Gore in An Inconvenient Truth and taking it all the way to the finish. “...