SLA Youth Awards

Sustainable Living Armidale are looking for entries from young people with innovative ideas for promoting awareness about climate change have you got an idea about climate change? The SLAYA Awards are an opportunity for young people who are making positive change in...

Sustainable Living Expo

The last SLEX was in 2011 discontinued because of lack of financial support. What you need to know about SLEX The Sustainable Living EXpo started 2007 and is held every year. SLEX initially developed from a number of community events into an integrated flagship event...

Reduce, Re-use, Recycle

The television series ‘War On Waste’ starring Craig Reucassel galvanised members of SLA to do something locally. Armidale has pioneered some excellent recycling management programs like City to Soil but there is room for improvement. Awareness with...

Heart & Soul

The International Transition Initiative is based on responding to the challenges of peak and diminishing oil reserves and climate change at three levels – head, heart and hands. The Armidale Heart and Soul Group, focusing on the heart aspect of the transition, was...

Road to Paris

Armidale Road to Paris aims to gain commitment from the Australian Government to act in the best interests of the Australian people and the broader global community by working towards limiting global warming to less than 2 degrees and protecting our future....

Community was a broad idea of connection

SLA Community is the Action Group in SLA whose focus is on nourishing the spirit of SLA and supporting members in their efforts to live more sustainably. While “Community” is a separate Action Group, it is connected with all SLA groups … (for where would any of us be...

Boomerang Bags

Boomerang Bags is a grassroots, community driven movement  tackling plastic pollution at its source. Volunteers from all walks of life get together to make re-useable ‘boomerang bags’ using recycled materials, as a means to provide a sustainable alternative to...

Northern Tablelands for Yes

Northern Tablelands for Yes is your local chapter of this growing, nation wide organisation that is looking for active YES participants to join in the ground swell of people wanting constitutional recognition of our First Nations People through a Voice to Parliament...

Reducing Wood Smoke Emissions

Dorothy Robinson, a long time advocate of reducing wood smoke emissions in Armidale has obtained particulate sensors to back her concerns with science. The sensors use a fan to draw air past two lasers (Channels A & B), causing reflections from any particles in...

Village was a cohabitation initiative

Envisage living in a vibrant community which is environmentally aware, energy efficient. With willing, fun loving, diverse people sharing the many household tasks across the community, creating more free time to live your dreams, and reducing your cost of living! Home...