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.
The vision of this action group is to raise awareness amongst the local Armidale community of the UN Climate Summit in Paris Nov-Dec 2015; the most critical meeting of world leaders since the Kyoto Agreement. We will convey to local and federal MP’s the community’s requests for the Australian Government to commit to evidence-based strategies to cap global warming to less than 2 degrees.
Paris climate accord to go into force, Australia misses out
The Paris climate accord negotiated last year has been ratified by enough countries for it to go into force.
A group of European nations raised full article »
You need to RSVP now: Break Free from Fossil Fuels — Newcastle weekend of action
As people on every continent on earth shut down their countries’ most dangerous fossil fuel projects, hundreds of Australians will come together on the 7th-8th full article »
Watch Transition Network’s New Film: 8 days @ COP21
We have a new film set in Paris, our theme of ‘international begins looking at UK Devolution, Brexit or Bremain and the translations project. The full article »
Black Gully Festival 2015 and Armidale Urban Rivercare Group videos
These two videos were shown at our pop-up solar cinema in front of Tatts at Christmas in the Mall. It’s been a big year with full article »
Armidale People’s Climate Rally – afternoon in video and photos
The people of Armidale have created a long banner, a visual petition, a Road to Paris about the world we want to live in and full article »
December Forum: Party in the mall starting 6pm Thursday 3 December
Thanks members and volunteers for a big, successful year of events and forums continuing our vision for Armidale to be full article »
Armidale joins Global Climate Rally
On the weekend of the 28 and 29 November, as world leaders arrive in Paris for the UN Climate Summit, millions of people will full article »
Progressive Cinema presents ‘This Changes Everything’
Inspired by Naomi Klein’s international non-fiction bestseller ‘This Changes Everything: Capitalism vs the Climate’, the film presents seven powerful portraits of communities on the front full article »
Be part of the Armidale Road to Paris video that will be sent to the Climate Summit
The people of Armidale have been creating a long banner, a visual petition, a Road to Paris about the world we want to live in full article »
350 dot org suggests to write to the Vice-Chancellors of Australia’s universities today calling on them to divest from fossil fuels
Dear friend,
Over the past 2 days, students, staff and alumni from Australian universities came together to tell their universities to go fossil free and full article »
21 Stories of Transition: Compagnons de la Terre
In Liege, new local food enterprises are being considered in their wider context, that of a ‘Food Belt’ around the city, a joined-up learning network full article »
SLA Road To Paris banner: have you added to it?
The banner, or visual petition, has grown and grown. It’s been available for people to draw or write on at lots of events. If you’re full article »
Armidale Urban Rivercare Tree Planting Day – Sunday 8 November, 8.30am
A successful planting day was held on Sunday 11 October with 30 participants planting 480 trees!
The day was in support of Sustainable Living Armidale’s full article »
21 Stories of Transition: Greenslate Farm, England
As we proceed along the Road to Paris, Transition Network is posting one story every day for the 21 days leading up to COP21. full article »
The Global Climate March on November 29th is getting HUGE! wear colourful clothes
This is going to be mega! Last year almost 700,000 people took to their streets and created the largest mobilisation on climate change in full article »
Choose Your Climate Future
People often joke that three degrees warmer sounds like a nicer day. But three degrees of global warming has devastating impacts on full article »
Black Gully Festival 2015 is here!
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, full article »
‘Global Warning’ an exhibition by Marty Branagan of mixed-media artworks relating to climate change
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 full article »
Reminder AURG / Armidale Road to Paris working bee this Sunday
Armidale Urban Rivercare Group (AURG) and Sustainable Living Armidale (SLA) are two local community action groups combining efforts this weekend to highlight the full article »
Thanks Armidale for all your names on the Road to Paris full-page newspaper ad, it’s another proud moment
Click on the image above to see the whole ad. I hope your name or group is one of full article »
Rockin’ the road to Paris
The UNFCCC Newsroom has presented a new entry as part of their series of Climate Songs for Paris COP 21. The song “Set the full article »
David Attenborough and Professor Brian Cox call for Major Program to Combat Climate Change
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 full article »
Paris update: A report and video animation spelling out the implications of the Paris agreement for Australia and its economy
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 full article »
Bob Brown at Armidale Town Hall – Free Event
Former Senator and Parliamentary Leader for the Australian Greens, Bob Brown, will be speaking at Armidale Town Hall on the 19th of September, as full article »
Armidale Bike Week 2015 – Pedal to Piney
Bring your friends, bring your family and bring your pedal power for this fun social ride from the Armidale Farmers’ Market Curtis Park at 10am full article »
Armidale Bike Week – Commute Challenge 2015
Show just how much pedal power you have during Armidale’s third annual Commute Challenge – a NSW Bike Week activity and continues the Armidale Road full article »
The UN climate summit in Paris online course – Free registration open now!
2015 is a big year for the international politics of climate change. Just in time for the UN climate summit in Paris in December, the full article »
Call to all students – make an ‘Energetic’ video – Deadline 12th October
Dear Teachers and Students, we hope you take up the offer and make a video.
Sincerely the Armidale Dumaresq Environmental Sustainability Committee
The Top 100 documentaries we can use to change the world
Documentaries have an incredible power to raise awareness and create transformative changes in consciousness both at the personal and global levels.
Over the last 8 full article »
Is even humanity now an endangered species?
The planet is entering a new period of extinction with top scientists warning that species all over the world are “essentially the walking dead” ~ full article »
If everyone lived in an “ecovillage”, the Earth would still be in trouble
If everyone lived in the same way as Australians or North Americans we would need four or five planet Earths to sustain us.
This full article »
Armidale Road to Paris needs help
We hope you have already heard of Armidale Road to Paris, a campaign to raise awareness throughout our community of the importance of the full article »
Frackman is back for another showing and discussion
Frackman will be showing at Kent House 2pm on the 12th of July followed by afternoon tea & a brief introduction to Sustainable Living Armidale’s full article »
We’re on a road to Paris, come along for the ride
The Armidale Road To Paris campaign is shaping up to spread/reach throughout the Armidale community. There’s a small job for you, as a person concerned full article »
The Climate Council publication now available – Galilee Basin – Unburnable Coal
If all of the Galilee Basin coal was burned, it’s estimated that 705 million tonnes of CO2 would be released each year – that’s full article »
SMH Climate for Change series
The Sydney Morning Herald is putting all its climate change articles on its website under ‘UN Climate Conference‘
Makes for interesting reading.
Road to Paris’ first Extra article featured!
Alain attracting a lot of attention at the Farmers Markets
A number of the Road to Paris crew donned their Frenchie gear on full article »
Fairy Bread, Vegemite Worms & Cutting Carbon Pollution
Australia’s pretty great. We have fairy bread, vegemite worms and the Big Pineapple.
Not to mention clean air, water and land; healthy and safe fresh full article »
Road to Paris 6-step community engagement framework
Community Engagement Strategy proposed at the Road to Paris (R2P) meeting held 16/04/15. It is one that is utilised by a similar transition town group full article »
The Great, or not so great, Acceleration
Humanity has become the dominant force of change on Earth, surpassing in importance the geophysical forces that up until now have shaped the biosphere.
CSIRO and BOM create new site: Climate Change in Australia
CSIRO and the Bureau of Meteorology have recently completed updated climate projections to supersede information released in 2007. The research is currently available on the full article »
