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[ Saturday, 1 Apr; ] The Giant Koala sculpture that will be a highlight of this year’s Armidale Autumn Parade is now almost complete and ready for its debut – thanks to many individuals and businesses in the local community. The ‘Renew Armidale - Giant Koala and Threats - Community Art Sculpture’, to give it its full name, has been under [...] full article »
[ Monday, 27 Mar; ] The Giant Koala and Threats Community Art project (Renew Armidale) is supported by Sustainable Living Armidale, and will makes its debut appearance at the Armidale Festival and Parade on Saturday April 1st, 2023. Can you help make this happen? or help on the day? We will also be creating an educative and interactive Koala expo with the [...] full article »
[ Sunday, 26 Mar; 2:00 pm to 3:00 pm. ] Come and Join the Stayin’ Alive -Bear Gees -Koala Dance – for the Autumn Festival Parade and day in Civic Park April 1st - with the Giant 5m high Koala and her baby! Join the Parade for 12:30 (marshalling around 11:00am at Central Park) Rehearsal this coming Sunday 2:00 pm Curtis Park – (where the Farmer’s Market [...] full article »
A survey seeking views from all residents in the Armidale local government area has been launched by Sustainable Water Futures Armidale Region, the newest SLA action group. “We want to open a conversation with our community on water futures” said Kate Boyd, Convenor of Sustainable Water Futures Armidale Region. “We’ve started by setting up our survey asking [...] full article »
[ Thursday, 16 Mar; 7:00 pm; ] Greg Moin has kindly agreed to unravel the mysteries around Advanced Care Directives for this upcoming meeting at Kent House. Other discussions around human composting and some info from the Natural Death Alliance Network. This is minutes taken at Death Forum 16th Feb 2023 Jane Pickard from Banded Bee farm updated us on the history of the [...] full article »
[ Tuesday, 14 Mar; 6:00 pm to 8:00 pm. ] Let’s talk about water! We all need it – this continent would be uninhabitable without its ancient rivers, deep aquifers and wetlands bursting with abundant wildlife. But inland rivers have taken a hiding in the last 130 years, with unlimited irrigation bringing the Murray-Darling Basin to its knees during the shocking millennial drought. And so a Plan was [...] full article »
[ Tuesday, 14 Mar; 5:00 pm; ] Last week hectares of healthy coastal forest was cleared in South West Rocks for housing subdivisions, including large hollow-bearing habitat trees with nesting birds. Habitat destruction is happening up and down the coast at an alarming rate and is down to weak environmental laws and 'zombie DAs'. There is an action you can take right now. Voices [...] full article »
Every year in New South Wales 14,000 hectares of publicly-owned native forest is logged 70% is mill waste, burned, or left as debris 24% is chipped to make paper Only 4–8% of trees become sawn timber Plantations produce 14 times more wood products per hectare If we stopped logging native forests It would prevent 1.8 million tonnes of carbon from entering [...] full article »
The Armidale Community Garden is part of Sustainable Living Armidale, and growing fresh local food is a cornerstone of enhancing sustainability. The six disused tennis courts behind the Regional Art Museum have provided a wonderful site for building a garden, and over the years the project has been supported by hundreds of hard-working volunteers. It is a huge space to work with, and the tennis court fences provide a brilliant support for climbers such as cucumbers, beans and chokos, as well as keeping out kangaroos and rabbits. The garden is here for the community — It grows fruit, berries, vegetables and herbs, also many flowers and some native shrubs and trees. People may come to help and share in the produce, or just hang out and chat to other gardeners, get some tips, or simply wander around and relax after a stressful day. Gardening can be good for us in so many ways: it gives us a reason to be active out in the fresh air, creating and connecting to [...] full article »
[ Sunday, 5 Mar; 2:00 pm to 3:30 pm. ] Concern is now widespread that land-clearing, urban development and more frequent bushfires are having a devastating effect on populations of our cuddly, national icon – but a project in Armidale is developing a novel idea to draw attention to its plight and how we can address the problems. [embed width="520" height="520"]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XjMtXL0mK_8[/embed] Imagine a single image in which [...] full article »
Living in Armidale NSW Australia, Sustainable Living Armidale (SLA) aim to raise awareness of the implications of climate change and the depletion of natural resources, to build networks, and inspire and empower our community to build a more self-reliant, resilient and sustainable future. We are made up of action groups each with a specific focus, currently these are:
SLA is a volunteer organisation that depends on the energy of its members, so please get involved and join one of the above action groups by clicking on the link and joining its mailing list.
Sustainable Living Armidale acknowledge the Anaiwan People who share the caring of this land with the Gumbaynggirr, Djangadi, Gamilaraay and others. We pay respect to their elders past, present and future.
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