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Bringing together climate adaptation, Indigenous knowledge and community health

How can we build community connection, respond to climate change, improve our health and put Indigenous knowledge at the centre?

The Armidale Climate and Health  Project began in 2020 as series of events and publications exploring this question, and building local knowledge and skills. Phase one pilot was funded by an AdaptNSW Grant and a Primary Health Network COVID Reconnection Grant. We believe the answer to this question is related to changing the food system. Phase 2 is committed to carefully designing and building new Community Food Infrastructure in ways that respond to climate change and improve community health, guided by the princple of centring Indigenous knowledge.

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Our Vision

The health impacts of the climate crisis are being felt around the globe, but the effects are not evenly distributed either geographically or socially. On one hand, some places will  warm faster than others, but, on the other, some communities and people are more vulnerable to the health impacts than others. As such, the different risks of climate change are already worsening the inequities already present in our society. We want to address that injustice in the Armidale community while also working to both adapt to and mitigate the worst effects of climate change.This grassroots initiative aims to build community connections, recognise diverse needs, centre Indigenous knowledge and seed sustainable action to address health issues related to climate change at a local level.

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This project is proudly supported by the NSW Government Adapt NSW Increasing Reslience to Climate Change Community Grant; and the Community Weathering Station, Armajun Aboriginal Health Service, Sustainable Living Armidale and University of New England.


We acknowledge that the work of this project is taking place on Anaiwan Country, we acknowledge that the custodianship of the land and waters is shared with the Gomeroi, Dunghutti, Birpi and Gumbaynggirr people. We pay our respect to elders past and present, and acknowledge sovereignty over land and waters was never ceded. We also would like to welcome any Indigenous people visiting this site to reach out to participate in the project. We aim for this project to can contribute to the repair of damage done by the process of colonisation.