Tornado a wake-up call for climate action (reblogged from the Armidale Express)
Published in the Armidale Express, October 17, 2021: https://www.armidaleexpress.com.au/story/7472833/tornado-a-wake-up-call-for-climate-action/ Dr Sujata Allan, A/Prof Michelle Guppy and Dr Jennifer Hamilton We’re writing this sitting at home without power, in the aftermath of the tornado that ripped through Armidale on Thursday night. As the SES works to clean up damage, patch rooves and restore power, the bigger […]
May 15 Open Day
On May 15 at the Aboriginal Culture Centre and Keeping Place we’re having an Open Day with music, information about the project and the very first Creek Walk along Black Gully creeklands! To register for this event go to Eventbrite: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/the-armidale-climate-and-health-project-open-day-tickets-151403031543
The Project Launch: September 2020
Before we had figured out the real details of the project, we a small COVID-Safe and COVID-limited launch on a freezing cold day in late September 2020. It was the first live music event that many of us had been to all year and depite the cold we realised the power of community gatherings. The […]
What does the climate emergency have to do with our health?
When Jen and I first started talking about this project and writing the grant application we were in the midst of the worst drought and bushfires Australia had ever experienced. In the haze of smoke and water restrictions, it seemed that the climate emergency was living out its most apocalyptic predictions. Since then we’ve had […]
