Thank you to everyone who took the survey. Understanding what you see are the key environmental challenges and opportunities for desert communities will help shape ALEC's work.  As we reach the end of 2020, ALEC...

10 years ago, we had a vision for a diverse network of thriving gardens spread across Alice Springs that are supported by communities and offer opportunities for local people to learn, grow, harvest and...

Do you have excess veggies growing your backyard? Are you looking to sell some of your beautiful produce? Gone crazy with COVID baking?   Food For Alice is a food project connecting local people with...

As a response to the global Novel Coronavirus pandemic, Arid Lands Environment Centre has taken a number of actions to help reduce the risk of transmission and protect the community, ALEC volunteers and staff....

We achieved a lot in 2019, and we couldn't have done it without the support of our members, volunteers, donors and community. In this video, CEO Jimmy Cocking tries to list ALEC's achievements from...

The Arid Lands Environment Centre (ALEC) is central Australia's peak environmental organisation that has been advocating for the protection of nature and growing sustainable communities in the arid lands since 1980.  We’re a small...

Next June we’re celebrating 40 years since the of the Arid Lands Environment Centre (ALEC) was incorporated. Well, since the Central Australian Conservation Council (CACC), formerly known as the Environment Centre Central Australia (ECCA)...

In this video, ALEC staff share what they want for Christmas (well, what we want for nature). Help make ALEC's vision for 2020 a reality by donating here. We'd love to hear from you...

Last week ALEC policy officer Alex Read was out on the land, visiting farms as part of the Northern Territory Farmers Central Australian Food Futures Roadshow. It was a great opportunity for ALEC to...

The Arid Lands Environment Centre (ALEC) is celebrating a new era of environmental protection with the recent passing of the hard-won Northern Territory Environment Protection Act. It was passed by parliament on September 19th...

The Arid Lands Environment Centre (ALEC) welcomes the release of the Northern Territory Government’s Climate Change Response: Towards 2050 as a timely step in the right direction ahead of the global climate strikes on...

Environment Centre NT and Beyond Zero Emissions have today released the report ‘The 10 Gigawatt Vision: How renewable energy can power jobs and investment in the Northern Territory’. The report has found that by pursuing a 10...