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EIS Community Information Evening 5.30pm 5/10/16
September 30, 2016
One of the jobs that ALEC does is to make comment on projects that are likely to have significant impact on the environment. ALEC has reduced capacity to do this job and relies heavily...
Read More ShareAlice Springs Community Garden Spring Fair this Sunday 2nd October.
September 27, 2016
Welcome in the season of spring this Sunday 2nd October 10am-1pm at the Alice Springs Community Garden Spring Fair. The Alice Springs Community Garden (ASCG) is located at Frances Smith Memorial Park, Burke Street,...
Read More ShareLabor fracking moratorium a good start but also raises concerns
September 14, 2016
The Arid Lands Environment Centre (ALEC) cautiously welcomes the NT Labor Government’s moratorium on fracking announced this morning, but questions why exploration for unconventional gas is allowed to continue. In pre-election commitments Territory Labor...
Read More ShareRePower Alice Springs welcomes new opportunity for solar powered future
September 14, 2016
RePower Alice Springs welcomes the opportunity for a solar powered future for our town with the announcement of the new NT Cabinet this week. Whilst in opposition the NT Labor Party made a commitment...
Read More ShareALEC welcomes change in NT Government but much work to be done 30.8.16
August 30, 2016
The Arid Lands Environment Centre welcomes the change in Northern Territory Government, stating that the landslide election result makes it clear that Territorians want a significantly different approach to governance. Pre-election promises of a...
Read More ShareDirty coal deal done at the last minute 24.8.16
August 30, 2016
The Arid Lands Environment Centre (ALEC) has discovered that on the final day before entering caretaker the Giles/Tollner CLP Government consolidated 24 explorations licences for the benefit of Texan company Tri-Star Energy. This news...
Read More ShareA Solar Vision for Alice Springs 15.8.16
August 30, 2016
Public Meeting: 5pm Monday 15th August Central Australia Development Office – Todd Mall RePower Alice Springs is facilitating broader community discussion on pathways to achieving a solar energy transition for the town by hosting a...
Read More SharedesertSMART EcoFair this weekend! 12th – 14th August
August 30, 2016
desertSMART EcoFair, Central Australia’s premier science and sustainability event, is happening this weekend across multiple venues in Alice Springs. EcoFair is organised by the Arid Lands Environment Centre, as part of National Science Week,...
Read More ShareDesertSMART Ecofair Sustainable Living Festival & Ecomarkets
August 30, 2016
This year the desertSMART Ecofair Sustainable Living Festival and Ecomarkets will be held on Sunday August 14th in the Alice Springs Desert Park Courtyard and will feature guest speakers Professor Lesley Hughes from the...
Read More ShareA solar future for Alice, not gas
August 30, 2016
RePower Alice Springs supporters reminded the Northern Territory Government today that Alice Springs residents want a solar future for the town, as the Chief Minister Adam Giles opened the $75 million gas upgrade at...
Read More ShareClimate science and solar technology to feature at desertSMART Ecofair 2016 12.7.16
July 12, 2016
Climate science and solar technology will be a feature at desertSMART Ecofair 2016, with Professor Lesley Hughes from the Climate Council and Claire O’Rourke from Solar Citizens being guest speakers at the EcoFair Sustainable...
Read More ShareGiles miscalculates the cost of solar 30.6.16
July 06, 2016
Chief Minister Adam Giles last week released a statement claiming that it would cost between $1.5 to $2 billion dollars to power Alice Springs with solar and claimed that any strategy for ambitious renewable...
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