36 organisations and scientists have signed on to the NT Climate Response Statement, urging the Northern Territory Government to adopt a climate policy of net zero emissions by 2050. The NT Climate Response Statement...

The Arid Lands Environment Centre (ALEC) has significant concerns about the Federal Governments’ environmental approval of the Tellus Chandler Salt Mine and Hazardous Waste Storage Facility, announced by the company today. This approval brings...

As expected, we are entering into an intense period of environmental policy and law reform. Following on from a key election commitment, the Government has released amendments to the Water Act that will remove...

Community members of Alice Springs will join tens of thousands of people across Australia and around the world, to take part in a global day of climate action on Saturday September 8th. #RiseForClimate events...

Members of the Central Australian Frack Free Alliance and the Arid Lands Environment Centre drove up to a NT Frack Free Regional Meeting over the weekend 20-22nd July. The meeting featured key presentations on...

Friday 10th August - Sunday 12th August, Alice Springs The role of women in science and in the transition to renewable energy will be a strong feature of the desertSMART EcoFair program, happening over...

ALEC urges our members and supporters to get involved in Plastic Free July. Single-use plastic is an overwhelming challenge of the modern world. Humans produce over 300 million tons of plastic every year, much of it designed...

As part of an Inspiring Australia project, the Arid Lands Environment Centre (ALEC), with the support of the Alice Springs Town Council and Charles Darwin University, conducted a waste audit of the Todd Mall...

75 community members come along to the Walk to Wigleys and Launch of the Arid Lands Outback Trek on Sunday 24th June. ALEC provided a BBQ, and Aunty Pat Ansell Dodds provided a short...

Better Together Exhibition 100 Alice Springs community members braved the cold on a Tuesday night to celebrate World Environment Day at the Better Together Exhibition at Watch This Space. The artworks spoke to the...

Alice Springs community members are invited to acknowledge and celebrate World Environment Day on Tuesday June 5that two Alice Springs events; a tour of the new 5 MW Battery Energy Storage System installed by Territory...

With funding from Inspiring Australia, the second Repair Café was held on Saturday 21stApril, 2018 at the Arid Lands Environment Centre and heralded a success by attendees. The Repair Café met its aim to...