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Dear Friends and Colleagues, We invite you to join us at a full day symposium on Friday 6 May, 2011. The event – “Towards an Ecologically Integrative Climate Paradigm“ – is hosted by the School of Social and Political Sciences, and Faculty of Arts, University of Sydney, the International Journal of Water, and the Natural [...] Peter Andrews, a farmer from the Upper Hunter Valley in NSW, has been awarded a Medal of the Order of Australia (OAM) Mr Andrews’ award is for “service to conservation and the environment through the development and promotion of sustainable farming practises”. He is best known for advocating Natural Sequence Farming (NSF), a technique that restores natural [...]
by Hamish Andrews This short video was put together as a school project by Peter Andrews’ 11 year old grandson, Hamish. It speaks simply and directly about the prospect of Hamish’s home, Tarwyn Park – and the 30 years of work that it represents – being lost forever for [...] Save Tarwyn Park Website Launched If you are as alarmed at that thought as we are then we urge you to YELL LOUD, YELL NOW and DON’T STOP YELLING until the State and Federal governments promise to protect Tarwyn and the Bylong Valley from destruction.
Save Tarwyn Park Spread the [...] “Harvey Norman goes to bat for Bylong” Mudgee Guardian. By Don Mahoney, 26 Nov, 2010 Harvey Norman executive chairman Gerry Harvey has spoken out against the proposed coal mining of the Bylong Valley. Mr Harvey said proposals to mine the valley, including to Peter Andrew’s “Tarwyn Park”, home of [...] The Sydney Morning Herald (25/11/10), Melbourne Age (27/11/10), WAtoday (24/11/10) published this article by Ben Cubby, Environment Editor: “Hunter stud owner shuts the gate to stop mining companies bolting across his land” Is this Hunter Valley coal mine the future for Tarwyn Park? photo courtesy of Australian Longwall magazine and CSIRO Peter Andrew’s Tarwyn Park neighbour, [...] Peter Andrews: bushman, farmer, horse trainer. Some consider him to be more than that. Many believe him to be a prophet of hope. Tarwyn Park, a horse stud that had once bred the famous Melbourne Cup winner Rain Lover, was dry, barren, salty and eroded. Now, it is always green, with water through [...] |
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