While we all know in our hearts and minds, that libraries are and will forever be SO much more than buildings with books, we are, nonetheless and in actual fact, buildings with books. And those buildings, (and also the books, but we’ll look at that...
For R U OK Day today we’re bringing you five ways to deal with climate anxiety. Climate anxiety is a real thing and it particularly affects young people. We hear figures like Christiana Rivett-Carnac and Tom Figueres present in their book The...
Being tasked to write a sustainability BLOG post with the inspiration of ‘Pirate’ is unsusual. I struggled with how to link pirates back to the goals of the ALIA Sustainable Libraries Group and to sustainability in general. But then,...
I must admit to being a bit spoilt when it comes to neighbours. My nearest one is the best part of a kilometre away. Even so, due to the hilly surrounds and travelling sound, I will sometimes receive a text message with a “Bless you” after I’ve had...
There’s so many excuses as to why we can’t do more to save the planet. You name it and I bet we’re all guilty of having thought that at some stage saving the planet was just a little bit too much effort. But here’s 3 excuses that are definitely...