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Loving our sustainability champions

by Katalin Mindum | Feb 14, 2024 | Environmental awareness, Goldfields, Katalin Mindum, Kingston, Library of Things, Library spaces, Makerspace, Public Libraries, recycling, Renewable energy, Repair cafe, sustainability, Waste reduction | 0 Comments

This year I’d like to think of Library Lover’s Day as an opportunity celebrate some of the amazing work that libraries are doing toward ensuring a sustainable future. Sustainability kits and induction hobs. With rising cost of living and the...

3 ways to be ‘green’ in the Children’s and Youth space

by admin | Jul 7, 2022 | Beth Barrass, Botanic Gardens, Braille, Children, COVID, Environmental awareness, Families, Green wall, Ipswich, Libraries, Library spaces, Local Government, Mackay, Melbourne Girls’ College, Moonee Valley, Nicola McGeown, Outdoors, Petrina Osborne, Public Libraries, Richmond, Secondary schools, Seeds, Sunshine Coast, Sustainable Development, Waimakariri, Waste Management, Youth | 0 Comments

1. Create a garden wall In 2020 Melbourne Girls’ College library saw the outside brought inside with an incredible green garden wall. A survey of students in previous years showed that they really valued the plant life already in the library . The...

3 ways to get your library on board with the COP26 initiative

by admin | Nov 30, 2021 | Climate Change, COP26, Culture, Donna Kellion, Energy, Library design, Library furniture, Public art, Public Libraries, Refurbishing, Renewable energy, Sydney | 0 Comments

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...