Design Your Sustainable Future - Youth Digital Pathways for Sustainable Development

A Free Youth Workshop for Digital Skills!

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Join Azure Beach Public Library for an International Youth Day workshop boosting digital skills for sustainable futures! If you’re aged 15–24 and want to learn how to create awesome resumes and presentations using Canva, please join the free session!

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What you will learn:

• Design professional resumes and presentations. Walk away with ready to use templates.
• Explore easy to use digital tools to improve your study and job opportunities.
• Get expert tips from an experienced digital designer.
• Discover how digital skills help create jobs and reduce paper waste.                   

Event Details:

When: Tuesday, 12 August 2025, 10:00 AM - 11:30 AM

Location: Azure Beach Public Library - Cove Meeting Room

Booking: Spaces limited to 10 20 participants - secure your spot today!

Register now via the Azure Beach Public Library link here.

For more information about International Youth Day 2025 Event, please visit: Azure Beach Library website here. 

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Get on the Path to a Greener Future

SUSTAINABLE CAREERS NIGHT

International Youth Day Event 

Where: Azure Room, Azure Beach Library, 8 River St. 

When: 5:30-7pm, 12 August 2025 

Who: 15-24 year-olds looking for sustainable careers 

Cost: FREE!

Come on down to the Sustainable Careers Night at Azure Beach Library to learn how you can make a difference in the world. Hear from THREE STUDENTS who are using digital technology to turbocharge eco-friendly fashion, forestry and marine conservation. 

There will be speeches, Q & A and the chance for some 1-on-1 with our inspiring presenters. 

OUR SPEAKERS 

   Milly Hughes 

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Milly is finishing her Diploma in Fashion at TAFE Coffs Harbour and brings amazing stories from her recent placement in Sydney with the sustainable fashion brand, Bondi Born. 

    Josh Whittaker 

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A final-year student at the Marine Science Centre, Southern Cross University, Josh will take up a dream job next year as a marine conservationist working on protecting our beautiful Barrier Reef. 

    Rahul Jayarahman 

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A tutor and PhD student in Information Technology at Southern Cross University, Rahul has been an intern with the CSIRO and will share his passion for using AI to make forestry sustainable. 

If you want to find out more about our speakers or the event,  give us a buzz on (02) 6649 4002 or contact us via events@azurebeachlibrary.nsw.gov.au 

International Youth Day

This Careers Night is inspired by the International Youth Day 2025 theme: "Youth Empowerment for a Sustainable Future".  You can learn about the UN Sustainable Development Goals that underpin this theme right HERE:  https://www.undp.org/sustainable-development-goals

So, if you want to get on a pathway to a greener world, our Careers Night is a great step in the right direction. We hope to see YOU there! Friends and family welcome too ... 

Registration

Register soon as seats are limited.  You can register via the Library Event Page: https://www.ablibrary.nsw.gov.au/explore/programs-and-events OR even easier, right here: 

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Tel.: (02) 6649 4000

Email: info@azurebeachlibrary.nsw.gov.au

Address: 8 River St, Azure Beach, NSW 1899

Opening Hours: Monday-Friday 9am-5pm, Saturday & Sunday: 9am-12pm.

Meg Mumford

Azure Beach YOUth Got Talent

Do YOU have a talent that needs to be SEEN? Come & be apart of our International Youth Day Event!!!

Are you 15-24 years old? Do you have a talent that needs to be showcased on THE stage? Perhaps you love to Dance, Sing, Act? Maybe a magic trick or two? Well then Azure Beach Library is here to help, at our event of the year, Azure Beach YOUth Got Talent!!!

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Azure Beach Public Library needs you to create an original and creative act that shows off your amazing talent(s). The acts can be solo, duo, or a group performance, costumes and props must be supplied by yourselves and your family, though Azure Beach Library is happy to provide the limited costumes and props we have on site. 

Our goal and aim is to highlight the importance of youth participation in the community and the talent and success of the young people of Azure Beach. If you want to audition and potentially be in the talent show but are thinking "I have no idea what to do?" then have no fear!! 

To get your brain storming with ideas we've included a link to a website that has LOADS of potential talents and acts you can bring on stage: https://www.lovetoknow.com/parenting/kids/29-winning-talent-show-ideas-everyone

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So if you've got your dancing shoes ready, your voice clear and your script in hand here's ALL the information you need about our Azure Beach YOUth Got Talent! 

Auditions 

Time: 9:00am - 5:00pm

Date: Thursday 12th of June, 2025

Location/Venue: Azure Beach Senior Citizens Centre 

If you are interested in auditioning come into Azure Beach Public Library this week so we can write your name and act down, there is no limit on auditions but only 40 performances will make it into the talent show. 

Or if you are unable to come in click here to access the google form. Simply put your full name, age and your act. If your act includes more than just one person we ask that you and your group only do one submission and just put all your names down instead of only one. 

Thank you!!!

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Day of Event

Time: 4:00pm - 5:30pm

Date: Tuesday 12th August, 2025

Location/Venue: Azure Beach Senior Citizens Centre

Now for family & friends of the performers, there is ONLY 120 seats. 

Tickets cost $2 each that you will pay on the day of event, to save your seat or seats (maximum per person 5) please call Azure Beach Public Library on (02) 3456 1100 

The prizes will be the 1st, 2nd and 3rd winners, the prizes will be a $50 book voucher from the local book store to promote the enjoyment and importance of reading and literature. 

Can't wait to see all your AMAZING performances!!!

By Jessamyn-Jewel McGrath

Redesign Your Future! at Azure Beach Library

Calling all environmentalists!

 

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As part of International Youth Day, the Azure Beach Library is holding a workshop for young people aged 15-24 with guest speaker Jo Taranto to discuss how YOU as the new leaders of digital innovation can impact the foundations of society and learn how to keep our future sustainable.

Work together! Build connections!

Foster the love and knowledge of our interconnected society!

 

Join us and learn how energy, water, agriculture, and even waste industries relate to our ecological impact and what can or will be done in upcoming years.

WHEN: 

August 12th, 2025

4PM - 5:30PM

WHERE: 

Azure Beach Library

Cove Meeting Room

 

BOOK HERE

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