Coding a Sustainable Future: Free Youth Coding Class

To celebrate International Youth Day on August 12, Azure Beach Public Library will host a FREE class on coding for teens, with a special focus on sustainability. Register for tickets here.

Teens will be encouraged to imagine sustainable futures and then start to build them — whether designing and engineering green cities in sandbox games or creating their own apps to educate about climate change.

A qualified instructor will lead the class, teaching kids fundamentals, encouraging their brainstorms and giving them practical tools to realize their visions on their own.

The class is suitable for beginning coders as well as those with more experience. It is appropriate for youth aged 15–19, though older youth are more than welcome to attend!

This exciting one-off class is in line with the theme of International Youth Day 2024: “From Clicks to Progress: Youth Digital Pathways for a Sustainable Future,” and several of the United Nations’ sustainable development goals (SDGs), including sustainable cities and communities, climate action and quality education.

In addition to encouraging teens’ love of coding, programming and engineering, the class will get them to think about how to link up their problem-solving skills and creativity with their peers around the world in order to envision a sustainable future and make it happen together.

Event information:

Coding a Sustainable Future: Free Youth Coding Class
Monday 12 August
5pm–6:30pm
Azure Beach Public Library (Azure Room)

Ages: 15–19

The class is free, but space is limited and registration is required. Register for tickets here.

In partnership with International Youth Day, Coastal Coders and Azure Beach Council

Image credit: kate_sept2004 via iStock

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 Don't let the future dry up...

Human Library Event

What type of world do you want to leave behind for your children and grandchildren and beyond?

image credit: https://grandparentsclimateresource.com/

Azure Beach Public Library is hosting a human library event for World Environmental Day where you can speak to four "human books" with expertise on the threat of human made climate change and how desertification affects our country and what we can do about it to make a difference for the future.

Dr Anika Molesworth is a farmer and a scientist who is an expert on sustainable land management practices.

Greg Mullins is a former Commissioner of Fire and Rescue NSW, and the author of the book Firestorm, who has seen firsthand the ravaging affects of climate change on our fragile country.

Jessica Murray is a farmer from regional NSW who says that, "farmers will lead the way to a better future".

Bob Brown is a former politician turned environmentalist who fights for a better future.

If you have questions or concerns about climate change, this is the place to get the facts and find out what you can do to help the people you love live in a better world than the one we will leave them behind if we do nothing.

To learn more about human libraries, please see the Human Library website.

When
Saturday, 06 July 2024 | 10:30 pm - 12:30 pm

Location
Azure Beach Public Library, 44 Lighting Way, Azure Beach NSW 2100

Cost

This is a free event.

Register
Please click here to register for this free event.

Contact
If you have any questions, please email Mark Duval, Azure Beach Library Technician at markduval@azurebeach.gov.au or call on 020 879 523.

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#library #azurebeach #humanlibraries #ABPLhumanlibrary #communityevent #climatechange #changetheworld

Posted by Mark Duval.

Waste, Away! A Human Library Event

Source: Banish website. https://banish.com.au/pages/meet-lottie

Lottie Dalziel becomes a human library book and shares about sustainable living and fighting waste.

Meet Lottie Dalziel, our Human Book! Lottie is 2023 NSW Young Australian of the Year and an inspiring young entrepreneur. Through her organisation Banish, she teaches young people how to live sustainably by reducing and recycling our resources.

For International Youth Day in August, come and talk to Lottie and ask her any question on sustainable ways to fight waste, climate change and what we can do about it. Be inspired to be creative and empowered to find ways to fight waste. You don’t have to wait till you’re older to make a difference – you can do it now.  

Day: 12 August, 2023

Time: 9.00am – 1.00pm

Location/Venue: Azure Room, G/F, Azure Beach Public Library

Bookings: benjamin.lee@azurebeach.gov.au

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