Creating a Fashionably Sustainable Future

 

Celebrate International Youth Day in Style at Azure Beach Public Library!

Azure Beach Public Library invites anyone aged 15-24 to join guest speaker Clare Press for a discussion group about the future of fashion and how we can all make sustainable choices.

Clare Press will give a short talk about her latest book 'WEAR NEXT, Fashioning the Future', followed by a discussion where the group will talk about all the things they love about fashion and come up with different ways to change the current wasteful and exploitative industry, from making your own clothes to thrift and second hand shopping. For more information about Clare Press' work, please visit her website here.

Image via Thames & Hudson

Date: Tuesday 12th August, 2025

Time: 4:30pm-6:00pm

Location: Azure Beach Public Library, Cove Meeting Room

Who: 15-24 year olds with a love for fashion

Click here to book now!

Adriana Spasaro

International Youth Day: Your Future Begins Now!

Youth Empowerment for a Sustainable Future

Are you aged between 15 and 24 years old?

Join us for a sustainability workshop.

We are working with Sustainable Futures Australia to hold a workshop on sustainability.

Over 1.5 hours, we will conduct a workshop and hold a Q&A session. You will be able to show the world what you have designed for sustainability. Once this is done, you will then be part of a Q&A session where you can engage with a guest from Sustainable Futures Australia on sustainability.

Join us, so that you too, can have robust and meaningful discussions that could lead us into the future.​ 

Event Details

Date: 12th August 2025

Time: 10:00am to 11:30am

Location: Azure Room, Azure Beach Public Library

Cost: Free

Age range: 15 to 24

Booking via Eventbrite or through the library's website: www.azurebeachlibrary.gov.au. 
Register early to avoid missing out.

If you have any questions about this event, or to receive a webcast link, please contact Joe Bloggs at the Azure Beach Library on (02) xxxx xxxx or email 
Info@AzureBeachLibraryNSW.gov.au

For more information on sustainability see - Sustainable Futures Australia.
For more information on International Youth Day and further ways to get involved, visit the United Nations Youth page.

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Simon Gentles

Money Talks for Gen Z

 Smart money. Real change. 

Your future.

🗓 WHEN: Monday 12 August 2025
🕥 TIME: 10:30AM – 12:00PM
📍 WHERE: Azure Room, Azure Beach Library
🎟 BOOK NOW: Click here to save your spot – it’s free!

Photo by Tima Miroshnichenko: https://www.pexels.com/photo/banknotes-and-calculator-on-table-6694543/

Calling all 15–24-year-olds:

Ready to take charge of your cash and your impact on the world?

🎉 Join us for a one-time International Youth Day event packed with real-life money talk—think budgeting basics, ethical investing, and how to make your dollars matter.

👩‍💼 Hear from a young entrepreneur doing finance differently

💬 Jump into a chill group challenge about how YOU value money

📲 Try out cool tools (yes, free!) to level up your financial game

This event is all about smart money choices - for you and the planet.

Discover how your spending and investing can support sustainability and make a real difference in your community and beyond.

We’ll also show you how to tap into the library’s digital vault: think eBooks, budget templates, and guides—all free with your library card.

Photo by Tima Miroshnichenko from Pexels: https://www.pexels.com/photo/smiling-woman-holding-a-bank-card-6266632/

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🔗 Curious about ethical investing? Check out Moneysmart – it’s legit.

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🎯 Why come?

Because being smart with money = freedom + impact.

Because Gen Z is already changing the game.

Because snacks might happen. 😉

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by Natalia Kirichenko

Get Trashed – Creatively ;-) Make Art, Not Trash!

"Trash talking turtle"by Sheila Shund https://flickr.com/photos/90692748@N04/45171107974

Are you aged 15-24 years? Then this is YOUR chance to get creative and help the environment! This fun event led by local artist Kath Fries, will both inspire and intrigue! 

Kath Fries will give a short talk and show you her AMAZING sculptures (made with natural, growing and discarded objects) followed by a workshop where you will create your own piece of art with a combination of clay, paint, found or natural items. No artistic skill required – just an open mind!
 
Learn about how we can use the environment around us to help create a sustainable clean and beautiful planet.
 
This event will be held at Azure Beach Library as part of the UN’s International Youth Day 2025 theme of “Youth Empowerment for Sustainability”.
 
When: Tuesday, 12^th August at 6pm
Where: Azure Room at Azure Beach Library
Why: Why not?! 
 
Book now via EventBrite. Places are limited so don’t miss out! 

Learn more about the artist Kath Fries and UN International Youth Day 2025. 
For any questions send an email to lizzie@abl.org.au

"Entaglements" by Dr Kath Fries – Picture used with written permission from the artist

Post by Lizzie Pickering

Art Attacks Back! Sustainable arts and crafts at Azure Beach Library~

 

Art Attacks Back! 
The Azure Beach Library Sustainable Art Challenge

Did you know?
You can create art from anything. 
Even your household garbage!

In celebration of International Youth Day 2025 and it's theme "Youth Empowerment for a Sustainable Future", Azure Beach Public library will be holding an art challenge. What's

the challenge? To create a sustainable artistic masterpiece using your household recyclables and garbage! 

Come along, bring some friends and have an awesome time making your beautiful pieces! Crafting and art equipment will be provided by the library, the only things you'll need to bring are your household recyclables and (clean please!) garbage to make into your art. 

All pieces made as part of the event will be displayed around Azure Beach Public Library for your friends, family, and community to see. We can't wait to see you there!

Interested in learning more about sustainable arts and crafts? Reverse Garbage and The Bower are experts in it.

For more information on International Youth Day and ways you can get involved, visit the official United Nations page here.

Art Attacks Back! 

WHEN: 12th August 2025, 
10:30am - 12:00pm
WHERE: Azure Beach Public Library Courtyard

Please book and register your interest for the event on Eventbrite here.

- Made by Danielle Cabubas

Empowered Youth, Sustainable Tomorrow: Be Heard. Be Bold. Lead the Change

 The future needs your voice — and this International Youth Day is your moment to speak up. Your voice matters more than ever.

                                                         Image credit - rawpixel.com 

We’re excited to invite the young people aged 15–24 to attend Empowered Youth, Sustainable Tomorrow, a 90-minute youth dialogue session celebrating the 2025 United Nations theme: Youth Empowerment for a Sustainable Future. You’ll hear from Satara Uthayakumaran, Australia’s 2025 Youth Representative to the UN, followed by interactive discussions on sustainability challenges and local leadership. Participants will contribute to a Youth Action Wall and collaborate to create a collective message that reflects the voices of young people, which will be shared with the local council. Light refreshments will be provided to keep participants energised, and the session will include a range of youth-led, creative activities designed to inspire discussion, collaboration, and community engagement.

Why just watch change happen when you can be part of it?

This is your opportunity to be heard by local decision-makers, connect with empowered youth leaders, and add your voice to the growing movement of youth-led action. You’ll leave with fresh inspiration, meaningful connections, and the power to shape a better future by sharing your ideas and engaging in your community.

Join an inspiring event designed by youth, for youth — where sustainability, leadership, and local action come together in one powerful afternoon at Azure Beach Library.

We look forward to seeing you there!

DATE & TIME:

Saturday, 9 August 2025
2:00 PM – 3:30 PM

LOCATION

Cove Meeting Room, Azure Beach Library

REGISTER - FREE

Please click here to register.

Register now to secure your spot!

Want to learn more about the global movement?

If you want to find out more about International Youth Day, you can read up on it here: International Youth Day

By Lingxia Kong

Go (Digital) Natives! Celebrating Azure Beach's Brightest Young Innovators

Our world is facing a host of pressing challenges that weigh heavily on the shoulders of future generations, and we need sustainable solutions to keep us on track toward a thriving future planet 🌏.

That's why we're shining a spotlight🔦 on how our very own digital natives are taking on the problems that globally plague us.                       

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In celebration of this year's International Youth Day "From Clicks to Progress: Youth Digital Pathways for Sustainable Development", we've rounded up some of the best and brightest young minds in Azure Beach to showcase their solutions for the issues they care about!

Come and show your support for these clever young minds, as they demonstrate the powerful ways they are mobilizing tech platforms, mobile apps and even AI to make an impact and create evidence-based solutions the world can get on board with. 🧒🧠🌍👍

This inspiring showcase will take place in the Azure Room at Azure Beach Library on August 12th from 11am-12:30pm.

Entry is FREE, register HERE.

Kathryn Ferguson

Have fun and make a difference on International Youth Day!

Are you between 15-24 years old?

Have you heard about the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals?

International Youth Day is commemorated every year on 12 August. Azure Beach Public Library will be hosting a gaming session for people 15-24 years old. Play the game 'Freerice' to help end world hunger. Meet new people, make friends, and make a difference!

Image credit - freerice.com

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To learn more about International Youth Day, click on the link below to read an article from ChildFund Australia -

https://www.childfund.org.au/stories/what-is-international-youth-day/

Event Details

Date - Monday 12th August 2024

Time - 6-7pm

Location - Azure Beach Public Library - Azure Room

Cost - Free

To book, please call Azure Beach Public Library on (02) 9717 0000 or click on the 'Register' button to visit the library website

Image credit - Vecteezy

By H Le

International Youth Day Event: Fast Fashion Fix!

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Did you know?

Australians are the second highest clothing consumers in the world and throw away, on average, 23 kilos of unwanted clothing into landfill per person every year! Much of this clothing has been barely worn or, if damaged, needs only minor repairs to become wearable again.

If this sounds like a huge problem, well, you’re right. But there’s good news!

You can make a difference!

Are you between the ages of 15 and 24?

Do you have a favourite piece of clothing that is worn or damaged?

Don’t throw it away! 

Bring it along to our special International Youth Day Fast Fashion Fix workshop and learn how you can extend the life of and customise your most loved clothing in a way that makes it uniquely yours!

Image by irynakhabliuk on Canva

Our awesome instructors will teach you various visible mending techniques so that you can make repairs that express your creativity and individuality while practising sustainability and reducing consumption in a fun way.

You’ll even get a free mending kit to start you off!

We’ll also give you a quick run-down on how to use Azure Beach Council’s brand new clothes swapping app to give your gently worn items a second chance! It’s a great way to feel the buzz of getting something new in a way that’s more sustainable in the fight against fast fashion!

Sounds great! So where and when is this happening?!

Glad you asked! Event details are as follows:

Date:        Saturday 17th August 2024

Time:        2:00 pm to 3:30 pm

Place:       The Azure Room at Azure Beach Public Library

Cost:         FREE!

If you want to find out more about sustainability and International Youth Day 2024, you can read up on it here – From Clicks to Progress: Youth Digital Pathways For Sustainable Development 

by Marica Rajic

International Youth Day 2024 - Shifting Azure Beach into the Future!

When:                Saturday , 10 August 2024

What Time:        10:00 AM - 11:30AM

Where:              The Azure Room (Ground Floor)
                          Azure Beach Public Library
                          44 Lighting Way
                          Azure Beach NSW 2100

Bookings:          Eventbrite (Link forthcoming)

 

• Are aged between 12-18 and live or study in Azure Beach

• Have you thought about what challenges the future holds, and how technology can be used for good? 

• Want to make your ideas heard?

International Youth Day Trivia Evening 2024!

Missed Information?
Fact or Fiction Trivia Evening!

This International Youth Day...

Digitisation offers great opportunities for youth to have an impact in addressing global issues, but not without a great challenge.

The rise of the digital world has also seen the rise of misinformation and fake news.

(Highway Sign Fake News Image on Blue Sky with Clouds | Nick Youngson CC-BY SA 3.0 Alpha Stock Images)

Where is the line drawn between truth and falsehood? How can we confront the spread of misinformation across the web, and spread awareness for our community?

In order to push forwards with sustainability and youth-led solutions to broad issues, we must learn to combat the spread of misinformation across the web - for ourselves, and for the Azure Beach community.

That's where you come in.

You are invited to attend a trivia evening that tackles these questions and more! Prizes for first, second and third place are up for grabs!

Additionally, there will be a short discussion led by journalist and author Rick Morton, with emphasis on how to spot misinformation, and how to educate others in the community as well.

Date: 12th August, 2024

Time: 4:30pm - 6:00pm

Location: Azure Room, Azure Beach Public Library

Bookings: Book ahead on our library website, Eventbrite, or through the link down below!

Booking or Entry Fees?: It's free!

Event Booking

Looking to delve deeper on this topic? See what the Australia Communications and Media Authority says here!

Hope to see you there!

Greg Allen

International Youth Day Awards

This International Youth Day, "From Clicks to Progress: Youth Digital Pathways for Sustainable Development" is dedicated to the role of technology in reaching our Sustainable Development Goals, to transform our world for the better. 

Our Youth are leading the way with technological innovations in the fight fir social, economic and environmental change, and here at Azure Beach Library we would like to encourage and celebrate out local young leaders and activist the International Youth Day. 

We will be presenting five of our very own youth with awards for their use of technology to support Sustainable development by spreading awareness, promoting innovations, creating engagement and enhancing conservation efforts.

Please join us in celebrating our Youth During this Event either at Azure Beach Library or via our live Webcast

When:

Sunday the 11th of August 2024

Where:

Azure Beach Public Library - Azure Room

Booking:

To reserve your spot or receive a link to our webcast please visit the Azure Beach Public Library website

This event is free to attend but spots are limited so book now

For more information on this years International Youth Day visit: https://www.un.org/en/observances/youth-day

Sinead Madden

Get Smarter About Your Phone

Royalty-free image from hellolly on Pixabay

Sure, you've got the latest new iPhone ... 

But where's your old one?

If you're like most people, it's probably languishing in a drawer, dusty and forgotten. According to the Reconnect Project, there are around "23 million mobile phones sitting unused in drawers, boxes and garages across Australia." Smartphones contain rare, valuable metals and minerals, which no-one wants ending up in landfill. Surely, those old phones could be put to better use!

Bring your old phone to the library, 

and we'll connect it with someone in need.

Azure Beach Public Library is partnering with DV Safe Phone, a Queensland-based charity that collects used phones, repairs them, and distributes them to people at risk of domestic violence. Find out more about them here.

But that's not all ...

The 12th of August, 2024 is International Youth Day.

This year's Youth Day is all about promoting 

sustainable development through technology. 

That's why, on the 12th of August, from 5pm, we'll be hosting a 

Library App Information Session and Used Phone Drive.

What's this?

At Azure Beach Public Library, we're not about to bug you to get off your phone. In fact, your phone is the gateway to thousands of eBooks, audiobooks, magazines, and videos that you can access for free through your library membership. We'll show you how to install and use each and every one of these apps to their full potential.

We've also invited a spokesperson from DV Safe Phone talk about their work and collect donations - so bring a friend, and as many old devices as you can carry, and learn how to get the most out of your phones - and your library.

What was that date again?

Date: Monday 12th August, 2024

Time: 5:00pm - 6:30pm

Place: Azure Room, Azure Beach Public Library

No need to book - just show up!

So rummage through those drawers and blow the dust off those devices - and once you've dug them out, feel free to post a photo or video of your old phone on socials, and let people know about our event, using the hashtag: #getsmarteraboutyourphone

We hope to see you there!

Chris Foster 881448587

International Youth Day 2024

Join us at Azure Beach Library this August for an event to celebrate International Youth Day 2024.

https://minurso.unmissions.org/sg-message-international-youth-day

What is International Youth Day?

International Youth Day is commemorated each year on 12 August, and aims to raise awareness of youth issues. Each year a theme is selected - this year's theme is "From Clicks to Progress: Youth Digital Pathways for Sustainable Development." The event is a United Nations initiative, and they provide a number of materials for libraries hosting IYD events.

Youth Click to Make a Better World

Digital technologies contribute to 70% of the goals for sustainable development. Young people are masters at digital technology and are targeted to making our world more sustainable.

Join us at Azure Beach Library on Monday, August 12 for an interactive event for youth aged 15 to 24 years. We will be joined by our guest speaker Gavin Choong, the 2024 Youth Representative to the United Nations.

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Key Info

What: An interactive event featuring a guest speaker, online games, interactive quizzes and case study infographics.

When: Monday, 12 August 2024, 4pm to 5:30pm (doors open 3:45pm)

Where: Azure Room, Azure Beach Public Library

Cost: FREE

BOOK NOW

If you would like to learn more about International Youth Day, visit this link.

For more information on this event, visit the library's website, or contact our events team at this email address.

Ryan Springer