Let's get to know each other!

 

Human Library Event

Let's Get to Know Each Other!

Come and join us at the Pearl Cove Library Café 

on Wednesday, 17th March 2021, between 11am and 3pm. We will be hosting an event in celebration of our community at Pearl Cove. 

A Human Library Event can be explained as an event where Human Books can be borrowed for a discussion or a conversation. 

We chose to align with Harmony Week as Pearl Cove Council and Harmony both strongly believe in inclusiveness, respect and a sense of belonging for everyone.

This event will give you an opportunity to get to know your neighbours, someone who would be interesting to talk to, and that someone we will call a human book.  There will be 6 human books available for borrowing in 20 minute timeslots. These books come from various different backgrounds: Anita Heiss - an Aboriginal writer, a local resident born in Australia, New Zealand/United Kingdom, Syria, Iran, China. The borrowers will come away with a richer knowledge and understanding of the different cultural backgrounds we have at Pearl Cove.

Please contact Pearl Cove Library to reserve your human book. We look forward to hearing from you!

Pearl Cove Library

Email: pearlcovelibrary@gmail.com

Phone: 4678 3984

For further reading on the topic of Human Libraries, may I suggest that you browse through the following website: Human Library Australia 

We are pleased to host this event with help and  

resources received from our friends at Harmony

 

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Pearl Cove Malaria Month living library event: A Day of Discussion: (Thomas Rudkin)

A Day of Discussion

Pearl Cove Malaria Month

Saturday 25th April 2019 - 1:00pm-4:00pm

Pearl Cove Library - 47 Cricket Road, Pearl Cove, 2068

Booking available on library website

Further information on World Malaria Day 2019 can be found at the World Health Organisation website: https://www.who.int/campaigns/world-malaria-day/world-malaria-day-2019

Annually, hundreds of thousands of people lose their lives to malaria, a number that has not improved in recent years. Coinciding with World Malaria Day, a day in dedication to the efforts made to stop this disease once and for all, Pearl Cove Library will be hosting a human living library event in order to raise awareness to the extent of this disease and the continued attempts to stop it.

Where and when do I go?

We'll all be in the café attached to the library building. The event will begin at 1pm on the 25th April, World Malaria Day and run until 4pm.

How do I book?

We have a page dedicated to the event on the Pearl Cove Library website. A link to book your place is at the bottom of said page. Simply click the link and fill in the requested details to proceed! To reach our library website, just click the following link:

https://www.PearlCoveCouncil.com/library/upcoming-events/Pearl-Cove-Malaria-Month/Day-of-Discussion

If you have any questions or need any help, don't hesitate to call us on (02) 9365 2361, or e-mail us at  pearlcovelibraryeventinquiries@gmail.com.

What can I expect?

We're trying to create an atmosphere of casual and informal discussion. Our current plan is to have us all sit at the café with some snacks and a good drink while our specially ordered "books" (our guest speakers) share their stories. This may take the shape of a personal conversation or a speech to the whole café. This will continue for two and a half hours, with two 15-minute breaks throughout the course of the afternoon. We hope that you'll leave with an increased understanding of the perils of malaria and a willingness to engage in further discussions with the community in the future. If you feel we succeeded or failed with these aims, then feel free to let us know! You'll be given the opportunity to give your feedback at the end of the event.

Who are the speakers?

Dr. Joseph Kennedy, specialist in pathogens

David Zavimbe, survivor of malaria

Alexandria Binks, family member of a malaria sufferer

Dr. Nicole Smith, pathologist and humanitarian worker

We hope to see you there!

Tell your friends and share on social media. The more readers, the better!

Authorised by Thomas Rudkin of Pearl Cove Library.

Composting: Giving back to the earth

Human Library Event

Age Group 12 and above

Thursday, 5 December 2019

11:30 AM to 2:30 PM

Pearl Cove Library Courtyard

Register Now!

$10 per person

Link to the event

Borrow your favourite book!

Pearl Cove library is hosting a human library event of Composting & Growing!

Human Library® is a library of people who host events where readers can borrow human beings.  Borrowers can have conversations with the Books. It is a community-based organisation run by volunteers.

At this event, human Books or composting gurus will be available for borrowing. You will have the opportunity to borrow them and find out all about Composting & Growing. Come and find out: Can we do community composting? Can we use all our green waste to make compost and grow vegetable, flowers and fruits? Can we make our Pearl Cove community sustainable?

Clarence Slockee

Clarence Slockee is the Education officer at the Sydney Botanic Gardens, where his work involves promoting aboriginal culture and bush tucker. He is from Bundjalung nation from north coast NSW. Growing up in the lush Tweed Valley with a long family history of bushmen, farmers and fishermen, Clarence has combined his love of teaching, culture, music, dance and the bush with his roles at the Sydney Botanic Gardens and on Gardening Australia.

Costa Georgiadis

Costa Georgiadis is is an Australian landscape architect, television presenter, and an Ambassador of ICAW. He has an all-consuming passion for plants and people - he knows how to bring out the best in both and takes great pleasure in bringing them together. He believes in embracing and celebrating Mother Nature’s cycles and seasons and nurturing her balance, beauty and bounty organically. Costa works with schools, TAFEs, universities, industry and community groups to spread the message of creating a permanent self-sustaining culture.

Lachlan Jobbins - President of the Camdenville Paddock Community Garden. He is one of the parents at the Camdenville Public School. He and another sustainably-minded parent Georgina Eldershaw started food scrap Friday at Camdenville Public School. The first day of Food Scrap Friday began on 21 October 2016 with 7 kgs of food scraps, and two years later in December 2018 - they collected a grand total of 9186 kgs. Food Scrap Friday is going strong, making waves in the community and even catching the interest of the Gardening Australia TV show and magazine.

Luke Gregory - GM and Designer at Urban Composter, Sydney, Australia. He designed the Urban Composter while studying Industrial design at University. He is passionate about environment and wanted an easy way to stop food scraps going into landfill.

Event Details

Date: Thursday, 5 December 2019
Time: 11:30 am to 2:30 pm
Venue: Pearl Cove Library courtyard
Cost: $10 per person (includes healthy refreshments)
Age Group: 12 years or over
How to reach there: View map
Note: Bike parking space available
Only 3 minute walk from Pearl Cove station.

Registration

On-line:  click on the Link to the event
Phone: 0888888888 (Abha Sinha)
At Library: reception desk

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To find out more about composting visit these websites
Community Composting (City Of Sydney)
Give your waste a second chance!

Abha Sinha