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Have you been meaning to alter your lifestyle to be more eco-friendly, but don't know where to start or what to do next? We have worked out how you can access a FREE home sustainability evaluation and receive an individualised report! The Low Carbon Diet will help you green your carbon footprint in just 30 days by making some easy lifestyle changes. This program will give you the information you need to get started, set your goals, make some small changes and measure your success. With spaces limited, interested people should register now.
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Community Gardens - Living Well program
Come along and learn how to set up a community garden and discover the values that a community garden can bring to your neighbourhood. Since Australia's first community garden in 1977, the gardening trend has caught on, and now there are dozens of community gardens in every state.
Community gardening can provide a wide range of gardening techniques and practical experiences to educate and inform your community about sustainability and horticulture whilst promoting social interaction between all sectors of the community. Workshops are free and bookings are essential.
Location
| Date and Time
| Bookings
| Interact Australia, Ballinger Cres, Buderim
| 6 March 10 - 11.30 am
| 5444 8022
| Nambour Library
| 9 March 10 - 11.30
| 5441 8332
| Chancellor State College, Sippy Downs
| 8 March 6 - 7.30 pm
| 5444 8022
| Maroochydore Library
| 25 March 6 - 7.30
| 5475 8900
| Caloundra Library
| 6 April 10 - 11.30 am
| 5491 1255
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Keeping company with Katherine Howell
 Author of the Ella Marconi detective mysteries, Katherine Howell is a former ambulance officer who lives in Queensland. Her previous award-winning books are Frantic and The Darkest Hour. Enjoy a relaxed evening with Katherine on Monday 22 March. Canapés at 6.30pm, Katherine speaks at 7pm. Mooloolaba Surf Club, upstairs. Tickets $15.00 at Maroochydore Library (5475 8900), Kawana Library (5444 8022) or our e-shop (credit card). More info...
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Our community's culture - what it means to you
 What do you think about Sunshine Coast culture? How can we nurture and encourage creativity in our region?
Help us answer these questions – and more – by completing our online community survey – and put yourself in the running to win a $50 voucher from JB Hi-Fi. Creative Communities Sunshine Coast 2010-2015
Council is undertaking an extensive community engagement process to inform its first cultural plan. Your feedback will help guide the development and delivery of cultural services and facilities in our region over the next five years. For further information on the diverse range of cultural resources, industries and activities on the Sunshine Coast, download the discussion paper, Creative Communities Sunshine Coast. To register your interest in a focus group or forum, or request hard copies of surveys or the discussion paper email: culturalplan@sunshinecoast.qld.gov.au
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Tell us how to mind our business
Do you prefer doing council business over the phone, on the internet or in person?
Sunshine Coast Council is keen to hear from you about your preferences on how council can best engage and communicate.
Council is conducting a quick online survey and is asking you to take five minutes to outline your preferences. What you have to say today will shape the type of service you receive in the future.
Click here to go to the survey. The survey closes Wednesday 31 March. Many Thanks.
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A Rock to Remember
A Rock to Remember is a unique human-interest story full of colourful characters which will delight the adventurous who are captivated by the romance of the outback. Edna Bradley takes us back to the infancy of tourism at Uluru-Kata Tjuta National Park, now one of the world’s major ‘must-see’ world heritage destinations. Edna describes for us a lifestyle that prevailed a mere 50 years ago, a nanosecond in the immemorial life of 'The Rock'. Noosa Library on Friday 26 March at 10am. Bookings essential 5442 4411. More info...
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Know any funny young people?
 Get them to sign up for the Free Crash Course comedy workshops across the coast on 19 & 20 March to help them prepare for the Class Clowns national youth comedy competition heat on 23 April in Nambour with a chance to win $2000 in cash and prizes. This is a great opportunity for budding comics, aged 14-17 years or in Yrs 9 -12, to work with professional comedians to learn skills and perform to a public audience. Or come along to the heat to see if the Sunshine Coast can produce the next Josh Thomas (a former Class Clown)! More info...
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My Mate Steve Irwin
 Join author Julie Gatehouse for an exciting discussion about her revealing first book My Mate Steve Irwin. In this memoir of a best mate, co-author Tony Frisby and Gatehouse deliver a warm-hearted account of life with ‘Stevo’ before his fame; of youthful pursuits, outback adventures and reptile chasing. Maroochydore Library on Thursday 18 March at 5.30pm for 6pm start. $5.00 includes refreshments. Bookings essential 5475 8900.
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World traveller extraordinaire...
Hear Antoinette’s travel stories from the big cities of Washington and Rome to the more exotic Jordan and Morocco as she discusses her tips for hassle-free travel. Her book has a broad range of stories including staying in convents and youth hostels as well as living it up at five star hotels on the Nile. This is a great chance for seasoned travellers to reminisce and for first-timers to plan their journeys. Coolum Library on Tuesday 16 March or Maroochydore Library on Wednesday 17 March. Bookings essential.
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Ireland on the edge of the world
Jennifer Wood is the author of Voyages, a story of discovery, which begins with her great-grandmother's incredible journey from a remote island to Australia and spans one and a half centuries. Join us at Kawana Library on Friday 26 March at 10.30am. Bookings essential. More info...
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Locked Bag 72, Sunshine Coast Mail Centre, Queensland 4560
Tel: 07 5475 7272 Email: libraries@sunshinecoast.qld.gov.au
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