July 2025

Haere mai and welcome to our sustainable living newsletter.
Find out about all the latest titles, resources and events the library has that can help you live more sustainably.

Plastic free July

Staff List

Change for the better: Plastic Free July

Find out how to do your bit in the global movement that helps millions of people be part of the solution to plastic pollution.

Library events

Event

Nancy Wake: The Spy, the Story and the Journey w/ Maria Gill

Oct 20th | 4:00pm - 5:30pm

Upper Riccarton Library

Author Maria Gill became fascinated by Nancy Wake's extraordinary story while researching her YA novel A Flame in the Dark.

Staff List

Horroromance (because love is terrifying) 🫀

When you want a love story but to also to be frightened. Love is a battlefield, but also sometimes a slaughterhouse.

Event

Nancy Wake: The Spy, the Story and the Journey w/ Maria Gill

Oct 20th | 4:00pm - 5:30pm

Upper Riccarton Library

Author Maria Gill became fascinated by Nancy Wake's extraordinary story while researching her YA novel A Flame in the Dark.

More sustainabililty events

Top picks

New and recommended titles chosen by our Selectors as books to look out for.

Climate Injustice by Friederike Otto

Comparing eight extreme weather events including floods in Pakistan and wildfires in Australia, Otto reveals how climate change is affecting the world's most vulnerable, whether they are women in Ghana or elderly people in Germany.