Our library branches will close at 1pm on Tues 24 December for Christmas. Branches will be closed on Wed 25 December (Christmas Day) and Thurs 26 December (Boxing Day). During this time you can renew online, return books via our chutes and access our digital content. Branches will reopen on Fri 27 December at 10am.
Learn more about our commitment to help the Darebin community meet the challenges of the climate emergency.
We recognise the world is in a state of climate emergency. Climate change is making weather more severe. Impacting human health and wellbeing as well as our natural environment. We are involved in a range of initiatives to save energy and address climate change. Find out more about what we are doing and how you can get involved.
We are, as Victorian public libraries committed to embedding the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) into our planning, including Goal 13: Climate action.
In the Darebin Libraries and Learning Strategy 2020-24, our second goal is to foster ‘A thriving and resilient community’ by increasing opportunities for lifelong learning and social connection. One of the outcomes within this goal is to ‘Help the Darebin community meet the challenges of the climate emergency’. Our plan is to collaboratively develop services, collections and programs to increase community understanding and knowledge to meet the challenges of the climate emergency.
Through these actions we support Council’s goals outlined in Darebin Climate Emergency Plan 2017–22(PDF, 12MB).
If you’d like to learn more about the current services, collections and programs supporting this goal, please give our friendly team a call on 1300 655 355. We also encourage you to check out our Climate Change and Action page where you’ll find helpful resources and tools, and to regularly check our Eventbrite page where you will find any upcoming programs, talks or workshops relating to environmental protection and the climate emergency.