Environment Matters Spring/Summer 2019

Extraordinary insects: Weird, wonderful, indispensable, the ones who run our world. Sverdrup-Thygeson, Anne, 2019

Something for everyone. LIBRARY AT YOUR

Field guide to urban gardening: How to grow plants no matter where you live. Espiritu, Kevin 2019

Bees of Australia: A photographic exploration. Dorey, James 2018

Birdland: Jeffreys, Leila 2015

Have you visited your local library lately? There’s something for everyone at the Ipswich Libraries. Check out the line-up of events and activities at Ipswichlibraries.com.au

Ipswich Central Library 40 South Street, Ipswich QLD 4304 Redbank Plains Library Moreton Avenue, Redbank Plains QLD 4301 Redbank Plaza Library Redbank Plaza Shopping Centre, 1 Collingwood Drive, Redbank QLD 4301 Springfield Central Library Cnr Main Street & Sirius Drive, Orion Springfield Central Mobile Library Visit ipswichlibraries.com.au/visit/mobile-library for information regarding the Mobile Library’s locations.

By using EcoStar Offset to produce 3,000 copies of this newsletter, rather than a non-recycled paper, the environmental impact was reduced by:

147 kg of landfill 4,311 litres of water

253 kWh of energy

Ipswich City Council PO Box 191, Ipswich QLD 4305, Australia Phone (07) 3810 6666 Fax (07) 3810 6731 council@ipswich.qld.gov.au Ipswich.qld.gov.au

217 km travel in average European car

239 kg of wood

21 kg of CO 2

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Source: Carbon Footprint data is calculated by the Edinburgh Centre for Carbon Management in partnership with The CarbonNeutral Company and the Environmental Paper Network. Calculations are based on a comparison between recycled paper versus virgin fibre paper produced at the same mill and on the latest European BREF data (virgin fibre paper) available. Results are obtained according to technical information and subject to change.