Climate Justice
This webinar with the Sustainable Libraries Initiative will explore the disproportional impacts of climate change on systematically oppressed communities.
Climate justice recognizes the disproportional impacts of climate change on the people and places least responsible for the problem: systematically oppressed communities and communities of color. Libraries that approach climate action through the lens of climate justice can accelerate necessary work in communities to ensure all are heard in disaster preparedness and emergency management work. Learn how to think like a 21st century economist and how libraries can help lead the way to a just transition of our communities to strengthen community resilience and livability not just in the aftermath of climate change-driven disasters, but well before they ever happen.
Presented by:
- Rebekkah Smith Aldrich (MLS, LEED AP), Executive Director, Mid-Hudson Library System (NY), Co-founder/Current President, Sustainable Libraries Initiative (SLI), and author
- Michaela Porta, Environmental, Social, Governance (ESG) Coordinator, New Canaan Library (CT)
NOTE: 90-minute session
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Related resources and links
- Sustainable Libraries: Resources and Webinars for Climate Action
- Watch Sustainability 101, the first webinar in the series
- Read Sustainability 101, the first article
- Watch Climate Action Planning (Part 1): An Introduction, the second webinar
- Reading Lists on WorldCat.org compiled by Sustainable Libraries Inititative
- Essential Reads
- Environmental Justice
- Eco-Literacy for Kids
- Books for Youth Climate Activists
- Climate Fiction Starter Pack
- OCLC's Distinguished Seminar Series with Rebekkah Smith Aldrich: Sustainability—A Call to Action for the Library Community
- Sustainability in Libraries: A Call to Action (pdf)
- Road Map to Sustainability
- eNewsletter of the Sustainable Libraries Initiative
- Sustainable Library Certification Program
- Final Presentations from the Sustainable Library Certification Program
- Resources from the Sustainability Round Table of the American Library Association
- Sustainability and Libraries: ALA and Sustainability
Join us for other webinars in the series
Sustainability 101
Recording now available
Climate Action Planning (Part 1): An Introduction
Recording now available
Climate Action Planning (Part 2): Disaster Preparedness and Community Resilience
26 September 2023 (2:00 pm–3:30 pm EDT)
Living Our Values Out Loud: Programs that Walk the Talk
28 November 2023 (2:00 pm–3:00 pm EDT)
Stronger Together: Collective Impact and Climate Action Programming
13 December 2023 (2:00 pm–3:30 pm EDT)
Date
03 October 2023
Time
2:00 PM – 3:30 PM
Eastern Daylight Time, North America [UTC -4]
Webinar presenter Rebekkah Smith Aldrich
Webinar presenter Michaela Porta
Upcoming Webinars
26 September 2023
Climate Action Planning (Part 2): Disaster Preparedness and Community Resilience
03 October 2023
Climate Justice
11 October 2023
Revitalizing Morale: Cultivating a Supportive Library Culture
24 October 2023
Building Community Relationships for Better Library Services
28 November 2023
Living Our Values Out Loud: Programs that Walk the Talk
13 December 2023