Stronger Together: Collective Impact and Climate Action Programming
This webinar with the Sustainable Libraries Initiative will feature libraries having a collective impact on climate action through community collaborations.
Libraries are catalysts and conveners for climate action in our communities. This webinar will feature practitioners who are having a collective impact through collaborations with others in the community, to address the pressing challenges related to climate change. Join these practitioners to hear practical ideas for how to ensure that good intentions have a positive impact on our communities.
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
- Jenny Garmon, Civic Engagement Specialist, Kansas City Public Library (MO)
- Gabrielle Griffis, Assistant Youth Services Librarian, Brewster Ladies’ Library & Blue Marble Librarian (MA)
- M'Balu "Lu" Bangura, Chief of Equity and Fair Practice at the Enoch Pratt Free Library & Maryland State Library Resource Center
NOTE: 90-minute session
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- Series Learner Guide (doc) Use alone or with others to extend your learning.
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
- Read Getting Started with Climate Action Planning, the second article
- Watch Climate Action Planning (Part 2): Disaster Preparedness and Community Resilience
- Read Disaster Preparedness and Community Resilience, the third aricle
- Watch Climate Justice
- Read Climate Justice, the fourth aricle
- 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
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
Recording now available
Climate Justice
Recording now available
Living Our Values Out Loud: Programs that Walk the Talk
Recording now available
Date
13 December 2023
Time
2:00 PM – 3:30 PM
Eastern Standard Time, North America [UTC -5]
Webinar presenter Rebekkah Smith Aldrich
Webinar presenter Jenny Garmon
Webinar presenter Gabrielle Griffis
Webinar presenter M'Balu “Lu” Bangura
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