From zero waste events to upcycling to refreshments, how we choose to carry out our work in libraries says a lot about our values. We can’t just pay lip service to sustainability—we need to practice what we’re talking about! This webinar will be an inspiring discussion with a panel of practitioners who have found ways to design, implement, and evaluate library programs using frameworks that better represent their library’s values, such as the triple bottom line definition of sustainability and the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals.

Presented by: Rebekkah Smith Aldrich (MLS, LEED AP), Executive Director, Mid-Hudson Library System (NY) and Co-founder/Current President, Sustainable Libraries Initiative (SLI), and Author; additional presenter info coming soon.

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Related resources and links

• Sustainable Libraries: Resources and Webinars for Climate Action
• 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

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Sustainability 101
18 July 2023 (2:00 pm–3:00 pm EDT)

Climate Action Planning (Part 1): An Introduction
16 August 2023 (2:00 pm–3:30 pm EDT)

Climate Action Planning (Part 2): Disaster Preparedness and Community Resilience
26 September 2023 (2:00 pm–3:30 pm EDT)

Climate Justice
3 October 2023 (2:00 pm–3:30 pm EDT)

Stronger Together: Collective Impact and Climate Action Programming
13 December 2023 (2:00 pm–3:30 pm EDT)