As John Muir wrote “When we try to pick out anything by itself, we find it hitched to everything else in the Universe.” The inspirational quote has long guided me in life knowing that my actions – or lack of action – has a profound effect on the world. My other passion is librarianship –freedom and access to all information, ideas, and resources for people everywhere. My goal is to connect these two important aspects of my life and myself as a human being living (temporarily) on this Earth. This blog lists ideas, practices, tools, and techniques to help libraries become more environmentally friendly, save money, and possibly even raise money for their library in the process.So here’s to a greener library and a sustainable future for all.
- Creating a Green Environment @ your library – workshop for Southwest Workshop Days presented on 10/8/09 & 10/09/09
- Going Green @ Your Library: A More Environmentally Friendly Library Environment workshop through SELMS on 6/25/09
- Inspiration, Innovation, Celebration Conference panel presentation on 6/3/09 & 6/4/09
- NC Parapro Conference keynote panel and presentations on 5/15/09
- ALA’s 2009 State of America’s Libraries: Academic Libraries
- ForeWord This Week interview Jan 14, 2009: Libraries Go Green
- Going Green @ Your Library presentations in Chicago: Nov 6, 2008 at NSLS and Nov 7, 2008 at MLS
- ALA Press Release Sept 30, 2008: Get Environmental @ your Library
Hi. I thought you might be interested in my new article, “The Green Library Movement: An Overview and Beyond”. You can read it online at:
http://repositories.cdlib.org/uclalib/egj/vol1/iss27/art1/
Happy Holidays!
Monika
Monika – It’s a great article with wonderful references to key resources. Thanks for all you do to promote the green library movement (including http://www.greenlibraries.org/) Beth