Readers are leaaders! If you want ot know more about climate change, look no further than your public library. It's Buy Nothing New Month in October so instead of hitting the bookshops ( so tempting for us librarians!) visit your local library and...
Sustainable Spring has Sprung! 3 ways to promote Sustainability in Spring
1. Shout about it! Last week I was so pleased to read an article on the Fifth Estate about how Millennials are driving sustainability through their choices of home buying or building. Sustainability gathers pace with millennials buying homes. If...
#Chief learnings from ‘green’ focused presentations at ALIA National 2022
Green is the way to go: Sustainability Practises for Your LibraryDr Kasey Garrison, Dr Sabine Wardle and Dr Jane Garner – Charles Sturt University The team, commissioned by ALIA to work on the Greening Libraries Research...
10 ways I keep up to date with the latest sustainability trends
Sustainability trends are constantly evolving in response to natural disasters like floods and fires as well as the impact of a global pandemic. Use less plastic, invest in renewables, stop eating meat, start a worm farm… there is so much advice...
3 ways to get your library on board with the COP26 initiative
While we all know in our hearts and minds, that libraries are and will forever be SO much more than buildings with books, we are, nonetheless and in actual fact, buildings with books. And those buildings, (and also the books, but we’ll look at that...