Don’t let the fear of failure stop you from achieving your sustainability goals for your library or organisation. Listen to Oprah: "You can have it all. Just not all at once’". Don’t try to bring about too many changes all at the same...
3 ways to counter digital pollution
I’ve been on the decluttering bent for a while now. Ok, so I’ve been talking about decluttering for a while now, and have managed to clear, ooohhh, a good three drawers. Six months later and they look pretty much the same so yes, I fully admit to...
Two ways to imagine time differently that could influence your work sustainability practices
Image description: an hourglass leaning on a slight angle on a rocky ground. Blue sand is falling, half in the top chamber and half in the bottom chamber. Let’s start with linear timeTime in the English language is usually thought of as a line. We...
Let’s play! 4 plastics it’s your librarian duty to get rid of…
This month is Plastic Free July so if you're game to play, here's 4 plastics you need to get rid of. As librarians we have a duty not only to save the planet but to help our clients too. In this game you get to do both. Here's what to start...
Risk it! 5 things every librarian can do to live a more sustainable life
Living more sustainably might mean risking looking like an idiot. Who wants to be carrying a metal straw or carting tins of compost to the worm farm across the road? But helping the environment isn't about being cool. It's about doing our best to...