Those who attended the ALIA Greening Libraries Conference in November 2023 will recall Dr. Jane Garner speaking about green library practice and reminding us that if we are working with the same tools and trying to achieve the same outcomes as each...
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Books – from covering to end-of-life
Heard of nose-to-tail eating? This involves utilising the entire animal for increased sustainability in agriculture. But how about prologue-to-epilogue, foreword-to-afterword, or even preface to appendix for book usage? Libraries have always...
3 ways to be ‘green’ in the Children’s and Youth space
1. Create a garden wall In 2020 Melbourne Girls’ College library saw the outside brought inside with an incredible green garden wall. A survey of students in previous years showed that they really valued the plant life already in the library . The...
#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...