ALIA GREEN Q&A - Former Convenor of ALIA Green, Katalin Mindum This interview was orchestrated by ALIA Green Secretary, Jack Kelly, who, along with incoming convenor Lauren Markwell, expresses deep gratitude to Katalin for generously sharing...
Loving our sustainability champions
This year I’d like to think of Library Lover’s Day as an opportunity celebrate some of the amazing work that libraries are doing toward ensuring a sustainable future. Sustainability kits and induction hobs. With rising cost of living and the...
4 books about climate change you need to read
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...
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...