Sustainability Themed Children's Books for 2019
The American Library Association’s Sustainability Round Table (SustainRT) Booklist Committee has compiled a “top 10” list of recommended books published in 2018 for children about the environment, playing in nature, gardening, and so much more.
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Articles and Academic Posters
Carbon Footprint of the Knowledge Sector: What's the Future? by Gobinda Chowdhury
Dance, Don't Drive: Resilient Thinking for Turbulent Times by Chip Ward
Green Buildings as Sustainability Education Tools by Laura Barnes
Green Libraries Are More Than Just Buildings by George J. Aulisio
The Green Library Movement: An Overiew and Beyond by Monika Antonelli
Greening the Library: Collection Development Decisions by Virginia Connell
Green Weeding: Library Weeding Practices and their Environmental Footprint by Eric Tans
Libraries and Environmental Management by Jennifer Rowley
This Old Library: Strategies for Reducing Energy Consumption by Peter Gisolfi
University of Utah J. Willard Marriott Library: sustainability collection development policy report
Books
Ecology, Economy Equity: The Path to a Carbon Neutral Library by Mandy Henk
Exploring Environmental Science with Children and Teens by Eileen G. Harrington
Focus on Educating for Sustainability: Toolkit for Academic Libraries, edited by Maria A. Jankowska
The Green Library/Die grüne Bibliothek edited by Petra Hauke, Petra Latimer and Klaus Ulrich Werner
Greening Libraries edited by Monika Antonelli and Mark McCullough
The Greening of America’s Libraries: LEEDing the Way by Mary M. Carr and Steven L. Carr
Public Libraries and Resilient Cities edited by Michael Dudley
LibGuides
Sustainability and Libraries - guide by ALA
Green Libraries--University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Sustainable Nashville Community College Students (NCCS)--Green Sleeves
K-State Libraries Sustainability Matrix
Websites
Partners for the Future: Public Libraries and Local Governments Creating Sustainable Communities
Star_Net: Science-Technology Activities and Resources for Libraries
U.S. Department of Energy--Energy Saver
University of Santa Cruz Sustainability Project Clearinghouse
Blogs
Biodiversity Heritage Library Blog
Environmental Librarian's Blog
Going Green At Your Library Blog
Green Today, Green Tomorrow, a blog from the Moraine Valley Community College Library
Social Groups
Sustainable Libraries Facebook
Last updated November 24, 2015