Sustainability Round Table (SustainRT)
A Call to Action on Climate Change for Libraries
CHICAGO – Climate change is the single greatest threat to global health and this generation’s grandest challenge, but many library leaders feel overwhelmed, even paralyzed about where to start. “ Sustainability in Libraries: A Call to Action,” a new...
Webinar Opportunity: Universities & Municipalities: Working Together for Sustainable and Just Futures
Please consider attending the following webinar on May 19th, 2022, at 2:30pm EST: "Universities & Municipalities: Working Together for Sustainable & Just Futures" presented by Colleen Murphy-Dunning of Yale University's Urban Resources Initiative and Hixon Center for Urban Ecology
ALA/SustainRT scholarships for 2022 graduates
ALA/SustainRT scholarships for 2022 graduates:
Top 10 Sustainability-Themed Children’s Books 2022
Each year, the Sustainability Round Table Booklist Committee curates an annual list of 10 notable children’s books on nature, conservation, and communities that reflect the mission of SustainRT “to exchange ideas and opportunities regarding sustainability in order to move toward a more equitable, healthy, and economically viable society." Click below to download the formatted list!
Member Monday: August Smith
Welcome to Member Mondays! The first Monday of each month, we’ll feature a member of SustainRT with a short profile.
Register now for ALA Connect Live session focusing on sustainability and climate action for libraries and communities
CHICAGO — This month's ALA Connect Live session is one you won't want to miss. It will showcase what library champions are doing to help their communities address climate change. Register now for this important discussion, which takes place at 11 a.m...
A Call for Nominations and Applications
A Call for Nominations: Citation for Wellness in the Workplace Award
Member Monday: Jen Ripka
Welcome to Member Mondays! The first Monday of each month, we’ll feature a member of SustainRT with a short profile.
Webinar! Communicating Sustainability in a Changing Climate: Challenges and Strategies
Register now for the webinar "Communicating Sustainability in a Changing Climate: Challenges and Strategies."
This talk by Dr. Jennifer Carmen, Postdoctoral Associate at Yale Program on Climate Change Communication, will focus on the intersection of sustainability and climate change. It will discuss how climate change adds to new challenges to achieving sustainability, and how action on climate change can support sustainability goals.
Member Monday: Rachel Sperling
Welcome to Member Mondays! The first Monday of each month, we’ll feature a member of SustainRT with a short profile.
New Voices in Sustainability ALA Annual Conference Stipend
About the Award The SustainRT New Voices in Sustainability Conference Stipend recognizes the importance of social equity to SustainRT and ALA, and works to support new and diverse members to overcome barriers to participating in the professional development and networking opportunities presented by ALA conferences and events. The Sustainability Round Table will offer a $250 conference stipend in addition to paying the full registration cost to a SustainRT member attending the ALA Annual Conference. Applicants should be new and diverse voices in library sustainability or first-time attendees...
SustainRT Citation for Wellness in the Workplace
About the Award In recognition of the fact that library staff are our greatest asset in building and supporting sustainable libraries and communities, the ALA Sustainability Roundtable (SustainRT) is recognizing libraries that go above and beyond in meeting the wellness needs of their staff with the SustainRT Citation for Wellness in the Workplace. All ALA members are invited to nominate any library or organization whose efforts to meet the needs of their staff in the areas of continuing education and creating a positive work environment have advanced sustainability and encouraged wellness...
Member Monday: Mandi Goodsett
Welcome to Member Mondays! The first Monday of each month, we’ll feature a member of SustainRT with a short profile.
Sustainability programs and practices for libraries
CHICAGO — As a core value of librarianship, sustainability is not an end point but a mindset, a lens through which operational and outreach decisions can be made. And it extends beyond an awareness of the roles that libraries can play in educating and...
Member Monday: Beth South
Welcome to Member Mondays! The first Monday of each month, we’ll feature a member of SustainRT with a short profile.
Member Monday: Jennifer Ferriss
Welcome to Member Mondays! The first Monday of each month, we’ll feature a member of SustainRT with a short profile.
Climate Stories Project
Climate Stories Project (CSP) is an artistic and educational climate change communications forum that collects and shares personal stories about the changing climate in order to promote an equitable and effective response to the climate crisis through storytelling, engaged communication, education, and creativity.