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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:
Committee Spotlight: Publicity and Outreach
Welcome to the Sustainability Round Table Committee Spotlight feature! For the next few months, we'll be highlighting the various SustainRT committees here on the blog as a way to celebrate our colleagues and their work, allow everyone to get to know a little more about what the various committees are up to, and encourage folks to get involved themselves.
First up, we're featuring the SustainRT Publicity and Outreach Committee. We work on putting together this blog, but that's not all we're up to! Read on, and thanks for joining us.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Member Monday: Eric Tans
Welcome to Member Mondays! The first Monday of each month, we’ll feature a member of SustainRT with a short profile.
Member Monday: Kate Wingate
Welcome to Member Mondays! The first Monday of each month, we’ll feature a member of SustainRT with a short profile.
We’re super excited to continue our series with this profile of Kate Wingate, Circulation Assistant at Nashville Public Library. In addition to reading Kate's profile, below, she says "I would love to hear from you! Anyone out there who has successfully started a sustainability committee, especially in a larger city library system, please hit me up! kate.wingate [at] nashville.gov