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Library LEEDs the way toward sustainability

Richard Jensen knows the reasons why the Billings Public Library could receive a prestigious sustainability certification this summer from the U.S. Green Building Council. Following Saturday’s library ... read more

With little space for solar farms, suburbs are finding creative ways to embrace renewable energy

Their efforts, driven in part by a state law that took effect in 2017, could mean drastic changes to the way ... them toward development, agriculture or other uses. The city’s Sustainable Aurora Advis... read more

Triple Bottom Line Sustainability

A library’s finances, workforce, and the community in which it operates—whether that community is a school, college, corporation, nonprofit, or city—must also be actively moved toward sustainability . ... read more

Grade II-listed swimming baths in Leeds set for 'crucial' six-figure makeover

A historic swimming baths in Leeds is getting an ... The bid was successful, paving the way for the creation of an energy hub at the Edwardian building to reduce power consumption, lower emissions and ... read more

Do your part; Support safe drug disposal programs

The more hopeful news is that each of us can help in at least one very critical way. The Galloway Township ... branch of the Atlantic County Library System behind the Municipal Complex and the Gallowa... read more

How to communicate about sustainability

Earlier this year, my colleagues and I published an article entitled A Good Life For All Within Planetary Boundaries in Nature Sustainability ... The fact that Kate Raworth had paved the way with her ... read more

Goulburn Library holds Urban Homesteading talk

Goulburn Mulwaree Library is continuing its series on Urban Homesteading and sustainability with ... to find a way to live a modern life while producing less waste. In this session ‘Towards a Zero Was... read more

Sparks Athletic Center LEEDs the way to sustainability

Joe Abraham, director of Willamette’s Sustainability Institute, says the university has consistently held itself to a very high green building standard for more than a decade. He says, “Few of our pee... read more

21 faith leaders for the 21st century – #Interfaith21

It is believed this is the first time media outlets from different faiths have cooperated in such a way anywhere ... progress towards peace. Rev Heston sees interfaith work as a natural part of his ro... read more

“The populist measures and short-term gains will be followed by an acute hang-over”

Those factors, the quality of staff and the supporting research, library and IT infrastructure ... Isn’t money from the government likely to help towards that? I don't in any way see this measure as p... read more

Open source sustainability

Perhaps the greatest debate in sustaining open source is deciding who or what to target: the individual contributors — who often move between multiple projects — or a particular library itself. Aboukh... read more

Strengthening the Voice for Sustainability

This column is one in a multipart American Libraries series that explores the library profession’s relationship to sustainability ... can move toward providing a fact-based voice in fighting climate c... read more