February 2025 Newsletter
Library Leaders of the World Unite!
The Sustainable Libraries Initiative (SLI) provides library leaders with a proven path forward to co-create libraries and communities that will thrive in the coming years. The Sustainable Library Certification Program and the SLI community of practice focuses your leadership to enable your library, and ultimately your community, to become more environmentally sound, socially equitable and economically feasible.
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February 19, 2025
The Storm is Here: Public Libraries' Role in Disaster Preparedness and Community Recovery
This month, President and Co-founder of the Sustainable Libraries Initiative, Rebekkah Smith Aldrich, co-authored an article for the UCLA Library Electronic Green Journal titled The Storm is Here: Public Libraries' Role in Disaster Preparedness and Community Recovery.
Member News
January 30, 2025
New: Customized Environmental Impact graphics. Share your annual progress.
PrintReleaf has created a customized annual impact graphic for members to share on social media. This is a great way to let your shareholders and customers know you are taking environmental sustainability seriously by sharing your customized PrintReleaf 2024 Annual Impact graphic to your social media channels.
Take a look at the example below from the Suffollk Cooperative Library System:
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