August Newsletter 2025
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.
News
August 6, 2025
Climate Preparedness Week 2025
SLI is sharing this opportunity from Communities Responding to Extreme Weather (CREW) about Climate Preparedness Week 2025, a national initiative focused on climate education and community resilience. Taking place the last week of September, this week-long event brings together libraries, community groups, and organizations across the country to highlight the connections between climate change, personal and community well-being, and resilience.
Member News
August 1, 2025
School Librarian Jacqueline Liesch is Certified Sustainable
For Immediate Release
August 1, 2025
School Librarian Jacqueline Liesch is Certified Sustainable
The Sustainable Libraries Initiative recognizes Jacqueline Liesch as a leader in sustainability.
Member News
July 30, 2025
School Librarian Susan Cooper is Certified Sustainable
For Immediate Release
July 30, 2025
School Librarian Susan Cooper is Certified Sustainable
The Sustainable Libraries Initiative recognizes Susan Cooper as a leader in sustainability.
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Get ready to breathe easier on the International Day of Clean Air! A time to recognize the amount of work that must be done to reduce the effects of smog, smoke, airborne chemicals like excessive CO₂, and other forms of harmful air pollution.
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SLCP Meet Up: Water
Thursday, October 9, 2025 at 1:00 PM Eastern
This month's meetup topic discusses the use of water in the library space!
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The Great Give Back is a community service initiative created by the Suffolk County Public Library Directors Association and the Suffolk Cooperative Library System, in conjunction with the Nassau Library System.
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Strategic Climate Communication: Insights and Tools for Effective Strategies
October 23, 2025
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Presented by: Mallika Talwar from the Yale Program on Climate Change Communication (YPCCC)
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SLCP Meet Up: Materials & Waste
Thursday, November 13, 2025 at 1:00 PM Eastern
This month's meetup topic discusses properly managing waste and materials in the library space!
