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ALA Resolutions, Statements & Reports
- Resolution on the Importance of Sustainable Libraries, ALA, 2015
- Statement on Global Climate change and a Call for Support for Libraries and Librarians, ALA 2017
- Final Report of the ALA Special Task Force on Sustainability, ALA, 2018
- Resolution for the Adoption of Sustainability as a Core Value, ALA, 2019
- Resolution to Achieve Carbon Neutrality for ALA Conferences, ALA, 2021
- Carbon Neutral/Carbon Offset FAQs, ALA, 2021
- The Triple Bottom Line (infographic), ALA, 2022
- Sustainability in Libraries: A Call to Action, ALA, 2022
- American Library Association Core Values, ALA 2024
Articles
- Sustainability Column, Library Journal
- One Last Chance, April 2023
- Living Our Values Out Loud, September 2022
- Certified Sustainable, June 2022
- Living Our Values Out Loud, September 2022
- Climate Action Now, December 2021
- Power to the People, December 2020
- No Justice, No Peace, October 2020
- What the World Needs Now, June 2020
- Sustainability at a Social Distance During COVID-19 Pandemic, April 2020
- Wake Up, Your House is on Fire, November 2019
- Social Cohesion Means Survival, August 2019
- Next, Do These 5 Things, June 2019
- On a Mission, April 2019
- Certified Sustainable, October 2017
- Don’t Let this Moment Pass You By, July 2017
- Subversive Librarians, April 2017
- Arming the Ramparts, February 2017
- Deliberate Resilience, December 2016
- Each Choice Tells Our Story | Designing the Future, October 2016
- Local Supports Local, July 2016
- The Capacity to Endure, May 2016
- Sustainability in Libraries (2017 limited series), American Libraries
- Libraries and Sustainable Thinking, April 2017
- Sustainability’s Community of Practice, May 2017
- Sustainability on the Other Side of the Stacks, May 2017
- Strengthening the Voice for Sustainability, May 2017
- Triple Bottom Line Sustainability, June 2017
- Sustainability in Public Libraries, June 2017
- Degrowth is Coming, August 2017
- Campus Sustainability through Information Literacy, September 2017
- Climate Change and Sustainability, October 2018
- Answering the Sustainability Question, featuring SLI co-creators Rebekkah Smith Aldrich & Matthew Bollerman, January 2020
- What Does Green Mean?, March 2020
- Waste Not, Want Not, March 2020
- By the Numbers: Libraries and Sustainability, March 2020
- Sustainability and Academic Libraries, April 2020
- Hosting a Sustainability Speaker Series, April 2020
- Enduring, Disrupting and Thriving by SLI co-creator Lisa Kropp, April, 2020
- Paint It Green, April, 2020
- You Belong here, May 2020
- Sustaining Sustainability, May 2020
- What the Future Holds: Library thinkers on the most exciting technology and noteworthy trends, June 2020
- Dewey Decibel Podcast: Libraries and Sustainability, July 2020
- Ready for Action: As cities undertake climate action plans, libraries emerge as partners, September 2020
- ALA Sustainability Round Table's Zotero Database
- ALA Task Force on United Nations 2030 Sustainable Development Goals
- Access and Opportunity for All: How Libraries Contribute to the United Nations 2030 Agenda, IFLA
- “Development and Access to Information: Libraries and the Sustainable Development Goals,” Donna Scheeder, Online Searcher, 2019
- “Libraries as Sustainability Leaders: ALA’s Special Task Force,” Rene Tanner, Rebekkah Smith Aldrich, Monika Antonelli & Adrian Ho, portal: Libraries and the Academy, 2019
- The Sustainability Issue: Library Project Results and Implementation Reports, JLAMS, 2014
- “Partners for the Future: Public Libraries and Local Governments Creating Sustainable Communities,” Urban Libraries Council, 2010
- “Greening the Library: Collection Development Decisions,” Virginia Connell, Endnotes: The Journal of the New Members Round Table, 2010
- “Let Green Creep: Ten Steps to Sustainable Library Operations,” by Louise Schaper, Library Journal, 2010
Books
- The Disaster Planning Handbook for Libraries by Mary Grace Flaherty Borrow (2022) Borrow | Buy
- Fostering Wellness in the Workplace: A Handbook for Libraries by Bobbi L. Newman (2022) Borrow | Buy
- 25 Ready-To-Use Sustainable Living Programs for Libraries by Ellyssa Kroski (2022) Borrow | Buy
- Libraries and Sustainability: Programs and Practices for Community Impact Edited by Rene Tanner, Adrian K. Ho, Monika Antonelli, and Rebekkah Smith Aldrich (2021) Borrow | Buy
- How to Prepare for Climate Change: A Practical guide to Surviving the Chaos by David Pogue (2021) Borrow | Buy
- Repair Revolution: How Fixers are Transforming our Throwaway Culture by John Wackman & Elizabeth Knight (2020) Borrow | Buy
- 25 Projects for Eco Explorers by Christine M. Kirker (2020) Borrow | Buy
- The Sustainable Library’s Cookbook by Raymond Pun and Gary L. Shaffer (2019) Buy
- The Greening of America’s Libraries: LEEDing the Way by Mary M. Carr and Steven L. Carr (2019) Borrow | Buy
- Saving Us: A Climate Scientist’s Case for Hope and Healing in a Divided World by Katharine Hayhoe (2021) Borrow | Buy
- How to Avoid a Climate Disaster by Bill Gates (2021) Borrow | Buy
- A Pocket Guide to Sustainable Food Shopping: How to Navigate the Grocery Store, Read Labels and Help Save the Planet by Kate Bratskeir (2021) Borrow | Buy
- Our Environment: Everything You Need to Know by Jacques Pasquet and Yves Dumont (2020) Buy
- Sustainability Made Simple: Small Changes for Big Impact by Rosaly Byrd and Lauren DeMates (2019) Borrow | Buy
- Environmental Literacy: From A-Z by H. Steve Dashefsky (2013) Borrow
- Palaces for the People: How Social Infrastructure Can Help Fight Inequality, Polarization, and the Decline of Civic Life by Eric Klinenberg Borrow | Buy
- Sustainable Thinking: Ensuring Your Library Future in an Uncertain World by Rebekkah Smith Aldrich (2018) Borrow | Buy
- Resilience (Library Futures Series) (2018) by Rebekkah Smith Aldrich Borrow | Buy
- Creating The Sustainable Public Library: The Triple Bottom Line Approach (2018) by Gary L. Shaffer Borrow | Buy
- Going Green: Implementing Sustainable Strategies in Libraries Around the World (2018) by Petra Hauke, Madeleine Charney, Harri Sahavirta Borrow | Buy
- Libraries and Gardens: Growing Together (2019) by Carrie Scott Banks & Cindy Mediavilla Borrow | Buy
- Tactical Urbanism for Librarians: Quick, Low-Cost Ways to Make Big Changes Borrow | Buy
- Start a Revolution: Stop Acting Like a Library (2015) by Ben Bizzle with Maria Flora Borrow | Buy
- Exploring Environmental Science with Children and Teens (2014) by Eileen G. Harrington Borrow | Buy
- Ecology, Economy, Equity: The Path to a Carbon-Neutral Library (2014) by Mandy Henk Borrow | Buy
- Public Libraries and Resilient Cities (2013) by Michael Dudley Borrow | Buy
- Greening Libraries by Monika Antonelli and Mark McCullough (2012) Borrow | Buy
- How Green is My Library? (2010) by Sam McBane Mulford & Ned A. Himmel Borrow | Buy
- Public Libraries Going Green (2010) by Kathryn Miller Borrow | Buy
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