June 8, 2023
May 25, 2023
Sustainable Libraries Initiative at the NJLA Conference
The Sustainable Libraries Initiative (SLI) is excited to be collaborating with the New Jersey Library Association (NJLA) at their upcoming conference to provide a series of events. The SLI is a leading organization that supports libraries as they tackle one of the biggest challenges of our time: climate change. This year's NJLA conference offers several opportunities to learn from and engage with the SLI and its co-founders, Rebekkah Smith Aldrich and Matthew Bollerman.
April 12, 2023
Distinguished Seminar Series: Sustainability—A Call to Action for the Library Community
On Thursday, May 4th from 11:00 AM – 12:00 PM EDT, Join Rebekkah Smith Aldrich, Co-Founder of the Sustainable Libraries Initiative, to explore the challenges and opportunities for libraries in the face of climate change and hear how many in our field are already answering the call for leadership on sustainability.
February 17, 2023
Congratulations, Curtis Memorial Library!
A year after opening enrollment for the Sustainable Library Certification Program to libraries nationwide, we are celebrating our first outside of New York State certification! Curtis Memorial Library in Brunswick, Maine has earned this historic designation and the SLI could not be prouder to share the amazing work they are doing.
October 27, 2022
Sustainable Libraries Initiative partners with New Jersey Library Association
October 3, 2022
Library Journal Sustainability Column
SLI Co-founder, Rebekkah Smith Aldrich's, latest Library Journal column is available now. In Living Our Values Out Loud, she highlights New Canaan Library in New Canaan, CT, an SLCP Member Library, for bringing awareness to the important issue of human suffering in the building material supply chain. Read the full article here.