Rebekkah Smith Aldrich
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Social Cohesion Means Survival | Sustainability
While many view natural disasters as levelers—events that do not differentiate based on ethnicity or economic status—this is not the case. Low-income citizens are often hit harder by extreme weather events, due to everything from poorly constructed or aging housing to housing located closer to flood plains.
Sustainability | Next, Do These 5 Things
Sustainability is no longer to be relegated to the “green team” (as awesome as they can be!). It is no longer a once-a-year theme we address in April or on Earth Day. This topic is, or should be, front-and-center in how we think about everything we do.
Sustainability | On a Mission
The urgency behind sustainability work has been growing year by year and has picked up considerably with the issuance of two reports in fall 2018.
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Resilience
Aldrich adeptly introduces and tackles a critical topic in less than 100 pages. Her message will be of interest to library professionals and community leaders.
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Sustainable Thinking: Ensuring Your Library's Future in an Uncertain World
Featuring lively prose, splashy concepts, and writing exercises evocative of Seth Godin (Linchpin; All Marketers Are Liars), Aldrich's book is refreshing and required reading for library leaders and advocates.
Certified Sustainable | Sustainability
The New York Library Association (NYLA) is poised to make library history with the launch of its Sustainable Libraries Certification program this November.
Don’t Let This Moment Pass You By | Sustainability
In the wake of the president’s announcement that the United States will withdraw from the Paris Agreement, an unprecedented, decentralized groundswell of support to combat climate change in our country has emerged.
Subversive Librarians | Sustainability
Overnight we went from a president who declared climate change as the single greatest threat to future generations to a president, and Senate, who appointed a climate change denier to head the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
Arming the Ramparts | Sustainability
The sustainability of our world depends on a strong social fabric in local communities where people know and respect one another. This social fabric is key for resilient communities in the face of environmental, economic, and social disruption. That fabric is now torn in many places thanks to the vitriol and viciousness of the presidential election and fears about what will happen next.