ALA's Sustainability Roundtable has two Monday programs to share with you in March!
Panel: Authors Highlighting Sustainability
March 18, 2-4pm ET
We start with a four-leaf clover of authors for you lucky librarians - Kacper Jarecki , an intrepid member of ALA's SustainRT Education and Programming Committee and Community Library Manager of Queens Public Library at Cambria Heights, has four authors in one webinar on March 18, from 2-4 pm Eastern. You can join for the whole webinar or tune in when your schedule allows - here's the slate of extraordinary authors: -
2:00 pm ET/1:00 pm CT - Nate Schweber, This America of Ours: Bernard and Avis DeVoto and the Forgotten Fight to Save the Wild
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2:30 pm ET/1:30 pm CT - Matthew Birkhold, Chasing Icebergs: How Frozen Freshwater Can Save the Planet
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3:00 pm ET/2:00 pm CT - David Goodrich, On Freedom Road: Bicycle Explorations and Reckonings on the Underground Railroad
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3:30 pm ET/2:30 pm CT - Curtis Chin, Everything I Learned, I Learned in a Chinese Restaurant
Climate Cafe - Healing and Connection in the Face of Climate Change
March 25, 6pm CT
The very next week, you are cordially invited to join us again for a Climate Café experience with The Resilient Activist on March 25 at 6 pm Central on Zoom (https://lnkd.in/grcyY4DX). This event continues our pilot project to introduce librarians around the U.S. to our Climate Café gatherings via Zoom to envision hosting future in-person Cafés in their local libraries.
Our February Café folks joined in from California to Massachusetts, Washington to Virginia, & Wisconsin to Australia!
Reflections from our February Climate Café:
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This was a very enlightening activity connecting me to others from all over the US. We all had similar struggles but different locations. Sharing our strategies and ideas was wonderful and stress-relieving.
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Talking to others about their climate concerns and emotions and hearing about the creative ways they are engaging in change made me feel much more hopeful for the future.
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Earnest, authentic participants who are truly resilient activists with passion and love for our planet and one another.
Who should attend?
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Anyone who would appreciate being in a supportive space to explore how climate change and ecological destruction make you feel.
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Librarians who would like to experience a Climate Café to learn what it is all about.
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Not a librarian? Invite one! Connect with your local library and send an invitation to join us and learn more.
Do you have ideas for future programs? Let us know!