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Universities, as organisations engaged in education, research and community services, play an important role in promoting sustainability and should be an example of a sustainable organisation. The Carbon Footprint (CF) is a very useful decision-making tool that allows organisations to measure and communicate the effect of their activities on the environment. To do so, it is necessary to have tools capable of calculating, tracking and reporting their greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, as well as guiding the actions for reducing and offsetting them. The aim of this article is to present a tool specifically designed to calculate the carbon footprint of universities, called CO2UNV. This tool is able to quantify the CO2 equivalent (CO2e) emissions for scopes 1 (direct GHG emissions), 2 (electricity indirect GHG emissions) and 3 (other indirect GHG emissions), for a university as a whole and for the different buildings/units that it is made up of. It includes, by default, the typical emission sources of an education centre and their corresponding emission factors. However, it is totally adaptable to any other type of organisation thanks to the possibility of including new emission sources and of updating all the emission factors (by default and new). It is also capable of evaluating the evolution of the CF over time, and the CO2e offsets achieved by contributing to offset projects. The results report includes input data and the graphical representation of results. Finally, CO2UNV is applied to calculate and offset the CF of the Universitat Jaume I (Spain), and the study concludes with its validation according to applicability and accuracy criteria.

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As countries talk about climate change and ways of addressing accelerating climate instability in Paris this fortnight, it is appropriate and not only that, necessary as well, to discuss the environmental impact and sustainability of local and international library conferences. While it is very nice to travel to events (and I've done this numerous times,…

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Möchten Sie ressourcenschonend schwere Sachen transportieren oder einen Familienausflug mit Ihren Kindern machen? Die Stadtbibliothek Aarau bietet die Ausleihe eines elektrischen Lastenfahrrades (Lastenvelo) für ein paar Stunden oder Tage an.

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The article discusses the launch of Sustainable Libraries Certification program by the New York Library Association (NYLA) to create sustainable institutions that contribute to sustainable communities. It mentions technical assistance in completing the certification path will be provided by advisors and interns through NYLA-SI's partner Westchester Green Business and NYLA-SI and New York is poised to test this new resource in hopes that it will become a national.

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n a new series that celebrates innovators in libraries across the U.S., I have the privilege of diving deeper into the work of a segment of the 2017 Movers & Shakers announced by Library Journal in the spring. This week, I had the opportunity to catch up with Madeleine Charney, a Sustainability Studies Librarian at University of Massachusetts, Amherst. Through connecting sustainability communities across campus and supporting them with key library resources and services, Madeleine demonstrates how libraries can help to further the field of sustainability science. Read on to learn how she integrates sustainability issues into class curricula, and how other librarians can go about integrating sustainability into their careers.

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The Z. Smith Reynolds (ZSR) Library serves the students, faculty, and staff of Wake Forest University, a medium-sized private research university in Winston-Salem, North Carolina. The Wake Forest Office of Sustainability, crated in 2009, facilitates the integration of sustainability at all levels of the university. The ZSR Library was one of the first adopters of an on-campus organic waste collection program.

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The poster shows how the Public Library in Jagodina with the implementation of three (still ongoing) digitally inclusive innovative services directly participates in the implementation of the UN AGENDA 2030 and achieves the following SDG’s: 4, 8, and 10. The Digital Citizen Project is supported by Google with the aim of transforming public libraries in the region into digital, innovative and educational centers that contribute to the development of a digitally advanced society. Using donated equipment of micro: bits, mi: node kits and a 3D printer Library organizes workshops educating children and youth to learn coding in order to prepare them successfully for today's demanding labor market needs. The project is particularly focused on children and young people who lack technological equipment. (Goal 4). The project, AgroLib-Ja started in 2010 with the support of the NGO EIFL-PLIP has revitalized four rural libraries and created a network of libraries that provide information and communication services especially for farmers. The aim of the project is to improve the lives of people in the villages and economically empower farmers through services: free internet access and ICT training, expert lectures in the field of agriculture, current literature and magazines, online marketplace for free advertising of farmers’ products. (Goals 4, 8). Within service Electricity letters – online literary magazine for children and youth, started in 2012, Library educates the youngest users through the new media. Library provides quick access to an e-publication for children and youth who do not have access to libraries. Library in this way reduces inequality between children in rural and urban areas with regard to equal access to information and education. (Goals 4, 10).

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China weiß um die Bedeutung von ökologischer Nachhaltigkeit. Sie wird nicht nur häufig thematisiert, sondern auch in entsprechenden Projekten umgesetzt. Dutzende sogenannter Ecocities, sind bereits im Bau, mehr als 200 sind derzeit geplant -- ob sie allerdings die ökologischen Probleme wirklich lösen, ist umstritten. Auch Bibliotheken, als öffentliche und gesellschaftlich geschätzte Einrichtungen mit großem Energiebedarf begeben sich auf den glqqgrünen Weggrqq und werden so zu Multiplikatoren mit Vorbildfunktion.

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The Climate Change Library Lab was created to provide a rich source of information and advice specific to libraries, so that they might prepare for climate-related disasters or deal with post-disaster recovery within their communities.It is our hope that the resources available will be updated based on feedback and input from library staff and community members who have experienced climate-related disasters. This project is sponsored by the American Library Association's New Members Round Table.

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Climate scientists predict we will look back on the years 2020 and 2021 and think to ourselves, ``Those were the good old days.'' Record-setting heat, record amounts of scorched earth thanks to wildfires, record numbers of tropical storms, and a record number of freak natural disasters like derechos---that's what 2020 had to offer. And 2021 hasn't been much better. There is no more time to waste. Climate action is needed NOW. Libraries should be visible leaders and partner in this effort not only to protect the assets the public has entrusted them with but also to ensure library workers and community members have the support they need, through libraries, in the face of disruption.

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Every spring, Joe Hammes looks forward to visiting his family's Wisconsin cottage. But one year, unprecedented high waters in the La Crosse area kept him away from it until late May. ``The Mississippi River is flooding,'' says Hammes, public relations and communications coordinator for the La Crosse Public Library (LCPL). ``People know this is going on.'' But what can they do about it at the local level?

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"Climate Change Conversations in Libraries: A Sabbatical Training Adventure" is chapter seven in the book Libraries Promoting Reflective Dialogue in a Time of Political Polarization (ACRL 2019). As part of a twenty-four-week sabbatical, Charney set out to train librarians in each New England state on a range of methods for facilitating climate change conversations. The ultimate goal of Facing the Future: Facilitating Climate Change Conversations in Your Library was to encourage—more honestly, to implore—librarians to see themselves as change makers and bridge builders. The training pressed participants to answer an essential and painful question. How will each of us—as individuals and community members—hold the global, life-threatening reality of climate change while leading our communities toward a kinder, saner, and safer world? Facing the Future, a four-hour training, offered participants an opportunity to look squarely in the face of climate change while practicing leadership exercises and mindfulness techniques.

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Der Wandel Öffentlicher Bibliotheken wird stark mit der Öffnung und Anbietung des physischen Raumes der Bibliothek und der Einbindung der Menschen darin verbunden. Damit rückt die Idee des Community Building als Arbeitsfeld für Öffentliche Bibliotheken stärker in den Fokus, womit mehr gemeint ist als die Umgestaltung von Bibliotheken zuglqqDritten Ortengrqq. Vielmehr können Bibliotheken durch aktive Kooperationen mit der Zivilgesellschaft kommunale Netzwerke bilden oder stärken und Menschen miteinander in Kontakt bringen. Bibliotheken, die dieses neue Arbeitsfeld aufgreifen, agieren damit automatisch im Bereich der sozialen Nachhaltigkeit und helfen dabei, die Agenda 2030 für nachhaltige Entwicklung der Vereinten Nationen zu erfüllen, die u. a. die Stärkung des gesellschaftlichen Zusammenhalts zum Ziel hat. Darüber hinaus können sie sogar eine aktivere Rolle in der Stadtentwicklung einnehmen, die sich immer stärker auf Nachhaltigkeit fokussiert.

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"Sustainability is not about keeping the world the way it is today. Sustainability is about building a better world. It is based on the recognition that economy and environment are not a zero sum game and that people have the power to ensure the quality of life of their own community. It's time for librarians 'to make a better world through direct engagement with our communities.’ By achieving the competencies in community-based librarianship, this new generation of LIS graduates will be equipped to transform LIS into a community anchored librarianship and to establish a new community-centered perspective for the benefit of librarians’ education and professional development.”

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The Greater Victoria Public Library (GVPL) is one of two public library systems on Vancouver Island, British Columbia, and has twelve branches that are located on the unceded lands of the Esquimalt, Songhees, and Saanich peoples. Serving a population of approximately 300,000 people, GVPL branches exist within a vibrant arts and culture community that is also the seat of the provincial government, home to an expanding technology sector, and situated in a landscape that contributes to the growing interest in food sustainability and local producers. As public libraries work to ensure that library services and building partnerships to help support quality collections, programs, functional spaces, and strong communities.

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