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Creating Sustainable Libraries and Programs Stephen C. Maack Arlene Hopkins REAP Change Consultants Arlene Hopkins and Associates November 30, 2016 ALA LLAMA Webinar ALA Resolution on Sustainable Libraries (13 July 2015) The full text

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Creating Sustainable Libraries and Programs

Arlene Hopkins Arlene Hopkins and Associates Stephen C. Maack REAP Change Consultants

November 30, 2016 ALA LLAMA Webinar

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ALA Resolution on Sustainable Libraries (13 July 2015)

  • The full text of this resolution can be found on the ALA website.
  • Libraries play an important and unique role in wider community

communications about resiliency, climate change and a sustainable future

  • Libraries that demonstrate good stewardship of the resources

entrusted to them can build community support that leads to sustainable funding

  • The resolution encourages the American Library Association, its

membership, library schools and state associations to be proactive in their application of sustainable thinking in the areas of their facilities, operations, policy, technology, programming, partnerships and library school curricula

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ALA Resolution: Whereas . . .

  • Our communities are faced with economic, environmental and societal

changes that are of great concern to our quality of life;

  • Libraries are uniquely positioned and essential to build the capacity of the

communities they serve to become sustainable, resilient and regenerative;

  • Library leaders, and those who inspire future library leaders, have a

mandate to ensure future access to economical library services;

  • Libraries that demonstrate good stewardship of the resources entrusted to

them can build community support that leads to sustainable funding;

  • The people who work in our libraries and those who access services in our

facilities deserve a healthy environment in which to do so;

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ALA Resolution: Whereas . . . (cont)

  • The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) has determined

that: “Human influence on the climate system is clear… Recent climate changes have had widespread impacts on human and natural systems”1;

  • “Libraries are widely recognized as key players in economic development,

in building strong and vibrant communities, and in sustaining a strong democracy" and launched the ALA Center for Civic Life (CCL) in 2010 in conjunction with the Kettering Foundation to promote community engagement and foster public deliberation through libraries; and

  • Libraries that demonstrate leadership in making sustainable decisions that

positively address climate change, respect and use natural resources, and create healthy indoor and outdoor environments will stabilize and reduce their long-term energy costs, help build more sustainable communities, and thereby increase community support for the library

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ALA Resolution: Resolved

  • Recognizes the important and unique role libraries play in wider

community conversations about resiliency, climate change, and a sustainable future and begins a new era of thinking sustainably in order to consider the economic, environmental and socially equitable viability of choices made on behalf of the association;

  • Enthusiastically encourages activities by itself, its membership, library

schools and state associations to be proactive in their application of sustainable thinking in the areas of their facilities, operations, policy, technology, programming, partnerships and library school curricula; and

  • Directs the ALA Executive Director to pursue sustainable choices when

planning conferences and meetings and to actively promote best practices

  • f sustainability through ALA publications, research and educational
  • pportunities to reach our shared goal of vital, visible and viable libraries

for the future.

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What Does This Mean for YOUR LIBRARY?

  • Building green library facilities
  • Renovating library facilities to be green
  • Operating library facilities economically and

sustainably

  • Acquiring and using technology sustainably
  • Evaluating how “green” your library is
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Facilities Planning & Operations Practical Ideas for ecologically & economically sustainable facilities

  • Conceptual Model of Library Facility: A place-based “system” with “inputs,

processes and outputs.”

  • Facility Standards for Sustainability, Resilience and Regeneration: LEED

(Leadership in Energy & Environmental Design), Ecological Footprint, CHPS (Collaborative for High Performance Schools), Architecture 2030, Living Building Challenge, and more.

  • Major Goals:
  • Conserve resources – Inputs (energy, water, material resources),

Processing (time, labor, money), Outputs (solid waste, food waste, etc.)

  • Regenerate functioning ecosystem services – Living soils with full-

spectrum microbes and fungi, local native plants, regenerated functioning ecosystems, habitat for invertebrates, pollinators and other creatures.

  • Relocalize production and enhance self-sufficiency. (eg: Generate 100%

renewable energy on site.)

  • Support good health and high quality of life.
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Elinor Ostrom: COMMON POOL RESOURCES

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A Plethora of Standards Practical Ideas for ecologically & economically sustainable facilities

  • ASHRAE 189.1-2014: Standard for Design of High-Performance Green
  • Buildings. (ANSI Approved, USGBC & IES Co-sponsored)
  • LEED (Leadership in Energy & Environmental Design): Rating system for design,

construction, operation of buildings and neighborhoods.

  • Ecological Footprint: Measures supply (biocapacity) and demand (human use)
  • n nature’s systems.
  • CHPS (Collaborative for High Performance Schools): Rating system for design,

construction, operation of buildings and campuses.

  • Architecture 2030: GHG and carbon neutral standards combined with high

performance design.

  • Living Building Challenge: Rigorous and broad standards toward sustainable

buildings, infrastructure, landscapes, neighborhoods and communities.

  • And more.
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Facilities Operations Practical Ideas for ecologically & economically sustainable facilities

  • Conceptual Model of Library Facility: A place-based “system” with “inputs,

processes and outputs.”

  • Facility Standards for Sustainability: LEED (Leadership in Energy &

Environmental Design), Ecological Footprint, CHPS (Collaborative for High Performance Schools), Architecture 2030, Living Building Challenge, and more.

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Elinor Ostrom: COMMON POOL RESOURCES

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Climate Change Responses: Library Roles, Resources, and Tools

Stephen C. Maack REAP Change Consultants Arlene Hopkins Arlene Hopkins and Associates

November 30, 2016 ALA LLAMA Webinar

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ALA Resolution: 1

Recognizes the important and unique role libraries play in wider community conversations about resiliency, climate change, and a sustainable future and begins a new era of thinking sustainably in order to consider the economic, environmental and socially equitable viability of choices made on behalf of the association

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Nested Levels of Climate Change Action

  • Global – Worldwide & Regional
  • Political – National & State
  • Companies & Non-profits
  • Community – Working at the local level where

libraries can have the most direct impact

  • Individual/Family
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Think Globally & Act Locally

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Typical Library Roles

  • Information Services: Collection and bibliography

development; Database and Internet searches.

  • Community Services: Book clubs, Discussion

group hosting; Speaker series.

  • Cultural Services; Enable and model best

practices in information retrieval, use and development.

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Examples of Community-Oriented Climate Change Topic Areas

1) Global Warming 2) Rising Sea Levels 3) Unstable, Less Predictable Weather Patterns 4) The Climate Change Debate 5) Communicating about Climate Change

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Topic 1: Global Warming – Rising Temperatures

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Ecosystem Changes, Biodiversity Loss

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Crops aren’t planted or die

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Human Health and Economic Well-Being

New Orleans Senior Center Smog (Harbin China 2013)

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Topic 2: Rising Sea Levels

http://nsidc.org/arcticseaicenew/ Crystal Cruise Ship Completes Historic Northwest Passage Arctic Journey 9/16/2016

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Local Sea Level Rise Issues

  • Flooded Cities
  • Loss of Property
  • Destroyed road

and railroad transportation

  • Ruined sewage

treatment plans (16 or 17 in San Francisco Bay area)

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Topic 3: Unstable Weather From One Extreme to Another

July 2016 Was Earth's Warmest Month on Record in 136 years

(http://data.giss.nasa.gov/gistemp/news/20160816/, https://weather.com/news/climate/news/july-2016-warmest-global- temperature-record )

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Supply Chain Disruption

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Topic 4: The Climate Change Debate

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Topic 5: Communicating about Climate Change

  • ecoAmerica free .pdf downloadable research

reports on communicating about climate change (http://ecoamerica.org/research/)

  • Romm, J. J. (2016). Climate change: What

everyone needs to know.

  • Malone, E. L. (2009). Debating climate change:

Pathways through argument to agreement. London: Earthscan.

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Worldwide Climate Change Impacts

Climate change will magnify existing vulnerabilities to disasters due to changing patterns of some hazards (such as heat waves and increased precipitation) in specific regions and due to increased population exposure.

Managing the Risks of Extreme Events and Disasters to Advance Climate Change Adaptation: Special Report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (2012) http://ipcc-wg2.gov/SREX/images/ uploads/SREX- All_FINAL.pdf

“Extreme weather: The new normal” The Week 16(797), November 18, 2016, p. 14

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for

CLIMATE CHANGE DISASTER

Mitigation & Adaptation

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Mitigation: the action of reducing the severity or seriousness of something Adaptation: a change or the process of change by which a species or community becomes better suited to its environment

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Resilience: Withstand > Recover > Rebuild Well-Being of People & Nature

  • Prepare: Get Community Ready for Climate Change
  • Withstand: Build Social Ecological Systems (SES)
  • Recover: Plan Ahead How to Respond to Disasters
  • Rebuild: Rebuild to Enhance Future Resilience
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ALA Resolution: 2

  • Enthusiastically encourages activities by itself,

its membership, library schools and state associations to be proactive in their application of sustainable thinking in the areas

  • f their facilities, operations, policy,

technology, programming, partnerships and library school curricula;

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Call to Action

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Libraries Moving Communities to Local Action

  • Mount an audiovisual series with discussion on

climate change

  • Establish the library as a cooling center
  • Create a bicycling initiative (bike racks, bike to

books)

  • Participate in community disaster preparedness

efforts

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A Few Resources

  • JADEFRID, Mauritza and LENNARTSSON, Joakim and KLEINHENZ, Christian

and BLOMBERG, Mats (2016) Searching for sustainability - A blended course in how to search interdisciplinary. http://library.ifla.org/1340/1/215-jadefrid-en.pdf

  • University of Idaho., & University of California, Los Angeles. (1994).

Electronic green journal. Moscow, Idaho: University of Idaho Library. https://escholarship.org/uc/uclalib_egj

  • Jankowska, M. A. (2014). Focus on educating for sustainability: Toolkit for

academic libraries. Sacramento, CA: Litwin Books

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More Resources Available From

  • Environmental organizations (e.g., Sierra Club, IUCN)
  • Association of Climate Change Officers (ACCO)
  • American Council for an Energy-Efficient Economy

(ACEEE)

  • American Planning Association (APA)

https://www.planning.org/search/?keyword=%22clima te+change%22

  • The Trust for Public Land (US)

https://www.tpl.org/search/site/climate%20change

  • Sustainable City Network

http://www.sustainablecitynetwork.com/

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Community Initiatives

  • LEED for neighborhood development

(http://www.usgbc.org/sites/default/files/LEED% 20v4%20ND_04.05.16_current.pdf, https://www.nrdc.org/sites/default/files/citizens _guide_LEED-ND.pdf)

  • STAR (Sustainability Tools for Assessing and

Rating Communities) Community Rating System (http://www.starcommunities.org/rating- system/)

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Renew Living Infrastructure

Support Social Ecological Systems (SES)

Focal Action Opportunity (Ostrom)

Enhance Resilience Local Habitat, Food & Fiber

  • Community Gardens
  • School and Library Gardens
  • Urban Agriculture
  • Ecologically Sound Parks
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Library & School Gardens

Jennifer Peterson (March 28, 2016) “Growing Library Gardens Programs,” WebJunction https://www.webjunction.org/news/webjunction/growing-library-garden-programs.html

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Community Gardens

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Urban Agriculture

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Urban Ecological Restoration

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Policy, Program & Projects

  • Use systems logic models to plan
  • Embed evaluation (formative & summative) in plans
  • Enable adaptive management
  • Leverage paradigm shifts about ecology/environment
  • Join ALA Sustain RT
  • Join Facebook Pages:

– SustainRT: Libraries Fostering Resilient Communities – Cultivating Urban Resilience – Libraries – Cultivating Urban Resilience

  • Start now . . .
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Stephen C. Maack, REAP Change Consultants consultant@reapchange.com (310) 384-9717 Arlene Hopkins, Arlene Hopkins and Associates Arlene.hopkins@gmail.com (310) 392-5910

Email or call. Provide us your name and contact information for additional Community Climate Change Resilience Resources:

  • A select bibliography of books and articles
  • URLs of key internet sites
  • Policy, program and project development consulting