[Libs-Or] free webinar 2/18/25 Centering degrowth in assessing environmental sustainability in libraries

[Filar Williams, Beth]

The IFLA ENSULIB Webinar Series: Centering degrowth in assessing environmental sustainability in libraries
DATE: February 18th 2025 at 8am PT

In order to avoid the worst possible outcomes of the climate crisis, it may not be possible to focus on the triple bottom line of society, environment, and economic growth all at the same time. This system extends the delusion that we can continue the way we currently are in society in a relentless race towards progress and limitless growth without ill effect on people and the planet. Libraries are well situated as bastions of degrowth, based upon a circular economy and social equity. This session will explore modes of degrowth assessment accessible to all libraries and library workers, including Indigenous methodologies, true cost assessment, and Sustainability Tracking, Assessment & Rating System (STARS). Participants will leave the session with resources to begin measuring and communicating the impact of their work related to environmental sustainability.

Speaker: Nicole Doro (she/her) is an uninvited settler living and working on the traditional territories of the Haudenosaunee and Anishinaabe nations. She is a Teaching and Learning Librarian at McMaster University, where she co-chairs the McMaster Libraries' Sustainability Committee. Her research interests include climate action in academic libraries and open access.

Register:  https://www.ifla.org/events/the-ifla-ensulib-webinar-series-centering-degrowth-in-assessing-environmental-sustainability-in-libraries/

Beth Filar Williams  (View our Valley Library Video<https://media.oregonstate.edu/media/t/1_kf2x6gm5>!)
Associate Professor / User Experience Research Librarian
OSUL | 121 The Valley Library  Oregon State University | Corvallis, OR 97331-5101
541-737-2156 | beth.filar-williams at oregonstate.edu <mailto:beth.filar-williams at oregonstate.edu>
Land acknowledgement: Oregon State University in Corvallis, OR is located within the traditional homelands of the Mary's River or Ampinefu Band of Kalapuya.  Following the Willamette Valley Treaty of 1855 (Kalapuya etc. Treaty), Kalapuya people were forcibly removed to reservations in Western Oregon. Today, living descendants of these people are a part of the Confederated Tribes of Grand Ronde Community of Oregon (https://www.grandronde.org<https://www.grandronde.org/>) and the Confederated Tribes of the Siletz Indians (https://ctsi.nsn.us<https://ctsi.nsn.us/>).

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