Found a neat resource for librarians (and others) who are looking for tips, tricks, and tools to green up a library.

Greening Your Library is a blog started up in January 2008, and is run by a librarian named Filar Williams. She created the blog to write about two of her big passions, including living green and knowledge.

It is her goal to share with you, different tactics and resources to make your library a greener environment.

Some of her more recent green library tips include:

Composting At Your Library

Coffee grounds, left over lunches, party food wastes…. want to try composting these materials (to use in your library gardens!) but how to do this efficiently, w/o smell or mess? Look for a compact, odor free, easy to use, type model.

A Carpooling Social Network

Thinking about carpooling but don’t know how to connect with people locally? NPR has a podcast on GoLoco.org - a social networking site that matches people to arrange rides together. It’s free to join to arrange sharing but also has a function to allow members to share the costs of the trip, charging a 10 percent transaction fee.

Earth Summit Event For Students

High School Librarians, let your students know about a chance to attend the Weather Channel’s Forcast Earth Summit in Washington DC December 5-7, 2008. Apply by October 19 using the online form, which includes submitting an essay describing the your love for the Planet and waht you are doing to keep it clean and green.

This is a relatively new blog, but the author is squarely focused on showing librarians how to best green up their libraries, and does it well. The blog is updated regularly, and features a variety of tips.

A great reference point for eco minded librarians.

Source: [Best Green Blogs]