Join the 2024 Sustainability Summit

Join libraries across California and their community partners to share best practices from the current #SustainableCALibraries projects and beyond. The 2024 Sustainability Summit is open to anyone who works in California libraries and anyone who partners with California libraries.

Join us for a morning of shared solutions and inspiration for climate action!

Tuesday, May 21, 2024, 9:00 am – 12:00 noon

Photograph of Ed Begley Jr. holding a microphone out to an audience member, in a library community room full of seated adult event attendees.
Longtime environmental activist and actor Ed Begley Jr. during a Q&A session at the South Pasadena Public Library while promoting his memoir To the Temple of Tranquility…and Step on It!

Attendees are encouraged to join the 2024 Sustainability Summit via Zoom webinar on the day of the event, if possible. The recording and resources will also be shared on CALL Academy and on the Resources for Sustainable California Libraries Projects page within two weeks.

  • Welcome, 9:00–9:10 am
  • Anythink Nature Library, Maria Mayo-Peaseley, 9:10–9:30 am
  • U-Tool-izing the Library, Benicia Public Library, Jennifer Baker, 9:30–9:45 am
  • Revisiting Azusa’s Past, Azusa City Library, Leila Hassen and Nathan Nunez, 9:45–10:00 am
  • Break, 10:00–10:10 am
  • Sustainable Living with BPL, Burlingame Public Library, Jodi Jirsa, 10:10–10:25 am
  • Sustainably Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara Public Library, Kim Crail, 10:25–10:40 am
  • Have you Heard the News? Earbud Recycling! County of San Luis Obispo Public Libraries, Dorothy Gruett and Melanie Bales, 10:40–10:55 am
  • Break, 10:55–11:05 am
  • Sowing South Pasadena, South Pasadena Public Library, Alexis Mendoza and Olivia Radbill, 11:05–11:20 am
  • Update on Climate and Sustainability Action Guide for California Libraries, Alliance for Library Impact, Cindy Fesemyer, 11:20–11:40 am
  • Wrap Up, Thank you and Next Steps, 11:40–11:50 am

More Information and Contact

Visit the main Sustainable California Libraries page for an overview of the initiative, past and current projects, and more. Reach out to sustainability@library.ca.gov with any questions.

We don’t have to wait for anything at all. What we have to do is start.

Octavia Butler