<div dir="ltr"><p style="box-sizing:border-box;line-height:1.125rem"><font face="verdana, sans-serif" style="font-size:13.008px;color:rgb(80,71,61)"><span style="box-sizing:border-box">Greetings PNW libraries -</span></font></p><p style="box-sizing:border-box;line-height:1.125rem"><font face="verdana, sans-serif"><font style="font-size:13.008px;color:rgb(80,71,61)"><span style="box-sizing:border-box">I wanted to share information and our recent blog posts from the </span><span style="box-sizing:border-box"><span style="box-sizing:border-box"><a href="http://www.ala.org/tools/programming/climatechange">Resilient Communities: Libraries Respond to Climate Change</a>, a recent <a href="http://www.ilovelibraries.org/article/can-libraries-help-solve-climate-change-wisconsin-couple-says-yes">donor</a><a href="http://www.ilovelibraries.org/article/can-libraries-help-solve-climate-change-wisconsin-couple-says-yes"> funded</a> initiative of ALA with a goal to </span></span>empower libraries to engage their communities in programs and conversations that address the climate change crisis. The application for libraries  - of all types! - will open this summer for starting in fall 2020 </font><font style="font-size:13.008px">(</font><a href="http://www.ala.org/tools/programming/climatechange/guidelines" target="_blank" style="background:transparent;box-sizing:border-box;text-decoration-line:none"><font color="#0b5394">project guidelines</font></a><font color="#50473d" style="font-size:13.008px">)</font><font style="font-size:13.008px;color:rgb(80,71,61)"> P</font><font style="font-size:13.008px;color:rgb(80,71,61)">articipating libraries will receive grant funding, materials and support.  </font><span style="box-sizing:border-box"><span style="box-sizing:border-box">Myself along with </span></span><span style="box-sizing:border-box">Madeleine Charney <i>(Research Services Librarian of UM Amherst)</i>, April Griffith (</span><i>Director, Carnegie Public Library, Eureka Springs, Ar<span style="color:rgb(80,71,61);font-size:16px">)</span></i> and Juan Rubio (<i>Digital Media & Learning Manager, Seattle Public Library</i>) are advisors for <span style="box-sizing:border-box"><font color="#000000"><a href="http://www.ala.org/tools/programming/climatechange" target="_blank" style="box-sizing:border-box;background:transparent;text-decoration-line:none">Resilient Communities</a>. </font></span></font></p><p style="box-sizing:border-box;font-size:13.008px;line-height:1.125rem"><font face="verdana, sans-serif">In the mean time we are pushing out <b>some blog posts</b> that we hope are inspiring and help you and your libraries especially this month with Earth Day celebrating 50 years VIRTUALLY :  </font></p><p style="box-sizing:border-box;font-size:13.008px;line-height:1.125rem"></p><ul><li><a href="https://programminglibrarian.org/articles/less-prep-more-presence-why-2020-not-year-skip-earth-day"><b><font face="verdana, sans-serif">Less Prep, More Presence: Why 2020 Is Not the Year to Skip Earth Day</font></b></a></li><li><font face="verdana, sans-serif"><b><a href="https://programminglibrarian.org/articles/earth-day-2020-ready-go-sustainability-themed-story-times">Ready-to-Go Story Times for Earth Day 2020  </a>-</b><font size="1"> this was in conjunction with SustainRT:  the <a href="http://www.ala.org/rt/sustainrt/book-list">Booklist committee</a>, and support from <a href="http://www.ala.org/rt/sustainrt/outreach">Outreach </a>and other SustainRT members</font>! </font></li></ul><div><font face="verdana, sans-serif"><br></font></div><div><font face="verdana, sans-serif">Enjoy and stay well!</font></div><div><font face="verdana, sans-serif"><br></font></div><div><i><font face="verdana, sans-serif">Beth Filar Williams</font></i></div><div><i><font face="verdana, sans-serif">Oregon State University</font></i></div><div><br></div><p></p><h1 class="gmail-page-title" style="box-sizing:border-box;font-size:1.5rem;margin:0px 218.398px 0px 0px;padding:15px 0px 5px;font-family:Montserrat,"Helvetica Neue",Arial,sans-serif;font-weight:normal;color:rgb(51,51,51);width:682.5px;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;line-height:25px"><span style="font-size:1.5rem">  </span></h1></div>