by Debby | May 11, 2016 | News, Uncategorized
First Net Zero School in NYC According to the Department of Energy, “generally speaking, a zero energy building produces enough renewable energy to meet its own annual energy consumption requirements, thereby reducing the use of non-renewable energy in the building...
by Debby | Apr 26, 2016 | News, Uncategorized
The Phoenicia Library rose from the ashes of a devastating fire last year when it reopened its doors in an expanded space that utilizes Passive House retrofit energy standards. This small library nestled in the heart of the NYS Catskill Forest is the first public...
by Debby | Apr 6, 2016 | News, Uncategorized
We’ve previously featured Mt. Kisco Elementary’s Garden on the Sustainability Spotlight, but we thought with Earth Day coming up it was a great time to highlight libraries that are really digging in to some Earthy programming. Get Back to the Garden! at...
by admin | Oct 6, 2015 | News, Uncategorized
Great exposure for central New York libraries… Fayetteville Free Library Executive Director, Sue Considine, was proud to participate in the Governor’s Technology Education Roundtable meeting at the Tech Garden in Syracuse on Wednesday, September 30th. The...
by Debby | Sep 1, 2015 | News, Uncategorized
The LibraryFarm, a program of the Northern Onondaga Public Library (NOPL), is a finalist in the Retale Community Garden Video contest. If NOPL wins, the cash prize will help them in their goal to build more raised beds to improve access for people with limited...
by Debby | Apr 30, 2015 | Uncategorized
The Deadline to apply for a New York Archives Conference Professional Development Grant to attend the 2015 meeting at SUNY Fredonia, June 3-5, has been extended to May 13th, at 5pm! More information about the grant, the application, and the preliminary conference...