Join us for Tucson’s first

Sustainability Living Library

Saturday, March 21, 2009

Himmel Park Branch Library

1035 N Treat Ave.
Tucson, AZ 85716

1:00-5:00 p.m.

The City of Tucson’s Office of Conservation and Sustainable Development and the Himmel Park Branch Library will host Tucson’s first Sustainability Living Library. A Living Library is an event where people are the books. When somebody checks out a “book” from the Living Library, they are borrowing another person for 30 minutes to learn about the subject they represent. This event is part of the global Living Library Network which has hosted over 100 events in dozens of countries around the world. The Living Library model was developed in Copenhagen, Denmark in 2000.

Tucson’s Living Library will have a sustainability theme - the first of its kind in the world - where each person or “book” will represent a different sustainability topic.

Living Library Book Catalogue:

1 p.m.-3 p.m.

• Backyard Gardening and Composting- Lindianne Sarno, Sonoran Kitchen Gardens

• Rainwater Harvesting- Ann Audrey, OCSD

• Home Water Efficiency- Bonnie Schroeder, Tucson Water Zanjero

• Local Food Choices- Varga Garland, Community Food Bank

• Healthy Eating Choices- Dr. Barbara Warren, M.D. (retired)

• Tips for Using Gray Water at Home- James McAdam, Watershed Management Group

3 p.m.-5 p.m.

• Solar Energy 101- Tamarack Little, Rep. Giffords Office

• Home Energy Efficiency- TEP

• Bicycle Basics- Jennifer Donofrio, TDOT

• Native Landscaping- Diana Turner and Lia Sansom, Arizona Native Plant Society

• Mend, Don’t Toss- Barbara Hovagian, American Sewing Guild

• Your Carbon Footprint- David Schaller, OCSD

To reserve a “book” in the Sustainability Living Library, visit Himmel Park Branch Library or call 594-5305.


More Living Library dates and locations will be added throughout the year. Visit this page for updates as subsequent events are scheduled.