{"id":78,"date":"2023-03-17T14:02:24","date_gmt":"2023-03-17T18:02:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bclaconnect.ca\/climateactionweek\/?page_id=78"},"modified":"2026-01-09T15:09:35","modified_gmt":"2026-01-09T23:09:35","slug":"ideas-and-resources","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/bclaconnect.ca\/climateactionweek\/ideas-and-resources\/","title":{"rendered":"Ideas and Resources"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1><strong>PARTICIPATING IN CLIMATE ACTION WEEK AT YOUR LIBRARY IS EASY AS\u2026<\/strong><\/h1>\n<ol>\n<li><strong>Choose an idea.<\/strong> It can be any program, display or other initiative to make the climate crisis visible in your library space. Start fresh or borrow an idea from the list below. Go big or keep it simple.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Promote your initiative.<\/strong>\u00a0Use our logo package, templates, and social media below. Use our hashtags and mentions (#BCClimateActionWeek #ClimateAction #LibraryClimateAction @bclaconnect) to build your own posts on social media.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Tell us how it went.<\/strong> If you can, keep participation statistics and visitor feedback. Collect your thoughts about what went well and how we can better support you for CAW next year. We\u2019ll share a survey on the Climate Action Committee listserv to gather your feedback.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<h2>Promotion Resources &amp; Toolkit:<\/h2>\n<p>Please feel free to use our\u00a0<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong><a role=\"link\" href=\"https:\/\/drive.google.com\/drive\/folders\/10rEXNIb20GjxRAR_8TLvgLRsL6HHYu5Z?usp=sharing\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Climate Action Week Logo Package<\/a><\/strong><\/span>. This package includes logos with various treatments that you can attach to your existing promotional material to signal that you are a participating library. This is if you like making stuff from scratch. <a href=\"https:\/\/bclabc-my.sharepoint.com\/:u:\/g\/personal\/climateaction_bcla_bc_ca\/ERy97RcEw1RApgrsCGQmDhoBKowOi9pNfWP-sUPuIi3nEA?e=gKpd0c\">For logos in French\/fran\u00e7ais, click here.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>We also have documents ready made for you to use, which include:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/docs.google.com\/document\/d\/1tGQ-OeZIfdGUDfI5Ls1Llbxe2d00ZTyt\/edit?usp=share_link&amp;ouid=104912456577236939962&amp;rtpof=true&amp;sd=true\">Book list templates waiting for items from your collections<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Links to the Climate Caf\u00e9 documents (<a href=\"https:\/\/bclaconnect.ca\/cag\/files\/2025\/06\/Climate_Cafe_EN_v04_final.pdf\">English<\/a> \/ <a href=\"https:\/\/bclaconnect.ca\/cag\/files\/2025\/06\/Climate_Cafe_FR_v05_final.pdf\">French<\/a>) and the Climate Guide (<a href=\"https:\/\/bclaconnect.ca\/cag\/files\/2025\/06\/Climate_Action_Guide_EN_v03_final.pdf\">English<\/a> \/ <a href=\"https:\/\/bclaconnect.ca\/cag\/files\/2025\/06\/Climate_Action_Guide_FR_v02_final.pdf\">French<\/a>) produced by the CFLA (Canadian Federation of Library Associations \/ F\u00e9d\u00e9ration canadienne des associations de biblioth\u00e8ques)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/drive.google.com\/drive\/folders\/1JH4QDlDvGLg8cMrPoW1etdQTDwielxKm?usp=share_link\">A ballot box passive display activity<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/drive.google.com\/drive\/folders\/1IGPIzMGMHnI5dqupHiAJhZ_gjz4t7aAn?usp=share_link\">Book display signs with different climate topics<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Climate Action Week Posters (<a href=\"http:\/\/bclaconnect.ca\/climateactionweek\/files\/2025\/08\/BCLA-Climate-Action-Week-Poster-2025-8.5x11.pdf\">8.5 x 11<\/a> or <a href=\"http:\/\/bclaconnect.ca\/climateactionweek\/files\/2025\/08\/BCLA-Climate-Action-Week-Poster-2025-11x17-1.pdf\">11 x 17<\/a>)<\/li>\n<li>Print and share the <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/librarytoolshed.ca\/node\/4907\">Read4Climate<\/a><\/strong> rack card and\/or posters and <a href=\"https:\/\/docs.google.com\/document\/d\/e\/2PACX-1vR2hk7oWPpz0dWfFM17UZCMMLEavvlPioC79rWRT97CB9ZUM1DEsliutgNfqJR-htuekgoQW5KKmRM7\/pub\">social media<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>If you need help, <a href=\"mailto:climateaction@bcla.bc.ca\">contact us by e-mail <\/a>and we will be happy to assist.<\/p>\n<h2 aria-label=\"General Ideas:\" aria-expanded=\"true\">General Ideas:<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Civic engagement event<\/li>\n<li>Human Library &#8212; Invite an expert or community member to chat<\/li>\n<li>Clothing repair collection<\/li>\n<li>Climate resiliency skills workshop<\/li>\n<li>Food drive<\/li>\n<li>Clothing\/gear swap<\/li>\n<li>Rainwater collection<\/li>\n<li>Guest speakers (emergency planners, community planners, activists, climate scientists)<\/li>\n<li>Climate action to-go kits (GVPL)<\/li>\n<li>Bike repair collection\/space<\/li>\n<li>Repair cafe<\/li>\n<li>Upcycling event<\/li>\n<li>Beekeeping event<\/li>\n<li>Urban gardening workshop<\/li>\n<li>Creating mutual aid networks<\/li>\n<li>Emergency preparedness workshop<\/li>\n<li>Art Builds for climate action themed artworks and messages<\/li>\n<li>Heat pump workshops<\/li>\n<li>Film screening and discussion<\/li>\n<li>Booklists<\/li>\n<li>For more ideas see the Resilient Communities: Libraries Respond to Climate Change toolkit from the ALA, or check out the resources and events being planned for Climate Preparedness Week, which takes place in libraries in the eastern US from Sept 24 to 30.\n<ul>\n<li><strong><a role=\"link\" href=\"https:\/\/guides.masslibsystem.org\/c.php?g=1120347&amp;p=8170593\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Climate Preparedness Week<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0(Sept 24-30 in the eastern US)<\/li>\n<li><strong><a role=\"link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ala.org\/tools\/programming\/climatechange\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">ALA\u2019s Resilient Communities: Libraries Respond to Climate Change<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0(a programming guide for libraries)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2 aria-label=\"Do you have another idea? Share it!\" aria-expanded=\"true\">Do you have another idea? Share it!<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Join the\u00a0<strong><a role=\"link\" href=\"https:\/\/bclaconnect.ca\/community\/bcla-forums\/forum\/libraries-and-climate-crisis\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">BCLA Climate Action Committee forum<\/a>\u00a0<\/strong>to share ideas, collaborate, and find help.<\/li>\n<li>Email\u00a0\u00a0<strong><a role=\"link\" href=\"mailto:climateaction@bcla.bc.ca\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">climateaction@bcla.bc.ca<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0to connect with the committee to share what your library is doing<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>PARTICIPATING IN CLIMATE ACTION WEEK AT YOUR LIBRARY IS EASY AS\u2026 Choose an idea. It can be any program, display or other initiative to make the climate crisis visible in your library space. Start fresh or borrow an idea from the list below. Go big or keep it simple. Promote your initiative.\u00a0Use our logo package, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1122,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_bbp_topic_count":0,"_bbp_reply_count":0,"_bbp_total_topic_count":0,"_bbp_total_reply_count":0,"_bbp_voice_count":0,"_bbp_anonymous_reply_count":0,"_bbp_topic_count_hidden":0,"_bbp_reply_count_hidden":0,"_bbp_forum_subforum_count":0,"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","_relevanssi_hide_post":"","_relevanssi_hide_content":"","_relevanssi_pin_for_all":"","_relevanssi_pin_keywords":"","_relevanssi_unpin_keywords":"","_relevanssi_related_keywords":"","_relevanssi_related_include_ids":"","_relevanssi_related_exclude_ids":"","_relevanssi_related_no_append":"","_relevanssi_related_not_related":"","_relevanssi_related_posts":"","_relevanssi_noindex_reason":"","footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-78","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Ideas and Resources | Climate Action Week<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/bclaconnect.ca\/climateactionweek\/ideas-and-resources\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Ideas and Resources | Climate Action Week\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"PARTICIPATING IN CLIMATE ACTION WEEK AT YOUR LIBRARY IS EASY AS\u2026 Choose an idea. It can be any program, display or other initiative to make the climate crisis visible in your library space. Start fresh or borrow an idea from the list below. Go big or keep it simple. Promote your initiative.\u00a0Use our logo package, [&hellip;]\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/bclaconnect.ca\/climateactionweek\/ideas-and-resources\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Climate Action Week\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2026-01-09T23:09:35+00:00\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"3 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/bclaconnect.ca\/climateactionweek\/ideas-and-resources\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/bclaconnect.ca\/climateactionweek\/ideas-and-resources\/\",\"name\":\"Ideas and Resources | Climate Action Week\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/bclaconnect.ca\/climateactionweek\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2023-03-17T18:02:24+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2026-01-09T23:09:35+00:00\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/bclaconnect.ca\/climateactionweek\/ideas-and-resources\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/bclaconnect.ca\/climateactionweek\/ideas-and-resources\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/bclaconnect.ca\/climateactionweek\/ideas-and-resources\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/bclaconnect.ca\/climateactionweek\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Ideas and Resources\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/bclaconnect.ca\/climateactionweek\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/bclaconnect.ca\/climateactionweek\/\",\"name\":\"British Columbia Library Association: BCLA Connect\",\"description\":\"\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/bclaconnect.ca\/climateactionweek\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Ideas and Resources | Climate Action Week","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/bclaconnect.ca\/climateactionweek\/ideas-and-resources\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Ideas and Resources | Climate Action Week","og_description":"PARTICIPATING IN CLIMATE ACTION WEEK AT YOUR LIBRARY IS EASY AS\u2026 Choose an idea. It can be any program, display or other initiative to make the climate crisis visible in your library space. Start fresh or borrow an idea from the list below. Go big or keep it simple. Promote your initiative.\u00a0Use our logo package, [&hellip;]","og_url":"https:\/\/bclaconnect.ca\/climateactionweek\/ideas-and-resources\/","og_site_name":"Climate Action Week","article_modified_time":"2026-01-09T23:09:35+00:00","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Est. reading time":"3 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/bclaconnect.ca\/climateactionweek\/ideas-and-resources\/","url":"https:\/\/bclaconnect.ca\/climateactionweek\/ideas-and-resources\/","name":"Ideas and Resources | Climate Action Week","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/bclaconnect.ca\/climateactionweek\/#website"},"datePublished":"2023-03-17T18:02:24+00:00","dateModified":"2026-01-09T23:09:35+00:00","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/bclaconnect.ca\/climateactionweek\/ideas-and-resources\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/bclaconnect.ca\/climateactionweek\/ideas-and-resources\/"]}]},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/bclaconnect.ca\/climateactionweek\/ideas-and-resources\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/bclaconnect.ca\/climateactionweek\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Ideas and Resources"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/bclaconnect.ca\/climateactionweek\/#website","url":"https:\/\/bclaconnect.ca\/climateactionweek\/","name":"British Columbia Library Association: BCLA Connect","description":"","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/bclaconnect.ca\/climateactionweek\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bclaconnect.ca\/climateactionweek\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/78","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/bclaconnect.ca\/climateactionweek\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/bclaconnect.ca\/climateactionweek\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bclaconnect.ca\/climateactionweek\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1122"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bclaconnect.ca\/climateactionweek\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=78"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/bclaconnect.ca\/climateactionweek\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/78\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bclaconnect.ca\/climateactionweek\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=78"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}