Public libraries going green: environmental sustainability and green information literacy
Masters of Art === There is a great demand for human beings all over the world to live in a more green way, due to the earth’s natural resource scarcity and other environmental issues such as climate change, pollution, emission of greenhouse gases, global warming and depletion of the ozone layer. L...
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Language: | en |
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University of Western Cape
2021
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Online Access: | http://hdl.handle.net/11394/7937 |
Summary: | Masters of Art === There is a great demand for human beings all over the world to live in a more green way, due to the earth’s natural resource scarcity and other environmental issues such as climate change, pollution, emission of greenhouse gases, global warming and depletion of the ozone layer.
Librarians, especially public librarians, are seen as the facilitators of access to information. Public librarians are thus in a position to create awareness of the importance of green living and to educate the general public on how to live green. |
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